Haunted hotel guide · Watonga, Oklahoma

The Haunted Noble House, Watonga: Footsteps on the Roof of a 1912 Boarding House

A red brick 1912 boarding house turned 1937 hotel in a small western Oklahoma town, where second-floor guests describe footsteps overhead and whispers in empty rooms.

By The Haunted Rooms Team · Updated November 2026 · How we rate hotels

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1912Built as a boarding house
6Rooms named for local figures

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The Noble House Bed & Breakfast sits on North Noble Avenue in downtown Watonga, the seat of Blaine County, about 70 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. The two-story red brick building opened in 1912 as a boarding house, was doubled in size in 1937 when it became the Noble Hotel, and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996. Today it is a small bed and breakfast with a handful of antique-filled rooms upstairs, each named after a Watonga personality.

It has long appeared on lists of the most haunted hotels in Oklahoma. The stories all come from the second floor: footsteps on the roof above the rooms, cold presences beside the bed and whispering when nobody is there. The owners do not advertise any of this, so the ghosts here are local lore rather than a selling point.

Noble House at a glance

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$ · Under $150
  • Address 112 N Noble Ave, Watonga, OK 73772
  • Opened 1912 as a boarding house; enlarged in 1937 as the Noble Hotel; a B&B since 2004
  • Most haunted spots The second-floor guest rooms
  • Best-known ghosts No named ghost: footsteps on the roof, cold presences and disembodied whispers
  • Booking the haunted room No single room is singled out. All the guest rooms are on the second floor, so any of them puts you where the stories are.
  • Good to know Book by phone (405-201-8887) or email, and call ahead to arrange your check-in time. Breakfast for two is included.

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The ghosts of Noble House Bed & Breakfast (Noble Hotel)

Footsteps on the roof

The most repeated report is of footsteps overhead. Guests on the second floor say they have heard someone walking across the roof above their rooms at night. The building has only two stories, so there is no floor above them, only the roof.

Old flat-roofed buildings creak and settle as they cool after a hot Oklahoma day, which is a sensible explanation. Guests who have heard the steps say they sound like deliberate walking rather than the building moving.

Cold presences

Other guests describe a sudden cold in their room and a sense that someone is standing nearby. These accounts are vague by nature, and no one has put a face or a name to the presence.

The building spent decades as a boarding house and then a hotel for travelers passing through western Oklahoma. If anyone lingers, the stories do not say who.

Whispers in empty rooms

The third story told about the Noble House is of whispering voices heard on the second floor when guests know they are alone. It is the detail that put the building on haunted hotel lists, but there are no published recordings or investigations to go with it. We have not found any newspaper or TV coverage of the hauntings either: the stories circulate through haunted-hotel lists, including the earlier version of this guide.

Treat the Noble House as a small, quiet historic B&B with a local ghost reputation rather than a famous haunted hotel. That is part of its charm.

The most haunted rooms and places to look

  • Gene Wheeler Room (No. 1): A king bed and a claw-foot tub.
  • Dr. Theresa Tyler Room (No. 2): Two full beds and a claw-foot tub, the easiest room for two friends sharing.
  • Byron Wolfe Room (No. 5): The bridal suite, with a four-poster bed and an extra-large jetted tub.
  • Ernie Hoberecht Room and Donald Duck Room: A king room with a jetted tub and Asian-style decor honoring Hoberecht’s UPI career in Japan, connecting to a small bunk room named for Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck, who was born in Watonga.

History of Noble House Bed & Breakfast (Noble Hotel)

The building was put up in 1912 by W.H. Reynolds as a boarding house, a narrow two-story brick block about 25 feet wide and 65 feet deep. In 1937 it was extended to twice its length and reopened as the Noble Hotel. The National Register nomination calls it the Noble Hotel / Abe Bills Rooming House, and describes it as an early commercial building, perhaps in a Prairie commercial style.

Watonga was a small farming and county-seat town, and the Noble served the travelers, workers and salesmen who passed through. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 1996.

Fred and Joyce Lucas bought the building in 2002 and restored the upstairs as guest rooms, finishing them in May 2004. Each room is named after a Watonga figure, among them Gene Wheeler, Dr. Theresa Tyler, Clarence Knappenberger, Byron Wolfe and Ernie Hoberecht, and one honors Clarence Nash, the original voice of Disney’s Donald Duck.

The downstairs once ran as a restaurant; TravelOK’s older write-up describes “a fine restaurant” below the rooms. The owners’ site now says the restaurant is not open to the public, and guests have breakfast for two in the downstairs dining room. Rooms are listed from about $119 a night, with the bunk room as a low-cost add-on for families.

Tips for a haunted stay

  • Book directly by phone or email; the B&B is small and does not run a big online booking system.
  • Call before you arrive to agree a check-in time.
  • Combine your stay with Roman Nose State Park, a few miles north of town, for canyons, springs and hiking.
  • Families can book the Hoberecht Suite with the connecting Donald Duck bunk room.
  • If you want a bigger-name Oklahoma haunted hotel on the same trip, the Skirvin in Oklahoma City and the Stone Lion Inn in Guthrie are both within about 90 minutes.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Noble House in Watonga haunted?

It has a local reputation for it. Guests on the second floor describe footsteps on the roof, cold presences in their rooms and whispering voices. These are reported experiences, not documented events, and the owners do not promote them.

How old is the Noble House?

It was built in 1912 as a boarding house and doubled in size in 1937, when it became the Noble Hotel. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996.

How do I book the Noble House Bed & Breakfast?

By phone on 405-201-8887 or by email through the Watonga Lodging website. Breakfast for two is included.

Why is there a Donald Duck room in Watonga?

Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck, was born in Watonga. The B&B’s small bunk room is named for him.

What is there to do near Watonga?

Roman Nose State Park is a few miles north, with canyons, springs, trails and a lodge. Oklahoma City is about 70 miles southeast.

Sources

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