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Westward Ho (Phoenix, Arizona)

USA / Arizona / Phoenix / Phoenix, Arizona / North Central Avenue, 618
 high-rise, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, retirement home, Mission Revival (architecture)

618 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Historic former hotel (now senior housing) listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1927-1928
Architect: H. Rafael Lake & Louis L. Dorr
Expanded: 1948 (west expansion)
Architectural style: Mission Revival
Areas of significance: Commerce; Engineering; Architecture
Area: less than 1 acre (original high-rise)
Stories: 16
Also known as: Roosevelt Hotel (planned name, not used)
Date added to NRHP: 2/19/1982
Other designations: part of the Phoenix Commercial Multiple Resource Area; Phoenix Historic Property Register
Notes: Closed as a hotel in 1979, after which the building was converted into units for senior housing. Appears in the 1998 remake of Psycho, but (contrary to popular belief) does not appear in the original.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   33°27'18"N   112°4'28"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago