Haunted Places in Galveston, TX

Explore 8 haunted places in Galveston, TX — haunted houses, landmarks, cemeteries and more, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• 1859 Ashton VillaHouse · Galveston, TXBuilt in 1859 by James Moreau Brown, Ashton Villa was the first of Galveston's grand Broadway mansions, weathering the Civil War, yellow fever, and the catastrophic 1900 Storm.
• Bishop's Palace (Gresham's Castle)Landmark · Galveston, TXDesigned by architect Nicholas J. Clayton and completed in 1893 for railroad magnate and politician Walter Gresham and his wife Josephine, this Chateauesque mansion is a National Historic Landmark known as "Gresham's Castle." The Greshams raised their children here, and Walter died in the home in 1920.
• Broadway Cemetery Historic District (Old City Cemetery)Cemetery · Galveston, TXThis six-block district holds seven burial grounds platted from 1839 to 1939, including the Old City Cemetery, Potter's Field, the Old Catholic Cemetery, and a Yellow Fever yard.
• Hotel Galvez (Grand Galvez)Inn · Galveston, TXOpened in 1911 and nicknamed the "Queen of the Gulf," the Galvez is best known for the ghost of Room 501, called Audra or the "Lovelorn Bride." Local lore says a young woman in the 1950s rented the room while awaiting her fiance, a mariner sailing into the Port of Galveston.
• Riondo's RistoranteRestaurant · Galveston, TXNow an Italian restaurant in Galveston's historic Strand District, Riondo's fills a building that once stood as a private home, and according to local lore documented by Community Impact and ABC13 it still carries the weight of the catastrophic 1900 Storm.
• The Bryan MuseumMuseum · Galveston, TXThe Bryan Museum occupies the former Galveston Orphans' Home, built in 1895, damaged in the 1900 Storm, and rebuilt to reopen in 1902, sheltering orphaned children for nearly a century.
• The Grand 1894 Opera HouseTheater · Galveston, TXBuilt in 1894 by theatrical manager Henry Greenwall with $100,000 raised from local backers, the Grand survived the 1900 Storm and reopened, going on to host Harry Houdini, Sarah Bernhardt, and other touring stars.
• The Tremont HouseInn · Galveston, TXHoused in the 1879 Leon H. Blum Building in historic downtown, the Tremont House carries the name of an earlier hotel that hosted figures like Sam Houston and Ulysses S. Grant.