Acacia Life Insurance Building – 1936
Acacia Life Insurance Building – 1936
On March 3, 1869, President Andrew Johnson signed the Congressional Act chartering
The Masonic Mutual Relief Association that
became Acacia Life Insurance Company.
Built as its headquarters and occupied by Acacia
until 1997, the building serves as an example of
American neoclassical art deco architecture by
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, New York – designers of
The Empire State Building.
The Griffins, mythological creatures that
guarded the treasures of Scythia, were designed
by Edmond R. Amateis, who also designed
the bronze doors, west façade, U.S. Capitol.
Marker is on Louisiana Avenue, NW west of North Capitol Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
