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Haunted Austin

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Real Estate Agent with Bradfield Properties 532238

Austin, Texas, being an old city, has its fair share of ghosts.  Today seems a good time to ponder them.

Governor's MansionThe Texas Governor's Mansion, of course, would have to be haunted.  It has a few ghosts, I'm told (I've not seen them personally).  It has several ghosts, from Sam Houston to a poor young man who committed suicide over a failed love affair back in the 1860's. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another famous haunted building is the Driskill Hotel.  (Great place to get a drink, as well, and soak up some old Austin elegance.)  There's a young girl bouncing a ball, the original owner smoking his cigar, a more recent shopping ghost dating from the 1990's, and more.

 

Civil War soldiers MistThe Neill-Cochran House is said to be haunted both by Colonel Andrew Neill, a Texas Revolutionary War veteran, riding his horse or having tea, and also by the ghosts of Union soldiers who died of yellow fever when the site of the house was previously a field hospital for soldiers suffering from yellow fever. 

Their footsteps, marching, are said to be heard on deserted surrounding streets.

 

 

 

 

The Littlefield House on the UT campus is another building commonly accepted to be haunted, this time by the ghost of Alice Littlefield, wife of the original owner.  The Littlefield Building, downtown, is also said to be haunted.  Do ghosts run in families?

Schoolchildren from days past apparently didn't approve of the demolition of their old building at Metz Elementary, or perhaps they're just feeling mischievous.

BatsAnd on and on it goes.  Seems you can hardly take a step without walking through a ghost in Austin!  And then there's our bats under the bridge . . .

So, from me, from Austin, and from our famous bats, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 

Comments (3)

Stephen Joos & Chris Brubaker- HouseFront
HouseFront - Denver, CO

Great ghost stories, I love this time of year.  I really hope to see a ghost this year (got my fingers crossed, wish me luck).  But if your looking for more haunted homes at HouseFront we  actually did a whole big thing on Haunted Homes, you can check it out here (we have a long list of homes from all across the US):

HouseFront Haunted Houses Tour

Oct 31, 2007 09:41 AM
Kay Perry
Kay Perry, Broker - College Station, TX
I lived in Austin for a while when I was a young girl.  I always felt the Elizabeth Ney Museum was haunted....Do you think houses can be haunted?  I often wonder about that.   Maybe I watch too many horror shows on TV...
Oct 31, 2007 10:39 PM
Tricia Jumonville
Bradfield Properties - Georgetown, TX
Texas REALTOR , Agent With Horse Sense

Stephen, thanks for stopping by.  This is my favorite time of year, too.

Kay, I wouldn't be at all surprised, given her history.  And one can't watch too many horror shows on TV! (Says she whose parents, in the 4th grade, gave her the complete unexpurgated works of Edgar Allen Poe, Grimm's Fairy Tales, and Anderson's Fairy Tales). 

 

Nov 04, 2007 02:39 AM