The Nile in downtown Mesa, which was constructed nearly a century ago as a movie house and was the first air-cooled building in Arizona, may be getting a historic landmark preservation and protection designation.
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously July 26 in a consent agenda with other items to recommend the Mesa City Council approve a rezoning to downtown core with a downtown events overlay and a historic landmark overlay for the 0.19-acre venue at 105 W. Main St. in downtown Mesa.
To be eligible for a historic landmark overlay district, a building, structure or object must display exceptional historic, visual or architectural significance, according to the Mesa zoning ordinance.
