Tempe's Haunted 1910 Moeur House Restaurant
850 S Ash Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Standard restaurant pricing; check menu for current prices
Access
Wheelchair OK
Historic house converted to restaurant; patio and multi-floor dining
Equipment
Photos OK
The house at this Tempe address was built in 1910 for William A. Moeur, a prominent figure in early Arizona education who served on Tempe's first school board and held multiple civic positions during Maricopa County's formative years. His younger brother, Benjamin B. Moeur, joined him in Arizona and eventually served as Governor of Arizona during the Depression years, from 1933 to 1937.
William Moeur died in the home in 1929, the cause a cerebral hemorrhage that struck him near the fireplace. Mary Moeur died in an upstairs bedroom in the 1940s from natural causes. Their deaths in the house mark it as a structure where the end of two lives occurred.
Accounts from the decades between the Moeurs' deaths and the building's conversion to a restaurant describe the property cycling through various uses, including reports — unverified by documentary sources — of activity consistent with illicit gatherings. In 1973 the building was renovated and opened as a restaurant. It sold again in 1986 and has operated as Casey Moore's Oyster House since. The restaurant has been ranked among America's most haunted bars and restaurants in multiple regional and national surveys.
Note: The location file identifies this property as KC Moore's Bar and Grill, which does not correspond to a searchable business. Research confirms the venue is Casey Moore's Oyster House, the current operator of the historic Moeur House building.
Sources
The reports from Casey Moore's staff have accumulated across decades of the restaurant's operation. Lights switch off without anyone at the switch. Cabinet doors open in empty rooms. Objects fall from shelves in patterns that suggest targeted rather than random displacement.
The exterior accounts are among the more visually striking in the restaurant's paranormal profile. Couples and passersby on the street after closing time have independently reported seeing two figures — a man and a woman — waltzing on the second floor. The figures are described as shadowy, illuminated by dim interior light, moving in synchronized patterns that suggest deliberate dance. They vanish the moment anyone enters the building.
A woman named Sarah appears in some staff accounts as a named presence in the building. She is said to have been killed in the Blue Room by a jealous partner. This specific incident has not been corroborated through news records or other documentary sources, and exists in the category of named-ghost folklore rather than verified history.
The William and Mary Moeur deaths in the house provide documentary grounding for the property's association with death. Whether additional events between those deaths and the building's conversion to a restaurant are accurately represented in the folklore is not determinable from available sources.
Notable Entities
Dine at Casey Moore's Oyster House in Tempe, housed in the 1910 W.A. Moeur House. Known for seafood and a lively atmosphere, the restaurant is one of Arizona's most frequently cited haunted dining venues. Couples passing the building after hours have reported seeing shadowy figures waltzing in the second-floor windows.
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