Dumas Brothel

The Dumas Brothel in Butte's Venus Alley district was built in 1890 and operated until 1982, making it one of the longest-running brothels in the United States. Its 43 rooms were divided by price across three floors. The building is now a museum that interprets the lives of the women who worked and lived here, and it is one of Butte's best-known haunted sites, featured in a number of paranormal and documentary productions. Local accounts name Eleanor Knott, a madam said to have died by her own hand in 1955, as the spirit most often sensed here.