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-Sprague Mansion, Cranston.
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The Sprague Mansion was well maintained in its original condition down through the years, although some changes were made to the interior following the Civil War. Modern facilities have since been tastefully added making the building suitable for the use of large groups when required. Now restored to much of its elegance and splendor the Mansion is once again used for cultural and civic activities. Furnished throughout by gifts and items on loan, the Mansion holds items that belonged to the Sprague family. It is believed to be haunted by numerous spirits.
-Old Wedderburn House, Narragansett.
Located on Front Street.
It is reported the spirit of a tiny woman, dressed in a black veil, haunts this house.
-Porter Mansion, Newport.
25 Greenough Place 02840.
Haunted by Richard Washburn Child who died here.
-Belcourt Castle, Newport.
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Belcourt Castle was constructed for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, who inherited a fortune from his father August Belmont, the Rothschild Banking representative in America. His summer cottage incorporated his love for horses and armor, medieval and renaissance architecture within 60-rooms. In the chapel here there is said to be a statue of a monk. Once located near the stairs, it was moved to the chapel after the spirit of a monk kept appearing.
-Scalabrini Villa Nursing Home, North Kingstown.
860 North Quidnesset Road, 401-884-1802
Now a retirement home for nuns and priests, Scalabrini Villa Nursing Home is comprised of two buildings. Many say you can hear the spirit of children in the older building, which was once a hospital for children. They can be heard playing and laughing, sometimes crying, and room 103 is thought to be the most haunted.
-College Hill, Providence.
Numerous sites combined.
After basing many of his stories on the colleges and towns in Providence, the spirit of H.P. Lovecraft is said to roam widely here, traveling from the hills to the campuses where he once taught.
-The Astors' Beechwood Mansion, Newport.
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Beechwood was built in 1851 for a New York City merchant named Daniel Parrish; the architects were Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. William Backhouse Astor, Jr., purchased the mansion in 1881, and it became the social center for New York Society for twenty-five years of the Gilded Age. William B., as his wife called him, was the grandson of John Jacob Astor, the German immigrant who made himself the richest man in America by investing in fur trading and real estate. Even in 1999, he is listed as the fourth-wealthiest American ever (Microsoft's Bill Gates is fifth). Here at the mansion candles have been known to blow out and footsteps can be heard echoing from a secret staircase. Also, along with strange images and noises, many get the impression of being watched.
-Salve Regina University, Newport.
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Salve Regina College was chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. Founded under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Mercy, Salve Regina was established as an independent institution in the Catholic tradition of education, providing higher education to women and men. Here in the Wakehurst Student Center, as well as in many of the dorms, you can hear names being called. Also, in Carey Mansion, a nun is said to have once hung herself.
-The Aldrich Mansion, Warwick.
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Aldrich Mansion is situated on a majestic seventy-five acre estate on scenic Narragansett Bay. Built during the "Golden Years" of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, who was a Rhode Island native born to poverty but destined for greatness. The estate once held a Teahouse, since destroyed by fire. It was here Abby Aldrich, one of the Senator's eight children, wed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (the sole male heir to the Standard Oil fortune and father of Nelson A. Rockefeller, former Governor of New York and later Vice President of the United States). It's said that once of the Senator's daughters jumped to her death here and can still be seen roaming the mansion today.
-Roger Williams University Theatre, Bristol.
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Affectionately known as "the Barn," the Performing Arts Center was originally built in 1890 as a horse barn for use on a Gloucester, RI farm. In 1984, the structure was moved to the Bristol campus and renovated as part of a project by historic preservation majors and faculty members. The unique building now houses a theater, practice studios and faculty offices. The spirit here, sometimes referred to as Banquo by the students, is said to be a farmhand who once froze to death in the old barn. Cold spots, names being called by the unseen and heavy winds blowing in during productions have been reported.
-Xavier Hall, Johnson & Wales, Providence.
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Once St. Xavier Rectory, many students report furniture moving about and cold spots.
-Colt School, Bristol.
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Colt Andrews School is actually two schools used as one. Colt School was built in 1906 out of marble and bronze and given to the town by Samuel Pomery Colt. It served as a high school until 1966. Andrews School was built in 1938, with money left to the town by Robert D. Andrews, in memory of his father, Robert Shaw Andrews who had been a superintendent of Bristol Schools. These two schools now serve as the 4th and 5th grades for some Bristol elementary school students. Approximately 250 students attend the school. They go back and forth between the two schools each day. Colt School houses 5 classrooms, the auditorium, the music room, the art room and the cafeteria. Andrews school houses 7 classrooms, the gymnasium and the library media center. The spirits of a family whose pictures hang in the gym are thought to haunt here. Voices and odd smells have been encountered in the boy's restroom and some say at night you can see the resident ghosts wandering the halls.
-Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, URI, Kingston.
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The students here call their spirit, who haunts the third floor, Barbara. They also think that the small child who has been seen bouncing a ball down the main aisle of the third floor sleeping decks is Barbara's child.
-Castle Hill, Newport.
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Formerly home to Mr. Agassiz, and now used as an inn, the female spirit that tosses china around the pantry and has occasionally appeared to staff members, is thought to be related to the previous management.
-Block Island
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Some say that a ship caught fire here many years ago and that the strange lights at the south tip of the island, as well as the sound of a child crying, are related to that incident.
-Great Swamp, Charlestown.
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The spirits of many Indians, massacred by the colonists, still haunt this swamp.
-Cumberland Monastery, Cumberland.
Located on Route 114. OPEN: Dawn to dusk. 728-2400.
Site of a former Cistercian Monastery, now owned and maintained by the Town of Cumberland, a fire destroyed many buildings built by the Trappist Monks in the 1950's. Portions of the original monastery buildings are still intact. Said to be haunted by a monk who likes to shut tourist's books when left unattended, a phantom rider on the trials and a small child who runs about in the swamp area and a few of the back trails.
-Fairfield Inn, Warwick.
36 Jefferson Boulevard, 401-941-6600
The spirit of a weathered looking man dressed in 1700 clothing and a triangular hat has been seen on the bottom floor here in one of the rooms near the entrance.
-Founders Hall, Newport.
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From what I can tell, I think Founders Hall is the current home of the United States Naval War College Museum located at 686 Cushing Road. Paul sent in the following story relating to it: "The story goes during the opening year of the building two of the four girls living in one of the quads were found mysteriously dead after previously hearing scratching and a whistling from the nearby window."
-Mercy Brown's Grave, Exeter.
"Late in the nineteenth century three members of the Brown family died, probably of consumption. A mother, two daughters, and then a son also became ill. The family decided that the son did not have consumption but was being attacked by a vampire. The bodies of the three women were dug up, the hearts were cut out of the bodies and burned on a nearby rock in the cemetery behind the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church. The object of burning the hearts, we are told, "was to procure medicine for the ailing Edwin Brown. He dissolved the ashes in the medicine the doctor had given him." The story of the Browns was printed in the newspaper in 1976. In that printed version the reporter said that only one of the Brown women, Mercy, had blood in her veins when she was dug up and so she was the vampire."
{Thank's to Brianna-courtesy of the 'Haunted Dawghouse'}
-BLOCK ISLAND
Burning Eyes
Fiery apparitions haunt the residents of Block Island. The phantom known as Burning Eyes has burning embers for eyes and is usually discovered on the back porches of houses late at night. During the hard winters here, the bodies of deceased people used to be stored at the back of houses, so they could be buried when the ground thawed. Burning Eyes is believed to be one of those spirits, who lingered longer than the spring thaw.
All of the sightings of Burning Eyes have been in the town of Block Island on the eastern coast. Block Island is off the south coast of Rhode Island. It lies eleven miles from Long Island, in the Rhode Island Sound, between Montauk and Gay Head. The island can be reached by ferry from Galilee, Rhode Island, which is near Point Judith. A schedule is available from Interstate Navigation Co., Box 482, New London, CT 06320. Phone: 203-442-7891. A brochure on the island can be obtained from the Chamber of Commerce, Drawer D, Block Island, RI 02807. Phone: 401-466-2982
-NEWPORT
Porter Mansion
This great house was built by Mrs. Mary Porter in 1848, but it is haunted by the ghost of lawyer Richard Washburn Child, who died in the building on January 31, 1935. He served as President Harding's Ambassador to Italy and even collaborated with Mussolini on his autobiography. Child's ghost has been seen on the third floor, the stairway, and in the first floor hallway.
The old mansion was converted to apartments. It is located at 25 Greenough Place, Newport, RI 02840.
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