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Besides historic tours, the center lists guided ghost tours booked through its box office. Source: Mabel Tainter Center.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
Captain and Mrs. Andrew Tainter commissioned the Richardsonian Romanesque building, constructed in 1889, in memory of their daughter Mabel, who died in 1886 at age 19. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Wikipedia). The theater, built with 313 seats (Wikipedia), now has 261 after its seats were widened (Mabel Tainter Center), and keeps hand-stenciling, carved white pine arches and a working Steere and Turner tracker organ (Mabel Tainter Center).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
Public access
Open to the public Historic tours run Friday and Saturday, 12–3 PM, no reservation needed; ghost tours are arranged through the box office at 715-235-0001 (Mabel Tainter Center). Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
Explore more
- More places in Menomonie and Wisconsin
- More haunted & abandoned theaters
- Nearby: St. James Hotel (Red Wing, MN), Warden's House Museum (Stillwater, MN), Nininger (Hastings, MN), Mounds Theatre (St. Paul, MN)
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