Luhrs, George H. N. (George Henry Nicholas), 1847?-1929

George H. N. Luhrs, Phoenix businessman and real estate developer, was born at Neuhaus, Germany on March 31, 1847. He arrived in the Arizona Territory in 1869 and established a wagon making business at Wickenburg. He became a permanent Phoenix resident in 1878 and married Catharina Margarita Gretchen Dodenhof (1862-1942) on February 10, 1884.

In 1881 Luhrs established a partnership with Newell Herrick known as Luhrs and Herrick that financed the purchase of prime real estate parcels that would become the center of downtown Phoenix. This land is the site of a number of buildings that became landmarks in downtown Phoenix, including the Luhrs Hotel, the Luhrs Tower, and the Luhrs Building. The Luhrs Hotel was built in 1887 and was originally known as the Commercial Hotel.

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