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Mutual Assurance Society Building, 9th and Main Sts.

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $8.95

Stock #:1188848
Type: Postcard
City: Richmond
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Richmond (city)
Publisher: Southern Bargain House
Postmark City: Richmond
Stamp: 1c Franklin
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: A-10489
Recipient Address:Mr. S. A. Patterson.
265 ridge way St.
Clifton Forge, Virginia
Additional Details:
This splendid office building-Richmond's first "sky-scraper"-was erected in 1906, at a cost of over $300,000, by the fire insurance company whose name it bears. "The Mutual" is the oldest existing corporation in Virginia; its charter having been granted in 1794. It contains many unique features, such as making its premium a first lien on the premises insured. It contains about 500 offices, is 13 stories high, and 185 feet in height.

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