LOCATION FILE
The Columns Hotel
FOLLOWNew Orleans, LA
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
Built in 1883–1884 by architect Thomas Sully for the Hernsheim family, this Italianate mansion on the St. Charles Avenue streetcar line later became a boarding house and, in the 1950s, a hotel.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Guests and staff report a "woman in white" said to be tied to a former resident, a man in a dark suit and hat in the halls, cold drafts, and footsteps in empty corridors.
VISITING
An operating hotel and bar open to the public.
SITE PLAN
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
INVESTIGATION RECORD
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HISTORICAL RECORD · 0 CITED ENTRIES
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COMMUNITY EVIDENCE
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GROUP FINDINGS