Historic Haunted Buildings in Charleston, South Carolina

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

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Dock Street Theatre

Charleston, SC

A historic theatre in Charleston's French Quarter, on the site of America's first purpose-built playhouse of 1736, in a building that served as the 19th-century Planter's Hotel. It is among the city's most storied haunted buildings, with legends of actor Junius Brutus Booth and a woman called Nettie.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

Historic Haunted Buildings

Old Charleston Jail

Charleston, SC

Charleston's district jail operated from 1802 to 1939, its grim tower holding pirates, the condemned and, in one of its most retold chapters, alleged murderess Lavinia Fisher. Long a fixture of the city's ghost tours, it is often called South Carolina's most haunted building.

0 approved community reports

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

About historic haunted buildings in Charleston

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

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