Monaghan Hall

Washington · United States · School

The music building was built as a private house for James Monaghan. The organ plays with nobody at it, and other instruments have their own accounts.

Monaghan Hall is the music building at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, built as a private residence for James Monaghan.

The story told about him on campus is that he was murdered in the house. No record supports that, and Monaghan was a real and well documented figure in the history of this region, so the claim should not be repeated as fact.

He came from Ireland, worked as a trader and army supplier in the Pacific Northwest during the Indian wars, and made a fortune in Spokane. The house was his.

What is reported inside is musical. The organ has been heard playing with nobody at it, and other instruments in the building have their own accounts.

A building full of instruments is an unusually noisy place to be alone in. Strings resonate to passing sound, and organ pipes speak with a shift in air pressure.

The hall is in daily use by students.

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Where is Monaghan Hall located?

Monaghan Hall is in Washington, United States.