Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Hall of Records

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Hall of Records is a historic corporate archives located at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. It was designed by architect D. Everett Waid and built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1906. The Classical Revival style building consists of a two-story section built in 1906, a third floor that was added in 1920, and two additions that were constructed in 1917 and 1927. It is constructed of steel frame and reinforced concrete, and has a brick curtain wall. The building is "L"-shaped features a convex portico with cast stone columns at the interior of the "L". The building housed over 56 linear miles of filing space in shelving units and cabinets and remained under Metropolitan Life's ownership until 2006.[2]^{:3–4, 10}

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Hall of Records
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Hall of Records, April 2009
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Location	759 Palmer Rd., Yonkers, New York
Coordinates	40°56′34″N 73°50′57″W
Area	0.97 acres (0.39 ha)
Built	1906 (1906), 1917, 1920, 1927, 1933, 1937
Architect	D. Everett Waid
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	14000543[1]
Added to NRHP	September 3, 2014

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/01/14 through 9/05/14. National Park Service. 2014-09-12.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes John M. Tess (March 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Hall of Records" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs