The green building at No. 24 Creek Street is Dolly’s House, a famous brothel in the former red light district of Ketchikan, Alaska. It was founded in 1919 during the Gold Rush by Dolly Arthur whose real name was Thelma Copeland. The museum’s motto is “Where Both Men and Salmon Came Upstream to Spawn.” The practice of prostitution was outlawed by the Anti-Crib laws in the 1950’s but it was a good run while it lasted.
