William T. Ogden House, Registered historic house in Stirling, Canada
The William T. Ogden House is a Neo-Classical Georgian brick mansion on 3 acres (12,000 m2) in Stirling, Alberta. Its walls are about twelve inches thick, with two layers separated by a brick-width air space for insulation. The house has 10-foot ceilings, a wide staircase leading to an upper hall with seven rooms, and was built with electricity, central coal-fired heating, and hot and cold running water pumped from a large cistern.
The mansion was built between 1910 and 1919 and featured advanced technology for its time, including battery-powered electricity and central coal heating. It represented a considerable investment in modern comfort in a rural setting.
The house has been a rooming house, a pool hall and a dance studio, and in 1934 it became a temporary school for grades 1 through 4 after the local school was affected by fire. Village records note it was thought to be haunted as far back as the 1950s.
The Lost Frontier Mini-Railway, a 16-inch (410 mm) gauge line, runs around the estate and can be seen from the grounds. The house sits on 3 acres (12,000 m2) in Stirling, Alberta. Halloween haunted-mansion tours and the December Santa Claus Mansion event with its Christmas lights tour are the main times the property is open to the public.
The Lost Frontier Mini-Railway, a 16-inch (410 mm) gauge line, winds around the 3-acre estate and is often overlooked by visitors focused on the house. Village records note the house was thought to be haunted as far back as the 1950s.
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