The Spire

This slender steel spire is a Frank Lloyd Wright design that waited nearly half a century to be built. Wright drew it in 1957 as part of his unrealized plan for a new Arizona State Capitol, a scheme the legislature declined. Decades later his successors at Taliesin Architects revived the drawing, and the 125-foot spire was raised and illuminated in April 2004 at the corner of Scottsdale Road and the boulevard that bears Wright's name. It stands as a fragment of a capitol that never rose, finally given form in the city where he wintered.

What the plaque says

This Frank Lloyd Wright designed spire was originally part of Wright's 1957 design for the Arizona State Capitol project. The spire is 125 feet in height and was formally illuminated on 28 April 2004. Taliesin Architects; Arnold Roy, project architect; Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Taliesin West — 5.1 mi
  Frank Lloyd Wright's desert masterwork, grown from the ground it stands on
• Heard Museum — 14 mi
  The Native Southwest, told in the first person
• Phoenix — 16 mi
  The fifth-largest US city, built on the canals of a thousand-year-old one

More markers nearby

• Frank Lloyd Wright and Arizona — steps away
• Taliesin West — 5.0 mi
• Merci Train Boxcar — 6.9 mi
• Charles Miller — 9.9 mi