Blue Note
1951-1959 1319 E. Jefferson St. When Emmett Lewis, boss of the black musicians union Local 493, moved the union office
Category: Venues
Ebony
1950s 514 S. Jackson St. Seatle pianist Elmer Gill felt that the Jackson Street clubs had an often unwarrantted reputation
East Madison YMCA
1936-1940s 1700 23rd Ave. Though obviously not a night club, the East Madison YMCA was an historically important venue for
Green Dot
1930s-1940s 609 S. Jackson St. A barber shop with a piano room in back owned by Sherman Spates, the Green
Dumas Club
1910s 209 Fifth Ave. S., later 1040 S. Jackson St. One of Seattle’s first African-American social clubs, the Dumas Club
Rizal Club
1930s-1940s 605 1/2 S. King St., corner 6th Ave. S. A Filipino social club founded by Demetrio Ente, the Rizal
Black and Tan aka Alhambra, Porter’s and Waiter’s
1920-1969 404 12th Ave. S., also 1205 S. Jackson St. (corner 12th & Jackson) The longest-running popular music establishment in
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Rocking Chair
1940s-1950s 115 14th Ave. S. Sometime in the 1940s the Blue Rose became the Rocking Chair, still run by “Big
Copper Kettle
1920s 2103 E. Madison St. Not much information survives about this East Madison district speakeasy, but it is known that
Black Elks Club
1938-1950s 662 1/2 S. Jackson St. In 1938, the Seatttle chapter of the Black Elks fraternal order moved its offices