Supreme Life / Liberty Life Insurance Company Building

CTL-E-0873 · Address · site · 1921-present; Chicago Landmark 1998

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Headquarters of the first Black-owned insurance company in the northern United States (founded 1919 by Frank L. Gillespie); saved from near-demolition in the 1990s; now the Bronzeville Visitor Information Center.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:bldg-supreme-life; source research type(s): place.

Sources

Wikipedia; Chicago Landmarks designation
Chicago Sun-Times (1996) via Wikipedia
City of Chicago landmark list (primary source)

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