Luhrs Arcade (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections or records:
Luhrs Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-52
Abstract
The Luhrs Family Papers house correspondence, legal documents, financial records, real estate records, blueprints, ledgers, and other materials documenting the Luhrs family's emigration from Germany to the United States and life and work in Phoenix, Arizona. Among the subjects represented are real estate holdings; construction and administration of the Commercial Hotel (later known as the Hotel Luhrs), the Luhrs Building, the Luhrs Central Building, the Luhrs Tower, the Luhrs Arcade, and...
Dates:
1804-1997; Majority of material found within 1880-1978
Found in:
Greater Arizona Collection
Luhrs Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: CP LFPC
Abstract
This collection houses snapshots and studio portraits showing George and Catharina (Dodenhof) Luhrs' family, including their siblings, four children, grandchildren, and such family friends as the Thalheimers, Hibbards, and Demunds. Also included are images depicting Stanford University (where Arthur C. Luhrs and George Luhrs Jr. studied), Southern California (where the family vacationed), the Commercial Hotel, the Luhrs Hotel, the Luhrs Tower, the Luhrs Office Building, and fraternal...
Dates:
1867-1990s; Majority of material found within 1880s-1980s
Found in:
Greater Arizona Collection