Lafayette Hotel

Visited for a business trip with no previous knowledge of this places history. All night, I heard loud noises above me like someone was running around their room which was real annoying but I pushed through to try and sleep anyway. The next morning on check out, I complained to the staff that the people above me were really loud stomping around all night. Her response immediately gave me the chills. “Sir, you were on the top floor. There are no rooms above you”. Only time I’ve actually believed in a haunting was that moment.

December 2025

didn't really get much activity. seen a few shadows and heard a few taps. all happened when our cameras weren't on. when the cameras were on we didn't get anything.

August 2025

Myself and 2 of my friends stayed in the Penthouse a few years ago. I didnt know any back story re the fire and people jumping from floors 3 and 4. After checking in and getting our things to the room we decided to take a walk around town. We exited the building, and for some reason I had to go back to the Penthouse. Walking through the 3rd floor alone I had the creepiest feeling. Like someone was watching or following me. Chills ran from the tops of my legs to the back of my neck.
Later that night (early morning) we were laying down to go to sleep. My two friends (theyre sisters) slept in the bed and I slept on the pull out. It was ab 3:30 am and I hear a THUD.... then I hear my friend ask if anyone else heard the noise. When I got home the next day I did a little research on the building and found the info ab ppl jumping out of windows to escape the fire. I think we heard a body hit the ground.
And the basement.... super creepy.
Were going back in a few weeks :) Love it!!!!

October 2024

I stayed at the Lafayette on a trip with some friends. When we checked in, the staff told my roommate and I that our room was on 3rd floor, the haunted floor. We both said cool as we both have had experiences where we sensed presence before. When we got into our room, I thanked the spirits for letting us stay in their beautiful hotel. I had an incident where I couldn't find my watch charger. I crawled all over the floor searching and could not find it. The next morning, it was on the floor. She had the same experience with some pills she dropped and never found. We both decided that these incidents could be explained, but it was more fun to call it a haunting. What we can't explain is: one morning, my roommate said that she was going to take a shower. I said okay and that I would meet her in the lobby. I left the room right after that. I took the stairs down because elevators sometimes give me vertigo. When I got down the stairs, my roommate was already sitting in the lobby and had been there a few minutes. When I asked her if she had decided to skip her shower, she said no, and asked me why it took me so long to get down the stairs. I have no idea what happened to me on those stairs! I do know The Lafayette is a cool little hotel and I never felt threatened.

July 2023

My friend and I booked a 2nd floor balcony room in the summer. Beautiful old hotel. My friend has gypsy blood and has felt and seen ghosts her whole life. This was different. As we sat on our balcony over the river having wine & snacks for dinner, she looked up and saw a man smoking a cigarette & watching us from a 3rd floor window above. She was annoyed by it as she thought that he was real, and nosy. She said that he was baldish or with very short hair, muscular and wore glasses. He watched us for quite a while. The next day when we went to check out, she mentioned to the woman at the front desk that the man in the room on the 3rd floor watched us and she didn't appreciate it. The front desk clerk just smiled and said that there was no one staying on the 3rd floor at all last night. My friend was shocked. She said that it did not even cross her mind that it could be a ghost as he didn't look like an apparition but like a live man. Then as we walked down the hall to leave, she glanced at a picture on the wall and said "Sh#t, that is the guy!" It was S Durward Hoag, the former owner. :O)

April 2023

A friend and I stayed on the 3rd floor, can’t remember room number, but we wrote it down in the book downstairs. We slept with our backs to each other. I woke up in the middle of the night and wondered why Kerry was sitting up in the middle of the bed towards the end. I can’t remember all the details, but I definite saw who I assumed was Kerry. But it didn’t make much sense. I just went back to sleep. In the morning I ask her why she was sitting up in the middle of the night. She said she wasn’t. She thought it was me! I never believed in this stuff even though I had a strange experience as a teenager. It was very real. How could we both imagine the same thing and never talked about it till the next morning?

January 2023

Stayed in room 332 with my mother this past weekend. Not sure if this was an appliance issue or something more, but the heater kept making an odd sound unlike anything we had heard before. It was almost like a scratching and pounding. It kept us up all night. We didn't know it was allegedly haunted until the next day either.

April 2022

Stayed here numerous times. Room 304: Felt like something/someone was watching me the entire time! Completely freaked out. Room 349: Heard random dog barking sounds, emf device went bonkers(something for sure was following my wife around), my flux response device had several times where "someone" answered it immediately, all kinds of strange sounds, lights flickering, captured some wild stuff on my evp recorder, hallways and elevator are freaky too. I've had workers tell me strange occurrences as well. People talking to themselves in the lobby, saw some random lady sit on a chair outside my room for an hour! Didn't say a word- never looked away- creepy! This entire city is haunted! Strange people all over the place. Gorgeous river views, great food in town, ghost tours, plenty to do for a couple days. We stay at the Lafayette twice a year minimum. Love it. When you visit- say hi to Mr. Hoag for me...

January 2022

Stayed last nite in room 347 .

My gf snapped 2 photos of me inside the old phone booth . You can clearly see 3 ghost images behind me in the photos . I went to the restaurant alone for a drink at 1030 PM . Going there and back was an over wealmibg feeling of someone following me .
I kept looking back but nobody was there .

I get back to my house and unpack .
Candles are lite in my house when I walked into my door. I live completely alone and lit no candles before leaving for the hotel stay.

April 2021

When we first arrived we were given a room on the third floor so we pushed the button to go up on the elevator. The elevator took us to the lower lobby instead, which is supposed to be haunted. There was no one there when the doors opened either. Then, it took us to the 2nd floor for whatever reason. Again, no one was there when the elevator doors opened. I asked the clerk on Friday if we were the only guests because it was so quiet that night before and she said we were the only ones. ?? I captured an orb in a photo in the lower lobby. I also get the feeling of being watched when walking around the third floor.

February 2021