Tempe Historic Property Survey

The Neeb House was built around 1938 by the students of industrial arts professor Lewis S. Neeb. Neeb came to Arizona in 1919 as an industrial arts teacher and athletic coach, and worked at Phoenix Junior College from 1926 to 1930. During World War II, he was Chief Engineer of Mare Island Navy Yard in California. Neeb moved to Tempe in the early 1930s as head of the Industrial Arts Department at Arizona State Teachers College (now ASU), and led the department until his death in 1957. He served as president of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce and was active in civic organizations. Neeb Hall on the ASU campus was named in his honor. The Neeb family owned the house until 1964.

The Neeb House was L-shaped in plan with a porch recessed into the west end of the front façade. The house was of double-wall construction and covered with stucco, and had an intersecting low-pitched shingle roof. The porch had a shed roof and a low wall rising from the ground. Screening enclosed the porch. Casement windows were individually placed. The house was demolished in the 1980s.

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