- Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building
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Not to be confused with MLC Centre or MLC Tower.
Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building 
General information Architectural style Art Deco Location 231 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand Coordinates 41°17′08″S 174°46′33″E / 41.285486°S 174.775931°E Completed 1940 Technical details Floor count 9 Design and construction Main contractor W.M. Angus Ltd Architect Mitchell and Mitchell Official name: MLC Building Designated: 2-Jul-1987 Reference #: 1406 The Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building (also known as Richard Ellis House or the MLC building) is a building located on the corner of Lambton Quay, Hunter Street and Featherston Street in Wellington, New Zealand.
The MLC building was completed in 1940 at a cost of £101,494 by W.M. Angus Ltd.[1] The Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company was an Australian-based insurance company. MLC operated its head office out of this building until 1985, when the New Zealand branch of the firm was taken over by New Zealand Insurance.[2]
The clock on the building was installed in 1953 (3 months too late for celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II).[3]
The building is classified as a "Category I" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[4]
References
- ^ Wellington City Council
- ^ Heritage Trails - Art Deco Trail - Wellington's 1930s Buildings
- ^ Kernohan, D. (1994). "Wellington's Old Buildings", Wellington: Victoria University Press
- ^ "MLC Building (Former)". Register of Historic Places. New Zealand Historic Places Trust. http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=1406&m=advanced. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Wellington City
- NZHPT Category I listings in the Wellington Region
- Art Deco buildings in New Zealand
- New Zealand building and structure stubs
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