The house was built in the 1880’s by sawmill man Archibald R. Gano. Mr. Gano had 10 sons with a granddaughter Dolores
still living in town. Dolores shared with us that her grandfather hand picked the wood himself. He had to make sure the
house was a strong structure.
Also according to Dolores, because of his wood working skills, he invented the tomato crate and built a crate mill on
the shore of Lake Minneola.
In 1912 the house was moved several blocks to its present location and Stella Thompson turned it into a boarding house.
The Thompson family lived in the home for 75 years.
In 1984 the house was turned into a bed and breakfast that also held two different French restaurants downstairs on two
separate occasions.
- 11:00pm to 1:50am also spent the weekend.
- Scott, Sprout, Lori, Toni, Tom and Sawyer(our dog).
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Only reports were of uncomfortable feelings of guests and patrons of the restaurant. These people claimed to have
some sensitivity to spirits. One of these guest said that there was a male spirit in an upstairs bedroom. It is
said that the brother of Stella Thompson died in his sleep in a upstairs bedroom. Employees of the French
restaurant would find objects out of place when they would come to work in the morning.