Miss Laura’s Social Club, tucked away in the town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was once a “house of ill repute.” Today, it is the only former bordello listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1896, the beautiful Victorian baroque structure was initially known as the Riverfront Commercial Hotel. This gorgeous house still looks much as it did then, replete with a mansard roof, wrought iron and oeil-de-boeuf dormer windows, making it one of the most distinct surviving houses in the city. Initially located at 123 First Street,…
