Hartford / Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. Building

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company building of 1920, designed by NY architect Benjamin Morris. Now used by Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP). (Not to be confused with Phoenix Mutual’s modern headquarters, known as the “Boat Building” for its unusual shape.)

  • Name: Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 
  • Location: 79 Elm Street 
  • Year Completed: 1920 
  • Architect: Benjamin Morris 
  • Style:  Renaissance Revival
  • Wikipedia: Elm Street Historic District 
  • Google Map

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All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D Mark iv

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