The Toof Building was erected as the headquarters of the S C Toof and Company, a notable American printing company in Memphis, Tennessee. The original four story building was designed in an Egyptian style by George M Shaw with an emphasizes on a papyrus motif. The papyrus plant was the symbol for Ancient Lower Egypt and its capital Memphis, and was used by the Egyptians to make paper, which complimented the printing business of S C Toof and Company. - AsNotedIn