Sorrel-Weed House

Designed by architect Charles Cluskey and built between 1838 and 1840 for shipping merchant Francis Sorrel, this house is one of Savannah's most-toured haunted sites. As the story is told on tours of the house today: in 1860, Francis's wife Matilda discovered him with Molly, an enslaved woman he kept in separate quarters in the carriage house; grief-stricken, Matilda fled to the home's upper balcony and threw herself to the courtyard below. A contemporary letter from a family friend corroborates that Matilda's death was ruled a suicide, making it one of the better-documented tragedies behind any Savannah ghost story. Visitors report cold drafts, disembodied voices, and a heavy, draining feeling in certain rooms, with activity reported both in the main house, attributed to Matilda, and in the old carriage house, attributed to Molly.