Exterior of Jolly Roger restaurant, Seattle, March 11, 1979

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Image of Exterior of Jolly Roger restaurant, Seattle, March 11, 1979 — 2000.107.185.22.02

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Exterior of Jolly Roger restaurant, Seattle, March 11, 1979

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A speak-easy during Prohibition called the China Castle, Seattle's last-surviving roadhouse was built in 1929 with a lookout tower and a secret tunnel. After the repeal of Prohibition it was renamed the Jolly Roger, a dining and dancing club with a skull-and-crossbones flag and neon anchor sign as beacons. Declining after WWII, the building later housed a coffee shop, an Italian restaurant, a blues nightclub, and its last tenant, a Chinese restaurant called Hunan Wok.

Here the building, located at 8720 Bothell Way (now Lake City Way), is shown prior to a fire which destroyed the landmark in 1990.

Caption information source: The Seattle Times, December 11, 1990, p. B3
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photo.

ID Number: 2000.107.185.22.02

Date: 1979

Creator(s): Tolman, Cary W., Photographer

Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 8.75 in.

Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.

Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.185.22.02, photo by Cary W. Tolman

Subjects: Neighborhoods, Restaurants, Street Views