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A 1929 Georgian Revival mansion built for a sugar-beet magnate, now an inn where corridor apparitions and a sensed presence in the innkeeper's quarters have been reported for decades
1581 S Washington Ave, Saginaw, MI 48601
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$$
Overnight room rates; see website for current pricing and availability
Access
Limited Access
Three-story historic mansion with staircases; no elevator
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1929 · Robert Montague — Saginaw sugar-beet industry · Georgian Revival architecture · Edwina Montague wartime nursing activities
Robert Montague made his money in the Saginaw Valley's sugar-beet processing industry, which had transformed the region's agricultural economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The mansion he commissioned in 1929 — the year of the stock market crash, an awkward moment for conspicuous construction — is a Georgian Revival structure of 12,000 square feet, with formal gardens and the kind of interior detail associated with the last phase of high-Edwardian domestic ambition.
Edwina Montague's wartime activities have become a defining part of the home's documented history. According to the inn's own historical record, she quietly arranged care for injured soldiers inside the mansion during World War II — an unofficial and apparently unacknowledged contribution that the inn now presents as part of its heritage narrative. Whether this was sanctioned or entirely private is not clarified in the available documentation.
The property was converted to a bed and breakfast and has operated as the Montague Inn since, trading on both its architectural distinction and its location in one of Saginaw's older residential corridors. The paranormal reputation developed after the conversion, with accounts appearing in regional media and on haunted-Michigan aggregator sites. The specific locations cited — the third-floor corridor and the innkeeper's quarters — suggest experiences tied to particular spaces in the building rather than the property generally.
Sources
The Montague Inn's paranormal accounts concentrate on two locations: the third-floor corridor and the innkeeper's quarters. The corridor apparition is described as appearing at the far end of the hall and vanishing before anyone can close the distance — a consistent account from guests staying in upper-floor rooms over the years. The presence in the innkeeper's quarters is described less visually: a sense of occupancy in an empty room, objects shifted from where they were left.
The accounts have not been formally investigated, and the inn does not run official ghost tours or paranormal events. Its status as a working bed and breakfast means that the most direct way to assess the reputation is to book a room. Regional haunted-Michigan directories have catalogued the inn for several years, and the two specific locations cited suggest a pattern of accumulated experience rather than a single reported incident that spawned imitators.
Edwina Montague's association with the home — she appears to have spent more years there and invested more of her identity in it than her husband — has led some accounts to attribute the innkeeper's-quarters presence to her specifically. This attribution is speculative; the inn's documented history does not confirm it.
Notable Entities
Book a room in the 12,000-square-foot Montague mansion and experience the property at night. The third-floor corridor and innkeeper's quarters are the locations most commonly associated with the reported apparitions.
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