Public House
Built in 1854 as a commissary for the workers of the nearby Roswell Mill, the building at 605 Atlanta Street was one of the few structures Gen. William T. Sherman spared, and it was pressed into service as a Union hospital during the Civil War. Local legend holds that a mill owner's daughter named Catherine fell in love with a young Union soldier named Michael, who was convicted of treason and hanged from a tree as she watched from an upper window; grief-stricken, she is said to have hanged herself inside the building in 1864. For its decades as the Public House restaurant, staff reported glasses sliding across the bar on their own, shadowy figures in the loft, a piano playing untouched, and bathroom stall doors flying open. Guides on the long-running Roswell Ghost Tour still point to the upper windows, where the figures of Catherine, Michael, and even a lingering Confederate soldier are said to appear. The restaurant closed in 2017, but the building's reputation as one of Roswell's most active hauntings has outlasted it.
📍 605 Atlanta St, Roswell, GA 30075, Roswell, GA · Get directions