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Security Center (Additional Documentation)
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National Register of Historic Places

Security Center (Additional Documentation)

Also known as Security Building; Union Title Building; Security Building Annex

On the National Register since 198541 years
Second Renaissance RevivalListed 1985Phoenix
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About Security Center (Additional Documentation)

Security Center (Additional Documentation), at 234 N. Central, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 12, 1985. The Register lists it for its commerce and architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Second Renaissance Revival, as it does for 6 other Arizona listings. It was listed as part of Phoenix Commercial MRA. 13 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in Arizona. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 12 MB · National Archives↗
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234 N. Central, Phoenix · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Security Center (Additional Documentation)Start here
  2. 2San Carlos HotelBuilding · next door
  3. 3Professional BuildingLos Angeles Moderne · Built 1932 · next door
  4. 4Heard BuildingCommercial · next door
  5. 5Title and Trust BuildingModerne · next door
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40 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BU.S. Courthouse and Federal Office BuildingBuilding0.1 miBPhoenix Elementary School District No. 1 Administration BuildingNeo-Classical Revival0.1 miBMaricopa County CourthouseMission/Spanish Colonial Revival0.2 miBFry Building-Baxter BlockVictorian Commercial0.2 miBOrpheum TheaterSpanish Colonial Revival · Built 19290.2 miBHanny'sInternational0.2 miBFirestoneModerne0.2 miBWhitney, J. T., Funeral HomePueblo Revival · Built 19260.2 miBU.S. Post OfficeEclectic0.2 miBJefferson HotelBuilding0.3 miBJ. W. Walker Building-Central Arizona Light & PowerNeo-Classical Revival0.3 miBWelnick Arcade Market and Liefgreen Seed Company BuildingBuilding0.3 miBFirst Baptist ChurchItalian Gothic0.3 miBFirst Presbyterian ChurchMission/Spanish Colonial Revival0.3 miBSt. Mary's ChurchMission Revival · Built 18810.3 miBPhoenix Motor CompanyBuilt 19300.3 miBH. M. Coe HouseColonial Revival0.3 miBHotel Westward HoBuilt 19280.3 mi
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BChambers Transfer & Storage Co.-Central WarehouseTwentieth Century Commercial0.4 miBLuhrs BuildingBuilding0.4 miB6th Avenue Hotel-Windsor HotelModerne0.4 miBValley Plumbing & Sheet MetalModerne0.4 miBWilliam Edward Cavness HouseBungalow/Craftsman0.4 miBConcrete Block HouseMission Revival0.4 miBHarry E. Pierce HouseColonial Revival0.4 miBCharles H. Dunlap HouseMission Revival0.4 miBStephens, C.P., DeSoto Six MotorcarsBuilding0.4 miBElizabeth Seargeant-Emery Oldaker HouseCraftsman Bungalow0.4 miBCelora Stoddard/Lon Harmon HouseMission Revival0.4 miBKnights of Pythias BuildingCommercial0.4 miBPhoenix Seed & Feed CompanyTwentieth Century Warehouse0.5 miBStorage WarehouseNeo-Classical Revival0.5 miBWestern Wholesale Drug Co. WarehouseTwentieth Century Commercial0.5 miBChambers Transfer & Storage Co.Spanish Colonial Revival0.5 miBBaird, F. S., Machine ShopCommercial0.5 miBDr. Roland Lee Rosson HouseVictorian · Built 18950.5 miDPhoenix TownsiteDistrict0.5 miBMonroe SchoolClassical Revival0.5 miDRoosevelt Historic DistrictVictorian Vernacular0.5 miBFirst Church of Christ ScientistClassical Revival0.5 mi

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Questions about Security Center (Additional Documentation)

Is Security Center (Additional Documentation) on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Sep 12, 1985 (Register number 85002081).

Is Security Center (Additional Documentation) a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Arizona has 35 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Pueblo Grande Ruin, 5.2 miles away.

Can you visit Security Center (Additional Documentation)?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Security Center (Additional Documentation)?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 12 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75608556 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.