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Mordecai House

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Raleigh, NC

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HAUNTING / GHOSTBuilt c. 1785Historic house museumPUBLICDOCUMENTEDLEGEND

OVERVIEW

The oldest house in Raleigh still on its original site, built around 1785 by Joel Lane and expanded by the Mordecai family, now the centerpiece of Mordecai Historic Park.

REPORTED ACTIVITY

The house is best known for reported sightings of Mary Willis Mordecai Turk, a family descendant who died in 1937, described in a gray period dress and associated with piano music heard in the drawing room.

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Open to the public as a house museum within a city park.

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