{"id":1286,"slug":"main-hall-university-of-montevallo-montevallo-alabama","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Main Hall is the burned — the 'chafing dish' that's the '08 night, the 'alcohol tipped' that's the nightgown's catch. The '48 hours' is the lasted — the 'parents came' that's the goodbye made, the 'February 6' that's the end's date. The 'door kept' is the marked — the 'library holds' that's the grain's face, the 'hair streaming' that's the figure seen.","The 'composites fall' is the told — the 'sorority pictures' that's the walls' drop, the 'footsteps stop' that's the doors' visitor. The 'fourth floor' is the pointed — the 'metal door' that's the room sealed, the 'storage now' that's the use changed. Main Hall is the taught — the 'cautionary tale' that's the upperclassmen's tell, the 'real person' that's the archivist's proof.","The file keeps Main Hall: the tipped flame, the kept door, the falling composites, and the taught warning.","Main Hall is the archive's Alabama file — the girl whose door still shows her face."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Main Hall is the archive's Alabama file — where a 1908 accident left its mark in wood grain.","A hall keeps its door — the file's suggestion being that Main Hall's hold is the imprinted: the 'face in grain' that's the object kept, the 'taught tale' that's the warning's use, and the 'footsteps stop' that's the student's tell."]}],"name":"Main Hall — University of Montevallo","aliases":["Main Hall, Alabama Girls Industrial School","Old Main Hall"],"type":"UNIVERSITY_RESIDENCE","type_label":"University Residence","cats":["HAUNTED_PLACE"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"University residence in Montevallo; research record.","full_desc":"Main Hall — University of Montevallo is a university residence in Montevallo, Alabama. University residence in Montevallo; research record. The archive dates Cunningham’s fatal clothing-fire accident to February 4, 1908, with death two days later. Local lore holds that The university archive records traditions of a face in door grain, running and screams linked to Condie Cunningham.","address":null,"city":"Montevallo","county":null,"state":"Alabama","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":33.126053,"lon":-86.847702,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Historical death and supernatural door imagery are distinct assertions. The archived door is not the building itself.","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":556,"type":"HAUNTING","description":"The university archive records traditions of a face in door grain, running and screams linked to Condie Cunningham. The reports concentrate at Dormitory door; halls; bathrooms. The reports at Main Hall — University of Montevallo are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind'. It's the kind of claim that outlives debunkings — too many witnesses, too few explanations.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Condie Cunningham","where":"Dormitory door; halls; bathrooms","first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind","url":"https://carmichaeldigitalprojects.org/archivingmontevallo/items/show/123","publisher":"Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The archive dates Cunningham’s fatal clothing-fire accident to February 4, 1908, with death two days later. Main Hall — University of Montevallo's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The detail is preserved in 'Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind","url":"https://carmichaeldigitalprojects.org/archivingmontevallo/items/show/123","publisher":"Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The university archive records traditions of a face in door grain, running and screams linked to Condie Cunningham. The site in Montevallo, Alabama gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. 'Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. Sources including 'Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind' keep the claim in circulation. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind","url":"https://carmichaeldigitalprojects.org/archivingmontevallo/items/show/123","publisher":"Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1}}],"entities":[{"name":"Condie Cunningham","claimed_identity":"Condie Cunningham","verified":null,"summary":"The university archive records traditions of a face in door grain, running and screams linked to Condie Cunningham. Dormitory door; halls; bathrooms is where the sightings cluster. The site in Montevallo, Alabama gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The account appears in 'Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind'. The lore has a face now: Condie Cunningham.","behavior":"The university archive records traditions of a face in door grain, running and screams linked to Condie Cunningham.","area":"Dormitory door; halls; bathrooms","first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind","url":"https://carmichaeldigitalprojects.org/archivingmontevallo/items/show/123","publisher":"Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1}}],"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":"Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind","url":"https://carmichaeldigitalprojects.org/archivingmontevallo/items/show/123","publisher":"Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo","type":"LIBRARY_ARCHIVE","authority":1}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}