Jefferson Hotel

Nice historical hotel. Didn’t see any Ghosts. Friendly staff but no room service. Sleepy little quaint town. Fun time.

I’m so annoyed with the people that review this hotel and complain about the hand held shower, the cracks in the walls, the dirty carpet, the slanting floor, etc, etc. Is all of that true? Hell yah, it’s true! It’s freakin nearly 200 years old! What the heck do you expect?! Don’t come here if you only appreciate history and nostalgia from a distance. It’s not for you. There is a difference between old and unclean. I find this hotel beautiful and charming. It is clean. The beds are comfortable. The staff are helpful and friendly.
While speaking with one of the housekeepers I did learn that the heartbroken bride did hang herself in rooms 14 & 15, back then it was one room. She follows her bed, which is now in room 19. Rooms 5 and 6 are often reporting hearing noises and children laughing. We stayed in room 5. We didn’t hear any unexplained noises, but we did catch some orbs in our photos. fun fun!

For my daughter’s 18^th birthday she wanted to take a road trip and stay in a «haunted hotel». Jefferson is a lovely city, one that young and old can enjoy. The hotel is beautiful, as if time stood still, steeped in a long ago time. An antique lover’s dream come true. The hotel staff was so nice and friendly, helping us figure out where to go and how to get there. The hotel itself is very clean and comfortable. I am giving it 5 stars because I thoroughly enjoyed my stay, even though I did not sleep a wink. If you are looking for a haunted adventure this place will not disappoint, and room 19 is certainly all the hype! Very reasonable cost wise as well.
My daughter was tickled to death, mission accomplished!

Unimpressed. This gets stars for its location– walking distance to many places of interest. The hotel is in serious need of renovation. We stayed two nights. There were really no amenities– just a bed with clean sheets and air conditioning. The bed and breakfasts in the area offer far more amenities and I would guess a personal touch. I was very disappointed for the amount of money charged.

We love this place! Never mind that there are things that go «thump» in the night, ghostly apparitions that are seen by some but not by all, and creaky floors that seem to go uphill in some places and downhill in others. This place is great! Bring your own pillows though. Theirs are pretty flat. We have stayed in two of the rooms and each one is unique. This is not a five star hotel because of the amenities. I rated it a five because it is five stars worth of fun. If you are a ghost chaser, be sure to bring your camera to capture an orb or two.

Loved the charming atmosphere of hotel. Staff is an A+ They also own a Bed & Breakfast in town and seriously this will always be a not to far get away for me. Love it and could not say enough about the owner, staff and both his locations. Its not everyday that you find someone that cares about their business and the people that come and go from their locations. we will be back to both locations… Room 19 is calling us! lol

It’s been a little while since I last stayed here, and to an extent this is a review of a memory, but not such a distant one that it’s stale.
I thought of the Jefferson Hotel last week as I slept to the music of freight trains in Truckee. Not because the Jefferson has so much in common with the Truckee structurally or aesthetically, more because they both hail from a bygone era.
And they’re both haunted.
Jefferson is a sweet little East Texas town. They host an annual quilt show and a steam train (haunted). Quaint shops, tasty bites, gateway to a bayou paradise. Nearby Caddo Lake formed first by a logjam, then by the Army Corps, backs Red River water into one of the largest stand of cypress in the world (Big Cypress Bayou). I experienced Caddo first from a shotgun shack in Uncertain, TX, then when the chigger bites got too bad, from a place more genteel.
In the day, Jefferson was a port city, and the Jefferson was the place to stay. It still is.
Radius test — if you like swamps and history and a little haunting, Jefferson, its hotel and environs is worth a trip from anywhere in the United States. If you’re too citified you may as well just stay home.
Not hatin. Just sayin.

Were I to write this review on the first night of our stay, I’d have given this place two stars. My God, it was loud. Groups of idiots ran up and down the halls, shouting and guffawing like Jefferson is the big city and this was their first night away from Ma and Pa.
There are problems with the Jefferson Hotel. For starters, the upstairs hallway is a bowling alley, a voluminous, echoing space plagued with acoustics that are downright cruel for anyone interested in falling asleep before midnight. And on that first evening, there would be no hope of that.
Second, the hotel has an unusual staffing model. And by that I mean when 6 pm rolls around, there is none until 8 the next morning. That’s right… no staff on premises at night. Got a complaint or an emergency? They give you two local phone numbers to call. So when it came to reporting the noise of that first evening, we came to realize that this bizarre set-​up serves as something of a deterrent to reporting problems. I mean, who wants to pull some staffer from his bed in the middle of the night to report a noise problem? And with the on-​again, off-​again nature of these outbursts, who’s to say the manager will hear it once they finally arrive? It makes you think more than twice about calling someone.
Third, the place is showing its age, and not entirely in a good way. From the outside, the Jefferson Hotel is a looker. Its pale green stucco exterior, black trim and black wrought iron balcony all work together to present an elegant visage. But once in the rooms, furniture lacks hardware, paint is splattered on cracked, taped windows, and bathroom vent fans don’t work. «Deferred maintenance,» I believe is the term.
Fourth, the hotel is located two doors from the county jail. That alone isn’t an issue, but on our third and final evening, an alarm repeatedly sounded from that direction, suggesting that the county jail might have suddenly been rendered one or two inmates short. Not comforting. Did I mention that guests sleep in the hotel without any staff on the property?
There are strengths, however. The location is excellent, in the heart of historic Jefferson and across the street from The Bakery, an outstanding breakfast spot. Our room overlooked a pretty courtyard and fountain — a little square maintained by county jail inmates. Parking is free and easy to find, and staff members, when they’re on site, are friendly and helpful. Lemache’s, an Italian restaurant, is located adjacent to the hotel and we did enjoy a good meal there.
All in all, however, if I had it to do over again, I’d opt to stay at one of the beautiful B&Bs in town. As I mentioned to a couple we met in Jefferson, I l like to sleep at night. It’s kind of a habit of mine.