History & local legend
Built in 1826, the Eagle Hotel in Waterford served stagecoach passengers and became a center of local social life. Thomas King’s stone inn on High Street included a livery stable and a third-floor ballroom. Its later ghost stories place unexpected visitors in the working rooms as well as the guest areas.
Iron City Paranormal collected a kitchen employee’s account in its July 2023 investigation report. While cleaning, she looked up and saw a man in what appeared to be Revolutionary War clothing leaning against a post. She glanced away, then looked back; he had disappeared. Other reports describe a similarly dressed soldier carrying a gun or marching on the grounds.
A second figure in the hotel’s lore is Matilda, remembered as a maid. People attribute slamming cabinet doors and rearranged belongings to her, imagining that she continues to tidy up after guests.
