North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building
United States historic place in Durham, North Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1975, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Old North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, also known as the Mechanics and Farmers Bank Building, is an office building at 114-116 West Parrish Street in downtown Durham, North Carolina. It formerly served as the headquarters for the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, which was formerly one of the nation's largest companies founded and owned by African-Americans. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 114--116 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC |
| County | Durham County |
| Listed | May 15, 1975 |
| Reference number | 75001258 |
| Type of place | office building |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 114--116 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC |
| Coordinates | 35.99558, -78.90019 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Guilford Courthouse National Military Park · 53 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Crosswinds Campgrounds 18 mi |
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Nearby in Durham County
Reference
Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 75001258. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.