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Architecture Articles
(from the archives)
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Obituary:
architect Vere O. Wallingford
(2 Feb 1945; The Arizona Republic) An Example of American Gothic Architecture (1 Aug 1964; The Arizona Republic) Papago Plan Forces Old Church to Move (10 Nov 1969; by Marie H. Walling, The Arizona Republic) Phoenix Historic Building Survey (25 June 1979; by surveyor Corbit) Historic Building Inventory Notes (April 1988; by surveyor Steve Barduson) Letter about City Historic Preservation Status (14 Apr 1992; by then Pastor William Dowling) Churches Reflect Different Visions (11 Mar 2001; by Richard Nilsen; The Arizona Republic) |
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"...Grace Lutheran is the oldest Lutheran church
in Phoenix...Built between 1928 and 1929 by architect Vere Wallingford
(who also did Good Samaritan Hospital) and builder William Peper at
a cost of $48,000...Gothic revival style, cruciform plan (cross-like
shape), stained glass windows, buttressed walls, clerestories (vertical
windows set high in the walls), unmatched towers and gabbleroof...Remodeled
in 1960 for $120,000...Historic Preservation designation." (PDF
viewer)
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