Haunted Places in Athens, GA

Explore 6 haunted places in Athens, GA — haunted houses, theaters, cemeteries and more, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• Lustrat HouseHouse · Athens, GABuilt in 1847 as a faculty residence on the University of Georgia's North Campus, the Lustrat House later passed through service as a house museum, the university president's office, and today the Office of Legal Affairs.
• Morton TheatreTheater · Athens, GABuilt in 1909-1910 by Monroe Bowers "Pink" Morton, the Morton Theatre is one of the oldest surviving vaudeville houses in the nation built, owned, and operated by an African American, hosting acts like Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Bessie Smith.
• Oconee Hill CemeteryCemetery · Athens, GAEstablished in the 1850s on the banks of the North Oconee River beside what is now the University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium, Oconee Hill is regarded as one of the finest Victorian-era cemeteries in the South and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
• T.R.R. Cobb HouseHouse · Athens, GABuilt around 1834 as a modest "Plantation Plain" house and given in 1844 as a wedding gift to Confederate Constitution author Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb and his wife Marion Lumpkin, the home gained its distinctive octagonal wings and Doric portico by 1852.
• Taylor-Grady HouseHouse · Athens, GABuilt in the mid-1840s by Irish immigrant and planter Robert Taylor, this stately Greek Revival home was purchased in 1863 by Major William S.
• The Classic Center (Fire Hall No. 1)Landmark · Athens, GABuilt in 1912 as Athens' main fire station and central meeting hall, Fire Hall No.