“The Red Onion Saloon originally opened for business in 1898 at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, and was considered Skagway’s most exclusive bordello at the time. It was built by planks cut by Captain William Moore, the founder of Skagway, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks.”
http://www.pizzatoday.com/views/2012-october-conversation/
“A Seattle saloon man, Peter Lawson, built the Red Onion during the fall of 1898 and opened it as Skagway’s largest dance hall and saloon. Upstairs was a brothel, a higher class parlor than the adjacent cribs on Yokohama Row and Paradise Alley.”
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/klgo/hpd1/app1.htm
“The Red Onion was moved in 1914
with one horse from Sixth and State Street to
its current Broadway location. Interestingly, the
Onion was dragged around the corner backwards and the front and back of the building had to be removed in order to switch them.”
http://redonion1898.com/wp-content/uploads/Red-Onion-Menu-14.pdf
More info:
http://redonion1898.com/brothel-museum-tours/
Some of the tour, including the “Doll System:”
and
Bonus item — an ensemble called “Skin & Bones” who’ve played at the Onion before, though not the day we were there:
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Bonus item – Haunted information:
TV show “Alaska Haunting,” on the channel Destination America: Gold Town Terror, season 1 – episode 3
http://www.destinationamerica.com/tv-shows/alaska-haunting/
Lydia:
https://www.hauntedrooms.com/red-onion-saloon-skagway-alaska-haunted-ghost
Red Onion Saloon to star in Discovery ghost show:
https://skagwaynews.com/2015/04/10/red-onion-saloon-to-star-in-discovery-ghost-show/
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What they serve?
Good food and beverages