Union Hotel (Flemington, New Jersey)

First constructed by Neal Hart in 1814, it served as a gathering place for well-to-do stagecoach passengers and socialites throughout the 19th Century, as well as many local characters and tourists visiting the area.

Decades later the property was purchased by new owners, renovated, restored, and converted into what is now officially known as the Union Hotel Restaurant.

The second and third floors (which once housed hotel patrons) were left empty and unoccupied, adding to the growing mythos surrounding the widely recognized Hunterdon County icon.

[3][4] In July 2008, managing partner John Blanos announced that the Union Hotel Restaurant would sell its liquor license but remain open.

At a special Flemington Borough Council meeting in September 2008, the transfer of the liquor license was rejected, but Blanos nonetheless stated that the restaurant would close immediately and that he was negotiating with a potential buyer.

The other alleging that the Borough failed to properly respond to requests for documents under New Jersey's Open Public Records Act.

[18] The belief that the hotel was haunted is quite prevalent,[19] though few members of the public were ever allotted access to levels above the dining hall where a few rooms are used by management for business purposes and ghost sightings or poltergeist incidents have been reported by employees.