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22-558: Construction of the building began on September 2, 1919, and was financed by Dwight B. Heard and the Commonwealth Investment Company as a new home for his investment and publishing ventures. The building was designed by Llewellyn Adelbert Parker, an architect formerly associated with Mayberry & Parker, who designed several other structures in the valley including the Central Avenue Bridge,

44-518: A crew of eight men. It took them eight months to complete. In the wake of a devastating 1910 fire that consumed the Adams Hotel, Heard committed to constructing all future projects out of concrete to reduce the chance of fire. The Heard Building is no exception. The entire frame of the building is reinforced concrete and although several minor fires were reported over the years, they were extinguished quickly with minimal damage. The Heard building

66-517: A new 5000-watt transmitter plant at 36th Street and Thomas Road, although operations were still run from atop the Heard Building. This station was purchased by advertiser John J. Louis, Sr. of Chicago, Illinois in 1944, and the studio was eventually moved to a new location in the early fifties. The building can be seen in the opening sequence of the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho . The clip fades in centered on Hotel San Carlos , which

88-416: Is an Art Deco skyscraper. Built in 1932, it is 171 feet (52 m) tall. Angles and setbacks are played up in this streamlined Art Deco design. A central tower rises from the two-story base with a wing on the western side of the building. The entrances on Central Avenue and Monroe Street feature decorative grills above the doors. It functioned as an office building from 1932 until losing its last tenants in

110-429: Is located on the northwest corner of Central and Monroe. You can see the former Arizona Bank Building under-construction just west of Hotel San Carlos; this building was demolished in 2005 to make way for the new 44 Monroe building. Camelback Mountain can be seen in the background. When the camera pans to the right you can see the Heard Building in the foreground with its antenna; behind the Heard Building you can see

132-521: Is the result of combining the office space needs of both entities. Upon completion in February 1932, the Valley Bank moved into the bottom three floors with medical offices occupying the top seven. In 1958, a large rotating Valley National Bank sign was added to the top of the tower. It measured 49 feet (15 m) across and could be seen from miles around. Also in 1958 another floor was added to

154-491: The Heard Museum , a Native American art museum named after him, was opened. Heard moved to Chicago from Wayland, Massachusetts , shortly after high school. He began working at Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett and Company. During his time as an employee, Heard met his wife, Maie Bartlett , (1868–1951) while being mentored by Adolphus Bartlett (1844–1922), the father of Maie. In 1893, they were married. Just one year later,

176-529: The Professional Building . In 1922 Bill Strother , the "Human Spider", climbed the face of the building and sat on top of the flagpole In February 2018, the Swiss artists duo NEVERCREW was requested to realize a series of mural paintings on the walls of the building. The three murals are called "El oso plateado and the machine" and are intended as a tribute to the past of the building and to

198-516: The 1990s. The building subsequently sat empty for two decades, before reopening as a hotel in 2015. In 1930, members of the Maricopa County Medical Society met to discuss the need for a major facility for medical, dental and laboratory offices. Coincidentally, the Valley Bank and Trust Company (later to be known as Valley National Bank of Arizona ) was preparing plans to build their headquarters. The Professional Building

220-559: The Goodrich Building, and the Goldberg Building. General contracting was awarded to James William Martin who supervised the buildings construction. Contracting for plumbing, heating and ventilation was awarded to D. S. Horrall Company and the plans for heating and ventilation were drawn by Elliott Lee Ellingwood, consultant engineer. The building was plastered with cement by Scottish contractor Duncan MacDonald and

242-744: The Professional Building in 2005, intending to renovate it and convert it to a boutique hotel named Hotel Monroe. Preliminary construction work was started during 2007, with most of the interior of the building gutted. Originally slated to open in October 2008, the Hotel Monroe project was cancelled due to the collapse of its lender, Mortgages Ltd. In 2013, the building was the last of the Mortgages Ltd. properties to be sold off, going to CSM Lodging for $ 7.9 million. The building

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264-426: The call sign to KTAR (Keep Taking Arizona Republican), which it began using on January 1, 1930. In conjunction with the ownership change, the station's studios and transmitter were relocated to the Heard Building. A 1000-watt Western Electric transmitter was installed on the 7th floor and two 180 ft (55 m) towers were installed on the roof to support the antenna. Demand increased, and in 1941 KTAR moved to

286-752: The couple moved to Arizona after Heard was diagnosed with lung ailments. They settled in Phoenix in 1895 and decided to make it their home. In Arizona, Heard was one of the largest landowners in the Salt River Valley . He owned the Bartlett-Heard Land and Cattle Company, which sold cattle, alfalfa, citrus trees and cotton in South Phoenix . He also was the president of the Arizona Cotton Growers' Association, and

308-414: The expansion. William Peper Construction Company was awarded the contract. The project was directed by E. W. Larson, general manager of the Commonwealth Investment Company, and William Peper. Architectural plans were drawn by Lescher and Mahoney with reconstruction expected to take 60 days. The buildings original elevators were replaced with modern automatic leveling elevators and the air conditioning system

330-699: The extinct Mexican grizzly . Dwight B. Heard Dwight Bancroft Heard (1 May 1869 – 14 Mar 1929) was an American rancher in Arizona , along with the president of the Arizona Cotton Association. He is famous for publishing the Arizona Republican , now The Arizona Republic , from 1912 to 1929. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1928. He died in 1929, a few months before

352-529: The first floor. Both newspaper publications were sold in 1946 to Eugene C. Pulliam and in 1948 they were moved to new headquarters. In December 1937 a reconstruction project was launched to modernize the facade and expand the offices of the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette . The offices of the Dwight B. Heard Investment Company were moved from the first floor to the third floor to make way for

374-497: The street to the tallest skyscraper in the state, its newly built headquarters, now known as Chase Tower . In the next two decades, the building's occupancy dwindled, yet on January 8, 1993, the Professional Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . By the early 2000s, the building had been vacant for years and the revolving sign had been removed. Scottsdale -based Grace Communities purchased

396-403: The western wing. This floor differs slightly from the rest of the building, as it is mostly glass and it is attached to the central core tower by a 45 degree angled cantilever. (In the opening shot of Alfred Hitchcock 's 1960 film Psycho , the building along with the rotating sign can be seen as the camera pans across the then-skyline of downtown Phoenix.) In 1972, the Valley Bank moved across

418-544: Was credited for making Arizona's cotton industry more competitive. His other business interests included real estate development and investment lending. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1928. In 1912 Heard supported former President Theodore Roosevelt over official Republican nominee Howard Taft. That same year, he purchased the Arizona Republican , now known as the Arizona Republic , and published it until his death in 1929. In 1924 he

440-673: Was sold in December 1951, to a group of New York investors for $ 710,000. When the building opened in 1920 offices of the Arizona Republican occupied most of the first floor and portions of the basement for printing press equipment. In 1930 the Arizona Publishing Company , parent company of the Arizona Republic , purchased the Phoenix Gazette and moved its employees into the offices of the Republican of

462-708: Was the Republican nominee for Governor, narrowly losing to incumbent George W. P. Hunt . Soon after his death, the Heard Museum was founded, housing Native American artifacts the Heards had acquired during their life in Phoenix. Maie Heard worked as the curator and director of the museum for twenty years. She died exactly 22 years after her husband Dwight's death in 1951. Professional Building (Phoenix, Arizona) The Professional Building in Phoenix, Arizona

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484-697: Was upgraded the previous year. In September 1929 it was announced that the Arizona Republican newspaper and the Electrical Equipment Company of Phoenix had filed articles of incorporation creating the KAR Broadcasting Company, which intended to take over and upgrade radio station KFAD. Ownership was transferred to the new company in November 1929, and in December the company received permission to change

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