The St. Charles Hotel opened in 1858 in Milwaukee's City Hall Square. From 1895 to 1923, it was the high-end Pabst Hotel. Afterwards, it became a Roaring 20s party palace known for free-flowing liquor, decadent room parties, and loose morals. In 1928, FBI agents reported the hotel was a homosexual hangout, with "bull daggers and fairy boys roaming halls" and "chorus girls who may not be girls." After a sensational raid, the "deviant" St. Charles became the largest American property seized during Prohibition. It was forced to close for a year, reopened in 1929, and closed permanently in 1931.