Historic Haunted Buildings in Washington, District of Columbia

Historic civic, commercial, and institutional buildings with reported ghost stories and verifiable local history.

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Historic Haunted Buildings

Tingey House

Washington, DC

Tingey House — Quarters A of the Washington Navy Yard — has housed the Yard's commandants since 1804, and legend says its first master never left: Commodore Thomas Tingey, who saved and rebuilt the Yard, reportedly haunts the home he loved. It is a working official residence.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House

Washington, DC

The Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House on Lafayette Square, an 1828 mansion of Washington's social elite, contributes its own thread to the square's famous hauntings — telling of its builder lingering by the drawing-room mantel, part of the capital's oldest ghost-story district.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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St. John's Episcopal Church

Washington, DC

St. John's Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square — the 'Church of the Presidents', with a pew held for every president since Madison — carries one of Washington's oldest legends: six white-robed figures said to appear in the President's Pew at midnight when the bell tolls for a notable death.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Cutts–Madison House

Washington, DC

The Cutts–Madison House on Lafayette Square was Dolley Madison's final home, where the widowed first lady held court until her death in 1849. Washington telling has long placed her gentle ghost on the porch, smiling at passers-by — one of the capital's oldest stories.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

About historic haunted buildings in Washington

Washington's historic haunted buildings are compiled from local history, published folklore and visitor reports.

Stories are recorded as accounts rather than established fact. Open the full map to explore everything near you.