Florence and the postman Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
Denver7 reported in 2019 that hotel PR representative Julie Dunn described Florence Montague, linked to an alleged murder-suicide in Room 320, turning faucets and lights on and off and pulling back covers for male guests staying alone. Dunn also described a postman ghost in the Cruise Room who orders a beer, though bartenders find it still full after he leaves. Source: Denver7, 2019.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
Architect Frank Edbrooke designed the hotel, built in 1891 and listed on the National Register in 1979. Its Cruise Room bar opened the day after Prohibition ended; the hotel was considered a flophouse in the 1950s and was improved in the 1980s (Wikipedia).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
Public access
Open to the public The hotel's own site takes bookings (The Oxford Hotel). Last checked: Oct 31, 2026.
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