Hamilton-Turner Inn

Built in 1873 for Samuel Pugh Hamilton, who went on to serve as mayor of Savannah, this 17-room French Empire mansion on Lafayette Square was the first house in the city wired for electricity. Guests and staff describe a cigar-smoking figure pacing the rooftop with a rifle, said by some to be a murdered watchman and by others to be Hamilton himself; the sound of billiard balls rolling, children's giggling and running footsteps on the upper floors; and a Confederate soldier occasionally seen in the halls. The inn's ornate mansard roofline and dramatic facade have also led to a local claim, impossible to verify but often repeated, that it helped inspire the look of Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction.