Haunted Places in Georgetown, SC

Explore 5 haunted places in Georgetown, SC — landmarks, churches, haunted houses and more, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• Hopsewee PlantationLandmark · Georgetown, SCBuilt around 1740 on the North Santee River, Hopsewee was one of the South's great rice plantations and the birthplace of Thomas Lynch Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
• 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.
• Pyatt-Doyle HouseHouse · Georgetown, SCThe Pyatt-Doyle House is a centuries-old dwelling on Highmarket Street in Georgetown's historic district, and its haunting centers on a sorrowful female figure.
• The Rice Museum (Old Market & Kaminski Building)Museum · Georgetown, SCGeorgetown's Rice Museum occupies two 1842 landmarks downtown: the clock-towered Old Market and the adjacent Kaminski Hardware Building, which later held a hardware store and now houses the Prevost art gallery.
• The Strand TheaterTheater · Georgetown, SCThe Strand opened on Front Street in 1941 as a movie house, sat vacant through the 1970s, and was bought in 1982 by the Swamp Fox Players, the community troupe that still stages live theater there.