Room 410 Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
SFist reported guest claims that a friendly ghost in Room 410, said to be Lake's old office, sings at night, unpacks suitcases and tucks guests in. It called few of the amateur videos convincing. Source: SFist, 2017.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
SFist (2017) wrote that Miss Mary Lake's School for Girls occupied the building in the 1890s and shut down in June 1896. The building was sold in 1899 and became a gentlemen's club called the Cosmos, then a Girls' Friendly Society lodge, and was restored as the Queen Anne in the 1980s (SFist).
Ghost stories
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Is it Mary Lake? Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
The same piece notes that Lake moved to New Jersey in 1902, died two years later and is buried there, so there is no explicit link between her and the reports. It adds that there is no proof of a romance with James Fair. Source: SFist, 2017.
The same piece notes that Lake moved to New Jersey in 1902, died two years later and is buried there, so there is no explicit link between her and the reports. It adds that there is no proof of a romance with James Fair. Source: SFist, 2017.
Then and now
Public access
Open to the public It operates as a hotel (SFist). Last checked: Oct 31, 2026.
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