Lemp Mansion

The Lemp Mansion is a substantial 19th-century home in the Benton Park neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri, closely tied to the German-American Lemp family, whose brewery was one of the city's largest and a pioneer of lager beer in America. Acquired and greatly enlarged by the family from the middle of the century, the Italianate mansion became a showpiece of Gilded Age wealth, with elaborate interiors reflecting the fortune built on the Lemp brewing empire before Prohibition and changing tastes brought that business to an end.

The house is often called one of the most haunted in the United States, a reputation rooted in the genuine tragedy of several suicides within the Lemp family. Visitors and staff report footsteps, voices and other unexplained experiences. These accounts are anecdotal and subjective, and the family's real misfortunes deserve to be remembered with sensitivity rather than sensationalism.

The mansion's lasting value lies in its architecture and its window onto St. Louis's brewing history and Gilded Age society. Preserved and adapted for modern use, it keeps that story accessible to visitors today.

The Lemp Mansion operates as a restaurant and inn, with dining, overnight accommodation, and a programme of events that includes history-focused and paranormal-themed evenings. Meals and stays are open to the public, though booking ahead is recommended, particularly for dinners and special events.

As a working hospitality business set in a historic home, visitors should respect other diners and guests and the fabric of the building.