Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building

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Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building
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Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building
General information
Architectural style Art Deco
Location231 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates 41°17′08″S174°46′33″E / 41.285486°S 174.775931°E / -41.285486; 174.775931
Completed1940
Technical details
Floor count9
Design and construction
Architect(s)Mitchell and Mitchell
Main contractorWM Angus
Official nameMLC Building
Designated2-Jul-1987
Reference no.1406
Viewed from Lambton Quay MLC Building 01.jpg
Viewed from Lambton Quay

The Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building (also known as Richard Ellis House or the MLC building) is a building located on the corner of Lambton Quay, Hunter Street and Featherston Street in Wellington, New Zealand.

The MLC building was completed in 1940 at a cost of £101,494 by W.M. Angus Ltd. [1] for the, Australian-based insurance company, MLC. MLC operated its head office out of this building until 1985, when the New Zealand branch of the firm was taken over by New Zealand Insurance. [2]

The clock on the building was installed in 1953 (three months too late for celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II). [3]

The building is classified as a Category 1 Historic Place (places of "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") by Heritage New Zealand. [4]

Very similar category 2 listed 1950s MLC building in Auckland MLC Skyscraper Building In Auckland CBD.jpg
Very similar category 2 listed 1950s MLC building in Auckland

References

  1. "Wellington City Council". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  2. "Heritage Trails - Art Deco Trail - Wellington's 1930s Buildings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  3. Kernohan, D. (1994). "Wellington's Old Buildings", Wellington: Victoria University Press
  4. "MLC Building (Former)". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 21 December 2009.

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