The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

This October, St. Ignatius Hospital’s haunted tours were fully booked once again.

“We have real ghosts.”

GABRIELLE FELICIANO, Evergreen life editor November 3, 2022

Almost every October for the last seven years, St. Ignatius Hospital’s haunted tours have been fully booked for the entire month. This year was no different. In up to six-hour tours, tourists explore...

Ghosts roam the grounds of the St. Ignatius Hospital where the first patient was treated for pneumonia.

Specters trapped in the Palouse

PORTIA SIMMONS October 28, 2021

All Hallows' Eve approaches. The door opens to the spirits of the underworld. Halloween is not the only night to see ghosts, however. There are many legends of specters that haunt the Palouse area. Some...

St. Ignatius was built in 1892 and officially closed in 1962. It served as a manor hospital and saw that the general needs of the public were cared for.

Husband, wife to renovate abandoned hospital

MOLLY WILK, Evergreen reporter July 23, 2021

A Colfax couple purchased the town’s abandoned St. Ignatius Hospital after a long journey negotiating with many owners.   Local business owner Austin Storm described finding St. Ignatius as serendipity....

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