Hauntings of Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square is one of the nearly two dozen squares that make up the quilt-like grid of Savannah, GA. The surrounding homes are the thread holding this patchwork together, many of them haunted. Savannah has a two-fold reputation for being a beau ...
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The Ghosts of the Green Meldrim House
When Charles Green arrived in Savannah from England in the 1830s, he was almost dead broke. The twenty-something year old spent the next 20 years working his way up the shipyards, eventually becoming one of the richest men in Savannah. By 1850, Green ...
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The Suicides at the Sorrel Weed House
Sitting right on Madison Square is one of Savannah’s most treasured historic houses. Though the city is abound with haunted houses, the Sorrel Weed House is one of the crowd favorites. It’s made cameos in movies and television, from Forrest Gump ...
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The Haunts at Madison Square
During the Revolutionary War, two major battles were fought in Savannah. Both were equally bloody, and the area around what would become Madison Square saw heavy casualties. It’s even rumored that the area was the burial site for the dead soldiers, ...
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Bradley’s Lock and Key
The building at 24 E. State Street is home to one of the oldest locksmith shops in the country. Bradley’s Lock and Key has been in business since 1883, and it’s been a cornerstone in Savannah ever since. The shop hasn’t changed much since it op ...
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The Olde Pink House
Today, the Olde Pink House is one of Savannah’s many taverns, but for over three hundred years, the bright pink mansion was known as the Habersham House. Sitting on Abercorn Street right on Reynolds Square, the house was built by the influential Ha ...
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The Olde Harbor Inn
River Street is the place to be in Savannah. Shops, restaurants, and boutiques line the old cobblestone streets. But if we go back a few hundred years, we’ll see a very different scene. African slaves were shuffled into the stone tunnels to be sold ...
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The Haunted Houses on Columbia Square
James Oglethorpe had a master plan for the city, which included a street grid, green spaces, and urban gardens. This was known as the Oglethorpe Plan. For the most part, city builders stuck with it, and today, Savannah owes some of its charm to the l ...
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The Willink House
The Willink House is an outlier in Savannah. It’s not a large extravagant mansion. There’s no ornate architecture. The small, white cottage looks more at home in Cape Cod than the Deep South. Yet, this cute little house packs some interesting sec ...
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The Davenport House
The Davenport House is one of the most important sites in Savannah’s historic district. It was one of the first houses in the city to be restored and, at one time, served as the headquarters for the Historic Savannah Foundation. The house was built ...
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