20 Creek Street

20 Creek Street (HM2485)

Location: Ketchikan, AK 99901 Ketchikan Gateway
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Country: United States of America
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N 55° 20.51', W 131° 38.479'

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Circa 1920

Beatrice Greene; the last working woman

For half a century, this house, like so many on the Creek, was part of Ketchikan's notorious red light district where both fish and men came upstream to spawn... the fish once, many of the men repeatedly.

Its most infamous resident was Beatrice Greene, who began to ply her trade here in 1947.

In 1954, when authorities brought an end to open prostitution on Creek Street, most of the ladies left town, retired, or moved to other neighborhoods.
A few, including Beatrice Greene, simply went underground.

Following the crackdown, she played a game of cat-and-mouse with the local police, entertaining "gentlemen callers" when she thought she could get away with it; lying low when the heat was on.

Details

HM Number	HM2485
Tags	, Industry and Commerce
Placed By	Ketchikan Historic Commission
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Sunday, December 31st, 2017 at 1:02pm PST -08:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	9U E 332499 N 6136008
Decimal Degrees	55.34183333, -131.64131667
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 55° 20.51', W 131° 38.479'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	55° 20' 30.6" N, 131° 38' 28.74" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	907
Closest Postal Address	At or near 20 Creek St, Ketchikan AK 99901, US
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