Little is known of the Midway saloon located inside the Chever Block at 1703 Larimer Street. A business card from the saloon was among the other business artifacts in the Smith family collection.

Opened in February 1892 the Orleans Club was said to have stayed opened nearly 24-hours-a-day for gambling and drinking. It was located on Main Street, also known as Creede Avenue. Like the Tivoli Club in Denver, the Orleans Club had its share of violence associated with it. Several poems written at the time include the goings on inside the infamous gaming den. The Orleans Club lasted a mere four months when the great Creede fire of June 5, 1892 destroyed the building, along with most of the business district. 

The most famous of Soapy's saloons is Jeff Smith's Parlor. It was the only one opened strictly as a saloon, with no gambling allowed inside, and advertising as much. It is also the only one still standing.
 

In the Spring of 1898 Soapy and the Clancy's split interest in the business building that previously held the First Bank of Skaguay, a false-fronted, single-story wood building located at 317 Holly Street (Block 3, lot 12), just a few doors west of Broadway on the north side. The Parlor, sometimes called "Jeff's place," was known as "the real city hall." The city had a local government that met elsewhere, but many important decisions regarding how business would be conducted within the city were actually made inside the small office of this little saloon.

City records are not clear as to who actually owned the building, but Soapy controlled the business. Changes made to the bank building included moving the front entrance from the middle of the front facade to the far right in order to accommodate the bar. Two widows were moved from each side of the entrance to the left side. A large sign was hung just below the cornice that read, JEFF. SMITH'S PARLOR.. There is little doubt that Soapy ran the place his way. Note the periods after "JEFF." and "PARLOR." The first is easy to explain, as Jeff is short for Jefferson, thus the period made "JEFF." and abbreviation. The second period is a little harder to explain. Retired English Professor Art Petersen could not find a logical reason for it. Personally, I believe it is also an abbreviation of sorts. Perhaps the sign, if published in its entirety, would  read, "JEFFERSON SMITH'S PARLORS." Note the "S" in Parlors. Could the sign painter have run out of room for that last letter? So why add an "S" to "PARLOR?" A nondescript cabin looking building next-door to the saloon is believed to have been part of the business, whether as a store-room, a restaurant (as described in one account), or a gaming den (as described in another account), or perhaps all three.   

(photo) Soapy stands in the center at his bar with a cigar. Partner John Clancy leans into the photograph to Soapy's right. Nate Pollack tends bar, and back by the stove pipe is believed to be John Bowers. Two other unidentified men stand to the far right. This photograph dates between March and July of 1898. "July 4, 1898" appears at the bottom, but this date is not thought to be exact. It is probable that someone added the date to sensationalize the photograph. Based on the flags behind the bartender, someone in possession of the photograph might have also assumed that they were for the July 4th celebration. A close inspection of the bunting reveals that it contains the U.S. and Cuban flags which signify Soapy's wave of patriotism that accompanied the outset of the Spanish American War, which in April 1898 was at fever pitch. The door to the office is open. A door leading out the rear of the saloon is shut. The light bulbs are exposed. Electricity was expensive, and Soapy no doubt did not want to hide the fact that he had electric lighting or diminish their illumination behind lamp shades.

After Soapy was killed at the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, his partner, John Clancy, took over the business. In quick order, his brother, Frank, opened up The Mirror Saloon. It was renamed Clancy's Cafe and advertised it as a "gentleman's resort." In 1899, under new management, it became The Sans Souci (bastard French for "Without a care"). In its advertisements, this restaurant included an oyster bar. It appears the restaurant did not survive very long into the new century. Photographs indicate that the building itself changed very little during this period.

In the late 1930s Jeff. Smith's Parlor became a Soapy Smith museum. In 2007 the Parlor was purchased and donated to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park. In 2016 Jeff Smith's Parlor opened to the general public as a display on Skagway tourism. Most important is the fact that the Parlor building is saved from total destruction and that future generations will continue to enjoy learning about Soapy Smith.