Real Haunted Houses: Bragg-Mitchell Mansion
The Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, with massive double parlors and a majestic circular staircase, is one of the most-photographed buildings in Mobile, Alabama. The house was built in 1855, and is a perfect example of Greek Revival architecture that was popular in that era. The mansion was built on request of Judge John Bragg.
During the Civil War, all the live oak trees on the property were cut to give the Confederate defenders of Mobile free range to shell any approaching Union troops. All the furnishings from the mansion were removed during the war and transported to Bragg’s plantation in Lowndes Country. Ironically, that plantation was later burnt down, whereas Mobile itself never became a battleground during the Civil War, contrary to all expectations.
John Bragg died in Mobile on 10 August 1878 and was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
The Bragg-Mitchell Mansion remained in the Bragg family until 1880. It was then bought by William H. Pratt. The property passed through several families – Upham, Davis, Wingate – before it was purchased by A.S. Mitchell. The Mitchell’s lived in the house until 1965. The mansion was then abandoned for several years, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It was opened to the public in 1987.
The ghosts occupying this impressive mansion include a ghostly cat, and a ghost with some type of allergy, because he or she is constantly sneezing. On top of that, you also have the run-down-the-mill signs of an ordinary haunting: doors opening and closing, disembodied voices, … The most peculiar ghost of the mansion though, is the woman who can be seen staring out of the upstairs window.
Nowadays, it is a museum offering guided historic tours. You can visit the website if you’d like to join a tour, and possibly get a view on the ghosts roaming about in the timeless halls of the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion.
Real Haunted Houses
Previously in this series:
- Real Haunted Houses: Franklin Castle
- Real Haunted Houses: Villesca Axe Murder House
- Real Haunted Houses: The Sallie House
- Real Haunted Houses: LaLaurie House
- Real Haunted Houses: The Bell Witch Farm
- Real Haunted Houses: Ann Starrett Mansion
- Real Haunted Houses: Sturdivant Hall
- Real Haunted Houses: Whaley House
- Real Haunted Houses: House of Seven Gables
- Real Haunted Houses: Woodruff Fontaine House
- Real Haunted Houses: Cedar Grove Mansion
- Real Haunted Houses: Sauer Castle
- Real Haunted Houses: The Pink Palace
- Real Haunted Houses: House of Death
- Real Haunted Houses: Joshua Ward House
- Real Haunted Houses: The Lemp Mansion
- Real Haunted Houses: Los Feliz Murder Mansion
- Real Haunted Houses: Winchester Mystery House
- Real Haunted Houses: Bliss Mansion
- Real Haunted Houses: Croke-Patterson Mansion
- Real Haunted Houses: Thornewood Castle
- Real Haunted Houses: Drish House
- Real Haunted Houses: Old Shelby Hotel
- Real Haunted Houses: Barker’s Slave Quarters
- Real Haunted Houses: Winter Place
- Real Haunted Houses: Sweetwater Mansion
- Real Haunted Houses: Oakleigh House
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