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Haunted Places in Jacksonville, FL

Historic haunted places in Jacksonville, FL. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.

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El Modelo Block (Plaza Hotel)

Haunted place

501-513 West Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202

Private building; exterior viewing only.

Local haunted-place roundups trace this 1887 building's ghost story to 1907, when a Spanish-American War veteran is said to have been killed in one of its ground-floor saloons. The…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Evergreen Cemetery

Haunted place

4535 North Main Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206

Open to the public (posted hours; free).

Three named ghosts belong to this 1880 cemetery, all traced to a 1999 article by a local ghost researcher: a 'Lady in Violet' in a plumed hat near the older eastern section, a comf…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Florida Theatre

Haunted place

128 East Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202

Open to the public (ticketed performances).

Balcony seats E1 and E2 in section 500 are tied to an older man whose apparition is said to show up, sometimes even waving in photos, and the theater's president calls him 'J.' Whe…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Kingsley Plantation

Haunted place

11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32226

Open to the public (National Park Service site; free).

The plantation's most repeated tale is 'Old Red Eyes,' glowing eyes in the woods reported since 1978, though a park ranger suggests opossum eye-shine and critics note the backstory…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Old City Cemetery

Haunted place

East Union Street (bounded by Jessie, Ionia, Union and Washington Streets), Jacksonville, FL 32202

Open to the public (daylight hours; free).

Nineteen-year-old Marie Louise Gato was shot at her father's gate in 1897, and the man she named was acquitted. Her grave at the back of this 1852 cemetery lost its marker for year…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Old St. Luke's Hospital

Haunted place

314 North Palmetto Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202

Jacksonville Historical Society archives; check visiting policy.

This 1878 hospital treated patients through the 1888 yellow fever epidemic and the 1898 typhoid outbreak. Ghost stories describe nurses moving along the halls, especially the third…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.