Sweetwater Mansion

Sweetwater Mansion

Sweetwater Mansion in 1934
Location within Alabama
General information
Location Florence, Alabama
Coordinates 34°49′28.2720″N 87°38′34.3320″W / 34.824520000°N 87.642870000°W / 34.824520000; -87.642870000
Completed 1835
Design and construction
Architect Crow

Sweetwater Mansion, located in Florence, Alabama, is a plantation house designed by General John Brahan of the Alabama Militia. A veteran of the War of 1812, Brahan owned more than 4,000 acres in eastern Lauderdale County, Alabama. The eight room home was built of bricks manufactured on the site of Sweetwater Creek which lay just below the house. Sweetwater Mansion received its name from the creek and was first occupied by Brahan's son-in-law Robert M. Patton, a post-Civil War governor of Alabama, who completed the mansion in 1835.

Legends and Ghost Stories

Stories of paranormal activity have been told about the house for many years. Numerous apparitions have allegedly been seen in and around the house. One of the most interesting stories involves a caretaker who reported that she saw a casket laid out in one of the downstairs rooms with the corpse of a Confederate soldier inside. She later discovered she had possibly seen the body of one of Governor Patton's sons whose funeral was conducted in the house. Local paranormal investigators have investigated the property and Sweetwater Mansion was featured in an episode of A&E's Paranormal State on April 25, 2011.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ - "Paranormal State: Southern Discomfort at Sweetwater Mansion
  2. ↑ Bernie Delinski (30 October 2011). "Sweetwater Mansion site of paranormal activity hunters". Times Daily.
  3. ↑ Johnston, Debra (2003). Skeletons In The Closet: More True Ghost Stories of the Shoals Area. Self Published. pp. 51–55. ISBN 978-0-9752767-1-6.
  4. ↑ Penot, Jessica (2010). Haunted North Alabama. Charleston, SC: History Press. pp. 123–125. ISBN 978-1-59629-990-0.

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