Heard Building

Style
Chicago School
City
Phoenix & Scottsdale, AZ
Heard Building
Photo: Tony the Marine, CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Heard Building is a downtown Phoenix commercial building in the Chicago School style, an idiom rarely seen in the city's early commercial architecture. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and its commercial facade remains visible from the street.

the style

The building is identified as Chicago School, a style built around the expression of a commercial building's structural grid rather than applied historical ornament — a notable choice for downtown Phoenix, where the style is uncommon.

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significance

The Heard Building is a National Register of Historic Places listed place.

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