Life & Casualty Tower

Life & Casualty Tower
Main entrance, pictured in 2012
General information
Type	Office
Location	401 Church Street Nashville, Tennessee United States
Coordinates	36°09′49″N 86°46′45″W
Completed	1957
Height
Antenna spire	500 feet (150 m)
Roof	410 feet (120 m)
Technical details
Floor count	30
Floor area	831,394 sq ft (77,239.0 m^2)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edwin A. Keeble
Structural engineer	Ross Bryan Associates
Main contractor	Henry C. Beck Company

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.

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

• Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee
• List of tallest buildings in Nashville

References

1. "William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
2. "Historic Nashville". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
3. "Life and Casualty Tower".

External links

• Emporis Listing^[usurped]

Preceded by The Stahlman

Tallest Building in Nashville 1957—1970 125m

Succeeded by William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower