George Washington Hotel

The Historic Hotels of America program documents the George Washington's paranormal reputation across several distinct phenomena. The most-cited is the grand piano in the hotel lobby, which visitors have witnessed playing by itself — with disembodied voices reported simultaneously in the background. A second frequently repeated account involves child footprints appearing overnight in a floor that had been freshly painted and was confirmed empty; the footprints appeared in the center with no prints leading to them or away.

Floors 8 through 10 are consistently identified as the concentration zone for activity. Housekeeping staff have described ghostly figures moving across various floors, and maintenance workers have reported seeing shades appear to work on the boilers. At Bradford's Speakeasy Lounge, guests have reported witnessing spectral figures among the bar's patrons.

Paranormal investigators documented specific room associations: Room 208 is identified as "one of the most haunted rooms" and connected to Reverend Lewis Eichelberger, a Lutheran pastor who died in 1859 at the location that preceded the hotel. Room 301 generated a guest complaint serious enough that the occupant requested a different room after hearing disembodied voices, then slept in the lobby rather than accept another room. A figure at the end of the hall, disappearing as lightning flashed, was reported at Room 224.

Hotel management has acknowledged the reports publicly, though the Winchester Star's centennial coverage noted that manager Suzi Smith had not personally experienced phenomena — placing the accounts in the staff and guest category rather than management attestation.