Lamar Life Building
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General information | |
| Type | Commercial |
| Location | 317 East Capitol Street, Jackson, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32°17′58″N 90°11′00″W / 32.29938°N 90.18346°W |
Construction started | 1923 |
Completed | 1924 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick; Noah Webster Overstreet |
The Lamar Life Building is a historic building in Jackson, Mississippi, US.[1] It was designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style, and it was completed in 1924.[1] It is the twelfth tallest building in Jackson, and was considered Jackson's first skyscraper.[2][3] The architects were Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick of Fort Worth, Texas in association with Jackson architect Noah Webster Overstreet.[4]
The building is across the street from the Governor's Mansion and underwent renovations in 2018.[5] Notably, these renovations converted the building into mixed-use by adding 23 residential units on floors 7 through 11.[6]
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- 1 2 "Lamar Life Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Tallest buildings in Jackson". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ↑ Logan, William Bryant; Muse, Vance; Kennedy, Roger G (1989). The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Deep South. Stewart, Tabori & Chang. p. 153.
- ↑ "$500,000 Life Insurance Building for Jackson" in Manufacturers Record 83, no. 24 (June 14 1923): 97.
- ↑ Thompson, Marsha (28 March 2020). "Downtown Jackson lofts coming to historic Lamar Life building". WLBT. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ↑ Vicory, Justin (June 23, 2018). "Historic Lamar Life Building under transformation". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2024-08-19.