Lorraine Apartments
National Register of Historic Places

Lorraine Apartments

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Listed
November 27, 2002
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
02001427

About this property

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 became the first hotel in Philadelphia to be racially integrated under Father Divine. The hotel was sold in 2000 and eventually abandoned. It deteriorated, with graffiti all over the walls, broken windows, and crumbling stone until late 2015 when a new owner began a massive renovation project. It was converted back to apartments from 2017 to 2022, to a hotel from 2022 to 2024, and again apartments since 2025.

Location

699 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
39.96669, -75.16004

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When was Lorraine Apartments listed on the National Register?

Lorraine Apartments was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Lorraine Apartments?

Lorraine Apartments is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Lorraine Apartments is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1900.

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