Manufacturers Mutual House

Also known as Swaab House and Manufacturer's House it is located at 12-14 O'Connell Street in the Sydney CBD.

A nine storey building built for the NSW Chamber of Manufacturers in 1935 in a modest interwar Art Deco Style. The architect was S H Buchanan Cowper.

Manufacturers Mutual Insurance was founded in May 1914 with its name as “The Manufacturers Mutual Accident Insurance Association limited”. At the time of its origin, it primarily concentrated on the workers compensation market. In 1920 the company was renamed as "Manufacturers Mutual Insurance limited" with the abbreviation as “MMI”.

In July 2000 MMI changed its name to Allianz Australia.

Entrance to Manufacturers Mutual

Entrance to Manufacturers Mutual detail

Being a very large red brick building the attractive Art Deco entrance portal uses pink granite to good effect.

Sources:

• Sydney Heritage Listings

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