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 Hotel Congress - Ghost Hauntings, Tucson, AZ Posted by:  Poehunters
N 32° 13.335 W 110° 58.003
12S E 503136 N 3565071
At 311 E Congress Street in Tucson, Arizona you’ll find a virtual vortex in time because this little Hotel still functions with a nostalgia for all things 1920's.
Waymark Code: WMHPTV
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2013
Views: 11
The colorful Hotel Congress is an old western boutique hotel located in the sleepy downtown section of Tucson. It’s famous for its coffee shop, the Cup Cafe and its club, the Tap Room, which attracts many musicians. This amazing hotel is even pet-friendly! Love it! Hotel Congress just has that edgy, hip feel to it. However, what isn’t so obvious to its guests is its paranormal edge. Yes, the Hotel Congress is haunted.
Here are a few stories about the rooms:
Room 214
The door to room 214 is rather odd in appearance. From a distance, the door appears to be slanted downwards 10-15 degrees towards the left. The floor also appears to rise up and then curve downward before the door; however, when you walk closer to the door, the angle changes and the door straightens out or bends another direction. I’ve been told that the door has been surveyed and checked with a level– I was planning on checking it out for myself during Dillinger Days this year, but was crunched for time. I’ve heard the door is perfectly straight and the door frame is parallel to the walls, yet it appears crooked.
Room 214 is allegedly the location of a successful suicide attempt (by shotgun), and is called the “suicide room” by many who know its history. The room was cleaned and most of the shot was removed from the wall, but it’s rumored that there is still some shot that was never removed from the wall. Stay in this room if you DARE.
Sadly, this room was not the only room to have played witness to a successful suicide attempt…
Room 242
Room 242 is home of Hotel Congress’ most active ghost– a woman from the mid-1990's who decidedly ended her life by discharging her gun through her skull in the bathroom no less. The bullet traveled through the bathroom wall and into the closet. If you stay in this room and look closely at the closet, you can still find the bullet hole.
Like many hotel guests who visit after their time on this Earth has passed, this ghostly gal loves to toy with guests. She is frequently seen as a full-body apparition in front of the room or inside Room 242. People staying in 242 often report having dreams of this mysterious lady– some even claimed to have awakened to see her standing or sitting at the foot of the bed watching them sleep. She loves to try to touch guests and make attempts to talk to them or wake them.
Room 220
Room 220 housed the last of long term residents. Vince Zuda checked in late 1950's and lived in the hotel for a mere $7/night. The hotel honored this room rate until his passing in 2001. Now, his rent is free and his presence is a friendly reminder of the man who once resided in the hotel.
In life, Vince was a helpful fix-it man. He was constantly borrowing butter knives from Cup Cafe to use as screwdrivers to fix things throughout the hotel. Staff say Vince still keeps the hotel ship-shape in the afterlife. Current staff members still find butter knives in random places throughout the hotel– a friendly reminder that Vince is still with them.
Other Ghosts
One maintenance worker’s ghostly encounter is described in the book Southern Arizona’s Most Haunted as follows:
The maintenance man has seen the apparition of a cowboy in the basement. The man was going into the basement’s paint room to pick up some paint for a project he was working on. He opened the door and saw the ghost of a cowboy standing in front of him, but he only saw this ghost from the waist up. The maintenance man was in such a rush, he walked through the ghost who was standing there, got what he needed, then walked out of the room. It all happened within a few seconds. It was not until moments later that he realized that he had walked through a spirit entity.
Down the hallway from Room 214, you’ll cross beneath an archway. It is past this archway where there have been reports of a maid’s ghost who has been seen bringing towels and sheets into rooms and turning them down as she would have done while she was living.
Downstairs in the bar area, there is the ghost of a WWII Veteran who sits at the end of the bar, where he spun tales of his war days when he was living. You can sometimes see him out of the corner of your eye. He also likes to play with the volume on the juke box– turning it up for his favorite songs and down for songs he’s not terribly fond of. Employees also leave the ghost 50 cents for the jukebox when they lock up for the night.
There’s also reportedly the ghost of an old man who has been seen peering out the second story window on the northwest side of the building. It was thought that he was someone who may have died in the fire that resulted in the capture of the Dillinger Gang.
Another woman’s ghost enjoys making a grand entrance down the stairs. You can tell when she’s around by her distinctive rose perfume.
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Visting hours:
24/7
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