3011 First Ave. So. (at Lake Street) was the site of an NAACP Coronation Ball in 1941. In 1944 the managers were Charles Clifton Jackson and Robert “Bobby” Marshall, Sr. and they sponsored a series of dances featuring Larry Griffin and his Rhythmaires. The Royal Arcanum was a sort of fraternal organization that provided life insurance to its members. It was associated with the Knights of Honor, which went bankrupt in 1916.