Sweetwater Mansion
Florence, AL 35630
Built by General John Brahan, a veteran of the War of 1812, the Sweetwater Mansion was completed in 1835 and first occupied by Brahan's son-in-law, Robert Patton, who would later become Governor of Alabama. Many stories have been told of ghosts residing in the old plantation house, including one in which a caretaker came downstairs one day to find a casket laid out with a Confederate soldier inside. It is believed the phantom casket and body belonged to one of Patton's sons, who died during the Civil War and whose funeral service was held within the mansion. There have also been reports of shadowy figures, women dressed in 19th century garb, and disembodied whispers. Objects have moved of their own accord, and some have reported hearing the sounds of children laughing and playing when no children have been in the house.
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Reviews
The overall description of the comment a d its entirety is spot on, I played my entire childhood at the old weeden home and yes the weekend did occupy the home after the original owners. Thus you have weeden school adjacent to the property.i played several years in the old barns and recall the old man who was a caretaker which covered the property at times in his old pickup truck, my grandfather was grady Roberson which was head of the old county rd department and owner of sweetwater trout farm right on sweetwater Avenue. I had one of the best childhoids a kid could ask for....magical rest assured. B. Cooper
March 2025
| Would Recommend | Yes |
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful
So many scary thihngs happened so much i can never go back eever
October 2024
| Would Recommend | No |
My family and I went to Sweetwater Mansion one night to “ghost hunt”. I was taking random pictures. Later on, after I was home going through the shots I’d taken, I noticed one frame that clear as day had a little boy looking out one of the left bottom floor windows.
October 2024
| Would Recommend | Yes |
No, this is NOT the Weeden house, so the post from 2018, isn't relevant. Mrs. Jessie passed in the 70's. There is a foundation currently trying to restore and help bring Sweetwater back to it's former glory, they have talked about possibly opening it to paranormal investigators after they have preserved the history of the home and brought the stories back of the family that lived there. We have had such a problem with people trespassing and vandalizing both the home and the graveyard because of trespassing "Ghost hunters" that the graveyard is in bad need of repair and parts of the home are awful, including the windows being broken out. While helping there I have felt watched and seen shadows out of the corner of my eye, but nothing too threatening. I just hope they are able to restore the home back to its' former glory and that no one tries to mess up anything we have started.
September 2024
| Would Recommend | Unsure |
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
so one night me and my friends it was 6 of us so we was all talking about going to the house as a joke right but come find out the was being for real about so I went and of course I was in the back by my self and I saw black look like a female or male run in front of me so I got sacred and run to the car
February 2024
| Would Recommend | No |
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Our team is interested in investigating your home. Please let me know if you would be interested in hosting our team.
Thank you for your consideration,
Kelly Wilson
January 2023
| Would Recommend | Yes |
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Hello we are a paranormal investigating group of 3 and we were wondering if we could investigate the sweet water mansion for 8 to 10hours. One night in the first week of january and if so please contact us through email...look us up on youtube as well. Paranormalskepticstv(youtube)
December 2022
| Would Recommend | Yes |
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Was it true that there was a lady who lived in Sweetwater mansion who's son went to fight in the civil war and was killed and she had a secret room built in the basement where she kept his corpse?I saw that on Ghost Adventures but it wasn't mentioned anywhere here so
January 2021
9 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Didn't the caretakers have the entrance of their living quarters to the main house blocked off because of paranormal experiences?
December 2020
| Would Recommend | Yes |
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
I am writing a ghost story on this and it seems haunted enough for me. I for one do not belive in ghost or people being able to haunt other people. I don't for one know if this place is actually haunted but if you are in the neighborhood just drive by and look.
September 2019
| Would Recommend | Unsure |
2 out of 7 people found this review helpful
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