Nick de la Torre/Staff Show More Show Less ( Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle ) Nick de la Torre/Staff Show More Show Less 5 of5 What is believed to be a prostitute's tally is penciled on one of the walls of the second story of the former Oleander Hotel. ( Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle ) Nick de la Torre/Staff Show More Show Less 4 of5 Scott Hanson, owner of the Antique Warehouse, shows a tally of money a prostitute made by turning tricks, in the second story of what was at once a brothel, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in Galveston. The building is now the Antique Warehouse,, Thursday, July 18, 2013, in Galveston. Nick de la Torre/Staff Show More Show Less 3 of5 The mens bathroom, which now leads to a set of stairs built in the 1960's was for the Johns who visited the oleander Hotel when it was a brothel. In 2003, Jack told the Hansons his story of the brothel.
Nick de la Torre/Staff Show More Show Less 2 of5 An orphan boy, known to the owners as Jack, slept in this small room at the Oleander Hotel, where he did chores in exchange for food and a roof over his head. 1 of5 Scott Hanson, owner of the Antique Warehouse, shows a birthing table that was used when the building was the Oleander Hotel in Galveston's red-light district.
