PHOENIX—Gone are the days when tenant Barry Schwartz watched blazing sunsets spill across downtown Phoenix from the windows of the historic Louis Emerson House.
Back then, the sky felt bigger than the skyline, he said.
Historic Phoenix House in Legal Fight Over ASU Health Campus Expansion
A historic home stands in the way of ASU’s expanding health campus, triggering an eminent domain battle over the property’s future.
Robert Young, 89, stands on the front porch of the Louis Emerson House, a Victorian-era house and the target of an eminent domain lawsuit by Arizona State University, in downtown Phoenix on June 13, 2026. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
