Queen Anne Hotel Mary Lake ghost legend

The Queen Anne Hotel at the former Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum is associated with a local legend about a girl named Mary Lake who is said to haunt the building. The hotel at this location dates to the 19th century and its history as an orphanage is documented. Reports of sightings and unexplained phenomena are anecdotal and have not been substantiated; the story is part of San Francisco ghost-tour folklore.