The Andrew John Volstead House is located in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Andrew John Volstead was known for authoring the National Prohibition Act of 1919. Actually Volstead was the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversaw its passage. Volstead served as the legislation’s sponsor and facilitator rather than its author. Wayne Wheeler was the one who conceived and drafted the bill. Wheeler was the attorney and general counsel for the National Anti-Saloon League, a member of the executive committee, and its head lobbyist.

Minnesota’s Beyond the Veil is a paranormal group that recently investigated the property.

The West Central Tribune has an article about the investigation (free registration required):

Originally built in 1878, a few of the house’s rooms still retain the furnishings that Andrew Volstead, his wife, Nellie, and their daughter Laura knew.

Volstead lived here until his death at age 87 in 1947. His wake was held in the house.

Machowski and Blaylock carried small, digital recorders and cameras to capture evidence of the extraordinary. Both also explained that finding spirits is very much a matter of being receptive to their presence.

Blaylock felt a female presence in the kitchen area, but said the spirit was quick to move. She felt it again when they ventured upstairs to Laura Volstead’s bedroom, she said.

At the foot of the stairway, Blaylock said she also felt the presence of a male. She described him as gray-mustached and stout, unlike the lean and tall images of Andrew Volstead found on pictures within the house.

Also see the captured EVPs on that page.

You can find the Andrew John Volstead House on our Haunted Places map.