603-1/2 W. Rosemary St. / Star Lite Supper Club

The building was Charlie Mason’s Starlite Supper Club in the 1950s and 1960s. Built in early 1958 as a place for African-Americans to have dinner, listen to music, and dance.

View east, with Charlie Mason (image via Hidden Voices)

View south east (image via Hidden Voices)

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Patrons listened to world-renowned musicians/entertainers such as Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, and Ella Fitzgerald here.

In the 1980s Esther Tate purchased the property (?). It became used as the Abundant Life Seeds of Sheeba, a cultural center. In 2005 Tate sold the property to Tim Toben.

It's now the location of the Greenbridge Condominiums. The Greenbridge plaza is named in Charlie Mason's honor.