{"id":1887,"slug":"old-st-james-hospital-butte-montana","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["St. James is the candle — the 'window light' that's the vacant burning, the 'Sisters of Charity' that's the '81 founded. The 'miners' is the served — the 'boom town' that's the copper's injuries, the 'expanded four times' that's the demand grown. The 'maternity ward' is the emptied — the 'cries once' that's the new life echoed, the 'footsteps' that's the corridor's sound.","The 'nursing school' is the trained — the '1906' that's the women educated, the '1962' that's the finally moved. The 'spooky vibe' is the felt — the 'better than it looks' that's the structure sound, the 'ghost hunts' that's the seekers drawn. St. James is the waiting — the 'affordable housing' that's the plans drawn, the '100 more years' that's the owner's vow.","The file keeps St. James: the candle's window, the miners' ward, the maternity's silence, and the rescue planned.","Old St. James is the archive's Montana file — the hospital that won't empty."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Old St. James is the archive's Montana file — the Sisters' hospital that refuses to die.","A hospital keeps its ward — the file's suggestion being that St. James's hold is the lingering: the 'candle lit' that's the window's claim, the 'maternity's echo' that's the cries returned, and the 'sounder than feared' that's the survival earned."]}],"name":"Old St. James Hospital","aliases":[],"type":"FORMER_HOSPITAL","type_label":"Former Hospital","cats":["HAUNTED_LOCATION"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"Former hospital advertised for paranormal events.","full_desc":"Old St. James Hospital is a former hospital in Butte, Montana. Former hospital advertised for paranormal events. Operator dates the institution’s founding to 1881 and relocation of care to 1962. Reported lore and claims include: Haunted Rooms America recounts promotional assertions of footsteps, cold spots and battery drain.","address":"225 S Idaho St","city":"Butte","county":null,"state":"Montana","postal":"59701","region":"West","lat":48.289615,"lon":-112.833777,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"RESTRICTED","access_notes":"Advance event booking required; no independent building access.","ownership":null,"website":"https://www.hauntedrooms.com/montana/ghost-hunts/old-st-james-hospital","phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Current event operator gives 225 S Idaho. A 2024 Visit Montana event listed 400 S Clark with coordinates; that may identify another hospital site and is not used for this record. Verify building chronology before assigning construction/opening year. Operator age rules conflict: 18+ versus 16 with adult; no single restriction selected.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":64.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":977,"type":"ELECTRONIC_ANOMALIES","description":"Haunted Rooms America recounts promotional assertions of footsteps, cold spots and battery drain. Old St. James Hospital's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The report stands unverified, which is itself the finding. 'Old St. James Hospital Ghost Hunt' carries the account. Nothing here would make headlines alone; together the reports make a pattern.","evidence":"UNVERIFIED","evidence_label":"Unverified","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.35,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Old St. James Hospital Ghost Hunt","url":"https://www.hauntedrooms.com/montana/ghost-hunts/old-st-james-hospital","publisher":"Haunted Rooms America","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Operator dates the institution’s founding to 1881 and relocation of care to 1962. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The press recorded it; the detail stands as reported history. Sources including 'Old St. James Hospital Ghost Hunt' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Old St. James Hospital Ghost Hunt","url":"https://www.hauntedrooms.com/montana/ghost-hunts/old-st-james-hospital","publisher":"Haunted Rooms America","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"ghost_tours":"Advertised 20:00–02:00 paranormal events; dates require operator check","reservation_requirement":"Booking required","last_verified_at":"2026-09-14T10:36:21+00:00","source":{"name":"Old St. James Hospital Ghost Hunt","url":"https://www.hauntedrooms.com/montana/ghost-hunts/old-st-james-hospital","publisher":"Haunted Rooms America","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4}},"sources":[{"name":"Old St. James Hospital Ghost Hunt","url":"https://www.hauntedrooms.com/montana/ghost-hunts/old-st-james-hospital","publisher":"Haunted Rooms America","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4},{"name":"Old St James Hospital Ghost Hunt and Sleepover: event 2024-05-18","url":"https://data.visitmt.com/data/site/22381","publisher":"Visit Montana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},{"name":"Old St James Hospital Ghost Hunt: event 2025-05-09","url":"https://data.visitmt.com/data/site/22532","publisher":"Visit Montana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":3}}