Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

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clock tower historic building office building skyscraper

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is a historic early 20th-century skyscraper in Manhattan, modeled after the Campanile in Venice and once the tallest building in the world.

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Label Occurrences
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower canonical 6
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company complex 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clock tower ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
addedTo National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
adjacentTo Metropolitan Life North Building ⓘ
architect Napoleon LeBrun and Sons ⓘ
Pierre LeBrun ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
Renaissance Revival ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
category Clock towers in New York City ⓘ
New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan ⓘ
Skyscrapers in Manhattan ⓘ
clockFaceDiameter 26.5 feet ⓘ
completionDate 1909 ⓘ
constructionType steel frame ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designation New York City Landmark ⓘ
developer Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ⓘ
façadeMaterial Tuckahoe marble ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
floorCount 50 ⓘ
formerTallestBuildingInTheWorld true ⓘ
function commercial offices ⓘ
hasClockFaces 4 ⓘ
hasObservationDeck true ⓘ
hasSpire true ⓘ
height 213 meters ⓘ
700 feet ⓘ
heldTitleTallestBuildingInTheWorldFrom 1909 ⓘ
heldTitleTallestBuildingInTheWorldUntil 1913 ⓘ
landmarkDesignationDate 1989 ⓘ
locatedOn Madison Avenue ⓘ
location Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
modeledAfter St Mark's Campanile ⓘ
neighborhood Flatiron District ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1978 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 78001877 ⓘ
openingDate 1909 ⓘ
overlooks Madison Square Park ⓘ
owner Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ⓘ
partOfComplex Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company complex
roofMaterial gilded copper ⓘ
startDate 1907 ⓘ
streetAddress 1 Madison Avenue ⓘ
surpassedBy Woolworth Building ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flatiron District → hasLandmark → Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower ⓘ
Madison Square Park → hasViewOf → Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower ⓘ
Madison Square Park → nearby → Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower ⓘ
23rd Street → hasBuilding → Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower ⓘ
NoMad → hasLandmarkNearby → Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower ⓘ
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower → partOfComplex → Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company complex
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company → developed → Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower ⓘ