Insurance Company of North America Building


  • Address: 1600 Arch St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Upon its completion in 1925, the 16-story, steel-frame, brick-and-stone INA Building at 1600 Arch Street became the company's ninth home office. It has now served in that capacity longer than any of its predecessors, and it is the only one of the nine that is extant. Significantly, it was planned and completed during Benjamin Rush's tenure as president of the company and thus is closely identified not only with INA's recent accomplishments but with Rush's systematic classification of marine risks and the firm's rise to preeminence in inland marine insurance. Virtually unaltered externally, the building is in excellent condition and retains many important original interior features and continues to house the company's executive offices. Designed by Stewardson and Page and constructed by Stone & Webster, Inc., the east-facing building rests on belled concrete piers between Arch and Cuthbert Streets and represents a combination of Second Renaissance and Georgian Revival styles. Above a basement and subbasement a 2-story, Stonington Pink Granite ashlar base rises approximately 65 feet and is topped by a 10-story red brick center section laid in Flemish bond and a 4-story crown faced with white Indiana limestone. - NRHP Registration, May 1977


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Benjamin Rush Office
Stewardson and Page Architect
Stone and Webster,Inc. Builder
1925/00/00 Insurance Company of North America Owner

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Particulars for Insurance Company of North America Building:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Historic Event
Industry Insurance
Architectural Style Late 19th and 20th century revivals
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Professional
Architectural Style Second Renaissance Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 78002449
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Stone and Webster,Inc.; Stewardson and Page
Architectural Style: Colonial revival, Late 19th and 20th century revivals, Other
Attribute: Second Renaissance Revival
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Commerce
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1925
Associated People: Rush,Benjamin
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Professional
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Professional

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