Morris-Jumel Mansion

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The oldest house on Manhattan, once Washington's headquarters. A woman in a purple dress is said to walk the halls.

Morris-Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights was built in 1765 and is the oldest surviving house on Manhattan. It served as George Washington's headquarters for a month in the autumn of 1776. Later it became the home of Eliza Jumel, a wealthy socialite who married the former vice president Aaron Burr in the house in 1833. The apparition of Eliza is the best known haunting: visitors and staff describe unexplained footsteps, doors opening and closing on their own, sudden cold spots and a woman in a purple dress walking through the halls. Best known is the incident in 1964 when a group of schoolchildren were said to have been hushed by a woman on the balcony whom staff thought resembled Eliza. A soldier from the revolutionary period and a servant girl are also reported. The house is a museum today. Source: Wikipedia and local folklore.

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