William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower

William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower
General information
Type Office
Architectural style International Style
Location 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave.
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
Coordinates 36°09′50″N 86°47′06″W / 36.1639°N 86.7849°W / 36.1639; -86.7849Coordinates: 36°09′50″N 86°47′06″W / 36.1639°N 86.7849°W / 36.1639; -86.7849
Completed 1970
Owner State of Tennessee
Height
Roof 452 feet (138 m)
Technical details
Floor count 31
Design and construction
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

The William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower (also known as the Tennessee Tower) is a skyscraper in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, that houses Tennessee government offices. The tower was built for the National Life and Accident Insurance Company and served as its National Life Center until the State of Tennessee acquired it on January 3, 1994. More than 1,000 state employees who had been assigned to numerous locations now work in the building.[1]

The building is named in honor of William R. Snodgrass, a career public servant who served as Tennessee's Comptroller of the Treasury from 1955 to 1999.

The tower was struck by lightning on August 31, 2003, which caused a firepump to turn on the sprinkler system. This caused flooding and extensive damage to the elevator shafts.[2]

Prior to being purchased by the state, the building was used to display messages by turning on lights in the windows on the front of the building. After being dormant for 10 years a new message – "Peace" – was displayed on December 17, 2007.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Department of General Services". State of Tennessee. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ Moriarty, Megan (September 3, 2002). "Workers set to return today to damaged Tennessee Tower". The City Paper. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ Fender, Jessica (December 18, 2007). "A tradition resumes ... State building beams 'Peace'". The Tennessean. Retrieved December 18, 2007.

Media related to William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Life & Casualty Tower		 Tallest Building in Nashville
1970—1986
138m 		Succeeded by
Fifth Third Center
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.