Landmark Buildings
| Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company building at 300 Broadway in 1915 | |
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| Location: | 300 Broadway and 2nd St., Newark, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: | 40°45′40″N 74°10′10″W / 40.76111°N 74.16944°W / 40.76111; -74.16944Coordinates: 40°45′40″N 74°10′10″W / 40.76111°N 74.16944°W / 40.76111; -74.16944 |
| Area: | 3.9 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built: | 1925 |
| Architect: | John H. & Wilson C. Ely |
| Architectural style: | Other, Civic Renaissance |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83004031 |
| Added to NRHP: | November 17, 1983 |
The company's original headquarters building at 300 Broadway in Newark is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The building was sold to the Archdiocese of Newark and served as home to Essex Catholic High School until 1979. The building was again sold, and today serves as a nursing home.
The company moved to larger headquarters at 520 Broad Street in 1957, a modern structure that was built in the International Style as part of the New Newark movement and centered to the north of traditional downtown at Washington Park. As of December 2012 there were plans to convert the building to residentiual and retail space marketed to the city's student population'
The Mutual Benefit Life Building in Philadelphia is another another structure associated with the firm.
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