Third-floor sounds Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
In 2016 general manager Chris Altherr told The Arizona Republic of gurney-like rolling sounds and a ghost cat on the third floor, and of a front-desk call that came from a vacant room. Source: azcentral, 2016.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The building was put up in 1926 as the United Verde Hospital and opened in January 1927. It closed in 1950 and stood unused for 44 years until Larry Altherr bought it in 1994; it opened as a hotel in 1996 (Wikipedia).
The hotel says it still runs its original 1926 Otis elevator and 1926 Kewanee boiler (Jerome Grand Hotel).
Ghost stories
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The elevator death Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
The same article recounts that hospital maintenance man Claude Harvey was found dead under the elevator in 1935, and that Ghost Adventures filmed at the hotel in 2011. Source: azcentral, 2016.
The same article recounts that hospital maintenance man Claude Harvey was found dead under the elevator in 1935, and that Ghost Adventures filmed at the hotel in 2011. Source: azcentral, 2016.
Then and now
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Open to the public It is an operating hotel with a 24-hour front desk (Jerome Grand Hotel). Last checked: Oct 31, 2026.
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