Carolina Life Insurance Company

National Register Listing

Street Address:

1501 Lady St., Columbia, SC (Richland County)

Alternate Name:

Seibels, Bruce & Company Building

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817740162

Description and Narrative:

The Carolina Life Insurance building, completed in 1949, is modern in its style, but is difficult to place precisely within any single sub-genre within the modern movement. It shares some features that resemble Art Deco, though in a restrained form, including the decorative mullions in the transom of the front entrance and the overall form and lines of the building. It may be most accurate to describe the building as transitional, falling somewhere between Art Deco and the International style that would prevail in post-war modern architecture. All faces of the sandstone building present an unbroken vertical plane, with the exception of the hyphen between the original 1949 construction and the 1977 addition. Significant architectural features include granite veneer panels, carved granite stairs, recessed double glass doors, brass fixtures, and steel mullions in most windows. It is significant under Criterion C (architecture) at the local level of significance. The Carolina Life Insurance Company building was listed in the National Register July 11, 2016.

Period of Significance:

1949

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

July 11 2016

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