Llewellyn A. Parker, Architect & Engineer. Los Angeles, California
Elliott Lee Ellingwood, Consulting Engineer. Los Angeles, California
Job/Commission Number: N/A
Drawings: A total of 72 sheets reside in three folders. Sheet sizes vary. The Heard Building dates from 1919-1920 and is the oldest set of blueprints in this collection.
The following is written on a piece of brown paper wrapping sheet located in Folder 3: Permit No. 0-2425, yr. 1919.
Note: There are approximately 10 sheets dating from the 1970s to the 1980s. These are for Greater Arizona Savings who resided in this building at that time.
Condition Report: Lots of tearing throughout this set of drawings.
Historical Note: Dwight B. Heard financed the construction of this building to house his land, finance and publishing empire. The ARIZONA REPUBLIC newspaper originally occupied the bottom floor of the building. Dwight B. Heard (1869-1929) came from Chicago where he met and married a socially prominent Chicagoan, Maie Bartlett. Heard first came to Phoenix for his health-he suffered from respiratory problems-and decided to stay because of fellow Chicagoan John C. Adams, builder of the Adams Hotel in 1896. Heard and his father-in-law Adolphus Bartlett (head of the world's largest hardware company) formed the Bartlett-Heard Land and Cattle Company. He built a home-Casa Blanca-on North Central and was the center of Phoenix society. For almost 30 years, Heard was a dominate figure in land, agriculture and business in Phoenix. He lobbied with his friend Theodore Roosevelt for a dam and introduced Pima cotton into Arizona. He ran for but lost the 1924 Governor's race to George Hunt.
