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Originally marketed by YMCA as a cheap residence for young, single men, the hotel began marketing to a wider clientele when the Great Depression created a demand for inexpensive lodging. The hotel's status and customers declined with the surrounding neighborhood, and it closed in 1979; it reopened as an apartment building in 1985. [ 2 ]
Elks Lodge (Greenwood, Mississippi) Avenue F near W. Scott St. Greenwood, Mississippi: Location of "black Elks" lodge. Listed on the Mississippi Blues Trail. [6] 30: Elks Building (Jackson, Mississippi) 119 President Street, South Jackson, Mississippi: Designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1992 [5] 31: Elks Club Lodge No. 501: 1904 built 1985 ...
Since 1881 home of King Solomon Lodge No. 5 Territorial Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) [15] Included in Tombstone Historic District. Claimed to be "Built in 1881, this is the largest standing adobe bldg in the United States." 7: Masonic Hall (Wickenburg, Arizona) 1922 built 1986 NRHP-listed 108 Tegner
The Palmer House – A Hilton Hotel is a historic hotel in Chicago's Loop area. It is a member of the Historic Hotels of America [ 1 ] program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation . The first Palmer House opened in 1870, and the present building (the third) in 1925.
InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile is a hotel in Chicago, United States. The hotel currently occupies two multi-story buildings . The historic tower, or "South Tower," is a 471-foot (144 m), 42-story building which was completed in 1929 originally as the home of the Medinah Athletic Club . [ 1 ]
Replaced a 1907 hurricane-destroyed building; built for the Loyal Captain Cook Lodge of the North Queensland Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society. Served as the Lodge's hall and meeting venue until at least 1936. [4] Glennie Hall: 1880-1891-built <2001-QHR-listed [5] 66 Albion Street
Its namesake, Timothy Blackstone, was a notable Chicago business executive and politician, who served as the founding president of the Union Stock Yards, president of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, and mayor of La Salle, Illinois. Built from 1908 to 1910, it was designed by Marshall and Fox. [8]
Entrance to the Quadrange Club, on the campus of the University of Chicago Back of the club, showing a portion of the clay tennis courts. The Quadrangle Club is a membership club at the University of Chicago. It is located at 1155 East 57th Street (the southeast corner of 57th Street and University Avenue) in Chicago. It has a full-service ...