Phoenix Motor Company building

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Phoenix Motor Company building
The Van Buren located in the Phoenix Motor Company, 2018
Phoenix Motor Company building is located in Arizona
Phoenix Motor Company building
Phoenix Motor Company building is located in the United States
Phoenix Motor Company building
Location401 W Van Buren Street, Phoenix, Arizona
BuiltOctober 1930[1]
ArchitectLescher & Mahoney
Architectural styleSpanish Revival/Baroque Revival[2]
NRHP reference No.100003064
Added to NRHP2018-11-01

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.[4]

It was added to the Phoenix Historic Property Register in May 2017[6] and the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[4]

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

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