Lamar Life Building

Last updated
Lamar Life Building
Lamar Life Building, Jackson, MS.jpg
Lamar Life Building
General information
TypeCommercial
Location317 East Capitol Street, Jackson, Mississippi
Coordinates 32°17′58″N90°11′00″W / 32.29938°N 90.18346°W / 32.29938; -90.18346 Coordinates: 32°17′58″N90°11′00″W / 32.29938°N 90.18346°W / 32.29938; -90.18346
Construction started1923
Completed1924
Technical details
Floor count10
Design and construction
Architect(s) Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick; Noah Webster Overstreet

The Lamar Life Building is a historic building in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. [1] It was designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style, and it was completed in 1924. [1] It is the twelfth tallest building in Jackson, and was considered Jackson's first skyscraper. [2] [3] The architects were Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick of Fort Worth, Texas in association with Jackson architect Noah Webster Overstreet. [4]

The building is across the street from the Governor's Mansion and underwent renovations in 2018. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Philadelphia City Hall</span> City hall of Philadelphia

Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of the City of Philadelphia. Built in the ornate Second Empire style, City Hall houses the chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia. It is also a courthouse, serving as the seat of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, and houses the Civil Trial and Orphans' Court Divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1700 East 56th Street</span>

1700 East 56th Street, also known as 1700 Building, is a 38-story luxury apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Jackson Park and the Museum of Science and Industry in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Designed by Loewenberg Architects, its construction was completed in 1968, followed by a condominium conversion in 1994. With 369 residences, this was the largest Hyde Park condominium conversion in a decade, when a recession and soaring interest rates halted Chicago's condo conversion frenzy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jefferson Standard Building</span> United States historic place

The Jefferson Standard Building is a 374 ft (114m) skyscraper in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was completed in 1923 as the headquarters for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. and has 18 floors. Until it was superseded by the Nissen Building in Winston-Salem in 1927, it was the tallest building in North Carolina and the tallest building between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Standard Life Building</span> Skyscraper in Mississippi (USA)

The Standard Life Building is a historic high-rise building in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. It was designed in the Art Deco architectural style, and it was completed in 1929. It is the fourth tallest building in Jackson.

References

  1. 1 2 "Lamar Life Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tallest buildings in Jackson". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ Logan, William Bryant; Muse, Vance; Kennedy, Roger G (1989). The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Deep South . Stewart, Tabori & Chang. p.  153.
  4. ↑ "$500,000 Life Insurance Building for Jackson" in Manufacturers Record 83, no. 24 (June 14 1923): 97.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Marsha (28 March 2020). "Downtown Jackson lofts coming to historic Lamar Life building". WLBT. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.