The Mutual Benefit Life Building is a twenty-five-floor high rise office building that is located at 1845 Walnut Street on
Rittenhouse Square
Rittenhouse Square is a neighborhood, including a public park, in Center City Philadelphia. The park is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century.
The neighborho ...
in
Center City Philadelphia
Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the city borders to be coterminous wi ...
, 19103.
It was placed on the
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places The Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (PRHP) is a register of historic places by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Buildings, structures, sites, objects, interiors and districts can be added to the list.
Criteria
According to the Phila ...
in 1995.
History and architectural features
It was designed by
Eggers & Higgins
Eggers & Higgins was a New York architectural firm partnered by Otto Reinhold Eggers (August 4, 1882 – April 23, 1964) and Daniel Paul Higgins (September 12, 1886 – December 26, 1953). The architects were responsible for the construction phase ...
and completed in 1972. The building was originally built by the now defunct
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company was a life insurance company that was chartered in 1845 and based in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The company was headed by Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924). The company w ...
of
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.[Philadelphia Parking Authority
The Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that manages many parking operations for Philadelphia.
The PPA was created by the Philadelphia City Council on January 11, 1950, for the purpose of condu ...]
parking garage that is now operated by Parkway Corporation. The building was placed on the
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places The Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (PRHP) is a register of historic places by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Buildings, structures, sites, objects, interiors and districts can be added to the list.
Criteria
According to the Phila ...
in 1995.
References
External links
{{Portal, Philadelphia
Emporis: Mutual Benefit Life Building — Philadelphia1845 Walnut Street -- Philadelphia Architects and BuildingsN.J. INSURANCE FIRM BIDS FOR CITY GARAGEPhiladelphia Parking Authority - 1845 Walnut
Skyscraper office buildings in Philadelphia
Office buildings completed in 1972