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Built by the Cameron brothers in Owego and home to Marguerite — a two-year-old who died of fire burns in 1909 whose presence is reported by staff and investigators alike.
145 Front Street, Owego, NY 13827
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Overnight stay includes complimentary breakfast. Ghost hunt packages available for 2–25 participants by reservation; contact inn for current rates.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Pet-friendly, ADA-accessible rooms available; multi-story historic building
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1867 · New York State Haunted History Trail · Post-Civil War Owego Commercial History · 1909 Child Fatality — Fire · 2019 Sealed Room Discovery
Brothers Robert and John Cameron invested in the construction of the Exchange Hotel on Front Street in Owego in 1867, during the post-Civil War commercial expansion that brought new building to the Tioga County river town. The building took its position overlooking the Susquehanna River on a street that served as a commercial and hospitality corridor for travelers and locals alike.
Hugh Dugan, an Irish immigrant hired by the Camerons to manage the Exchange, eventually purchased the property and renamed it the Dugan House. The renaming established a pattern — the building has operated under several names across its 150-plus-year history, accumulating the layered identity that the current owners have crystallized in the '1867 Parkview Inn' designation, foregrounding its founding year.
Joseph and Louise McTamney operated the property for close to four decades, a tenure that constituted much of the mid-to-late twentieth century history of the building. Beth and Mark Johnson purchased the inn in 2011. The 2019 renovation that followed produced the discovery that anchors the inn's current dark-history narrative: a sealed room on the third floor where workers found fire damage that had been covered over rather than repaired. The discovery provided physical evidence for the 1909 story of Marguerite, a two-year-old who died of burns sustained when a blanket near a warming fire caught alight.
The inn celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2017. It now operates nine historically themed guest rooms and the Duggan House Restaurant and Pub, and is listed on the New York State Haunted History Trail.
Sources
The story of Marguerite has circulated around the Parkview Inn for decades. In 1909, a two-year-old girl named Marguerite was sitting in a rocking chair near a warming fire when a blanket on the chair caught alight. She did not survive the burns. The specific room where this occurred was said to have been sealed rather than repaired following the fire.
The 2019 renovation of the inn produced a discovery that anchored the legend to physical evidence. Workers opening walls on the third floor found a room that had been closed off, with fire damage inside — plastered over and left that way for an undetermined number of decades. The owners and local press reported this as confirmation of the story, though the direct connection between the sealed room and Marguerite's 1909 death has not been independently documented beyond the inn's own account.
Staff report that the kitchen dinner bell rings on its own in empty spaces, most often in the restaurant. Objects in the restaurant have been reported moving without contact. Paranormal investigators who have conducted sessions at the inn have recorded activity attributed to Marguerite, typically in the third-floor area and near the staircase.
The inn is listed on the New York State Haunted History Trail and was featured in local press as part of Owego's haunted history coverage. Ghost hunt access for groups of 2–25 is available by reservation.
Notable Entities
Nine historically-themed rooms in a 150-year-old inn on Front Street in Owego. Complimentary breakfast included. Staff report the kitchen dinner bell rings on its own, and the sealed room where fire damage was discovered during 2019 renovations is on the third floor.
All three floors available for paranormal investigation for groups of 2–25 by reservation. The inn is listed on the New York State Haunted History Trail and has attracted paranormal investigators drawn to the third-floor sealed room and the restaurant space where objects have been reported moving.
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