Among the newly developed high-rises, cycle studios and breweries in the Evans-Churchill neighborhood of downtown Phoenix sits a quaint Queen Anne-style house. The Louis Emerson House, built by its namesake in 1902, is one of the few single-family homes still standing in this neighborhood, known for Roosevelt Row.
But the Victorian-era house, a registered Phoenix historic property, may soon be demolished to make way for a massive new Arizona State University building.
On April 9, ASU broke ground on what it’s calling the “ASU Health headquarters” at 620 N. Fifth Street. The building will house the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering, ASU’s new medical school that was announced last year…