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The Stone Lion Inn
Guthrie, Oklahoma
History
The Stone Lion Inn:
Originally built in 1907, the year of statehood, by F.E. Houghton, the founder
of Cotton Oil Company and owner of the first car dealership in Oklahoma. The
Houghton’s started out in a little house that once sat on the vacant lot next
door on the East side of the Inn. Although this little house is no longer there,
the Houghton’s lived in it until they had their 6th child and needed more living
space. 1906 they began construction on this home completing it in 1907 at a cost
of $11,900.00 which at that time was a great deal of money since the average
home at that time was being built for between $800.00 and $1200.00. In 1907, the
Houghton’s new home was the most expensive house built in Guthrie, Oklahoma. The
home is 8,000 square feet on 4 levels, each level being 2,000 square feet.
The Houghton’s moved into the house in 1907 and proceeded to have 6 more
children. All of the 12 children survived childhood except for one daughter,
who died BEFORE the Houghton's moved into the Stone Lion Inn. This young child,
in childhood from being over medicated NOT by the local doctor, but by the maid
who overmedicated this child with cough syrup, which contained opium, a common
form of cough syrup for those times. There are historical records that report
that the young female child did indeed die, but there are no mentions of her
name or any other information that can tell us anymore about her. For a long
time though, many paranormal investigators and various people, including the
owner of the Stone Lion Inn, Becky Luker, believed that it was the Houghton's
daughter's named Augusta that died of the whooping cough when she was 8 believed
to haunt the Stone Lion Inn. This "legendary ghost" has been written up in
countless numbers of newspapers and magazines and at least 5 television news
stories have been done on her.
"When she was 8-years-old, she contracted whooping cough and what is believed to
have happened is that, the maid overmedicated her with cough syrup and she
died," explains Becky Luker.
Luker purchased the Stone Lion Inn in 1986 and converted the house into the
first bed and breakfast in Oklahoma. While converting the house, Luker and her
family lived upstairs on the 3rd floor. Luker says Augusta, on several
occasions, has visited her family. "My younger son's toy closet would be played
in and his toys would be scattered around," Luker says.
In the 1920’s the house was leased to Smith’s Funeral Home and became a
mortuary. The Smiths lived upstairs and the embalming as done in the kitchen.
Today, the owner uses the beautiful porcelain embalming table as a buffet in the
hallway where guests can find refreshments all day long.
Luker purchased the Stone Lion Inn in 1986 and converted the house into the
first bed and breakfast in Oklahoma. The Stone Lion Inn is most known for its
Murder Mystery Weekends which it does every Friday and Saturday night.
Luker says, "Many guests report that they're awakened in the night between 2:00
a.m. and 2:30 a.m. They're awakened when a small child comes into the room and
pats them on the cheek, but when they come to full wakefulness, there's no one
there."
"We also hear a woman's laughter sometimes around 4:00 a.m. upstairs," says
Becky Luker. "On a number of occasions we've had guests who have heard something
or were frightened by something and have gotten up and left. Something has
remained of someone who has not moved on."
The Stone Lion Inn has six guest suites with private baths. 4 suits have sitting
rooms and claw-footed bathtubs. Becky Luker has also restored all the original
oak woodwork, paneling in the dining room and beautiful staircase. There are 3
fireplaces, 8 bathrooms, 6 bedrooms, 2 dining rooms, 5 sitting rooms and an
apartment on the 3rd. floor. The historical home is 4 levels with each level
being 2000 square feet. (From OKPRI's Website)
Investigation
1-19-2007
Team members present
Adrian, Tina, Charlie, Kristy
guests of
OKPRI
Data recorded
Audio, video, photographic, EMF and Temperature.
Report
The Stone Lion Inn, in Guthrie, OK. is the real deal complete with shadows that keep a watch on you and doors that open on there own, being touched, and if that isn't enough, the sound of a little girl on your recorder. Like I said this place is the real deal. It is definitely the opinion of RVPRI that this house has genuine paranormal activity in it.
The Stone Lion Inn in Guthrie Oklahoma.
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It was here at the top of the stairs where we collected the "momma" EVP.
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The upper room where we collected the "It's right there" EVP.
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The beautiful Stone Lion Inn.
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Through sleet, snow or driving rain nothing will stop RVPRI from investigating!
The ice was kind of disturbing on the way home but the trip was well worth it and I would do it again.
Right as Tina and I topped the stairs our audio picked up this EVP.
Not long after Tina asked about the monkey and if it had moved we catch this EVP
On this extended clip of the "it's right there" EVP you hear us talking about the door. I closed the door earlier in the night and no one else had been up there, I said I had closed the door and then Tina asked "has the monkey moved" then the answer came.
A child making monkey sounds, these were caught throughout the investigation.
The little girl was trying to let us know.