National Historic Landmark -W. and L.E. Gurley Building

National Historic Landmark - W. & L.E. Gurley Building

This factory (1862), as enlarged, has housed the W & L. E. Gurley Company, which is known worldwide for the design and manufacture of precision mathematical and engineering instruments.

Gurley company ...

National Historic Landmark-Flatiron Building

National Historic Landmark-Flatiron Building

Daniel Burnham, the architect of the Flatiron Building, was very influential in the development of both the Chicago and New York skyscraper styles.

Built in 1901, it was acclaimed as the world's tallest building for ten years. ...

National Historic Landmark-NC Mutual Life Insurance Building

National Historic Landmark-North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building

Built in 1921, this building was the second home office of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, which was founded in 1898.

This company evolved out of a tradition of mutual ...

National Historic Landmark-N C Mutual Life Insurance Building

National Historic Landmark - North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building

Built in 1921, this building was the second home office of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, which was founded in 1898.

This company evolved out of a ...

National Historic Landmark-Equitable Building

National Historic Landmark-Equitable Building

Headquarters of one of the insurance industry's earliest leaders, and built (1914-15) on the site of Equitable's first home office.

This is a forty-story steel-and-masonry building in Second Renaissance Revival style.

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National Historic Landmark-Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is the symbol of New York, just as the Eiffel Tower is to Paris and Big Ben is to London. It is still the biggest tourist attraction in the biggest tourist city in

the world.

Beautifully finished in ...

National Historic Landmark-Chrysler Building

National Historic Landmark-Chrysler Building

This extraordinary Art Moderne skyscraper, designed by William Van Alen, was built in 1928-1930 for Walter Chrysler, who dedicated it to world commerce and industry.

Until the Empire State building was completed a few blocks away, the Chrysler ...

National Historic Landmark - Mary Jane Colter Buildings

These four structures reflect the Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter's important work in Park architecture over the first three decades of the 20th century. The Hopi House (1905) is modeled after a Hopi Pueblo and its design was a product of ...

National Historic Landmark-Bayard-Condict Building

National Historic Landmark- Bayard-Condict Building

Built in 1897-99, this is twelve-story building one of the first skyscrapers in New York City.

It is the only work by Sullivan in the East other than the Prudential Building in Buffalo. The piers and ...

National Historic Landmark-The College of Physicians Building

National Historic Landmark-The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Building

Founded in 1787 as a membership association of physicians, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is the oldest private medical society in the United States.

The College of Physicians has been distinguished for ...