Who haunts the St. Anthony Hotel
Reported as stories, with where each one comes from. Most reported: Walter Emerick.
Walter Emerick
Tour guides say he wanted Room 636, took Room 536 instead and shot himself as police entered; some staff reportedly refuse to enter the room.
The Lady in Red
Legend says she waited in vain for a married lover and went up to her third-floor room; guests report a woman in red in third-floor halls and mirrors.
The Lavender Lady
A senior sales manager told KSAT that a bathroom by the Cavalier room smelled of lavender with nobody inside, and bartenders still tell the story.
Woman in a long black dress
Scene in SA reports guests and staff seeing a woman in a long black dress walking the halls.
"“Bartenders can tell you about the Lavender Lady, which was a ghost story in my era,” Gonzalez said."KSAT 12, 2024
The building
Before you book
| Room to request | No room number on record. We only print numbers a source ties to a ghost story. |
|---|---|
| Does the hotel tell the stories? | ✓ Yes Hotel runs a bar called Haunt with cocktails named after its ghost stories. |
| Built | 1909 |
| Historic listing | Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1986) |
| Historic Hotels of America | No |
| Google rating | 4.5 from 3,308 reviews |
| Address | 300 E Travis St, San Antonio, TX 78205 |
| The Alamo | 0.2 mi (0.4 km), 6 min walk |
Sources
4 independent sources, quotes checked
- KSAT 12, 2024TV
- Ghost City ToursGhost tour
- Scene in SAMagazine
- Haunted RoomsBlog
Photo: The Alamo at night, A. Michael Uhlmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. This is the area, not the hotel.
Around the St. Anthony Hotel
Straight-line distances from the front door; walking times allow for streets. Places from OpenStreetMap.
Eat and drink
- Anacacho Coffee & Cantina1 min walk
- Gallery On the Park1 min walk
- La Panaderia1 min walk
- Texas de Brazil2 min walk
- La Vida Coffee & Drinks2 min walk
- Revelicion2 min walk
See nearby
- Exchange Building4 min walk
- Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks5 min walk
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium5 min walk
- Scottish Rite Cathedral6 min walk
- Alamo Mission7 min walk
- Ralston Family Collections Center7 min walk
Other haunted hotels
- Gunter Hotel3 min walk
- Omni La Mansion del Rio4 min walk
- Emily Morgan Hotel6 min walk
- Menger Hotel7 min walk
Cemeteries
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery1.3 mi (2.1 km)
- Alamo Masonic Lodge Cemetery1.3 mi (2.1 km)
- Dignowity Cemetery1.4 mi (2.2 km)
- Old German Lutheran Cemetery1.4 mi (2.2 km)
Questions
Is the St. Anthony Hotel haunted?
It has several well-known ghost stories. Texas Monthly reports staff avoiding Room 536, a hotel sales manager described the Lavender Lady to KSAT, and the hotel named a bar Haunt after its tales.
What happened in Room 536?
Texas Monthly says Walter Emerick, suspected in the 1965 Gunter Hotel Room 636 case, checked in and shot himself as police entered. The room number connection comes from tour guides.