450 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Part of Spookt's Guide to Haunted San Francisco
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Visiting Beacon Grand Hotel
Ask for a room on floors 12 to 15, where Ghost City Tours' founder says a man in a 1930s business suit is seen most often.
- How to visit: Open to the public: non-guests are welcome at Starlite, the bar on the 21st floor (21 and over), and at the Post Room, the hotel’s café and bar. Stay the night and ask for a room on floors 12 to 15 when you book, though a request isn’t a promise of a room. Ghost tours stop outside (see Tours That Stop Here).
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Tours
Ghost Tours That Stop Here
San Francisco Ghost Tours: Gold and Ghouls Tour
by San Francisco Ghosts (US Ghost Adventures)
1.5 hrFrom $26★ 4.6 · 329 reviews
A mile-long walk over Nob Hill from US Ghost Adventures’ local brand, with stops outside the Fairmont and the old Sir Francis Drake. see tour
Book on San Francisco GhostsSources (6)
Katie Dowd's 2022 articles on James Davidson's death at the Sir Francis Drake and on the hotel's new name.
The Sir Francis Drake hotel once helped change San Francisco's skyline when it opened in 1928
San Francisco Chronicle, reprinted by Hotel Online · Carl Nolte, 2018
Wikipedia
The Haunted Beacon Grand Hotel
Ghost City Tours · Tim Nealon
San Francisco Ghosts, Gold and Ghouls Tour
The Abroad Guide
The hotel's history page, and its pages for Starlite and the Post Room.