Edward L. Varney

Sun Devil Stadium, designed by Varney in 1958
Hotel Valley Ho, Scottsdale 1956
H.B. Farmer Building ASU 1960

Edward Leighton Varney Jr. (1914–1998) was an American Modernist architect working in Phoenix Arizona from 1937 until his retirement in 1985. He designed the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, and Sun Devil Stadium at Arizona State University. He studied under Frank Lloyd Wright and in 1941 began his firm.

Interdisciplinary Buildings, originally Administration buildings ASU 1950-51

Life and career

Edward Leighton Varney Jr. was born on October 11, 1914, in Alameda, California, the son of Edward Leighton, and Frances Deane, Varney. He attended the University of California at Berkeley before transferring to the University Southern California where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture in 1938.[1] That same year he moved to Phoenix and took a job with O.A. Bell Architects working as a draftsman on the Arizona Capital addition. In 1941 he and Charles Gilmore started the firm of Gilmore & Varney. In 1946 he started his own firm, Edward L. Varney Associates. He was soon joined by Reginald Sydnor, and Robert Sexton[2] and the firm was reorganized into Varney, Sexton, Sydnor Associates. Varney is credited with mentoring some influential architects in Arizona, including Ralph Haver, Richard E. Drover, and Frederick P. Weaver.[3] in 1971 Varney was made a fellow in the American Institute of Architects. Varney retired in 1985 and died on June 30, 1998.[4]

Selected Works

Varney's works include:[5]

  • 1945 Neil B. McGinnis Equipment Company (Now The Vintage 45)
  • 1946 Phoenix Merchandise Mart
  • 1946 Encanto Village shopping center
  • 1946 Village Drive-In (Demolished)
  • 1948 Valley Garden Center
  • 1949 Arizona Country Club clubhouse
  • 1950 Roosevelt Counsel Boy Scouts of America Center (Demolished)[6]
  • 1950 Motorola 56th Street research facility (significantly altered now Great Hearts Academy)
  • 1950-51 Interdisciplinary buildings originally Administration buildings Arizona State University
  • 1952 First National Bank of Arizona (now Rock of Salvation Ministries)
  • 1953 Paradise Valley Country Club (Demolished)[7]
  • 1953 Sunnyslope High School[5]
  • 1955 Washington High School[8]
  • 1956 Motorola 52nd Street semiconductor plant (now ON semiconductor)
  • 1956 Sperry Rand Deer Valley (now Honeywell Aerospace)
  • 1956 Hotel Valley Ho
  • 1957 Motorola Government and Electronics Building (now General Dynamics)
  • 1958 General Electric Deer Valley Plant (significantly altered now Metro North Corporate Park)[9][10]
  • 1958 Sun Devil Stadium[11]
  • 1958 expansion to Hotel Valley Ho
  • 1958 Lenart Building, 7000 E Camelback Road (Demolished)
  • 1960 Moon Valley Country Club clubhouse[10]
  • 1960 Farmer Education Building Arizona State University
  • 1960 Kitt Peak Headquarters, Tucson AZ (now National Optical Astronomy Observatory Headquarters)[12]
  • 1961 Phoenix Country Club[13](current clubhouse)
  • 1961 Scottsdale Fashion Square Phase 1 (Demolished)
  • 1961 US Federal Courthouse (with Lescher & Mahoney)
  • 1961 Sigma Chi Fraternity house Arizona State University (Demolished)[14]
  • 1963 Goode building (originally Phoenix City Hall with Ralph Haver)[15]
  • 1964 Emerson Electric Plant, Prescott AZ (now Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc)[16]
  • 1964 Western Savings and Loan 20th Street and Camelback later Washburn piano (Demolished)
  • 1965-1966 Glendale Community College[17]
  • 1967 Dunn-Edwards Paints, Tucson AZ[12]
  • 1968 St Luke's Medical Center[18]
  • 1968 Prescott College
  • 1972 Life Sciences building expansion Arizona State University
  • 1973 Phoenix Police Department headquarters[19]
  • 1974 Arizona state capitol executive tower (with Lescher & Mahoney and Place & Place)
  • 1975 expansion to Yuma Regional Medical Center Yuma AZ[20]
  • 1977 Independence High School[21]
  • 1977 Maricopa County Central Court Building
  • 1977 Horizon Elementary School[21]
  • 1979 St. Joseph's Hospital parking garage
  • 1981 St. Joseph's Hospital expansion (with Douglas Sydnor)[22]

References

  1. ↑ Preservation, City of Phoenix Historic; Architects, Ryden (2010). Midcentury Marvels: Commercial Architecture of Phoenix, 1945 - 1975 (1st ed.). Phoenix, AZ: City of Phoenix. ISBN 9780615409894.
  2. ↑ "Modern Phoenix: The Neighborhood Network". modernphoenix.net. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  3. ↑ "History". DWL Architects. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. ↑ "Arizona Obituary Records Search Results". www.mesarfhc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  5. 1 2 "Modern Phoenix Neighborhoods - CommunityWalk". www.communitywalk.com. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Webb Spinner 1950-1951" (PDF).
  7. ↑ Sydnor, Douglas B. (2013). Paradise Valley Architecture. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738596594.
  8. ↑ "Modern Phoenix: The Neighborhood Network". modernphoenix.net. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  9. ↑ "GE Information Systems". www.smecc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  10. 1 2 "Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona on May 6, 1962 · Page 124". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  11. ↑ "ASU Library:". www.asu.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  12. 1 2 "next 50" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Modern Phoenix: The Neighborhood Network". modernphoenix.net. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  14. ↑ Pela, Robrt L. (2009-07-30). "Greek Ruins: Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright's Disciples — As Well As Ralph Haver, Kemper Goodwin, John Sing Tang, and Edward L. Varney — May Soon Be History, Thanks to Arizona State University". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  15. ↑ "Modern Phoenix: The Neighborhood Network". www.modernphoenix.net. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  16. ↑ "Del Webb 1963-1964" (PDF).
  17. ↑ "GCC Timeline -- Construction & Planning (GCC Library Archives)". lib.gccaz.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  18. ↑ "Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona on March 31, 1968 · Page 130". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  19. ↑ "Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona on June 13, 1973 · Page 22". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  20. ↑ "The Yuma Daily Sun from Yuma, Arizona on January 8, 1975 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  21. 1 2 "Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona on February 27, 1977 · Page 96". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  22. ↑ "Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona on March 1, 1981 · Page 188". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
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