Phoenix Motor Company building explained

Phoenix Motor Company building
Nrhp Type:NRHP
Location:401 W Van Buren Street, Phoenix, Arizona
Built:October 1930[1]
Architecture:Spanish Revival/Baroque Revival[2]
Architect:Lescher & Mahoney
Added:2018-11-01
Refnum:100003064

33.4514°N -112.0792°W

Phoenix Motor Company building, also known as the Dud R. Day Motor Company building,[3] is a 1930 building created for the Phoenix Motor Company. It was designed by Lescher and Mahoney, who also designed the Orpheum Theatre.[4]

After multiple owners, the building had been boarded over and covered with stucco, sitting empty.[5] The building was purchased by nightclub owners Pat Cantelme and Jim Kuykendall for $2.2 million in 2015. The building underwent significant rehabilitation and re-opened as the Van Buren music hall in 2017.

It was added to the Phoenix Historic Property Register in May 2017[6] and the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

Renovation

In 2016 Live Nation and Charlie Levy,[7] founder of Stateside Presents[8] and co-founder of Western Tread Recordings, began converting the building into a concert venue. After discovering original architectural elements such as storefront, doors, windows and roof trusses were maintained, the city of Phoenix Office of Historic Preservation provided a $250,000 grant for rehabilitation. The venue's interior was designed by Tucson, Arizona based Patch & Clark Design.[9]

The Van Buren

The Van Buren opened on August 23, 2017 (Cold War Kids was the inaugural performance).[10] The 1,900 capacity concert hall was voted Best New Music Venue in 2017,[11] Best Large Venue in 2019,[12] and Best Medium-Sized Venue in 2020.[13]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Reagor . Catherine . Downtown Phoenix's Van Buren venue lands on national historic list . AZCentral . 8 January 2019 . 26 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Staff Report: Z-2-17-7 rezoning . City of Phoenix . 8 January 2019 . 2 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Dodds . Michelle . Don't Remuddle, Rehabilitate! . 8 January 2019 . City of Phoenix.
  4. Web site: Reagor . Catherine . Downtown Phoenix's Van Buren venue lands on national historic list . 2020-10-27 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2017-03-02 . Staff Report: Z-2-17-7 .
  6. Web site: December 2018 . Phoenix Historic Property Register December 2018 . 8 January 2019 . City of Phoenix.
  7. Web site: Kelley . Brendan Joel . 2005-05-19 . Slow Biz . 2020-10-27 . Phoenix New Times.
  8. Web site: Totten . Steven . The men behind the curtain: How downtown Phoenix (finally) became a nightlife and music mecca . 2020-10-27 . www.bizjournals.com.
  9. Web site: Masley . Ed . Crescent Ballroom owner Charlie Levy to open 1,800-capacity music club the Van Buren in mid-2017 . 2020-10-27 . The Arizona Republic . en-US.
  10. Web site: Bartkowski . Becky . 2017-08-24 . The Van Buren Opens with Cold War Kids in Downtown Phoenix . 2020-10-27 . Phoenix New Times.
  11. Web site: Best New Music Venue: The Van Buren Best of Phoenix® 2017: Your Key to the City . 2020-10-27 . Phoenix New Times.
  12. Web site: Best Large Music Venue: The Van Buren Best of Phoenix® 2019: Your Key to the City . 2020-10-27 . Phoenix New Times.
  13. Web site: Best Medium-Sized Music Venue: The Van Buren Best of Phoenix® 2020: Your Key to the City . 2020-10-27 . Phoenix New Times.

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