Lobby floor ornament
Durham Life Insurance Building
Item information
- Title:
- Lobby floor ornament
- Topics:
-
Architecture
- Subjects:
-
Detail drawings (Drawings)
Lobbies (Rooms)
Ornaments
Floors
- Original Format:
- Tracings; 820mm x 920mm
- Item identifier:
- mc00240-001-ff0280-001-001_0015
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Design and construction documents
Architectural drawings
- Digital Project:
-
Beaux Arts to Modernism
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries
- Collection:
- Northup & O'Brien Architectural Records, 1917-1980 (MC00240) held by Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Durham Life Insurance Building (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Northup & O'Brien
- Built:
- Street:
- 337 South Salisbury Street
- Community:
- Raleigh
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 27601
- Provenance note:
- The building was built for the Durham Life Insurance Co. of Raleigh.
- Architectural note:
- This Art Deco skyscraper features an exterior of limestone, and the lobby features pink marble, polished brass, and mirrors.
- Historical note:
- This building was one of the first in the nation to make use of Willis Carrier's air conditioning system specifically designed for tall buildings, the Conduit Weathermaster System.
- Subjects:
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Art deco (Architecture)
Office buildings
Skyscrapers
Air conditioning
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.7757645048, -78.6403298377
Northup & O'Brien
Read the biography for Northup & O'Brien in North Carolina Architects and Builders.