The Mother-In-Law House - St. Charles, MO - Ghosts and Hauntings on Waymarking.com

County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: 500 S. Main St., St. Charles
Built: 1866
Built by: Francis X. Kremer

Plaque text:

This was the first double house in the county. Built by Mr. Kremer, a wealthy mill owner, in 1866. his wife was homesick, so the house was built so that her mother could be near, but she [the mother] had to agree to stay on her side of the house.

"The Mother in Law House was built with two halves by Captain Krammer. ONe side was for his family, and the other for his mother-in-law. Witnesses say objects are moved, footsteps have been heard, and names of guests have mysteriously appeared on Easter Eggs and it wasn’t done by the staff. Psychics have said the mother-in-law’s ghost remains behind, and she is lonely." ~ Haunted Places

"If the story of the Mother-In-Law House is inaccurate, then whose ghost is supposed to be haunting the restaurant?

"As local tour guides usually tell the story, the house at 500 South Main Street was the first "double house" in St. Charles. It was built by Francis X. Kremer in 1860. Because his young bride from Germany missed her mother, Kremer built a house with one side for himself and his wife and the other side for his mother-in-law, who came over from Germany.

"To welcome her, Kremer invited the residents of St. Charles to a street party with a brass band. He publicly presented the mother-in-law with a key to her half of the house.

"The story is partly repeated in the 1993 version of "McElhiney's Guidebook: Historic St. Charles, Missouri." It was published by Richard Sperandio, grandson of Edna McElhiney Olson, who published the original guidebook in 1967. The writings of Olson are often used as the basis of other histories of the area.

"Sperandio wrote: "During the 1860 public housewarming, Kremer made a dramatic presentation of the house key to his mother-in-law to her half of the house with the `humorous' provision that she stay on `her side.' "

"Sperandio said the information for the story came from an 1860 newspaper in the archives of the St. Charles County Historical Society." ~ St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Peggy Bradbury

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