Haunted Churches

12 haunted churches mapped across 12 cities, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• Basilica of St. LawrenceChurch · Asheville, NCCompleted in 1909, this Catholic basilica is famous for its self-supporting tile dome, designed by Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino, who supplied the materials and oversaw construction using his patented tile-and-mortar system.
• Bruton Parish ChurchChurch · Williamsburg, VABruton Parish, an active Episcopal church whose current building was completed in 1715, sits at the heart of Colonial Williamsburg, with a churchyard holding graves dating to the late 17th century.
• Central Congregational ChurchChurch · Fall River, MABuilt in 1875 by Boston architects Hartwell & Swasey and added to the National Register of Historic Places, this Gothic stone church was the home congregation of the Borden family.
• Cold Spring Presbyterian Church and CemeteryChurch · Cape May, NJFounded in 1714 with its current red-brick church built in 1823, Cold Spring Presbyterian sits beside one of South Jersey's oldest burial grounds.
• First African Baptist ChurchChurch · Savannah, GAOrganized in 1773 and constituted in 1777, First African Baptist Church is widely regarded as the oldest continuously active Black congregation in North America, its present brick sanctuary completed in 1859 by the hands of free and enslaved African Americans who made the bricks themselves.
• Grace Episcopal Church and CemeteryChurch · St. Francisville, LAGrace Episcopal, organized in 1827 with its present Gothic Revival building completed in 1860, anchors one of the most atmospheric and reputedly haunted graveyards in Louisiana.
• Prince George Winyah Episcopal ChurchChurch · Georgetown, SCDating to the 1740s, with its first service held in 1747, Prince George Winyah is one of Georgetown's oldest churches and anchors a historic burial ground in the heart of the district.
• San Fernando CathedralChurch · San Antonio, TXBegun in 1738, San Fernando is among the oldest cathedrals in the United States and contains a marble sarcophagus said to hold the commingled remains of Alamo defenders, recovered in a 1936 renovation when a box of charred bones, nails, and tattered uniform fragments was unearthed near the old sanctuary railing.
• St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic ChurchChurch · Eureka Springs, ARDedicated May 11, 1909, St.
• St. Helena's Episcopal ChurchChurch · Beaufort, SCFounded in 1712 with its sanctuary built in 1724, this brick church sits at the heart of Beaufort's historic district, its walled graveyard shaded by ancient live oaks.
• St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchChurch · Key West, FLSt.
• Wrightsboro Methodist ChurchChurch · Thomson, GARaised between 1810 and 1812 by a fading Quaker-turned-Methodist settlement, this clapboard church is nearly all that survives of Wrightsboro, a backcountry town that had withered into a ghost town by 1920.