The Tower at Mutual Plaza

The Tower at Mutual Plaza
General information
Type office
Location 411 West Chapel Hill Street
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Completed 1968
Owner New South Ventures
Height
Top floor 14
Design and construction
Architect M.A. Ham Associates
Welton Becket and Associates

The Tower at Mutual Plaza is a 252-foot 14-story skyscraper located in Durham, North Carolina. Built in 1968, the building was previously called the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building and Legacy Tower. It was designed by M.A. Ham Associates and Welton Becket and Associates.[1] From 1968 to 1987 this building was Durham's tallest.[2]

History

North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, later called NC Mutual, built the building to serve as its headquarters, replacing the Mechanics and Farmers Bank Building.[3] The words "NC Mutual Life" are shown at the top on all four sides.[4] The company sold the building in 2006 to Michael Lemanski for $10.5 million.[5] After the sale, the building's name changed to Legacy Tower.[6] Lemanski led a group of mostly local investors which bought the building in 2017. At that time, New South Ventures planned $11 million in renovations.[5]

NC Mutual has reduced the amount of space it uses from six stories to one, making 60,000 square feet available for other companies. At one time renovation plans included removing the NC Mutual signs. Now those will stay on two sides of the building.[4] The building's name also changed to The Tower at Mutual Plaza.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Legacy Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  2. ↑ "300 W Morgan Street - Durham Centre". Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  3. ↑ "North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building". Durham Museum of History. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  4. 1 2 Eanes, Zachary (2018-05-07). "This Durham landmark is changing, but its name won't be going away entirely". The Herald-Sun. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  5. 1 2 Eanes, Zachary (2017-05-05). "Big changes coming to Durham's NC Mutual building". The Herald-Sun. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  6. ↑ "Legacy Tower (NC Mutual Life) preps for renovations". Bull City Rising. 2007-04-16. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  7. ↑ "Quick Hits: NC Mutual Life Building". Building Bull City. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-05-10.

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