The Partridge Inn
Perched on Augusta's Summerville hill, the Partridge Inn began in 1836 as a private residence and grew into a sprawling Southern hotel after Morris Partridge converted it in 1892, its long verandahs and white columns earning it a place among the Historic Hotels of America. Local legend holds that in the late 1800s a young bride named Emily was dressing in her custom Atlanta gown when word came that her fiance, riding into town for the ceremony, had been mistaken for a wanted soldier and shot dead in the street. Heartbroken, she refused to remove her wedding dress for weeks and, though courted by many, never married and died of a broken heart. To this day staff and guests report a slender woman with long chestnut hair drifting through the corridors and staircases in a flowing white gown, most often on the fifth floor, where doors slam in empty halls and rooms turn suddenly cold. One guest swore he found the words "Time for you to leave" scrawled in the steam on his bathroom mirror, as if Emily, still waiting for her groom, would rather wait alone.
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