LOCATION FILE

Porter Mansion

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Key West, FL

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Private property. View from the public road only. Do not enter or disturb the residents.

HAUNTING / GHOSTBuilt 1876Historic mansionEXTERIOR ONLYDOCUMENTEDLEGEND

OVERVIEW

An 1876 Victorian mansion at Caroline and Duval Streets, longtime home of Dr. Joseph Yates Porter, a Key West native and Florida's first state health officer, whose family lived there for generations.

REPORTED ACTIVITY

Occupants have reported an apparition resembling Dr. Porter, disembodied voices, faint music, and objects being moved.

VISITING

A private property viewable from the street; part of the surrounding commercial block.

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INVESTIGATION RECORD

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