Fitzhugh & Byron
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Fitzhugh & Byron was an architectural partnership in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, whose partners were Lee Mason Fitzhugh and Lester A. Byron. The firm, along with architect Henry Trost in Tucson and George Washington Smith in Ajo, Arizona
Ajo, Arizona
Ajo is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,705 at the 2000 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just from the Mexican border. It is the closest community to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument....

, is given credit for adobe style revival in the state.

A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

.

Works by Fitzhugh, by Byron, or by the firm include:
  • Asbury, Cline R. / Riney B. Salmon House, 7801 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

     (Fitzhugh, L.M.), NRHP-listed
  • Clark Memorial Clubhouse, off N. 9th St., Clarkdale, Arizona
    Clarkdale, Arizona
    Clarkdale is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 3,836.Clarkdale, formerly a mining town, is now largely a retirement community with an eye for the arts.-History:...

     (Fitzhugh & Byron), NRHP-listed
  • Craig Mansion, 131 E. Country Club Dr., Phoenix, Arizona (Fitzhugh & Byron), NRHP-listed
  • Dunbar School, 707 W. Grant, Phoenix, Arizona, (Fitzhugh & Byron), NRHP-listed
  • First Baptist Church
    First Baptist Church (Phoenix, Arizona)
    The First Baptist Church at 302 Monroe Street in Phoenix, Arizona was built in 1929. While local architects Fitzhugh & Byron "prepared the working drawings and supervised the building's construction," it was mainly designed by supervising architect George Merrill "of the Department of Architecture...

    , 302 W. Monroe St., Phoenix, Arizona, (Fitzhugh & Byron), NRHP-listed
  • First Church of Christ Scientist
    First Church of Christ, Scientist (Phoenix, Arizona)
    The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 924 North First Street, in Phoenix, Arizona, is an historic building that on August 10, 1993, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is now the Roosevelt Community Church...

    , 924 N. First St. Phoenix, AZ (Fitzhugh & Byron), NRHP-listed
  • First Methodist Episcopal Church of Glendale Sanctuary, 7102 N. 58th Dr., Glendale, Arizona (Fitzhugh), NRHP-listed
  • Lois Grunow Memorial Clinic, 926 E. McDowell, Phoenix, Arizona (Fitzhugh & Byron), NRHP-listed
  • Rancho Joaquina House, 4630 E. Cheery Lynn Rd., Phoenix, Arizona (Fitzhugh & Byron), NRHP-listed
  • J. W. Walker Building-Central Arizona Light & Power, 10 N. 3rd Ave. & 300 W. Washington, Phoenix, Arizona (Fitzhugh,Lee), NRHP-listed
  • Valley Field Riding and Polo Club, 2530 N. 64th St. Scottsdale, Arizona
    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...

     (Byron Sr., Lester), NRHP-listed


Lee Mason Fitzhugh's brother, Thornton Fitzhugh
Thornton Fitzhugh
Thornton Fitzhugh was an American architect. Among his major works are the Beaux Arts and Romanesque Pacific Electric Building in downtown Los Angeles, California, and a number others which are listed on the U.S...

, was also a noted architect.
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