{"id":286,"slug":"restoration-house-mantorville-minnesota","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Restoration House is the stacked — the 'jail beneath' that's the cell's place, the 'house around' that's the build's wrap. The 'courthouse leased' is the doubled — the 'first county' that's the role's claim, the 'clients kept' that's the lawyer's trick. The '$1,700' is the bought — the '1963' that's the rescue's year, the 'wallpaper layers' that's the work's depth.","The 'butt imprints' is the told — the 'bed upstairs' that's the mark's spot, the 'weddings after' that's the timing's joke. The 'It's stupid' is the caught — the 'EVP' that's the cell's word, the 'poker played' that's the test's form. Restoration House is the friendly — the 'family people' that's the spirits' kind, the 'limestone' that's the town's draw.","The file keeps Restoration House: the stacked jail, the doubled courthouse, the marked bed, and the stupid EVP.","Restoration House is the archive's Minnesota file — the home built around the county's only jail cell."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Restoration House is the archive's Minnesota file — the 1890s home with a jail in the basement.","A house keeps its cell — the file's suggestion being that Restoration's hold is the wrapped: the 'jail beneath' that's the foundation's odd, the 'clients kept' that's the lawyer's use, and the 'butt imprints' that's the ghosts' mark."]}],"name":"Restoration House","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_HOUSE","type_label":"Historic House","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites"],"desc":"Historic house associated with documented cultural history.","full_desc":"Restoration House is a historic house in Mantorville, Minnesota, built in 1856. Historic house associated with documented cultural history. It sits in the archive under haunting reports. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. Access details are unverified — research before visiting.","address":"540 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":221,"type":"HAUNTING","description":"The city walking guide labels this property as said to be haunted. Restoration House in Mantorville, Minnesota is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The account appears in 'Mantorville Historic Walking Tour'. 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 house served as county courthouse and basement jail in 1858. A house in Mantorville, Minnesota with this much documented history gives the dossier substance underneath the lore. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Mantorville Historic Walking Tour'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.","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. A house with Mantorville's history behind it gives the reports a setting that needs no exaggeration. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. 'Mantorville Historic Walking Tour' carries the account. The retelling is the record now — the legend metabolized the facts long ago.","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":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":1}}