Tempe Hardware Building (Tempe, Arizona)

 Romanesque (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, commercial building

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Historic commercial building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1898-1899
Architect: James M. Creighton
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival; Neoclassical detailing
Areas of significance: Commerce; Architecture; Religion; Social History
Area: 0.17 acres
Also known as: I.O.O.F. Hall; Cosmopolitan Hall; Curry Hall
Date added to NRHP: 6/26/1980
Other designations: Tempe Historic Properties Register
Notes: In addition to housing a hardware store (from which it got its name), the Tempe Hardware Building also served as a social club lodge hall, a dance hall, a church, and the headquarters of Tempe's municipal government. It has hosted many social and political gatherings during the course of its more than century-long existence.