Durham Life Insurance Building, Side and Front View
Durham Life Insurance Company (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Durham Life Insurance Building, Side and Front View
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Commercial buildings
Multistory buildings
Towers (Single built works)
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- ncar_N_53_15_3232
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism: “Beaux Arts to Modernism: Early Twentieth Century Architecture in North Carolina” was an LSTA-grant funded project to digitize architectural drawings and photographs documenting historic buildings in North Carolina. Architects represented in the project include Brown and Alexander Architect Engineering (née Biberstein, Bowles, Meacham & Reed); Martin E. Boyer; Eric G. Flannagan; Northup & O'Brien; Herbert Woodley Simpson, Louis Asbury; Leslie Boney; Charles Parker; Richard Sharp Smith; Douglas Ellington, and William H. Deitrick. The project was a partnership of the NC State University Libraries, the State Archives of North Carolina, the UNC Charlotte J. Murrey Atkins Library, and the Asheville Art Museum.
Source information
- Repository:
- State Archives of North Carolina
- Collection:
- Division of Archives and History Photograph Collection (State Archives of North Carolina Collection 4.1) held by State Archives of North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the North Carolina State Archives.
- 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 (Winston-Salem, N.C.) more info on Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
- 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.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Multistory buildings
Office buildings
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.7757645048, -78.6403298377