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Divine Lorraine Hotel

Hotel buildings completed in 1894Hotels established in 1900Poplar, PhiladelphiaResidential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
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Divine Lorraine from Southwest

The Divine Lorraine Hotel, also known as the Lorraine Apartments, stands at the corner of Broad Street and Fairmount Avenue in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect Willis G. Hale and built between 1892 and 1894, the building originally functioned as apartments, housing some of Philadelphia's wealthy residents. Lorraine Apartments was one of the most luxurious and best preserved late 19th-century apartment houses in Philadelphia. In 1900 the building became the Lorraine Hotel when the Italian-owned Metropolitan Hotel Company purchased the apartments. Later it would become the first hotel in Philadelphia to be racially integrated under Father Divine. The hotel was abandoned and deteriorated, with graffiti all over the walls, broken windows, and crumbling stone. On September 16, 2015, a massive renovation project began.

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Divine Lorraine Hotel
Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia

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Divine Lorraine Hotel (Lorraine Apartments)

Fairmount Avenue
19123 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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