Arizona Architecture from the Archives

Albert Chase McArthur established an architectural practice in Phoenix in 1925. Based in the Luhrs Building in downtown Phoenix, McArthur designed several projects in addition to his most famous work, the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. This floor plan and architectural rendering is a 1927 design for a house in the Greenstone Subdivision.

Albert Chase McArthur practiced architecture in Phoenix during the years 1925-1932. Shown here is an unbuilt design from 1926 for a hotel and theater in Phoenix. McArthur relocated his architectural practice to Los Angeles in 1932 and pursued extensive color theory research.

For the First Federal Savings location on North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Alfred Newman Beadle designed a one-story, flat-roofed building that conveyed security and accessibility, desirable qualities for a financial institution. The building, designed in 1969, later became a restaurant, Federal Pizza.

A newspaper advertisement for this apartment development stated “Modern living at its best can be yours in these distinctive bi-level feature-packed apartments.” The apartments were completed in 1963.

A three-unit apartment development in Phoenix, the Triad features a central courtyard with a floating wooden boardwalk. Beadle designed the structure in 1964 when he was employed by the firm Alan A. Dailey Associates.

Harold Housley
Archivist, Design and the Arts Special Collections

Harold.Housley@asu.edu 
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