Over the years, guests said they could hear the sounds of that party in her room and also the sounds of people running into the hall and down the stairwell trying to escape. This recently remodeled 32-room inn on Silver Springs Boulevard, reopened under new management earlier this month. It's been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986. Built in 1791, the inn, made of coquina, is a good example of old-world architecture. Guests have reported a number of strange incidences, says manager Mary Starks.
Most eerie occurrences happen in the popular Lily's Room on the third floor.
Legend has it that the nephew of a military officer whose family occupied the building in the mid-19th century in love with one of the family's servants. The lovers would sneak up to rendezvous in the room. When the boy's uncle found the lovers, he sent the servant packing and the nephew was so upset he hanged himself in the attic. For many years, people who work at the inn have said the ghost of the servant haunts the place. Workers and guests have seen a young woman, dressed in white, going up the back stairs or walking in the hall.