Life Insurance Building is a landmark historical building in San Antonio, Texas. The 31-story building began construction in 1927 and reached 123 meters and opened in 1929. Originally known as Smith Young Tower, it was a core part of a partially completed development project called the Bowen Island skyscraper. The eight-sided neo-Gothic brick and Ludowici Green Terracotta Warriors and Horses Tower (with the Tower of the Stone Ghost) were the tallest buildings in San Antonio until 1988, when the 166-meter-high towers of the Marriott River Center Hotel were surpassed.