Gilmore Hotel
Gilmore Hotel is a hotel in Ketchikan, Alaska. Historic downtown lodging with multiple reported ghost-story variants. The archive files it under haunting claims. The dossier holds 2 reported claims — all telling, no verified spine yet, and the file says so plainly. It still takes guests. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.
Commercial hotel; guest-room access requires authorization.
· in your passport — stamped · open it
Is Gilmore Hotel haunted?
The record holds 2 claims — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed media reported. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
The Gilmore is the proof — the 'fireproof concrete' that's the '26 lesson, the 'Front Street burned' that's the cause learned. The 'Pat Gilmore' is the built — the 'tailor mayor judge' that's the roles held, the 'best dressed' that's the town's dandy. The 'top hat sits' is the kept — the 'Room 208' that's the silent guest, the 'chandelier sways' that's the no-wind moved.
The 'three generations' is the ran — the '50 years' that's the family's run, the 'restored '89' that's the register's care. The 'Annabelle's' is the housed — the 'chowder keg' that's the 20s themed, the 'ghosts served' that's the bar's lore. The Gilmore is the stood — the 'solid rock' that's the foundation's difference, the 'pilings not' that's the tideland's skip.
The file keeps the Gilmore: the fireproof build, the mayor's hotel, the top hat's room, and the rock foundation.
The Gilmore is the archive's Alaska file — the concrete hotel built after the fire.
Why this file matters
The Gilmore is the archive's Alaska file — the fireproof hotel a tailor-mayor built.
A hotel keeps its lesson — the file's suggestion being that the Gilmore's hold is the learned: the 'concrete' that's the fire's answer, the 'top hat' that's the guest kept, and the 'rock not pilings' that's the foundation's stand.
The record of claims
Guide Kelli Klees describes alleged appearances of a man in a top hat and a seated woman. Reported guest rooms; room 208 mentioned tentatively is where the accounts cluster — the site's own map of where to look. Gilmore Hotel, a hotel in Ketchikan, Alaska, has kept the story in circulation longer than most of its guest registers. Media accounts carried the story further than the evidence ever did. 'AK: The mystery behind Ketchikan ghost tours' carries the account. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.
A 2026 tour report relays guide Joe Kovac’s story of furniture speaking to guests. A hotel in Ketchikan, Alaska with more than a century of check-ins gives the reports plenty of rooms to work with. Media accounts carried the story further than the evidence ever did. The sounds are the site's most consistent claim — the one detail witnesses agree on.
Planning a visit
Visitor details change. Confirm with the site before travelling.
Sources on file
- 01Walking tour highlights Ketchikan’s paranormal historyKRBD · local journalism · A3
- 02AK: The mystery behind Ketchikan ghost toursAlaska Public Media / KRBD · local journalism · A3
- 03Gilmore Hotel, Trademark Collection by WyndhamWyndham Hotels · official site · A2
Field notes & open questions
Narrators report different phenomena; retain both without inventing a shared entity or treating uncertain room number as verified.