Occidental Life Insurance Company Building Explained

Occidental Life Insurance Company Building
Coordinates:35.7986°N -78.6569°W
Architect:Kemp, Bunch & Jackson
Leif Valand
Architecture:International Style
Added:September 11, 2003
Refnum:03000929

Occidental Life Insurance Company Building is a historic office building located at Raleigh, North Carolina. The building is located in Cameron Village, North Carolina's first suburban shopping center. It was built in 1956, and is a four-story, 68,000 square-foot steel frame structure encapsulated in concrete. The building was design by architecture firm Kemp, Bunch & Jackson and in the International Style. It has a brick base, limestone walls, aluminum windows with green-tinted glass, and entrance canopies with rounded aluminum eaves. Prior to moving to this building, the Occidental Life Insurance Company offices were housed in the Professional Building for nearly 30 years.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: M. Ruth Little . Occidental Life Insurance Company Building . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 2003 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-06-01.