Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Hall of Records is a historic corporate
archives located at
Yonkers,
Westchester County, New York. It was designed by architect
D. Everett Waid
Dan Everett Waid (1864–1939) was a prominent 20th century architect operating primarily in Illinois and New York. As chief architect for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (New York City), he and his partner designed the Home Of ...
and built by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1906. The
Classical Revival style building consists of a two-story section built in 1906, a third floor that was added in 1920, and two additions that were constructed in 1917 and 1927. It is constructed of steel frame and reinforced concrete, and has a brick curtain wall. The building is "L"-shaped features a convex
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
with cast stone columns at the interior of the "L". The building housed over 56 linear miles of filing space in shelving units and cabinets and remained under Metropolitan Life's ownership until 2006.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
References
Archives in the United States
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Neoclassical architecture in New York (state)
Commercial buildings completed in 1906
Buildings and structures in Yonkers, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Yonkers, New York
MetLife
1906 establishments in New York (state)
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