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St. Augustine, Florida
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Lucy Abbott, a spinster from North Carolina still in her twenties, arrived in St. Augustine in 1860 and began buying land north of the Castillo de San Marcos. By the 1870s she owned a large tract there and eventually built more than 100 structures, nine of which still stand as the Abbott Tract Historic District; this 1872 mansion, now the Old Mansion Inn, was one of them. Guests and staff describe seeing two spirits: Lucy herself, an older woman believed to be a member of the Abbott family, and an old sea captain whose connection to the house isn't known.
Private residence. The Second Empire house on Joiner Street was once the Old Mansion Inn but is no longer open to guests or visitors. It can only be seen from the street; please respect the owner's privacy.
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