Security Building, building in Arizona
The Security Building is a commercial structure completed in 1928 in downtown Phoenix featuring Second Renaissance Revival architecture. It combines concrete construction with brick exterior, marble lobby, brass-fitted elevators, and includes a ballroom and rooftop deck overlooking the city.
Designed by architects Curlett and Beelman in 1928 and financed by prominent businessman Dwight B. Heard, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Maricopa County acquired it in 2001 and undertook major restoration work beginning in 2005.
The building takes its name from the Security Improvement Company that commissioned it. Today, visitors experience the restored lobby and ballroom spaces that continue to serve as gathering places for county events and public functions.
The building sits at the corner of Central Avenue and Van Buren Street and is easy to spot from the street. Visitors can access the rooftop deck and explore the restored lobby area, while county events held in the ballrooms are open to interested groups.
During Prohibition, the top floor of the building secretly operated as a gambling and liquor establishment for about a week before an incident forced the operation to relocate. This hidden chapter in the building's past only became public knowledge decades later during the structure's 50th anniversary celebrations.
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