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Peabody Revitalization

Designed by Chicago Architect Walter Ahlschlager in 1925, the Peabody was restored by Philip and Jack Belz in 1980. During the restoration, workers removing a basement wall to install a pipe accidentally discovered the hotel's original blueprints encased inside the wall.

Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

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