La Belle, Lovelock, NV Pleasure Brothel Personal Chip
Obsolete
Added: 2024-09-09
Last Update: 2025-05-15
Color: Lavender
Mold: H&C (RHC)
Inserts: 4 – White sxs
Mftr: Paulson
Inlay: OOR-White
Collected By: A. J. Giametta
140 9th Street
Lovelock, Nevada
Type: Brothel & Strip Club
Status: Closed
Open: 1961, Close: 1981
Closed Brothel Series
NOTES — Legalized prostitution is part of the colorful chapter in Nevada's history, and Lovelock's paragraph is as red as the lights that marked such establishments.
Irene York owned the La' Belle brothel, which was located "across the tracks" at 140 9th Street.
La' Belle (French-inspired for beautiful woman) was considered to be a first-rate brothel in a "Small but Wild" town and was unique in allowing women in as "guests", unlike other "houses" in the State.
Many Lovelock locals have fond memories of the "ladies of the night" sunbathing on La' Belle's roof during their non-business hours. One other time a group of high school boys liberated a construction sign and placed it in front of the establishment that said, "Caution Men and Equipment at Work."
Dedicated March 25th 2023 (6028)
By the Jesse Lee Reno Chapter 1422
Of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
