Life_&_Casualty_Tower

Life & Casualty Tower

Life & Casualty Tower

Skyscraper in Nashville, Tennessee

The Life & Casualty Tower (also known as the L & C Tower) is a skyscraper in Nashville, Tennessee located at 401 Church Street. It stands 152.5 meters (409 ft) and has 30 floors. It was designed by Edwin A. Keeble, with structural engineering done by Ross Bryan Associates, and was finished in 1957. It was Nashville's first true skyscraper and the tallest in Tennessee until 1965, when 100 North Main Street in Memphis surpassed it.

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Exterior materials are limestone, granite, and bright green glass windows. Intersecting curves and angles at the building's base focus attention on the entrance, which angles out to the corner of Church Street and 4th Avenue.

The tower's weather beacon (pictured in 2009)

In the building's early days, the L&C sign at its apex functioned as a weather beacon, changing color to indicate the weather forecast.[2][3]

L&C Tower Entrance
Looking up at the L&C

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  2. [2]
    "Historic Nashville". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  3. [3]
    "Life and Casualty Tower".
Preceded by Tallest Building in Nashville
1957—1970
125m		 Succeeded by


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