The Ebner House

Good Day Sacramento stopped by Ebner House for some scares! 👻

A VERY Spooky House (Taylor's Version) There's a...unique...Halloween house in Sacramento, and the "bodies" buried in the front yard will make you chuckle, for sure! Molly Riehl is at a Taylor Swi...

Where did the wealth come from? This is Francis “Frank” X. Ebner. He was born in Baden, Germany in 1829 and moved to Sacramento on April 1, 1853. Likely he ended up here because his brother Charles lived in Sacramento with his wife and 3 children. Frank was married at this time, but not to our Josephine. The brothers opened a hotel called Sierra Nevada on 9th and J. Eventually they built a new hotel known as The Ebner House. (Not to be confused with the house we live in.) This hotel was known to be very comfortable with fine furnishings. John Sutter was known to frequent the hotel. The brothers ran this hotel for 6 years before selling and pursuing a new venture— liquor distribution. They made quite the profit in this business. Sadly Frank’s brother Charles died of influenza when he was 36 and two years later, Frank’s wife died leaving behind three children to care for. Three years later, Frank married our Josephine Hug, 24 years younger than himself. They had 5 children of their own. Frank continued with his liquor business until his death at the age of 71 on May 7, 1901. He left half of his estate to Josephine, and the other half to his 8 children to share equally. The whiskey bottle and shot glasses in the photos are quite the collectors’ item for antique bottle aficionados. Frank Ebner was after all, “one of Northern California’s oldest wholesale liquor merchants.”

Went to to find Josephine Ebner. She had this Ebner house built - 12 years after her husband Frank died. She has no headstone, but her ashes are buried here in this family plat. (Very progressive for that day.) She died on today’s date, October 27 in 1936. She was 20+ years younger than Frank and lived in this house for many years with 3 of her adult children. I have been hunting for a photo of her. If anyone finds her for me I’ll buy you an ice cream!