{"id":116,"slug":"star-building-ketchikan-alaska","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Star is the jewel — the 'dance hall' that's the '03's grew, the 'star inlaid' that's the floor's mark. The 'Black Mary' is the ran — the '$4,000' that's the '17's price, the 'mama' that's the madam's name. The 'Married Man's' is the fled — the 'trail' that's the escape's path, the 'raids' that's the stairs' cause.","The 'bulbs naked' is the shone — the 'east gable' that's the light's spot, the 'beacon' that's the sailors' draw. The 'only stands' is the left — the 'integrity' that's the kept's rank, the 'Dolly worked' that's the alum's fame. The Star is the staged — the 'emporium' that's the paper's word, the 'feminine delights' that's the euphemism's gloss.","The file keeps The Star: the jeweled dance hall, the inlaid floor, the fled trail, and the only left.","The Star is the archive's Alaska file — the dance hall where Black Mary ran the Creek."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Star is the archive's Alaska file — the largest brothel left standing on Creek Street.","A floor keeps its star — the file's suggestion being that The Star's hold is the inlaid: the 'maple' that's the mark's wood, the 'Black Mary' that's the madam's fame, and the 'Married Man's' that's the escape's trail."]}],"name":"Star Building","aliases":["Soho Coho building"],"type":"HISTORIC_COMMERCIAL_BUILDING","type_label":"Historic Commercial Building","cats":["HAUNTING_CLAIM"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"Creek Street building formerly occupied by Soho Coho.","full_desc":"Star Building is a historic commercial building in Ketchikan, Alaska. Creek Street building formerly occupied by Soho Coho. Troll Art describes a former dance hall, a Soho Coho gallery opened in 1992, and succession by Star Gallery planned for spring 2024. Reported lore and claims include: The 2017 broadcast identifies the Star Building as a location with reported ghosts.","address":"5 Creek Street","city":"Ketchikan","county":null,"state":"Alaska","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":55.357145,"lon":-131.674552,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"HISTORIC_SITE","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Soho Coho closed after 31 years. Do not advertise it as the present business; verify Star Gallery operation and visitor hours separately.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":58.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.8,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":83,"type":"UNSPECIFIED_HAUNTING","description":"The 2017 broadcast identifies the Star Building as a location with reported ghosts. The site in Ketchikan, Alaska gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The press reported it; the reporting is documented, the phenomenon isn't. The report is preserved in sources like 'AK: The mystery behind Ketchikan ghost tours'. The haunting claim is now part of the site's identity, filed alongside the documented history.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","evidence_label":"Media reported","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.6,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"AK: The mystery behind Ketchikan ghost tours","url":"https://alaskapublic.org/news/2017-10-13/ak-the-mystery-behind-ketchikan-ghost-tours","publisher":"Alaska Public Media / KRBD","type":"LOCAL_JOURNALISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Troll Art describes a former dance hall, a Soho Coho gallery opened in 1992, and succession by Star Gallery planned for spring 2024. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'About our store: Soho Coho closure and Star Gallery…' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"About our store: Soho Coho closure and Star Gallery succession","url":"https://www.trollart.com/store/about-the-soho-coho/","publisher":"Troll Art","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"AK: The mystery behind Ketchikan ghost tours","url":"https://alaskapublic.org/news/2017-10-13/ak-the-mystery-behind-ketchikan-ghost-tours","publisher":"Alaska Public Media / KRBD","type":"LOCAL_JOURNALISM","authority":3},{"name":"About our store: Soho Coho closure and Star Gallery succession","url":"https://www.trollart.com/store/about-the-soho-coho/","publisher":"Troll Art","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}