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Shrine Building

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The Shrine Building in downtown Memphis, Tennessee was built in 1923 to serve as the headquarters of the Al Chymia Shrine, a group of Shriners. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was converted to apartments in 1981 and was converted again in 2005 to house 75 condominium apartments.Jane Roberts, Shrine Building is going condo, Memphis Commercial Appeal, May 24, 2005Turley Begins Shrine Building Conversion, Memphis Daily News, Tuesday, June 21, 2005Andrew Ashby, Old Union Planters Building Gets Major Facelift, Memphis Daily News, Tuesday, June 20, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia

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