I love old, historic hotels, even with their creaky floors, weird water pipe sounds, and other creepy noises. Given that, I will say that the Oliver house seems especially noisy. Even when I was trying really hard to walk down the hallway quietly, the acoustics of the place amplified every foot step. My room location probably didn’t help any, being on the first floor right next to the front door. But again, those noises are expected and are part of the charm of old hotels.
What wasn’t expected or charming were the tour groups. No where in the description does it mention that the building is on haunted house tours and that large groups of very noisy people would be wandering through the hallways into the evening. At one point it seemed like 20 people were standing right outside our door loudly discussing flooding, murders, and other topics.
We had been driving all day and after dinner we just wanted to wind down and go to bed early. The tour groups woke us up several times.
Then there was the shower in the morning, which was the absolute worst I’ve ever had in a hotel. No hot water. I let it run for 5 minutes and still nothing. And it felt like a pressure washer.
All in all, it was not a great experience, which is unfortunate because the place does have a lot going for it. The location is amazing. The building itself is cool. The history is interesting. They allow dogs.
They maybe should just not rent the rooms on the first floor.
