Miss Hattie's Bordello
Miss Hattie's Bordello is a tourist trap and interpretive museum located in downtown San Angelo, Texas. It purports to be the building where "Miss Hattie" operated a brothel from 1902 to 1952.
History
In 1870, Bartholomew J. DeWitt established
From the 1890s to the early 20th century, San Angelo passed ordinances to limit prostitution in the city.[2]
In 1977, Evelyn Hill and Juania Higuera purchased 18.5 E. Concho. Two years later, Hill remodeled the upper story of the building into the present museum.[3] Museum established, Hill created the story of Miss Hattie's bordello,[4] alleging that it operated from 1902 to 1952. According to Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum, the brothel was established by a Mrs. Hatton while her husband ran a saloon on the ground floor.[5] A Hatton, E. A. Hatton, did build and operate a business at 18.5 E. Concho, but he and his wife left San Angelo within two years and did not operate a brothel in the building. By 1912, there were four separate businesses on the first floor while the second floor was vacant. A bordello is believed to have occupied the second floor of 18.5 E. Concho from 1936 to 1949.[3]
See also
Citations
- ^ Gibson 1971, pp. 16–17, 26–27.
- ^ Gibson 1971, p. 17.
- ^ a b Go San Angelo, 27 April 2018.
- ^ Cochran, Felton. "The Real Bordello of Concho Avenue". Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "The History of Miss Hattie's". Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
References
- Gibson, Joe A. (1971). Old Angelo. The Minuteman Press.
News sources
- Johnson, Krista (27 April 2018). "Everything you know about Miss Hattie's is wrong". Go San Angelo. USA Today. Retrieved 13 October 2018.