New York Mutual Life Insurance Company Building
- Architect
- Henry Fernbach
- Style
- Second Empire
- City
- Philadelphia, PA
- Collection
- victorian philadelphia
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Also known as the Victory Building, this seven-story office building at Tenth and Chestnut Streets was built in 1873 for the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company, faced in granite over brick and measuring 58 by 176 feet. Its three lowest stories carry engaged columns, pilasters, balustrades, and arcades; three more stories were added between 1890 and 1891. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the East Center City Commercial Historic District.
the building
Mansard roof. The building is topped by a mansard roof in the Second Empire style, the detail that marks its 1873 construction date even after the top three stories were added two decades later.
the style
Built in the Second Empire style, most visible in its mansard roof, a French-derived form fashionable for American commercial buildings in the 1870s.
More on Second Empirethe architect
Henry Fernbach is credited as architect along with Phillip W. Roos.
significance
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, as part of the East Center City Commercial Historic District.
nearby
- Old Federal Reserve Bank
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
- Robinson Department Store
- Randolph Theatre
- Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Federal Building
- Walnut Street Theatre