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New York
Architecture Images-Seaport and Civic Center Home Life Insurance Company Building Landmark |
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Napoleon LeBrun & Sons; Harding & Gooch |
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253-6 Broadway. |
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1892-1894 |
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Renaissance Revival |
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early steel-skeleton-framed skyscraper |
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Office Building |
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The Home Life Building is located on Broadway and Murray Streets. It is actually two attached buildings combined into one internally. The corner building, 253 Broadway, was built by the Brooklyn-based Home Life Insurance Company, which had a branch office at the site since 1866. The company held a competition
for the design of a new Manhattan office in 1892. The result was Pierre
Le Brun's Renaissance-style marble-clad building, an early
steel-skeleton-framed skyscraper. The building is a fine example of the
tripartite expression of high-rise design, with its ornate arcaded base,
simple shaft, and impressive pyramidal crown. Adjacent to the former
Home Life building is Harding & Gooch's Postal Telegraph Building,
erected for a major competitor of Western Union. In 1947, Home Life
purchased the neighboring structure and connected the two buildings
internally. [The Guide to New York City Landmarks] |
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The
Home Life Building is a designated New York City Landmark.