Posted in Tennessee
June 03, 2020
The Haunted Thomas House Hotel In Tennessee Has A Unique And Fascinating History
There’s something about a haunted house that is so fascinating, gruesome, and odd, that visitors just can’t stay away. In Tennessee, we have our fair share of ghoulish attractions, and the Thomas House Hotel in Red Boiling Springs is one of the most historic. Whether you’ve seen a ghost on the property or not, the story behind this brick-laden masterpiece of a building is fascinating. Learn more about its historic springs and the haunted rooms it hides.
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The Thomas House Hotel was listed by CNN as the Number #2 "Most Haunted Location in the United States," to the surprise of out-of-staters and not a single local. The building is beautiful, a nod to Tennessee's architectural history, and has been featured by national publications and television channels for its ghostly occupants.
Originally built in 1890 as a resort spa, the Thomas House Hotel originally catered to the most wealthy and elite Tennesseans. It's located on a natural mineral spring that was attractive to vacationers and even President Woodrow Wilson.
The original hotel was named the Coyd Hotel, but it was completely leveled by a fire in 1924. After its fiery destruction, the red brick Thomas House Hotel we know today was built. Although there was another fire in the 1990s, the entire hotel has since been rebuilt.
Visitors claim to see dark figures in their rooms, to walk through cold spots, feel their beds moving at night, and have even heard ghoulish voices follow them down the halls. The hotel has been the site of multiple suicides, murders, and of course, its famed fires. Some claim that there was even a cult that made its home between these historic walls at one point.
The hotel's location also lends itself to haunting. The underground spring splits the limestone beneath it, and there's an intersection of creeks on the property that marks the path of a former Native American trail. There's a lot of history on the premises. Ghost hunters from paranormal television shows have come to film on-site multiple times, and you can find the Thomas House Hotel on episodes of Paranormal State, Portals to Hell, and Ghost Hunters.
You can book a regular night to stay at the Thomas House Hotel if you're so inclined, or you can choose to book one of their Ghost Hunt Weekends. You'll have dinner, view a documentary on the property, and take a nighttime ghost hunt of the property if you choose to stay during a Ghost Hunt Weekend. Meals are provided, and the memories are haunting.
Have you been to the Thomas House Hotel? Would you visit? Leave your thoughts on this haunted property below, and perhaps any urban legends you've come to hear about this eerie spot. We'd love to hear!
You can learn more about the Thomas House Hotel with a visit to its official website.
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Address: 520 E Main St, Red Boiling Springs, TN 37150, USA
