Blazing Star

Acacia Life Insurance Building, currently home to, Jones-Day law firm.

In front if the building are two Griffons. Next to the right one is a sign that says:

ACACIA LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING - 1936

ON MARCH 3, 1869 PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON SIGNED THE CONGRESSIONAL ACT CHARTERINGTHE MASONIC MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION THAT BECAME ACACIA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BUILT AS ITS HEADQUARTERS AND OCCUPIED BY ACACIA UNTIL 1997, THE BUILDING SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN NEOCLASSIC ART DECO ARCHITECTURE BY SHREVE, LAMB & HARMON, NEW YORK - DESIGNERS OFTHE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

THE GRIFFINS, MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES THAT GUARDED THE TREASURES OF SCYTHIA, WERE DESIGNEDBY EDMOND R. AMATEIS, WHO ALSO DESIGNEDTHE BRONZE DOORS, WEST FACADE, U.S. CAPITOL


51 Louisiana Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C.