Luhrs Building

{{Infobox building

| name = Luhrs Building

| image = Luhrs Building.jpg

| caption = Luhrs Building, 2006

| location = Phoenix, Arizona

| address = 11 West Jefferson Street

| groundbreaking_date = 1923

| completion_date = May 14, 1924

| architect = Trost & Trost

| cost = $553,000

| floor_count = 10

| architectural_style = Beaux-Arts

| height = 136 ft (41 m)

| elevator_count = 3

| main_contractor = Jay J. Garfield

| developer = George H. N. Luhrs

}}

The Moxy Phoenix Downtown is a hotel located in the Luhrs Building, a historic ten-story office building located at 11 West Jefferson in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It was listed on the Phoenix Historic Property Register in 1990,{{cite web | title=Phoenix Historic Property Register | url=https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/HP/pdd_hp_pdf_00118.pdf | publisher=City of Phoenix | accessdate=May 21, 2018 | date=March 2018}} and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. It was built by local businessman George H. N. Luhrs, an original Phoenix City Council member from 1881–85, at a cost of $553,000 USD, and opened on May 17, 1924. At the time, it was the tallest building in Phoenix and was said to be the largest building between El Paso and Los Angeles.{{cite news | title=Luhrs Building Monument to Pioneer of Valley | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20250080/arizona_republic/ | accessdate=May 21, 2018 | work=Arizona Republican | date=May 17, 1924}} In 2009, the building was renovated with the help of a $500,000 historic preservation grant.{{cite news | last1=Pela | first1=Robrt L. | title=The Luhrs Building, Featured in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Has Been Spared – For Now | url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/the-luhrs-building-featured-in-alfred-hitchcocks-psycho-has-been-spared-for-now-6433168 | accessdate=May 21, 2018 | work=Phoenix New Times | date=July 1, 2010}}

On May 30, 2014, Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour a now awarding winning cocktail lounge located on the ground floor of the building opens.

{{cite web | url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/dining/2014/05/29/bitter-twisted-cocktail-parlour-opens-phoenix/9737351/ | title=5/30: Bitter & Twisted Cocktail bar opens in Phoenix }}

On December 29, 2023, the Moxy Phoenix Downtown hotel opened in the converted and restored structure.{{cite web | url=https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article129655.html | title=The Moxy Phoenix Downtown Hotel Opens in Phoenix., AZ }}

Architecture

The L-shaped Luhrs Building was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the El Paso architectural firm of Trost & Trost. The building is faced with brown brick, with elaborate marble ornamentation on the uppermost two floors, and a heavy cornice at the top. Jay J. Garfield, a well known local builder was the contractor for the building.{{Cite web|title=7 Mar 1923, Page 1 - Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/117029871/?terms=luhrs%20building&match=1|access-date=2021-11-20|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}

The building's ground floor was leased by the US Treasury Dept. from 1924–1935. The 7th–10th floors were the original location of the Arizona Club, including dining rooms, lounges, a library, and bedrooms for club members. When the Arizona Club moved out of the Luhrs Building in 1971, the upper floors were also converted to office floor space. The 6th floor was originally occupied by Standard Oil.