page_title: List of historic properties in Mesa, Arizona
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: List of historic properties in Mesa, Arizona / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: 1926 Town Center Clock in Mesa, Arizona located at the NE corner of W. Main and Macdonald. This clock was originally across the street at 61 West Main but was moved to this corner in 1932. The clock mechanism has been updated.
context_page_description: This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining historic structures and monuments in Mesa, Arizona. Mesa is a city in Maricopa County located east of Phoenix. Mesa is the third largest city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson.
context_section_description: The following buildings and houses of religious worship which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and/or the Mesa Historic Properties are pictured in this section with a brief description of the same. The Arizona Museum of Natural History was actually built where the city hall, jail and courthouse were once located. The museum kept the 1884 Territorial jail cells and has them on display. Also, pictured is the 1926 Town Center Clock located at the NE corner of W. Main and Macdonald. This clock was originally across the street at 61 West Main  but, was moved to this corner in 1932. The clock mechanism has been updated. 
  The replica of the original Lehi School was built in 1880.
  The Pomeroy Building was built in 1891 by the sons of Francis Pomeroy, one of Mesa's founding fathers. It is located at 138 West Main St. This building housed one of the city's earliest businesses.
  The Alhambra Hotel which was originally built in 1893 and reconstructed in 1922. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1991.
  The Abell, Wilbur and Company Warehouse built in 1898 located at 166 W. Main Street.
  The Lehi School, built in 1913. Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event, Architect, builder, or engineer: WPA, Architectural Style: Moderne, Mission/Spanish Revival, Area of Significance:  Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Education. Period of Significance:  1950–1974, 1925–1949, 1900–1924.
  The Nile Theater Building' located at 105 West Main Street opened in 1924, this was Mesa's first air-conditioned building. Blocks of ice were put in a container in the back of the building and a large fan behind the ice distributed the cool air to vents under the theater seats. The theater existed until 1951.
  The Mesa Women's Club, built in 1931 (NRHP) Historic Significance:  Event, Area of Significance:  Social History, Period of Significance:  1925-1949.
  Irving School was built in 1936 and it is located at 155 N. Center St. The Irving School is a rare surviving example of Federal Modern style architecture applied to an elementary school. The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 2000, reference number 00001323.
  The Post Office/Federal Building, built in 1937, (MHP).
  The Buckhorn Baths Motel  was built in 1939 and is located at 5900 Main St. in Mesa. The Buckhorn Baths Motel is a complex consisting of fourteen buildings including a bathhouse, a main office building, and individual room units. The motel was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2005, reference number #05000421.
  The Grain Elevator Frihoff Peter Nielson & Sons built the 100-foot-tall Flour Mill, Grain Silo and Grain Elevator, the largest of its kind in the Valley, in 1938. It is located on the corner of Macdonald and Broadway Road.
  The Citrus Growers Warehouse built in 1930 and located at 254 Broadway Road.
  Individual room units of The Buckhorn Baths Motel .
  The Information Technology Department Building was built in 1959 and is located at 59 E. 1st St. It was built as the Mesa Public Library, it is an early example of post-World War II modern formalism architecture. It is listed in the Mesa Historic Property Register.
  The two Falcon Field World War II Aviation Hangars built in 1941 and located within 4800 E. Falcon Dr. The hangars were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 2016, reference #16000266.
caption: 1926 Town Center Clock
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