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Architecture Images- Gone / Demolished / Destroyed German American Insurance Building |
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on the triangular block of William st, Maiden lane and Liberty street |
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1908 |
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Historicist Skyscrapers |
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steel frame, masonry cladding |
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Office Building |
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The German American Insurance Building 1908 The German American building was built by the German American Insurance Company on the triangular block of William st, Maiden lane and Liberty street in 1908. The ‘flatiron’ style building rose over twenty stories or 281ft high. The building is now demolished. German American Life Insurance Building (demolished) from Library of Congress German American Life Insurance Building (demolished) formerly located on block bounded by Liberty St, Maiden Lane and William Street, Manhattan, NY. Irving Underhill photographer from Library of Congress. Now known as the Great American Life Insurance Company (GALIC), the German American Insurance Company was founded in 1872. The company changed its name to the Great American Insurance Company in 1918, when World War I created a wave of anti-German feeling in the United States. The company clearly decided to overcompensate when it chose the "Great American" moniker. The second German-American building in New York City at the corner of Nassau and Liberty Streets. The building housed the insurance company. |
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