Dating back to 1904, the historic hotel and restaurant is believed to be haunted. Perhaps eight or nine hauntings are attached to the old building, but only prominent one is that of a female spirit known as ‘Clara’ (the spelling varies depending on the source). Room #007 is rumoured to be a ghostly hotspot, with guests reportedly being pushed by an unseen force. Others claim that photographs taken in this room refuse to develop. In the main dining room, diners have reported dishes smashing, doors opening and closing and a mirror that repeatedly falls off the wall. Other reports indicate that a woman in an old-fashioned dress has been seen on several occasions, and that sounds of loud music have been heard coming from empty rooms.
(Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Geographic Information
- Address:
- 209 North Madison Street
Madisonville, TX
United States
Get Directions » - GPS:
- 30.9503941, -95.91474449999998
- County:
- Madison County, Texas
- Nearest Towns:
- Madisonville, TX (0.2 mi.)
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I will say right now, if you’re looking for rustic and the smell of a grandmother’s home, then this might be for you. A friend and I were on a road trip around Austin and San Antonio and this was conveniently on the way up back to Dallas, so we booked a hotel room there. We did not see ANY staff that night, in fact they called us while we were driving to the hotel and they said they were leaving for the night so they were going to leave the key in our room door. What? No ghosts, just a dead roach in our hotel room and a bad night’s sleep.
Yeah, it’s haunted…!!!! Romantic and charming, but at night very creepy! Perfect weekend getaway. We investigated it and heard chars dragged out from the table in the dark about 20′ from us! It happened twice. Something thrown in the bar, random smell of roses, we both heard a lady scream, EVPs, and more…. https://youtu.be/GGpsjjShwQ0
I have recently been doing renovations on this building and I have spent a lot of time in this building by myself although I don’t feel no dark or bad feeling as I move around the building but I often since I’m not alone not in danger but just not alone and I have heard stories from local people coming in to see what’s going on in there only can be confirmed by employees that have no idea of this in particular pool hall owner that has been seen play come to me days after I was giving her description of this man to come to find out what the pool hall room for him to come say hey I believe someone is upstairs looking for you cuz I told him any given time someone could come through the building keep their eyes out to come get me there’s no one’s supposed to be there as he describes the same man that was described to me as being a ghost days before I’ve also gotten pictures of a ghostly hand in the ballroom and a ghostly boy in the front entrance off of main Street but only after being informed from locals of the ghostly sightings in their pictures they have taken did I go back to review pictures I have taken for work purposes in progression only to find I have the need got my own