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Mary Ann Hall (1814 or 1815 – January 29, 1886) ran a successful brothel from the 1840s until about 1878 at 349 Maryland Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C., about four blocks west of the United States Capitol.
Feb 20, 2015 · One woman, Mary Ann Hall, oversaw nearly all of it. More than a century after her death, she would be given a nickname - the Madam on the Mall - for this house of ill repute on Maryland...
Mary Ann Hall was once among the most rich, popular and powerful women in Civil War Washington. Before she died in 1886 at age 71, she had garnered a nationwide reputation for integrity,...
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Mary Ann Hall was a successful business owner in Washington, DC. While not much is known about her early life, Hall came to Washington in 1840 where she purchased a home on what today is the site of the National Museum of the American Indian. Her home was a prominent brothel in the Washington area.
Feb 22, 2012 · Mary Ann Hall ran the largest whorehouse in Washington, DC, during the Civil War. This contemplative figure sits on top of Miss Hall's monument in the Congressional Cemetery. She kept her establishment at 349 Maryland Avenue, about three blocks from the Capitol, from 1840 until she retired in 1876.
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Description. Mary Ann Hall ’s brothel was the largest and most luxurious of more than 100 known bordellos in Washington during the 1800s. Hall’s three-story establishment stood where the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is today. According to Union Army records, she employed 18 women.
Mary Ann Hall was a prostitute. Obviously attractive, she was also a keen business person. When in her early thirties, she purchased a lot and built a large brick house at the foot of Capitol Hill. There she ran an upscale brothel for more than forty years until her death in 1886.
