LOCATION FILE
Van Gilder Hotel
FOLLOWSeward, AK
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Built in 1916 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the Van Gilder Hotel is one of Seward's oldest surviving commercial buildings.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Local history holds that a guest named Fannie was shot and killed at the hotel by her husband; guests and staff describe a woman in a blue dress seen in hallways and sitting on made beds, along with reports of children's laughter and footsteps when no children are present.
VISITING
An operating hotel open to the public.
SITE PLAN
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
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INVESTIGATION RECORD
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