1955-1964 2203 E. Madison St. In the same building as the Savoy Ballroom before it, Birdland showcased the best of

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1941-1963 2047 E. Madison St. A bar with this same name, and at the same address, still existed in the

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1936-1938 410 7th Ave. S. Russell E. “Noodles” Smith’s last hurrah in the nightclub business, the Ubangi opened with the

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1940-1945 411 S. Maynard St. Davey Lee opened this very popular after-hours club, sometimes referred to as the 411 Club

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1940s 660 S. Jackson St. A classic Prohibition Era “blind,” the Congo Club had a circular bar and ballroom hidden

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1941-1945 2203 E. Madison St., corner 22nd Ave. E. The first legal dance hall in Seattle’s black community, which faced

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1940s-1969 527 S. Main St. One of the last after-hours clubs to close, in the late ’60s, the New Chinatown

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1940s-1950s 1238 S. Main St., corner 12th Ave. S. The site of the old Entertainer’s Cabaret, where Jelly Roll Morton

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1940s-1950s 102 Cherry St. Sometimes known as the Marine Club, this basement venue just north of Pioneer Square was a

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1944-1950s 104 1/2 23rd Ave. E., corner E. Madison St. Officially known as the Washingon Social and Educational Club, this

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