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Acacia Griffin statues - Acacia Life Insurance Bldg (currently Jones-Day) in Washington, D.C.
by Edmond Romulus Amateis, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Limestone by Edmond Romulus Amateis (Sculptor), Shreve, Lamb & Harmon (Architect)
Address: 52 Louisiana Ave Nearest Metro: Union Station (Red)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76004840 (dcMem ID #75)
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ON MARCH 3, 1869 PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSONSIGNED THE CONGRESSIONAL ACT CHARTERINGTHE MASONIC MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION THAT BECAME ACACIA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYBUILT AS ITS HEADQUARTERS AND OCCUPIED BY ACACIAUNTIL 1997, THE BUILDING SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE OFAMERICAN NEOCLASSIC ART DECO ARCHITECTURE BYSHREVE, LAMB & HARMON, NEW YORK - DESIGNERS OFTHE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
THE GRIFFINS, MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES THATGUARDED THE TREASURES OF SCYTHIA, WERE DESIGNEDBY EDMOND R. AMATEIS, WHO ALSO DESIGNEDTHE BRONZE DOORS, WEST FACADE, U.S. CAPITOL
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