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Gothic Victorian mansion built for Kansas's first Democratic governor, now a bed-and-breakfast with reports of unexplained footsteps and doors that open on their own.
503 N 2nd St, Atchison, KS 66002
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Bed-and-breakfast overnight rates apply; contact property for current pricing. Also included on the Atchison Haunted Trolley Tour.
Access
Limited Access
Multi-story Victorian mansion with original staircases and period architecture.
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Photos OK
Est. 1873 · Built 1873 for George Washington Glick, 9th Governor of Kansas and first Democrat elected to that office · 39-year construction span on Gothic Victorian structure · National Register of Historic Places since February 26, 1992 · Subsequent owner William Stanton Jr. was a mortician
George Washington Glick moved to Atchison in 1859 and became one of the city's prominent legal and political figures. Born in Ohio in 1827, he served in the Kansas legislature for fourteen of the eighteen years beginning in 1862, and won election as the ninth Governor of Kansas in 1882, serving from January 8, 1883 to January 12, 1885. His distinction was being the first Democrat to hold the governorship, a notable achievement in a state that had gone Republican in virtually every election since statehood.
Glick's Atchison mansion was begun in 1873 in the Gothic Victorian style, but the construction stretched across nearly four decades — 39 years by the accounting documented in local histories. The mansion passed from Glick through his daughter Jennie Orr and then to William Stanton Jr., a mortician who maintained the property before it changed hands again. Ray and Joyce Barmby subsequently operated the mansion as a bed-and-breakfast, a use that continued in subsequent ownership.
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1992, recognizing its architectural and historical significance as the residence of a Kansas governor. The later operator Chris and Loman Wildy ran the establishment as the Tuck U Inn, offering period-correct Victorian furnishings, a baby grand piano in the living room, and multi-course breakfasts in a sun room. Guest rooms were named for historical figures.
Glick died in Atchison on April 13, 1911. His statue was moved to the Atchison County Historical Museum in 2024.
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The paranormal accounts associated with the Glick Mansion are consistent in their character: the activity is described as quiet rather than aggressive. Doors are reported to open and close independently in rooms that are otherwise unoccupied. Footsteps have been heard in hallways when no one is present to make them. The presence attributed to the house is characterized in local accounts as a benevolent trickster — something that makes itself known but not in a way that visitors find threatening.
The mansion's history includes ownership by a mortician (William Stanton Jr.), which local narrative tends to note in connection with its paranormal reputation, though no specific event involving the property's use as a mortuary has been documented in the accounts reviewed.
The mansion is a stop on Atchison's Haunted Trolley Tour, which visits the city's cluster of haunted properties seasonally. The trolley circuit brings visitors through N 2nd Street, where the mansion's Gothic Victorian profile and corner placement make it one of the more architecturally distinctive stops on the tour.
Paranormal documentation for the Glick Mansion is limited compared to anchor properties like the Sallie House or McInteer Villa — there are no named entities, no documented investigator findings, and no national media coverage attached to specific incidents at this address. The reports that exist describe ambient unexplained activity rather than dramatic encounters.
The Glick Mansion is a featured stop on Atchison's seasonal Haunted Trolley Tour, which visits the city's most storied paranormal sites. Tour departs from Visit Atchison.
Overnight stays in the historic Glick Mansion, which operated as the Tuck U Inn bed-and-breakfast. Victorian-furnished rooms named for historical figures, multi-course breakfast, and access to a house with a documented paranormal reputation.
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