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Belle London
Born
Dora B. Hughes[1]
December 1866[2]
Illinois[3][2]
Died
1924 (1925)
San Francisco, California
Other names
Dora B. Topham, Maxine Rose
Occupation
Brothel owner
Spouse
Thomas Topham
(m. 1890; div. 1902)
Belle London (a.k.a. Dora B. Topham {née Hughes}; December 1866 – 1924) was a madam who operated brothels in Ogden, Utah from 1889. She built the parlor house "No. 10 Electric Alley," a complex of small cubicles for prostitutes, close to Union Station on 25th Street.[4][5] London used the upper level of the London Ice Cream Parlor as a cover for one of her brothels.[6]
London married Thomas Topham, a master boilermaker for Union Pacific in 1890. Topham would become a saloon keeper, and together with London, they would gain much influence in Ogden.[4] London also had an adopted daughter named Ethel Topham.[4] London sued for divorce in 1902.[7]
In 1908, London was hired by Salt Lake City Mayor John S. Bransford to oversee the move of illicit activities of the downtown red-light district to a new purpose-built stockade outside of the city center.[8][9] The plan eventually failed and the stockade was closed in 1911.[8]
Police raids on 25th Street in 1912 set out to eliminate prostitution, and Belle London left Ogden in around 1914. She moved to San Francisco and changed her name to Maxine Rose. She continued working in the sex business and purchased a hotel.[4]
London died in 1924 in San Francisco following injuries she sustained when she was crushed while attempting to untie a rope she was using to tow an automobile.[4]
^United States Western States Marriage Index. FamilySearch. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^ abUS Census, 1900. FamilySearch. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^Karras, Christy (2010). More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Utah Women. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 65. ISBN 978-0-7627-4901-0.
^ abcdeHolley, V. (2013). 25th Street Confidential: Drama, Decadence, and Dissipation Along Ogden's Rowdiest Road. University of Utah Press. ISBN 9781607812685.
^"A History of Violence: Ogden's 25th Street". Utah Stories. August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^"Belle London | Historic 25th Street". www.historic25.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^"Belle London's Suit". Salt Lake Herald. March 11, 1902. p. 7. Retrieved January 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ab"Living History: From fancy brothels to brick-and-mortar pens". The Salt Lake Tribune. December 14, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^Ferran, Mikee (2018). "Powerful Madams Presided Over Utah's Brothels".
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