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North Carolina Mutual Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1001, 1001 1/2 and 1003 Washington St., Columbia, South Carolina
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909 (1909)
Architect	Perrin, Summerville M.
NRHP reference No.	94001570
Added to NRHP	January 20, 1995

North Carolina Mutual Building, also known as the Blue Palace Tea Shop and Barber Shop, is a historic commercial building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1909 by the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and is a three-story, rectangular, brick commercial block. The building housed African-American businesses, professionals, and institutions during the years of Jim Crow segregation. It is located in the Washington Street business district, the city's black downtown.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.