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Abandoned Hotel and Apartment Building - The Divine Lorraine

This building truly came into the limelight in 1948 when Father Divine purchased it to use as a housing facility for the Universal Peace Mission Movement, renaming it with the badge it carries to this day; the Divine Lorraine Hotel. The Universal Peace Movement was open to people of all sexes, religions, and unlike most anything of the era – all races. Thus making the Divine Lorraine one of the first racially integrated hotels of its kind in the United States. Shortly after the purchase of the hotel, Father Divine altered the top-floor auditorium for use as a public place of worship. He also opened the hotel's kitchen to the needy, charging only 25 cents for a meal. Opinions on Father Divine and his work vary immensely, ranging from that of literally being God incarnate (yes, really), to the possibility that he was in fact a fraud and one of the first public cult leaders in the nation. Though his life was nothing short of a scandal-fueled roller coaster, this does not change the fact that a number of Father Divine's actions did better our society profoundly... The full story can be found here - http://antiquityechoes.blogspot.com/2... Music - "Window" by The Album Leaf