Equitable Life Building (Manhattan)
The Equitable Life Assurance Building, also known as the Equitable Life Building, was the headquarters of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, at 120 Broadway in Manhattan, New York. Arthur Gilman and Edward H. Kendall designed the building, with George B. Post as a consulting engineer. The Equitable Life Building was made of brick, granite, and iron, and was originally built with seven above-ground stories and two basement levels, with a height of at least 130 feet (40 m). An expansion in 1885 brought the total height to 155 feet (47 m) and nine stories.
Circa 1890
1870 view from Trinity Church's cemetery
1912 fire
Equitable Holdings, Inc. is an American financial services and insurance company that was founded in 1859 by Henry Baldwin Hyde. In 1991, French insurance firm AXA acquired majority control of The Equitable.
Headquarters at 1290 Avenue of the Americas
Advert, 1904
Equitable Building at 120 Broadway on a postcard, c. 1918
A life insurance policy for President James A. Garfield written by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States on the 22nd of June, 1881, signed 9 days prior to Garfield being shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C.
