Historic sites are part of Haunted Emporia Tour
Special to The Gazette
Originally published 01:34 p.m., October 15, 2007
Updated 01:34 p.m., October 15, 2007
The 2007 Flashlight Tour of Haunted Emporia will take place Oct. 26. The tour includes the Lyon County Historical Society and Museum’s “Night at the Museum,” the Emporia Granada Theatre, historic Plumb Place, and the William Allen White House State Historic Site.
The tour will feature performances and presentations from Emporia State University Educational Theatre Co., local storytellers, and historians.
“Night at the Museum” at 118 E. Sixth Ave. will feature model trains by flashlight, county ghosts, glowing tombstones and a mummified foot.
Those who stop at Plumb Place at 224 E. 6th Ave. will hear stories of sightings of the ghost of Sen. Preston Plumb.
The Emporia Granada Theatre at 807 Commercial St. will feature stories of the spirit of the Granada Studio.
Visitors at the William Allen White House at 927 Exchange St. will learn about Mrs. Gillette and Teddy, the dog whose spirit is said to still roam the house. Refreshments and the opportunity to register for prizes will be in the William Allen White House Visitor Center.
Tours will begin at each of the locations at 6 p.m. and continue every half hour thereafter until 9:30 p.m. People taking the tour are asked to take their own flashlights. Tour stops are 20 minutes long and include a performance of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” at the Friesen Performance Studio in Roosevelt Hall on the ESU campus at 7, 7:30, and 8 p.m.
Tour tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for college students, children over 5 and senior citizens and $20 for a group or family of up to five people. A limited number of tickets are available and may be purchased at The Sweet Granada, The Granada Coffee Company, Lyon County Historical Museum, ESU Memorial Union Information Service Center or the William Allen White House State Historic Site Visitor Center.
The tour is sponsored by the William Allen White Community Partnership and the Emporia State University Theatre Educational Theatre Co. Proceeds will benefit theater scholarships, the Granada Theatre Alliance, the Lyon County Historical Society, Plumb Place and the William Allen White House State Historic Site.