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The White House — Washington, DC (1860s onward)

A black and white photograph of the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House, with a large bed, chandelier and furniture

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Ghost / Haunting Historical case When: Lincoln era, 1861–1865; ghost stories from the early 1900s on  ·  Where: Washington, D.C.

Status: Unverified — stories passed down in memoirs and retellings; none has been documented by independent evidence.

A black and white photograph of the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House, with a large bed, chandelier and furniture
The Lincoln Bedroom, White House (Historic American Buildings Survey photograph).
Credit: Jack E. Boucher, Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress · Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work) · Source

The Lincoln Bedroom is part of a guest suite in the southeast corner of the White House's second floor. The rooms are named for President Abraham Lincoln, who used them as his office. During the Civil War his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, grieving the death of their son Willie, was reported to have held seances in the White House.

Over the years, visitors and staff have told stories of seeing or sensing Lincoln in the house. Famous names are attached to these stories in popular accounts, including a queen of the Netherlands and a British prime minister, but the retellings vary and the original sources are hard to pin down.

The White House Historical Association has plenty of history about the rooms. The ghost stories are an old Washington tradition, but they are tradition rather than evidence.

Sources: Wikipedia: Lincoln Bedroom · White House Historical Association

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