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A 1907 B&B where a dining-room double shooting in 1915 left two men dead — and possibly resident
47 Broad Street, Warm Springs, GA 31830
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Bed-and-breakfast rates; contact property for current pricing.
Access
Limited Access
Historic multi-story building; stairs throughout
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1907 · 1915 Double Fatal Shooting · Meriwether County Hospitality History · Pre-FDR Warm Springs Resort Era
The hotel on Broad Street in Warm Springs opened in 1907, succeeding an earlier 1892 establishment on the same block. The original proprietor named it Hotel Tuscawilla, reportedly after a Creek Indian princess of local legend, and named his daughter Tuscawilla as well. The building later became known simply as Hotel Warm Springs, reflecting the small Georgia town's reputation as a mineral-spring resort destination that attracted visitors from across the state before the rise of automobile travel redirected tourism elsewhere.
On September 9, 1915, a violent altercation in the hotel dining room ended in what the Atlanta Constitution documented as a double fatal shooting. Sam Bulloch, described as creating a disturbance, drew a pistol and shot proprietor G.A. Thompson. Thompson seized the weapon and fired multiple times at Bulloch. Both men died from their injuries. The incident was reported in contemporary Georgia newspaper accounts and is the defining dark event in the property's history.
Warm Springs grew considerably in importance after 1924, when Franklin D. Roosevelt began visiting to take therapeutic baths in the area's mineral springs. The Little White House, Roosevelt's personal retreat, is located two miles south of town. The hotel on Broad Street predates this era of national attention and represents an earlier stratum of the town's history, when it served the modest regional resort trade that had developed around the springs.
The property has operated without interruption as overnight lodging through multiple ownerships. Gerrie Thompson, no apparent relation to the 1915 proprietor, has owned and operated the hotel for approximately three decades. She operates the adjacent Tuscawilla Soda Shop and remains the public face of the property. The original building structure includes a concealed partial floor between the first and second stories, a construction detail documented by the current owner.
Sources
The double shooting of September 9, 1915, provides the factual anchor for the property's ghost lore. Multiple visitors to Hotel Warm Springs have reported paranormal experiences inside the building, with the activity attributed to the spirits of G.A. Thompson and Sam Bulloch, who both died following the dining-room altercation. Wacky Explorer, a travel site that documented an overnight stay at the property, reported that guests before them had claimed to see or feel spirits wandering the hotel.
The current innkeeper, Gerrie Thompson, disclosed the existence of a hidden partial floor between the first and second stories of the original structure — a concealed space that she described as a possible location for unexplained sounds heard in the building. Staff and guests have noted the atmospheric character of the property, which retains much of its original woodwork and period furnishing.
The hotel has not been featured in any major paranormal television series or published ghost-tour guides, and the reported phenomena remain largely in the category of guest accounts and local oral tradition. The documented 1915 homicide, drawn from Atlanta Constitution newspaper records, provides an independently verified dark-history spine that distinguishes the Hotel Warm Springs from properties that rely solely on ungrounded legend.
Notable Entities
Period-furnished guest rooms in the 1907 structure where guests and staff have reported unexplained presences, sounds, and sightings attributed to the two men who died in the dining room on September 9, 1915. The property includes the adjacent Tuscawilla Soda Shop run by the innkeeper.
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