HUNTER ARMS HOTEL
Hotel — St. Cloud, Florida
Status: Status unknown · Access: Access unknown · est. 1926
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/hunter-arms-hotel-st-cloud-florida/

Historic hotel with a published Vivian ghost tradition.

Hunter Arms Hotel is a hotel in St. Cloud, Florida. Historic hotel with a published Vivian ghost tradition. Grover C. Hunter developed the hotel with architect Harlan Jones and contractor W. A. Steffle. It opened in 1927; restorations are documented in 1994 and after a 2016 sale. Local lore holds that Florida heritage writers recount a rumored spirit called Vivian, cold sensations, unexplained sounds, slamming doors and running faucets.

Hunter Arms is the built — the 'mausoleum maker' that's the Hunter's trade, the 'Spaniflora' that's the style chose. The 'winter only' is the ran — the 'seasonal rate' that's the meals included, the '1927' that's the boom's peak. The 'Vivian' is the named — the 'cold spots' that's the ghost's mark, the 'faucets turn' that's the water's will.
The 'Maniacs filmed' is the framed — the 'Two Thousand' that's the '64 shot, the 'Waterboy' that's the later take. The 'Nona ran' is the kept — the 'widow managed' that's the years held, the '53 on' that's the after's work. Hunter Arms is the stood — the 'New York Ave' that's the street's anchor, the 'century' that's the hotel's run.
The file keeps Hunter Arms: the builder's trade, the winter rates, the named Vivian, and the filmed walls.
Hunter Arms is the archive's Florida file — the mausoleum builder's haunted hotel.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Hunter Arms is the archive's Florida file — the hotel built by a man who made graves.
A hotel keeps its irony — the file's suggestion being that Hunter's hold is the doubled: the 'mausoleum trade' that's the builder's past, the 'Vivian' that's the guest stayed, and the 'Maniacs' that's the horror filmed.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] unspecified haunting: Florida heritage writers recount a rumored spirit called Vivian, cold sensations, unexplained sounds, slamming doors and running faucets. The hotel keeps the account on its own record — the sort of haunting a building earns one guest at a time. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The reports keep the place on every haunted list it qualifies for.
  source: Hunter Arms Hotel: St. Cloud (https://dos.fl.gov/historical/preservation/florida-main-street/ask-the-locals/hunter-arms-hotel-st-cloud/)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· Grover C. Hunter developed the hotel with architect Harlan Jones and contractor W. A. Steffle. It opened in 1927; restorations are documented in 1994 and after a 2016 sale. Hunter Arms Hotel's history is documented rather than told — this entry is part of that spine. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'Hunter Arms Hotel: St. Cloud' documents the entry. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Hunter Arms Hotel: St. Cloud — Florida Division of Historical Resources
  https://dos.fl.gov/historical/preservation/florida-main-street/ask-the-locals/hunter-arms-hotel-st-cloud/

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