Is the Alice French Mansion Haunted

If you want to do a drive by, it’s located at 321 East 10th
Street in Davenport. (Alice French house in 1910)

I’m not sure it’s haunted, but—if you follow the online rumor mill, strange things are happening at the Alice French house in Davenport.

If you’re unfamiliar with her, don’t sweat it. No one else knows her either, and the handful who do, know her as that lesbian writer from Iowa’s past which is a real shame. Alice was one of the highest paid woman authors at the turn of the century, but as reader preferences changed she didn’t, and her books fell out of favor.

Alice died in 1934, but the mansion she bought in 1906 lives on. Visitors report feeling cold spots, and seeing a dapper Victorian gentleman seated in the parlor. Others say lights mysteriously switch on and off, and doors slam open and shut when no one is nearby. Some people have heard strange voices in the basement—whispered conversations.

Could it be Alice and her special friend, Jane Crawford? Or is something else haunting the Alice French mansion? We may never know.