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An 1890 downtown Staunton landmark tied to three deaths — a heart attack, a coal chute fatality, and a suspected suicide — and one of the city's most-cited haunted addresses.
27 West Beverly Street, Staunton, VA 24401
Research updated June 2026
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21+
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Restaurant and bar pricing
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Wheelchair OK
Downtown street-level restaurant with standard access
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Est. 1890 · Downtown Staunton Commercial History · Three Documented On-Premises Deaths
The Clock Tower Building at 27 West Beverly Street is one of the older commercial structures in downtown Staunton, constructed in 1890. Over its 130-plus years, the building has housed multiple tenants, among them a YMCA facility that occupied the space during the early 20th century.
Three deaths occurred on the premises across its history. The first was a heart attack, the second a fatal accident involving a coal chute — a hazard common to commercial buildings of the era that used coal for heating — during the YMCA occupancy. The third was a suspected suicide on the third floor, undated in available sources.
The building now operates as the Clocktower Restaurant and Bar, a contemporary food-and-drink venue. Its haunted reputation is documented by the Southern Spirit Guide's regional paranormal survey of the Shenandoah Valley and by Staunton's official tourism channels, which list it among the city's historically active sites.
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Local paranormal tradition holds that the spirits from the Clock Tower Building's three deaths have not fully departed. The Southern Spirit Guide, which surveys haunted sites across the Shenandoah Valley region, documents the deaths and notes that "these spirits are still said to linger in this old building."
Staunton's tourism bureau includes the Clocktower Restaurant among the city's most-haunted locations, a designation it shares with sites like the Blackburn Inn and the Spotts-Coffman House. The building appears on ghost tour circuits operated by local paranormal groups.
No specific apparition or equipment-documented phenomenon has been reported in local news coverage, making this primarily a historically-grounded haunting claim rather than an actively investigated one. The three deaths — especially the coal chute fatality from the YMCA era — give the building a concrete dark history that tour operators treat as the anchor of its haunted identity.
Visit the Clocktower Restaurant and Bar inside this 1890 building with three documented deaths. The site appears on Staunton's official haunted locations list and ghost tour circuits.
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