Mutual Benefit Life Building (Philadelphia)
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The Mutual Benefit Life Building is a 25 floor high rise office building at 1845 Walnut Street on Rittenhouse Square
in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, 19103.
It was designed by Eggers & Higgins
and completed in 1972. The building was originally built by the now defunct Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
of Newark, New Jersey
. It is built over a former Philadelphia Parking Authority
parking garage now operated by Parkway Corporation. The building was placed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Rittenhouse Square
Rittenhouse Square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century in central Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The park cuts off 19th Street at Walnut Street and also at a half block above Manning Street. Its boundaries are...
in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, 19103.
It was designed by Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins was a New York architectural firm partnered by Otto Reinhold Eggers and Daniel Paul Higgins . The architects were responsible for the construction phase of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial beginning in 1939, two years after the death of its original architect, John Russell Pope,...
and completed in 1972. The building was originally built by the now defunct Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company was a life insurance company based in Newark, New Jersey that was chartered in 1845. The company was headed by Frederick Frelinghuysen...
of Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
. It is built over a former Philadelphia Parking Authority
Philadelphia Parking Authority
The Philadelphia Parking Authority was created by a Philadelphia City Council ordinance adopted on January 11, 1950, as authorized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Parking Authority Law The Philadelphia Parking Authority was created by a Philadelphia City Council ordinance adopted on January 11,...
parking garage now operated by Parkway Corporation. The building was placed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1995.