I’ll be that you might be surprised how this building figures into today’s feature. On this date in 1759, the first life insurance company in the U.S. was incorporated. Presbyterian Synods of New York and Philadelphia were the founders, and its purpose was to provide for Presbyterian widows. Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company acquired it 1994, and in 2002, Nationwide Mutual Life Insurance Company (whose headquarters are featured above) acquired the company.
For more info:
http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/tag/presbyterian-ministers-fund/
http://famousdaily.com/history/first-american-life-insurance-company.html
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