Mile High Inn and Town Hall at the old mining town of Jerome. Arizona. USA
Mile High Inn in Jerome, Arizona. One of the more popular ladies of the evening was a woman named Madam Jennie Banters, who became one of the richest women in northern Arizona. The Mile High Inn was originally built in 1899 and was known as the Clinksdale Building. Built over the ashes of a burnt out building, the new structure had 18 inch thick walls to make it as fire-proof as possible. Some time later, the building became the home of Madam Jennie Banters’ popular bordello, where Jennie and her "ladies” entertained numerous men. Later, when the town began to take on a more "civilized” manner, the bordellos were forced to move their businesses off Main Street and "Husband’s Alley” was born. Though Jennie had done well for herself, she too, allegedly lost her life to a client after moving from her Main Street location. By this time, prostitution was illegal, but continued to thrive in Jerome until the 1940’s. In the meantime, the building became a hardware store on the lower level and the upstairs portion was used as apartments. Over the years, a number of businesses were housed here until it became the inn that it is today.
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