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1881 Brothel Moved to West Allen Street — Four Documented Deaths and an Active Guest Log of Encounters
107 W. Allen St, Tombstone, AZ 85638
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Overnight rates from approximately $108 per night. Breakfast included. See website for current rates.
Access
Limited Access
Historic clapboard structure on flat terrain; private bathrooms with walk-in showers in each room
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1881 · Tombstone Silver Boom Red-Light District · Relocated Historic Structure (1923) · Frontier-Era Brothel Preservation
The building that houses the Tombstone Bordello Bed and Breakfast was constructed in 1881 during the silver boom, when Tombstone's red-light district concentrated on the east end of town along Seventh Street. It operated as a mid-range brothel serving miners, cowboys, and laborers — the working-class end of the trade, distinct from the more publicized establishments associated with Tombstone's gambling and political elite.
At least four women died inside the building during its years as a brothel: two from tuberculosis, one from complications of a botched abortion, and one was killed by a client. The owner acknowledges these deaths in public-facing descriptions and has stated that the spirits in the building are 'benevolent' in character. No formal inquest records for the individual deaths have surfaced in publicly available sources, but tuberculosis was the leading cause of death among sex workers in frontier mining towns, and the owner's characterization of the deaths is consistent with documented patterns in the historical literature.
In 1923, the structure was lifted from its Seventh Street foundation and relocated to West Allen Street to avoid demolition when a school was constructed nearby. It is now at 107 W. Allen Street, approximately five minutes' walk from the O.K. Corral. The five guest rooms — Calico Queen, Diamond Annie, Shady Lady, Soiled Dove, and Fallen Angel — are named after historical archetypes from the territorial period rather than specific documented individuals.
Sources
Room 3 generates the most consistent accounts at the Bordello B&B, focused on a French-accented woman referred to as Suzette who died of tuberculosis in the room. Guests report French perfume without source, the sound of coughing in the night, and the sensation of someone sitting on the edge of the bed. The owner has not attributed a historical last name to Suzette, and no death record matching the description has been independently verified, but tuberculosis deaths among sex workers in this period were frequently unrecorded or recorded only generically.
Other reported phenomena throughout the building include unexplained depressions in mattresses, sheets pulled off during the night, and sounds from empty rooms. A regular client who died on the premises is attributed in local ghost lore with heavy footsteps in the hallways.
The guest logs maintained in each room provide an unusual ongoing record. The owner states that guests document their encounters independently, and the logs show a consistent pattern of similar reports across different visitors and years — perfume in Room 3, footsteps in the hall, cold spots near the windows that face the former location of the building on Seventh Street. The logs are not independently verified by a third party, but they represent a form of primary documentation uncommon among paranormal tourism sites.
Notable Entities
Book one of five period-themed rooms (Calico Queen, Diamond Annie, Shady Lady, Soiled Dove, Fallen Angel). Each room maintains a guest log where visitors document paranormal encounters. Staff greet guests in period costume. Complimentary American breakfast served each morning in the former parlor.
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