STAR BUILDING
Historic Commercial Building — 5 Creek Street, Ketchikan, Alaska
Status: Historic site · Access: Access unknown
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/star-building-ketchikan-alaska/

Creek Street building formerly occupied by Soho Coho.

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.

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.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
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.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Media reported] unspecified haunting: 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.
  source: AK: The mystery behind Ketchikan ghost tours (https://alaskapublic.org/news/2017-10-13/ak-the-mystery-behind-ketchikan-ghost-tours)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· 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.

SOURCES — 2 cited
· AK: The mystery behind Ketchikan ghost tours — Alaska Public Media / KRBD
  https://alaskapublic.org/news/2017-10-13/ak-the-mystery-behind-ketchikan-ghost-tours
· About our store: Soho Coho closure and Star Gallery succession — Troll Art
  https://www.trollart.com/store/about-the-soho-coho/

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