Fred M. Guirey

Fred M Guirey (1908-1984) was an architect working in Phoenix Arizona from the 1930s to the 1980s

Guirey served as local associate to Welton Becket for the Chase Tower in Phoenix

Life

He was born in 1908 in Oakland CA he graduated UC Berkeley with a degree in architecture in 1933. After his graduation he worked for the Arizona highway department as a landscape architect. In 1939 he married Catherine Bolen. that same year they began building their home in Phoenix. During the 1940s he designed several private residences around Phoenix. In 1952 he built his architecture office at 506 East Camelback in Phoenix. From the 1950s to the 1970s his firm with design many buildings throughout Phoenix and Arizona. In 1961 The Firm became known as Guirey Srnka & Arnold. In 1965 they hired George Sprinkle to manage the firm's satellite Flagstaff office. in the early 1980s Fred had two heart attacks which restricted his work. In 1980 George Sprinkle died of a brain tumor. In 1982 Richard Arnold died; that same year, there was a fire at the office. The Firm was merged with Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall. Fred Guirey died in 1984.[1]

Selected Works[2]
  • 1939 Guirey House
  • 1946 Mocine House[3]
  • 1952 Guirey Office (506 East Camelback)
  • 1954 Camelback High School (Demolished)
  • 1954 Greenwood Garden Mausoleum
  • 1958 Messinger Mortuary & Chapel
  • 1960 Hibiscus Apartments
  • 1960 444 West Camelback
  • 1960 Superlite Block Building (now Humanities & Sciences Institute)
  • 1961 400 West Camelback
  • 1961 Arizona Public Service headquarters
  • 1962 Coronet Apartment (Renovated)[4]
  • 1963 Cowden Hall Northern Arizona University
  • 1964 Phoenix Municipal Stadium
  • 1966 Lowell Observatory
  • 1968 Valley National Bank Holbrook branch
  • 1968 Thunderbird School of Global Management
  • 1970 Arizona State University arts and architecture complex
  • 1970 Western Savings Sun City branch
  • 1972 Valley Center, now Chase Tower (Guirey served as local associate to Welton Becket head architect)
  • 1973 New Resurrection Mausoleum
  • 1975 Durango Juvenile Detention Facility

References
  1. "Modern Phoenix: The Neighborhood Network". www.modernphoenix.net. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  2. "The Architecture of Fred M Guirey, FAIA - CommunityWalk". www.communitywalk.com. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  3. "Modern Phoenix: The Neighborhood Network". modernphoenix.net. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  4. Pela, Robrt L. (2009-04-02). "You May Not Know Fred Guirey, But He Knew Phoenix". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
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