Feedback Good for Infill Homes in Garfield Historic District

Feedback good for infill homes in historic area
By Linda Helser ~ The Arizona Republic

PHOENIX - They're open and modern on the inside, but appear vintage and historic on the outside.

The four new single-family infill houses just completed in the downtown Phoenix Garfield Historic District are proving to be all-around winners.

A joint project of the Garfield Organization, Neighborhood Housing Services of Phoenix and Phoenix's Neighborhood Services Department, the new construction infill homes were designed to fit in rather than stick out in an otherwise historic neighborhood dating back to 1883 through 1942.

"That's the most important feedback we got during neighborhood meetings," said Jonathan Peiffer of Roberts/Jones Associates, the principal architect who designed the four bungalow-style homes. "They wanted the garage in the rear and the big porch in the front and they wanted the houses to look like all the others in the neighborhood."

Peiffer designed two floor plans with two elevations but with eight different options. An open house was Tuesday for a 1438-square-foot, three-bedroom and two-bath model at 1025 E. Portland St.

Thomas Wilson of Neighborhood Housing Services said the other three-bedroom homes are at 1138 E. Garfield St. and 1105 E. Pierce St., while a four-bedroom, two-bath model is at 326 N. 13th St. Moon Valley Builders constructed the Portland, Garfield and Pierce homes while Arizona Built Rite Construction built the four-bedroom model.

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