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Title	Bronze plaque on new Shrine bldg. 3rd Ave. No. near Thomas
Identifier	spl_wl_sec_01140
Description	Nile Temple of the Shrine, on the grounds of the future Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “In 1953…the Nile Temple of the Shrine, a Masonic social and charitable organization,…built a new headquarters building…at the corner of Third Avenue North and Thomas Street. The Nile Temple chose the site in order to permit uniformed units to dress in the Nile Building and then march to the nearby Civic Auditorium for Shrine ceremonials twice a year…The Nile Temple Building was converted for use as the Century 21 Club, a membership organization formed especially for the fair, which offered lounge, dining room, and other club facilities. The $250 membership fee provided a permanent gate pass along with club facilities for the six-month duration of the fair. A vacant space at the front of the building was used to construct a temporary structure, which would house the Christian Witness Pavilion & Child Care Center.” (Cathy Wickwire, Survey Report: Comprehensive Inventory of City-Owned Historic Resources, Seattle, Washington, 2001, pp. 19-22.)
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Thomas Street (Seattle, Wash.) Third Avenue (Seattle, Wash.) Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Nile Temple (Seattle, Wash.) Club 21 (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Clubs--Washington (State)--Seattle Plaques, plaquettes--Washington (State)--Seattle
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Morrison, Samuel George, 1915-1992
Date	1957-10
Period	Before the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Nile Temple
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, 24 bit color, saved as TIFF file.
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights Management	To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, email jodee.fenton@spl.org or call 206-386-4610.
Type (DCMI)	image
Item Type	Photographs
Source	Original: 8 x10 b/w photographic print
Transcript	NILE TEMPLE A.A.O.N.M.S. THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE NOBILITY OF THE SHRINE AND THEIR CONTINUED SERVICES TO THE SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN. NOVEMBER 24, 1956.
Date created	2012-01-22