Historic Haunted Buildings in South Carolina

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

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Historic Haunted Buildings

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

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Rosemary Hall (North Augusta, South Carolina)

North Augusta, SC

A grand 1902 Greek Revival mansion in North Augusta, South Carolina, built in the town's winter-resort heyday and long run as an elegant bed and breakfast. Its gentle lore tells of figures on the veranda and stairs, attributed in local telling to the home's devoted early owners.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Fenwick Hall

Johns Island, SC

One of the South's oldest plantation houses, built about 1730 on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. Privately owned and not open to visitors, Fenwick Hall is viewed only from afar — but three centuries of lowcountry telling surround it with legends.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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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.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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Bethesda Presbyterian Church

Camden, SC

Bethesda Presbyterian Church graces Camden, South Carolina — Robert Mills' 1822 design, with Lafayette present in spirit at its DeKalb monument, the Revolutionary general reburied beneath. Churchyard telling adds lantern-like lights among the stones after dark and a sexton-like figure making his quiet rounds at dusk.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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About historic haunted buildings in South Carolina

South Carolina's historic haunted buildings are compiled from local history, published folklore and visitor reports. Many are open to the public, and several offer tours or overnight stays.

Stories are recorded as accounts rather than established fact. Browse by city above, or open the full map to explore everything near you.