THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN GEORGETOWN

AN ECONOMIC OBJECT LESSON …

There’s a fascinating article up on The Coastal Observer this week by reporter Jason Lesley about the Sunset Lodge – a house of prostitution in Georgetown County, S.C. that operated from 1936-1969.

The lodge was run by Hazel Weiss, a madam who was connected to wealthy industrialist and major league baseball owner Tom Yawkey. In fact Yawkey very well may have been the owner of the facility, and Weiss – a Midwestern woman reported to have mob connections – may have been part of a bigger organized crime ring.

No one knows for sure …

There’s all sorts of speculation about the facility … in fact, Lesley’s post itself is based on an ongoing research project about the Sunset Lodge undertaken by historian David Hodges.

According to Hodges, Weiss was initially affiliated with a brothel in Florence, S.C., but moved her operations to Georgetown in the mid-1930s.

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