The Mutual Benefit Life Building is a twenty-five-floor high rise office building that is located at 1845 Walnut Street on

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, 19103. It was placed on the

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in 1995.

History and architectural features

It was designed by

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and completed in 1972. The building was originally built by the now defunct

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company was a life insurance company that was chartered in 1845 and based in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The company was headed by Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924). The company ...

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. It is built over a former

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parking garage that is now operated by Parkway Corporation. The building was placed on the

in 1995.

References

External links

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1845 Walnut Street -- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings

N.J. INSURANCE FIRM BIDS FOR CITY GARAGE

Philadelphia Parking Authority - 1845 Walnut
Skyscraper office buildings in Philadelphia Office buildings completed in 1972