A letter, written by William C. McElroy, dated from July 1861. Colonel Tayloe and his daughter quarreled on the second floor landing over the girl's relationship with a British officer stationed in the city. He participated until the slaves were free by President Abraham Lincolns famous Emancipation Proclamation. A lot of TLC was showered on this historic home by the current owner, Helen Hanson for forty plus years. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/OctagonHouse-Washington-DC_DSC6648.jpg/1280px-OctagonHouse-Washington-DC_DSC6648.jpg, http://dcmemorialist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OctagonHouse.jpg, http://dcmemorialist.com/wp-content/gallery/octagon-house/2015-04-24-13.45.40.jpg, The Old Stone House: D.C.s Oldest Haunted House. It was built to maximize space on the small lot on which it is built. A passage through the fireplace leads to the basement. They built a large modern office behind the Octagon House and restored the building to its original splendor. The stories recorded here are merely a presentation of a few of the reported experiences and legends that have evolved over the past 200 years, and should not be taken as historical fact. 276 Linden Street John and Anne (Ogle) Tayloe were considering Philadelphia as a place to build a town house, since Baltimore and Philadelphia were the nearest metropolitan centers to Mount Airy. Variations of the stories have been recorded since 1908, but NONE of the Tayloes daughters ever died in the Octagon. A variation of the legend from 1980 reduces the legend to a servant girl who had an unhappy affair with a military officer is said to have met death in the same way [suicide].. She died in Washington, D.C., but not at the Octagon House. According to the legends, ghostly receptions are held by Dolley Madison, who is supposedly most often seen in the front hall and drawing room, and the smell of lilacs is noticeable whenever her ghost is present.[22]. Southwest Wisconsin Paranormal Group has caught substantial hard evidence, and have proclaimed that the Octagon House is very haunted indeed. A few thousand homes were built around the nation before people realized its problems. The citys reputation earned it the nickname Little Chicago in reference to its enterprising neighbor to the south where gangsters like Bugs Moran and Al Capone ran massive operations in the trade of illicit booze. Ruth continued to live in the family home. Mary Clemmer Ames wrote about it: "It is an authenticated fact, that every night at the same hour, all the bells would ring at once. The first initial reports of hauntings of the Octagon House were said to date back as early as 1888. It will take me a long, long time to move my things out, so they will have to live around me, Hansen said. Since the home was a site of some of the historic events like the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, the Octagon Home was a fixture on the list of notable places for tours of Washington D.C. The spirit of Ruth probably is keeping an eye on the tenants who now rent the house while Marlene is trying to sell it. During a visit from his friend, a captain in the English army, he conceived the idea that said captain was in love with the quadroon The host slew his guest in an upper room, with only the quadroon as witness. She believes Ruth and the children are restless because they havent come to terms with Edwins death, why he left them and didnt return alive. September 17, 1951: Stairway in the Octagon House (aka the McElroy House) . The Hermitage, TN (The spirit of Andrew Jackson made it crystal clear to sleeping people in the living room to get up and start working on his house, NOW!). He is connected to this structure or property and has chosen to spend his after-life here. He was educated at Eton College and Cambridge University in England, served in the Virginia state legislature, and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1800. At the hour of midnight, as I and two others were crossing the threshold of a room on the second floor, three feminine shrieks rose from the center of the room. When the daughter turned in anger to go down the stairs, she fell down the stairs (or over the railing; stories differ) and died. One of the many acute-angled intersections in the somewhat irregularly laid out capital. Aghast we stood. Coachellas Friday night headlining show ends on a bad note, Used Facebook? The promise of octagonal living, though, was still a magical dream for the family who built the home on Gough Street. Mary Clemmer Ames wrote about it: "It is an authenticated fact, that every night at the same hour, all the bells would ring at once. YesNo, If yes, how? It sits at the intersection of 18th Street, NW and New York Avenue. When First Lady Dolley Madison fled the city as the British approached, she sent her pet parrot to the French consulate at the Octagon for safekeeping. January 16, 1984: Interior of the Octagon House, aka the McElroy House, located on Gough Street, between Green and Union Streets in San Francisco's Cow Hollow. In 1956 the legend of the ghost of the slave girl, also a suicide, supposed to run screaming through the garden was dispelled by the AIAs resident historian, a Mr. Saylor. The Ghosts of Octagon Mansion || Wytheville, VA || Paranormal Quest 72,125 views Premiered Mar 26, 2020 2.4K Dislike Share Save Paranormal Quest 109K subscribers The Paranormal Quest Team. Cites: (a) Glenn Brown, architect, Secretary of the American Institute of Architects. In 1909 Emma died, and the house changed hands a few times over the next 15 years before PG&E scooped it up. When the British set fire to it in 1814, she was credited with saving the classic portrait of George Washington. It was stated that every November 24th, a ghost could be heard falling down the steps to the first landing. Spirit of another young boy from another family also died by accident or illness). Pamphlet, "The Octagon A Brief Description and History" (American Institute of Architects). It is in great condition. From all quarters the party rushed Too brave to desert, yet cowards at heart, we watched the gray light of morning dawn, and each man of us thanked God his night among ghosts was past. This daughter, too, fell to her death down the stairs (or over the railing), and her shade is alleged to haunt the third floor landing and stairs between the second and third floors. Perhaps one of them took the spinning wheel apart. One of the requirements of the NRHP loan was to offer public viewing of the Octagon House; twelve hours a year. Edwin would not make it back home to his young wife and children. FHL #975.525 H2t. The 1880 census shows Harriet and Emma (then 27) living with a 20-year-old doctor and a young laundry worker. Two of Colonel Tayloes daughters are said to haunt The Octagon. And during drilling into an upstairs wall, he hit a tin box. On the first floor, one finds a grand rotunda, where the staircase leads up to the 2nd and 3rd floors. New York: Albany, C. Van Benthuysen & sons. I regard Octagon House as being possessed by the spirit world, long time owner Marlene Hansen said in 1976. He dealt with the problem by relating the house equally to both streets, which put the two walls at a 70 degree angle from each other. Besides being the emergency escape route from a possible attack from hostile Native Americans, Isaac Brown joined Fond de lacs Underground Railroad by using this house as an Underground Railroad stop in this massive effort to move ex-slaves to Canada. They were separated from their daughters who were made to work at the Tayloes plantation, Mount Airy in Virginia. Dolley and James Madison resided in the Octagon House from September of 1814 through March of 1815, after the White House was burned by the British. Although PG&E bought it in 1924, for decades the McElroy Octagon House remained one of the only homes in San Francisco without electricity. But the house is definitely a place worthy of its reputation, especially if you happen to be a fan of paranormal activities and ghost stories. The house served as an important social center in Washingtons early years, and when the British burned the White House in 1814, President Madison and his family lived in the Octagon for six months as the city rebuilt. Whaley House, CA (Spirits of Mr. and Mrs. Whaley are still comforting their distressed daughter; (suicide) and taking care of their toddler;(fever). Three dozen newspaper clippings, mostly about the outbreak of the Civil War, were tucked inside, as was a tintype of the McElroy family: husband William and wife Harriet (a very good Looking old Couple, William jokingly wrote) and daughter Emma. The lot was in open country west of the partly built President's House, about 1mi. July 31, 1966: The Octagon House (aka McElroy House) on Gough Street, between Green and Union Streets, in San Francisco. Ann Ogle Tayloe offered the residence as a place for the French Consulate. Shanley Hotel, NY (Spirit of the hotel barber still looks after his daughter here. Octagon House, WI (Three of the Edmund Brown children died probably from disease. July 9, 1952: Octagon House located at 1067 Green Street, in San Francisco's Russian Hill. Not only are there eye-witness accounts, but paranormal investigators and psychic researchers have reported that the evidence they have gathered through equipment and actual contact with the house residents proves that spirit people still love their house. Dolley and James Madison resided in the Octagon House from September 1814 through March 1815, after the White House was burned by the British. It is one of two octagon homes in the city of Fond du lac. His letter, in some ways, feels remarkably current. Ultimately, though, McElroy had faith for the future and excitement for whoever found the box he was placing in his familys new home. The Octagon House also served as the backdrop for the US signing of the Treaty of Ghent by James Madison, which ultimately ended the war between the United States and Britain. The Misses Riley, three sisters who rented it from 1903 until last year [1951] for $35 a month lived like recluses, their high button shoes, chokers and courtly manners illuminated by flickering gas fixtures. Tayloe was reputed to be the richest Virginian planter of his time, and built the house in Washington at the suggestion of George Washington on land purchased from Gustavus W. Scott or Benjamin Stoddert, first Secretary of the Navy. Another elaborate Octagon ghost story, with no clear origin, involves a female quadroon slave, who is identified as an octoroon in some of the variants. Free docent-led tours are available on the second Sunday and second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The Octagon House, WI (The spirit of Rose at first didnt like having to share the house with the new owner, plus not trusting this owner to make repairs. The oldest of the Octagon's ghost legends is that of the mysterious ringing of the servant's call bells, just one of the legends linked to the African American slaves who once lived there. TheMcElroyOctagon House in San Francisco was badly damaged by the 1906 earthquake and had to be rebuilt. Killian K. Van Rensselaer, American lawyer and Federalist politician who served in the United States Congress as a Representative from the state of New York dined at The Octagon House. The pair met and married in 1859, the same year Harriet used her independent wealth to buy a lot on Gough for $2,500 (about $72,000 today). William moved in the 1850s from Virginia, setting up shop as a miller. this also brought in a steady income to continue in the maintenance of this historic house. Event Start Time: 8:30pm Event Finish Time: 4:00am The sound of rustling silk is to be heard on the main staircase, the hanging lamp in the main hallway swings by itself, there is a spot at the foot of the main staircase that one is forced to avoid, and one curator is reported to have found the tiptoeing tracks of human feet in the undisturbed dust of the top floor landing (John Sherwood, The Evening Star, 1965). The home needed extensive renovations. After Ann's death, the Tayloe children began renting out the house. Help us maintain the accuracy of our information. Edwin and his wife Ruth raised three children Louis, Edward, and Hattie there. The interior is elaborately finished, the doors of the first story being of mahogany. According to legends, Dolley Madison's ghost is sometimes seen down in the drawing room of the Octagon, and that the scent of Lilacs often accompanies her ghost. He inherited his wealth and expanded greatly on his fathers empire. The living room has a false fireplace with a small wooden stairway behind it and there is also a secret room adjacent to a second story bedroom. There was also an underground tunnel between the main house and the large wood shed, that started behind the fireplace in the parlor. The octagonal home includes four rooms on the first floor and seven rooms on the second, built around a central staircase. Two years later, the home was ready. These legends are the most developed and circulated that visitors to the house who have heard the legends are thoroughly convinced that they are based on fact. The Octagon House is described as being An Extremely Unique Property; an Architectural Masterpiece! The houses mid-1800s American style layout may be a bit odd by modern standards, but the space is well-designed for a family in 1856 as well as families who lived here throughout the eras. He took the dog down to the basement, and when they got to the bottom of the stairs the dog started to growl, lunged for the only spot of light in the room, and sat there cowering until they went back upstairs. Both Marlene and her mother were pushed down the staircase on two separate occasions. Caretaker James Cyprus had summoned the physician for his ailing wife. She identifies the murderer, however, as one of the Tayloe boys, a young blood with his fathers passion for horses and a few passions of his own for gambling and wenching.. But the unfailing plea of self-defense won the case, the only witness in denial of this plea being the quadroon, whose testimony as a slave was invalid. The see-through spirit of Ruth appeared in the door way and watched Marlene for awhile with approval. Leading into the back hall and dining-room are two secret doors in which the wash-boards, chair-boards, etc. [14] Though the main room is a circle, one possibility is that it resembled octagonal rooms common in England, which were also circles but called octagon salons because they were constructed of eight walls and then plastered heavily in the corners to make a circle. Isaac was a self-made artisan who built houses for others and also traded with the local tribes. As word got around of his intent to build, William Augustine Washington III (who was married to Tayloes sister Sarah) persuaded John to construct the home on the outskirts of what was Washington D.C. at the time. Ann Ogle Tayloe had offered the house to the French consul, in the hopes of sparing the house from destruction at the hands of the British, and he was occupying the house when the British arrived in the city. A boatload of hard evidence has been caught by various paranormal investigation groups. As for the octagon house ghost, it hasn't been heard from in some time. By this time, it was the centerpiece of a roughly 60,000 acre department of interdependent plantation farms-known as the Mount Airy department, located approximately one hundred miles south of Washington, D.C., in Richmond County, Virginia. His wife Anne would live another 27 years before dying at the house as well in 1855. The Octagon Museum is actively trying to figure out where this legend started, and are actively trying to stop people from spreading the legend, since it is very clearly not historically based. "The State president of the Colonial Dames, Mrs. Lindley Miller of Hillsborough, has heard the ghost story," the Chronicle reported in 1953, "but [she] figures that the society can always close the house on ghost-walking days.". Another of Colonel Tayloes daughters eloped with a young man, incurring her fathers wrath. The other death, stories claim, occurred in 1817 or shortly thereafter. January 16, 1984: Feusier Octagon House, located at 1067 Green Street, in San Francisco's Russian Hill. Marlene decided to keep living in her current house, and turned the main Octagon House into a museum; offering tours of some of the rooms. It was listed on the Wisconsin State Register as well. Isaac Brown had given the main house to his son Edmund, as a belated wedding present just before Isaac died. [16] Among the eyewitnesses have been members of the public, curators, and other employees hired by the museum .[17]. These dedicated women marched into the battlefields nearby to bring fallen soldiers medical attention, water and food.. But one thing is certain: When youre there, youre never alone in the house. The Octagon House, also known as the Colonel John Tayloe III House, built in 1799 and located at 1799 New York Avenue, Northwest in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. List of the oldest buildings in Washington, D.C. "List of National Historic Landmarks by state", "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Octagon / Colonel John Tayloe House", "Old Landmarks at the Capital That Few Persons Know Anything About. It is suggested that it would also be a perfect home for Air B and B. As they continued to ring, General Ramsay held the rope which controlled the bells, but, it is said, they were not silenced. The house was modeled after Donato Bramante's 1502 Tempietto in Rome, which in turn was based on a Tholos, a type of ancient . The residents were probably mostly workers in the factories that populated Foggy Bottom. The house, which PG&E spokesmen said the company places no value on, is one of the few in San Francisco never to have been wired for electricity. Here's how to claim a chunk of $725 million case, Taxes are due Tuesday in only 3 of 58 California counties, It can work: Plans for an SF-LA night train are underway, Bay Area city at risk of devastation when overdue earthquake hits, Thousands of unusual sea creatures wash up on Bay Area beaches, Horoscope for Tuesday, 4/18/23 by Christopher Renstrom, BLACKPINK's genius Coachella set turned me into a BLINK, Kings fans are playing with fire against the Warriors, Kings announcer vents misplaced outrage over TV promo, Authorities investigate video showing man harassing SF sea lions. October 27, 1953: Living room in the Octagon House, aka the McElroy House. Where are all those tech workers going? If you experience problems with the form or want to attach images please email them to info@wisconsinfrights.com, Are you affiliated with this location? A maintenance man in 1981 was on the second floor landing one night and heard a noise on the first floor. Variations of the legend are so well developed and circulated, that visitors to the house are often thoroughly convinced that they are based on fact. When Cyprus told him that there wasn't, the doctor looked perplexed and told him of encountering a man on the stairs just a few moments before who had been dressed in a military uniform of the early 1800s. A 1912 newspaper article related the story of a man who had stayed for a month in a room in the Octagon which he claimed was visited nightly by the spirit of a man who was killed over a card game held in the room. In 1937 the ghosts activities are defined: a murdered slave girl, another suicide, and the ghosts of slaves wander screaming through the house and grounds, Jackie Bouvier, in her unpublished 1952 essay about the house, related a variant of the story very similar to the first version. Would love your thoughts, please comment. [8] The house probably would have been spared even if it hadn't been effectively a "diplomatic residence", since the British were under strict orders not to damage private property. Something unseen gets some chuckles teasing pets within the 12 rooms in this house. PG&E agreed to sell them the home for $1 and the savings were much-needed by the NSCDA. Her spectre is allegedly seen crumpled at the bottom of the steps or on the stairs near the second floor landing, and sometimes exhibits itself as the light of a candle moving up the staircase. Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 July 12, 1849) was the wife of James Madison, President of the United States from 1809 to 1817. St James Hotel, NM (Spirit of Mary Lambert is still trying to keep up with her active toddler who is still a handful). The Octagon was firmly established as a haunted house by 1888, when, it is reported, twelve men decided to spend a night in the house in order to expel the ghosts or prove the legends wrong. January 18, 1984: Bathroom in the Feusier Octagon House, located at 1067 Green Street in San Francisco's Russian Hill. During the Civil War, Edmund Brown had enlisted with the Union Army, leaving his wife and three children to hold the fort so to speak. Katie Dowd is the SFGATE managing editor. General Ramsay immediately arose from the table to investigate, but failed to unravel the mystery. PG&E bought the property in 1904, not for its curiosity value, but because it might be a good site for a substation. Undaunted, Ruth opened the house, making room for Womens Relief Corps, who acted as angels of mercy during the American Civil War. By far the most intricate and popular of the legends connected with the Octagon is that of the deaths of the Tayloes' daughters. Some academics believe the secret spaces within the Octagon House were built during that time for the clandestine storage and transportation of liquor. In 2011, the T.V. It sat below the Verdier Mansion, at 1001 Vallejo Street, where, according to Herb Caen, Sally Stanford ran her brothel at one time. The construction materials, such as bricks, timber, iron, and Aquia Creek sandstone were all manufactured locally. When Cyprus told him that there wasnt, the doctor looked perplexed and told him of encountering a man on the stairs just a few moments before who had been dressed in a military uniform of the early 1800s. Collingwood Art Center: Gerber House, OH (Three children died here from Cholera). Currently operated by the American Institute of Architects Foundation, the Octagon Museum offers self-guided tours, permanent and changing exhibitions, public programing, and guided tours by appointment. A first-hand account was printed in a local newspaper, and this was subsequently quoted or paraphrased in articles printed in 1892, 1934, 1941, 1950, and 1969. The kitchen, stable and outhouses are built of brick and accommodated a large number of both servants and horses. [14], The Octagon House is purported to be one of the most haunted homes in D.C.[15], Apparitions and the presence of otherworldly forces have reportedly been seen and felt in many places at The Octagon, including on the spiral staircase, the second floor landing, the third floor landing, the third floor bedroom, and the garden area in the rear. https://wamu.org/story/11/10/28/a_ghostly_slumber_party_one_night_at_the_octagon_house/, https://www.abandonedspaces.com/mansion/octagon-house.html. The Octagon House, considered to be one of the most haunted places in Fond du Lac, is located in the historic district at 276 Linden Street. There, a message scratched into the wall dated 1888 seems to give directions to the next safe house along the path of the Underground Railroad. After those screams our band was closely knit together collectively we listened through the waning hours of night to the clanking of sabers and tramping of footfalls.. Each room was cut off from the others by a series of doors, and the staircase up to the second floor was located, through more doors, in the very center of the house. He died on September 17th, 1862 along with thousands more at the battle of Antietam, the deadliest one-day battle in American military history. Inside was a trove of papers that finally answered the question: Who on earth would build a house this strange? The tin box that solved the mystery of San Francisco's Octagon House. Among other remedies, had been previously tried that of exorcism, but the prayers of the priest who had been summoned availed nought.". A date with the wrecking ball was set, despite the efforts of the group, Save the Octagon House Committee. Through another was the dining room. She was an antique dealer after all. Around that same time, the American Institute of Architects, which had been headquartered in New York City, began looking for a new national headquarters location in Washington, DC. People whoexperience thestruggles as well as the joys oflife in their forever home in this world, sometimes like to stay there in their afterlife to be able to enjoy in peace theirfond memories as well as peace from their struggles. July 27, 1952: From the back of the photo: One of San Francisco's two [there are actually 3] octagonal houses, the McElroy house at 2648 Gough Street, equipped with triangular closets, a reticent ghost and memories dating back to 1864, will shortly be sold to the highest bidder. July 13, 1952: Floor plan for the two story, cedar shingled tea house on Fallon Place, in San Francisco's Russian Hill. The Osbournes: Night of Terror premieres Friday, Oct. 30 at 9 p.m. The Chronicle wrote upon its discovery that McElroys letter was penned with pride, self-confidence and a disarming disregard for spelling and syntax. In it, he explained how they came to San Francisco and built their dream home. The home was six-sided, made from bricks, and was designed with some of the most innovative features at the time like a closet for every room including the kitchen. p. 78. The spiritsof the Brown children are stillplaying here and having fun; with each other, teasing the dog, touching people and cooperating with investigators. It is the only known fully domed octagonal residence and the only house built in the form of an ancient classical temple. Dolley Madison also helped to furnish the newly constructed White House. : Paranormal The Octagon Hall is widely regarded as one of the most haunted places in the South. Caretaker James Cyprus had summoned the physician for his ailing wife. [4][5] Col. Tayloe had been considering building his new home in Philadelphia under the expert hands of architect Benjamin Latrobe. Another legend says that a slave was locked in the attic and was never heard from after that except at 12:01 AM.. Detailed accounts of spirits in the Octagon House were later published in a local newspaper, which was quoted multiple times throughout the 20th century when other publications were writing about the Octagon House. The three-story brick house, adapted to an irregular-shaped lot, displays a dramatic break with the traditional, late Georgian and early Federal house planning that preceded it. Octagon Museum visitors and staff have occasionally reported smelling lilacs in the drawing room of the house. But all that changed in 1952 when the home was spared from demolition by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in California, a group that seeks to preserve historic buildings. 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