Ruby’s Place / La maison de Ruby

Opened as a boarding house and laundry in 1902, this building was taken over by Mathilde “Ruby” Scott in 1935. For more than 27 years, the former Paris madame operated a brothel here, serving seasonal workers from the gold dredge camps and doing so with the tacit approval of local officials until 1961. As both gold mining and her business declined, Ruby was charged with keeping a bawdy house, and for the next 8 years the place returned to use as a boarding house.

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