Luhrs Tower is an Art Deco skyscraper office building in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is located at the southeast corner of First Avenue and Jefferson Street, on the south side of the former Patriots Square Park.
| Luhrs Tower | |
| Location: | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Address: | 45 West Jefferson Street |
| Groundbreaking Date: | March 25, 1929 |
| Completion Date: | December 1929 |
| Architect: | Trost & Trost |
| Cost: | $400,000 |
| Floor Count: | 14 |
| Architectural Style: | Art Deco |
| Height: | 185 ft (56 m) |
| Elevator Count: | 2 |
| Main Contractor: | A. F. Wasielewski Company |
| Developer: | George Luhrs Jr. |
The building was built in 1929 by George Luhrs Jr., a prominent local Phoenix native, Stanford Law School graduate, World War I US Army 2nd Lt., businessman, and son of George Luhrs Sr., Phoenix City Councilman from 1881 to 1885. The tower reaches a height of 185 ft (56 m). Luhrs Tower has 14 stories, with symmetrical setbacks at the 8th and 11th floors.
Luhrs Tower was designed in the Art Deco style by the architectural firm of Trost & Trost in El Paso, Texas. It bears a considerable resemblance to the firm's O. T. Bassett Tower located in El Paso. The design also features several elements of Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design. A. F. Wasielewski Company of Phoenix was the general contractor.[1]
The Luhrs Tower appeared in the background of a scene from the 1960 film Psycho in which the character Marion Crane (played by Janet Leigh) crossed the street with the deposit she was supposed to make for her boss.