The New York Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, also known as the Victory Building, is an historic, American
office
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building that is located in the Market East neighborhood of
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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.
Added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980, it is part of the
East Center City Commercial Historic District
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.
History and architectural features
Henry Fernbach
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Life
Fernbach was a Prussian Jew,Phillip W. Roos are credited as the building's architects. It was built in 1873, and is a seven-story, brick building, faced with granite, and measuring 58 feet by 176 feet. Its three lowest stories feature engaged columns, pilasters, balustrades, and arcades. The top three stories were added between 1890 and 1891. It is topped by a
mansard roof
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in the
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* Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1980. It is located on the
East Center City Commercial Historic District
The East Center City Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located in the Washington Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 287 contributing structures, including large and small commercial bui ...