The Queen Anne Hotel is a hotel in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
, on Sutter Street. The hotel is a historic 1890
Victorian mansion
Victorian architecture is a series of Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the st ...
, in the namesake
Queen Anne architectural style, and decorated in the
painted lady style. It was originally a girl's boarding school. It narrowly survived the
1906 San Francisco earthquake
At 05:12 Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). High-intensity sha ...
.
Haunting
The hotel is a popular site for
ghost hunting
Ghost hunting is the process of investigating locations that are reported to be haunted by ghosts. Typically, a ghost-hunting team will attempt to collect evidence supporting the existence of paranormal activity. Ghost hunters use a variety of ...
.
The headmistress of the former finishing school, Mary Lake, is said to haunt her former office in Room 410.
The hotel's paranormal history was explored in an episode of the television show ''
Haunted Hotels
''Haunted Hotels'' (also called ''America's Haunted Hotels'') is an American paranormal television series that premiered on October 24, 2001 on the Travel Channel. The series features haunted hotels in America and the ghost stories that are told f ...
''.
See also
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List of hotels in San Francisco
References
External links
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Hotels in San Francisco
Hotel buildings completed in 1890
Queen Anne architecture in California
Reportedly haunted locations in San Francisco
1890 establishments in California