1894, the Lorraine Apartments became one of Philadelphia’s first - TopicsExpress



          

1894, the Lorraine Apartments became one of Philadelphia’s first high-rise luxury residences. It was designed by Willis G. Hale, a controversial figure criticized for his overly-flamboyant taste and best known as the architect of “Philadelphia’s ugliest building” - a mysterious, neglected structure that haunts Center City to this day. The Lorraine was converted into a hotel by the Metropolitan Hotel Company in 1900, attracting wealthy clientele through 1948. While the Lorraine was running as a whites-only hotel in Philadelphia for five decades, a cult was growing in Harlem around George Baker, the charismatic son of two former slaves. By the time he changed his name to Reverend Major Jealous Divine, his preaching had developed into a belief system with a name, the International Peace Mission Movement.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:45:17 +0000

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