Eisendrath house
The 5,250 square-foot Eisendrath House, designed and built by well-known Phoenix architect and contractor Robert T. Evans in 1930, is the largest remaining and best-preserved Pueblo Revival style structure in the Tempe, Arizona area.
History
The Eisendrath House was built as the winter residence of Rose Eisendrath, WIDOW of the wealthy Chicago glove manufacturer, Joseph N. Eisendrath. The Eisendrath House survives as an example of a seasonal residence typical of the first wave of wealthy winter visitors vacationing in the Salt River Valley. From the 1920s this phenomenon constituted a significant aspect of valley tourism and foretold of an incipient Phoenix and Chicago economic association.
After Mrs. Eisendrath's death in 1936, the house passed through several owners and continued to be used as a retreat for the wealthy. This residence represents an outstanding example of the Pueblo Revival style.
Architecture
The Eisendrath House, constructed in 1930, is a significant work of noted Arizona architect Robert T. Evans. The building is an important example of Evans’ skill and mastery of adobe architecture. The construction of the Eisendrath House, and of other buildings designed by Evans, helped inspire a revival of adobe architecture in the Salt River Valley from the mid-twenties to the start of World War II.
The two-story structure represents a masterwork of traditional building materials executed in high style. While maintaining the inherent environmental appropriateness of adobe, this elegant Pueblo Revival home renders traditional materials in a refined design constructed with a degree of skill and sophistication noticeably above what is normally encountered in vernacular adobe architecture.