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The Historic Ben Lomond Hotel in downtown Ogden, Utah.
Located on Historic 25th Street of downtown Ogden, Utah Ben Lomond Suites Historic Hotel started life as the five-story Reed Hotel in 1891. In 1927 the hotel was completely reworked in an attempt to create a fire proof hotel. Eleven stories were added and the hotel was renamed the Bigelow Hotel. In 1933 Marriner S. Eccles aquired the hotel and renamed it the Ben Lomond Hotel. Then in the 1980s the 350 room hotel was completely renovated and converted to a 120 suite condo-hotel. The Ben Lomond is the last of the three “grand hotels” in Utah that is still being operated as a hotel. Evidence of this legacy can be seen in the crystal chandeliers, marble floors and decorative ceilings as you enter the lobby of this historic hotel, which is listed on both the Utah & National Historic Registers.
There are many stories about it being haunted, a quick search online will pull up sites like this.
In high school I had am english teacher who was amazing. He, in an effort to get everyone in the class excited about reading and writing, assigned us the project of researching ghosts and haunts in utah and writing a paper. He scheduled a series of field trips for us to take, and one of them was to this hotel. Though I did not attend this specific field trip many of the students came back with many stories and even claim to have seen some pretty crazy stuff.
Though I am not 100% sold on the idea of ghosts haunting places, I do find it odd that this hotel has chosen to close an entire floor to visitors. It is either a lack of visitors, or a lure to those who are intrigued by the idea of ghosts. Perhaps both.
In reference to your above comment. This Historic Ben Lomond Hotel has an amazing past. Originally expanded in 1927, the Hotel touted 350 sleeping rooms and 11 dining rooms. Over the past 30 years the hotel has had many owners and has had much disrepair, that it now currently has 80 and no working dining rooms. The hotel has much under-utilized space, many of our floors, 9, 12. 13 and the entire basement are blocked off from guests due to safety reasons. Under New Ownership, the hotel will shortly be doing a multi-million dollar renovation, in which all floors will be working again. In closing, the floors are NOT HAUNTED, but rather blocked off due to guest safety
Sincerely,
Susan Cross
Director of Sales
Ben Lomond Hotel
Ogden, Utah
801-710-0368
scross@benlomondhotel.com
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