51:
469:
65:
90:
569:
97:
72:
309:
The Moeur
Building features ornamental features typical of the Moderne style, with linear designs in low relief. Stylized brick pilasters with fluted capitals add a vertical element to the central bay facade. The building's footprint is H-shaped, with each wing extending further to the north than the
289:
The building was constructed as a women's activity center, containing a 6,800 square feet (630 m) auditorium/recreation room surrounded by a U-shaped corridor. The corridor features low relief panels on the walls and ceiling in geometric
Moderne designs. Two wall murals have since been removed,
603:
286:, who died two years before the project was completed. Governor Moeur spent two terms in office and was part of the state's Constitutional Convention, writing the sections of the Arizona Constitution that pertained to education.
543:
598:
513:
503:
488:
548:
483:
528:
523:
508:
498:
478:
538:
558:
533:
493:
271:
style, both unusual; it is one of the largest adobe buildings in the state, utilizing 50,000 adobe bricks and dating from an era when the WPA constructed many adobe structures (such as the
552:
517:
267:
The Moeur
Building was built in the late 1930s and is "the largest structure of its kind to be built in Arizona by the labor of the ". The building is made of adobe in the
255:
in
September 1985, ahead of the typical 50-year requirement for National Register sites, for "exceptional" architectural and historical merit. It is the largest WPA-built
593:
450:
130:
441:
608:
313:
Internally, concrete is used for the structure, with the walls infilled with adobe. No other structure in
Arizona was built with this method.
89:
588:
64:
613:
628:
623:
434:
454:
335:
252:
37:
427:
294:
student Bruce
Richards depicting modern dance and another by John Leeper depicting women in sports and art activities.
297:
The building housed administrative offices for the expanding university after the 1960s, and it currently houses the
419:
386:
275:
gymnasium), while it is the only
Federal Moderne building on the campus. The architect was the Arizona firm of
272:
248:
201:
298:
618:
240:
468:
50:
374:
362:
340:
206:
283:
276:
8:
604:
University and college buildings on the
National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
268:
219:
449:
398:
244:
118:
410:
582:
145:
132:
291:
458:
330:
599:
National
Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona
568:
256:
279:. Many building materials were donated by Arizona firms.
375:
282:
The building was named for former governor of Arizona
363:
The NRHP nomination for the Moeur Building, from 1982
96:
71:
16:
Historic building on the ASU campus in Tempe, Arizona
594:University and college buildings completed in 1939
580:
435:
442:
428:
49:
411:Mars Space Flight Facility website at ASU
387:City of Tempe biography on Benjamin Moeur
38:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
609:Works Progress Administration in Arizona
247:. Constructed from 1936 to 1939 by the
581:
331:"National Register Information System"
423:
358:
356:
354:
352:
350:
455:National Register of Historic Places
336:National Register of Historic Places
253:National Register of Historic Places
399:More on the Moeur building from ASU
323:
13:
589:Arizona State University buildings
347:
14:
640:
301:, a center for research on Mars.
567:
467:
239:is a structure on the campus of
95:
88:
70:
63:
614:Moderne architecture in Arizona
304:
629:1939 establishments in Arizona
624:Adobe buildings and structures
404:
392:
380:
368:
214:
1:
316:
273:Casa Grande Union High School
249:Works Progress Administration
237:B. B. Moeur Activity Building
104:Show map of the United States
30:B. B. Moeur Activity Building
19:United States historic place
7:
10:
645:
299:Mars Space Flight Facility
262:
565:
474:
465:
225:
213:NRHP reference
212:
200:
192:
184:
169:
161:
124:
113:
57:
48:
44:
35:
28:
24:
241:Arizona State University
196:Moderne, Federal Moderne
193:Architectural style
259:building in the state.
251:, it was added to the
146:33.41778°N 111.93528°W
413:, accessed 2014-02-18
401:, accessed 2014-01-29
389:, accessed 2014-02-22
377:, accessed 2014-01-29
365:, accessed 2014-01-29
341:National Park Service
277:Lescher & Mahoney
188:Lescher & Mahoney
284:Benjamin Baker Moeur
151:33.41778; -111.93528
117:201 E. Orange Mall,
142: /
79:Show map of Arizona
229:September 11, 1985
165:less than one acre
576:
575:
233:
232:
636:
619:Women in Arizona
571:
471:
444:
437:
430:
421:
420:
414:
408:
402:
396:
390:
384:
378:
372:
366:
360:
345:
344:
327:
216:
180:
178:
157:
156:
154:
153:
152:
147:
143:
140:
139:
138:
135:
105:
99:
98:
92:
80:
74:
73:
67:
53:
22:
21:
644:
643:
639:
638:
637:
635:
634:
633:
579:
578:
577:
572:
563:
472:
461:
448:
418:
417:
409:
405:
397:
393:
385:
381:
373:
369:
361:
348:
343:. July 9, 2010.
329:
328:
324:
319:
307:
269:Federal Moderne
265:
176:
174:
150:
148:
144:
141:
136:
133:
131:
129:
128:
109:
108:
107:
106:
103:
102:
101:
100:
83:
82:
81:
78:
77:
76:
75:
40:
31:
20:
17:
12:
11:
5:
642:
632:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
606:
601:
596:
591:
574:
573:
566:
564:
562:
561:
556:
546:
541:
536:
531:
526:
521:
511:
506:
501:
496:
491:
486:
481:
475:
473:
466:
463:
462:
447:
446:
439:
432:
424:
416:
415:
403:
391:
379:
367:
346:
321:
320:
318:
315:
306:
303:
264:
261:
245:Tempe, Arizona
231:
230:
227:
223:
222:
217:
210:
209:
204:
198:
197:
194:
190:
189:
186:
182:
181:
171:
167:
166:
163:
159:
158:
126:
122:
121:
119:Tempe, Arizona
115:
111:
110:
94:
93:
87:
86:
85:
84:
69:
68:
62:
61:
60:
59:
58:
55:
54:
46:
45:
42:
41:
36:
33:
32:
29:
26:
25:
18:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
641:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
605:
602:
600:
597:
595:
592:
590:
587:
586:
584:
570:
560:
557:
554:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
522:
519:
515:
512:
510:
507:
505:
502:
500:
497:
495:
492:
490:
487:
485:
482:
480:
477:
476:
470:
464:
460:
456:
452:
445:
440:
438:
433:
431:
426:
425:
422:
412:
407:
400:
395:
388:
383:
376:
371:
364:
359:
357:
355:
353:
351:
342:
338:
337:
332:
326:
322:
314:
311:
302:
300:
295:
293:
287:
285:
280:
278:
274:
270:
260:
258:
254:
250:
246:
242:
238:
228:
226:Added to NRHP
224:
221:
218:
211:
208:
205:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
183:
172:
168:
164:
160:
155:
127:
123:
120:
116:
112:
91:
66:
56:
52:
47:
43:
39:
34:
27:
23:
406:
394:
382:
370:
334:
325:
312:
308:
305:Architecture
296:
288:
281:
266:
236:
234:
149: /
125:Coordinates
583:Categories
544:Santa Cruz
451:Properties
317:References
137:111°56′7″W
207:Tempe MRA
185:Architect
134:33°25′4″N
553:Prescott
514:Maricopa
504:Greenlee
489:Coconino
292:Taliesin
220:85002171
114:Location
549:Yavapai
518:Phoenix
484:Cochise
459:Arizona
453:on the
310:south.
290:one by
263:History
175: (
529:Navajo
524:Mohave
509:La Paz
499:Graham
479:Apache
539:Pinal
257:adobe
170:Built
559:Yuma
534:Pima
494:Gila
235:The
177:1936
173:1936
162:Area
457:in
243:in
215:No.
202:MPS
585::
349:^
339:.
333:.
555:)
551:(
520:)
516:(
443:e
436:t
429:v
179:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)
