Charles City, Virginia

Berkeley Plantation

Charles City is an unincorporated community in Charles City County, Virginia. Pictured is the Berkeley Plantation courtesy of Jet Lowe. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Berkeley Plantation

Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, is believed to be the oldest three-story brick mansion in Virginia and is the ancestral home to two Presidents of the United States: William Henry Harrison, his grandson, and Benjamin Harrison his great-great-grandson. It is now a museum.

The house is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a young girl and a man, believed to be her father. Outside the phantom of a Union soldier and drummer boy have been sighted.

Other phenomena include the sounds of footsteps, the chandelier moves, and fruit levitates.

Pictured is the Berkeley Mansion courtesy of Joe Orbin.

Berkeley Plantation, 12602 Harrison Landing Rd, Charles City, VA 23030, USA.

www.berkeleyplantation.com

For further information, please read Apparition Atlas: Ghost Hunter's Travel Guide to Haunted America by Mark P. Donnelly and Daniel Diehl.