{"id":285,"slug":"hubbell-house-mantorville-minnesota","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Hubbell House is the stagecoach stop — the 1854 log hotel that became the 1856 limestone building, the oldest restaurant in Minnesota, and the place where the stagecoach travelers rested between the Mississippi and St. Peter. The worn stone threshold is the evidence.","The hotel was the trail — the double-roofed log building that was the only guest room in town, the saloon where the mail couriers told their stories, the register with Grant and Greeley and Dr. Mayo. The Pappas family turned it into the restaurant in 1946; the hospitality is still 1854.","The restaurant is still there — the limestone walls, the Civil War-era atmosphere, the guests from Helen Keller to Mickey Mantle. The file keeps the stop: the 1854 stagecoach hotel, the Minnesota's oldest restaurant, and the threshold that's still worn by the travelers.","The Hubbell House is the archive's stagecoach file — the 1854 log hotel, the 1856 limestone restaurant, and the oldest dining room in Minnesota."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Hubbell House is the archive's oldest file — Minnesota's oldest restaurant, the stagecoach stop that's still serving, and the threshold that's the proof.","A restaurant that's the state's oldest keeps its door — the file's suggestion being that the Hubbell's hold is the threshold: the stone worn by the stagecoach travelers, the register with the presidents, and the dining room that's still 1854."]}],"name":"Hubbell House","aliases":[],"type":"RESTAURANT","type_label":"Restaurant","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","lodging"],"desc":"Restaurant associated with documented cultural history.","full_desc":"A restaurant in Mantorville, Minnesota, built in 1856, Hubbell House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Restaurant associated with documented cultural history. The archive files it under haunting reports. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.","address":"502 N. Main Street","city":"Mantorville","county":"Dodge","state":"Minnesota","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":44.065198,"lon":-92.747168,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":1856,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"2018 guide establishes documented reputation only; no phenomena or current visitor conditions inferred.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":58.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":220,"type":"HAUNTING","description":"The city walking guide labels this property as said to be haunted. The restaurant's reports are the kind old establishments accumulate — footsteps after close, presences in empty rooms. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. 'Mantorville Historic Walking Tour' carries the account. The haunting claim is now part of the site's identity, filed alongside the documented history.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.7,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Mantorville Historic Walking Tour","url":"https://www.mantorville.com/City/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Walking-Tour-Booklet_original.pdf","publisher":"City of Mantorville","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The present limestone building replaced a log hotel in 1856. The restaurant's documented history in Mantorville, Minnesota is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Mantorville Historic Walking Tour'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Mantorville Historic Walking Tour","url":"https://www.mantorville.com/City/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Walking-Tour-Booklet_original.pdf","publisher":"City of Mantorville","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The city walking guide labels this property as said to be haunted. Hubbell House, a restaurant in Mantorville, Minnesota, keeps the story on the menu alongside everything else it serves. 'Mantorville Historic Walking Tour' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Mantorville Historic Walking Tour'. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Mantorville Historic Walking Tour","url":"https://www.mantorville.com/City/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Walking-Tour-Booklet_original.pdf","publisher":"City of Mantorville","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Mantorville Historic Walking Tour","url":"https://www.mantorville.com/City/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Walking-Tour-Booklet_original.pdf","publisher":"City of Mantorville","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":{"title":"Hubbell House","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbell_House","desc":"Restaurant in Mantorville, Minnesota, US","extract":"The Hubbell House in Mantorville, Minnesota, United States, is one of the oldest working restaurants in the state of Minnesota. It is a contributing property to the Mantorville Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The restaurant is located on Mantorville Avenue, which runs through Mantorville. The building was originally constructed in 1854, but was rebuilt in 1856.","img":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Hubbell_House_2025.jpg/330px-Hubbell_House_2025.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","score":108,"lat":44.06686111,"lon":-92.755},"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":1}}