Red-Light District
Out side the Red-Light District, The Norton House was Illegally run house for a short time during 1906.
From 1892 until 1917 a Red-Light district flourished in Bisbee. Seen as an unpleasant necessity it was accepted until a military camp was placed in Lowell during World War I. Federal regulations did not allow a military camp to be within three miles of a Red-light district and the community law-makers voted to close the district for the duration of the war. The ill-famed district never reopened. During its heyday the district was home to 100 girls and over twenty houses. The following list is of the documented houses in Bisbee and outside of Lowell. Including two that operated illegally for a short time out of the district.
Name of Redlight House
"Manicure Parlor"
Anita Romero’s House
Bill Darr’s Place
Canadian Club Saloon
Casino/Little Casino
Cora Miles House/ Cora Miles Saloon
Helen McHenry’s House
Hog Ranch
Majestic
No. 128
No. 9
No.10
No.27
No.33
No.41
No.71
Norton House
Opera Club
The Parlor
People's Theater
Rose Miller's Place
Shea House( 1906 & later)
Shea House(pre 1906)
The Mascot
Location
O.K. Street
Brewery Gulch/ Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
# 48 Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Main Street
Main Street
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Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Lowell
#9 Brewery Gulch Redlight District
Brewery Gulch/Redlight District
Notes
Operated illegally out of the Redlight District
Operated by Anita Romero
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Operated by Bert Welch
Operated by Angie LeGrand
Opium was reported to have been used at this house
Believed to be a African-American Establishment
An African-American Establishment operated by Mrs. Mary McGeary
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Operated by Jake Kerner
Operated intially by Con and Lillian Shea also called the Shea House
possibly Anita Romero's house
Operated by Con Shea
Suspected to be a Redlight House
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Operated Illegally out of the Redlight District for a short time
Operated Illegally out of the Redlight District for a short time
Operated by Mr. Napoleon La Voie
Operated by Barney Echstein
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Operated by Con and Lillian Shea
Operated by Con and Lillian Shea
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Circa
1910
1900
1906
1906
1906
1902-1904
1907
1901
1912
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1906
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1906
1906
1901
1906
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1914
A map showing Bisbee's official red-light district circa. 1906