Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast

Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast was a lodging business operated from a two-story Craftsman house in Kalama, Washington, a small community on the Columbia River associated historically with the Pacific Northwest logging industry and, in the present day, with antiques and heritage properties. The building was constructed in 1908 on land described in reference material as a former gathering site of the Cowlitz people. Its history, changing uses, and reputation for reported paranormal activity became central to the property's identity. The structure began as a single-family home. During the regional logging boom, it was reportedly converted into a bordello that also contained a doctor's clinic. The former operating room was said to occupy the area that later became the dining room. By approximately 1930, the building had been converted into a nine-room hospital, with each room reportedly equipped with a potbellied stove. In the 1960s, it returned to residential use. After later deterioration, the ground floor was boarded up during the early 1990s and used for storage by a Kalama antique business. Eric and Julianna Montgomery purchased the deteriorated property in 2006 and undertook restoration work. The restored building reopened in 2008 as Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast, offering accommodation in a historic setting rather than operating as part of a large hotel chain or branded hospitality group. Its appeal was closely tied to the architectural character of the Craftsman house, its unusual institutional and commercial history, and local stories that the property was haunted. Guests, townspeople, former occupants, and the Montgomerys were reported to have described apparitions, unexplained sounds, and other alleged paranormal experiences. These accounts were not established as factual findings, but they became a defining part of the property's public profile. Psychic and medium Danielle Egnew wrote and directed the 2009 feature documentary Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting, which investigated and dramatized claims associated with the building. The film reportedly included visual material and electronic voice phenomena presented as evidence of paranormal activity. The Montgomerys left the residence in March 2009, several months after filming for the documentary. In March 2013, Colin and Allison Norton purchased the property, after which it was described as a private residence rather than an operating bed-and-breakfast. On the available reference material, the hospitality business is therefore historical rather than active. No current booking operation, corporate parent, public listing, official website, or continuing brand network is identified. The name remains associated with the restored Kalama property, its layered history, and the documentary that brought it wider niche attention.

Montgomery House is a two-story Craftsman building in Kalama, Washington. It was built in 1908 during a period when logging was an important part of the Pacific Northwest economy. Reference material places the structure on land historically associated with the Cowlitz people, who lived and traveled throughout the Columbia River Basin. Accounts of the area also describe severe population losses among Indigenous communities after the arrival of diseases and expanding Western trade and settlement. These broader historical associations form part of the property's context, although the bed-and-breakfast itself was established much later. The building's early twentieth-century history involved several changes of use. It was first constructed as a single-family home. During the logging boom, it was reportedly adapted into a bordello that included a medical clinic. The room identified as the clinic's operating room later became the property's dining area. Around 1930, the structure was converted into a nine-room hospital; accounts state that each room had a potbellied stove. In the 1960s, it was again used as a single-family residence. The house subsequently deteriorated. In the early 1990s, its ground floor was boarded up and used as storage by an antique store in Kalama. Eric and Julianna Montgomery bought the property in 2006 and restored it. Their work led to its reopening in 2008 as Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast. The business was an independent lodging operation centered on the historic building and its unusual past. The property also developed a reputation as one of Kalama's allegedly haunted locations. Guests, townspeople, and former occupants were reported to have described apparitions, disembodied voices, and other unexplained incidents. These claims are part of local and popular accounts rather than independently verified historical conclusions. The alleged activity was sometimes linked in narrative accounts to the site's Indigenous history and to the deaths associated with disease and settlement, although those connections are interpretive and should not be treated as established fact. Psychic and medium Danielle Egnew wrote and directed the 2009 feature documentary Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting. The film made the property a subject of niche paranormal-media interest and reportedly presented filmed apparitions and electronic voice phenomena. Eric and Julianna Montgomery left the residence in March 2009, four months after the documentary was filmed. In March 2013, Colin and Allison Norton purchased the property. Available reference material identifies the building as a private residence after that transaction, indicating that the bed-and-breakfast operation had ended. No later operating company, booking platform, public financial information, or official brand website is established by the supplied sources.

• 2013

  Property became a private residence

  [1]Montgomery House Bed and Breakfasten.wikipedia.org

  Colin and Allison Norton purchased the property in March; reference material subsequently describes it as a private residence.

• 2009

  Paranormal documentary released

  [1]Montgomery House Bed and Breakfasten.wikipedia.org

  Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting brought the property to the attention of paranormal-documentary audiences.

• 2008

  Bed-and-breakfast opened

  [1]Montgomery House Bed and Breakfasten.wikipedia.org

  Following restoration, the building reopened as Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast.

• 2006

  Eric and Julianna Montgomery acquired the property

  [1]Montgomery House Bed and Breakfasten.wikipedia.org

  The Montgomerys purchased the deteriorated building and began restoring it.

• 1930

  Building converted into a hospital

  [1]Montgomery House Bed and Breakfasten.wikipedia.org

  The property was reportedly converted into a nine-room hospital, with individual rooms containing potbellied stoves.

• 1908

  Craftsman house constructed

  [1]Montgomery House Bed and Breakfasten.wikipedia.org

  The two-story Craftsman structure was built in Kalama, Washington, originally as a single-family residence.

A small, independent historic lodging property positioned around heritage architecture, unusual former uses, and reported paranormal lore rather than scale, chain affiliation, or luxury-hotel services.

• Bed-and-breakfast accommodation · 2008

  Overnight lodging

  The core offering was overnight accommodation in a restored historic house. The property differentiated itself from standardized hotels through its domestic Craftsman architecture, layered former uses, and association with local stories about paranormal activity.

• Themed hospitality experience · 2008

  Historic and paranormal tourism experience

  Although not documented as a separately packaged product, the property's appeal included its architectural history and reported haunting narratives. These themes were amplified by the 2009 documentary and formed part of the public identity of the lodging business.

• 2009Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting

  United States

  The feature documentary, written and directed by Danielle Egnew, investigated reported paranormal activity at Montgomery House. It functioned as the property's principal documented publicity and cultural exposure, presenting alleged apparitions and electronic voice phenomena to a wider audience.

  Outcome. The film established Montgomery House as a subject of niche paranormal-media attention, although the supplied material does not provide audience, revenue, or commercial performance data.

  Source

• 2013

  Transfer to new private ownersM&A

  Background

  The property changed ownership after the Montgomerys' period of operation.

  Action taken

  Colin and Allison Norton purchased the property in March 2013.

  Aftermath

  The building was subsequently described as a private residence rather than an operating bed-and-breakfast.

  Source

• 2008

  Launch an independent bed-and-breakfastStrategy

  Background

  After restoration, the owners sought to return the historic structure to active hospitality use.

  Action taken

  The property reopened as Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast.

  Aftermath

  Its positioning combined historic lodging with local and paranormal lore. The operation later ended after the property changed hands.

  Source

• 2006

  Restore a deteriorated historic propertyStrategy

  Background

  The building had fallen into disrepair and had previously been used partly for storage.

  Action taken

  Eric and Julianna Montgomery purchased the property and restored it for renewed use.

  Aftermath

  The restored building reopened as a bed-and-breakfast in 2008.

  Source

1. 1Montgomery House Bed and Breakfasten.wikipedia.org