08/27/2024
Whitehead Peabody Mansion
The Peabody-Whitehead mansion is a historic residence located at 1128 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick mansion was designed in 1889 by architect Frank Edbrooke, designer of Denverβs famous Brown Palace Hotel. The mansion has been listed as a Denver landmark since 1993. The mansion was originally owned by battlefield surgeon and prominent early figure in Denver's medical community Dr. William Riddick Whitehead. In 1903 and 1904, it served as the residence of Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody. The most common reports that came out of the house besides the poltergeist activity were that of flying books, falling pictures, and extreme disturbances throughout the night.
During the busy parts of the mansionβs life, poltergeist activity was yet again on the forefront of the hauntings here. Strange issues with electrical equipment were common, and visitors even began to report the sounds of disembodied infant cries throughout the mansion and on the surrounding property. Witnesses also report books flying off the shelves, objects moving on their own, and disturbances. Employees reported glasses crashing to the ground, being thrown against walls, even breaking as they sat still on the bar top and a chandelier that is disconnected from all electricity flickers without any (known) power source. The spirits in the home are also very progressive in their thinking, as one report came out that a spirit poured a bottle of beer down the back of a cookβs shirt after he bad-mouthed the LGBT community. Investigators report that there are the least twelve spirits in the Peabody-Whitehead Mansion. Dr. Whiteheadβs spirit is said to roam the halls here, a ghost named Eloise or Ella haunts the second floor, and the basement is said to be haunted by the spirit of a waitress who reportedly committed su***de there. A woman who died in the building while waiting for her fiancΓ© has also been reported as a strange apparition peeking out of the mansionβs windows. On the first floor in the womenβs restroom, an older man is said to haunt the area and smoke a strong cherry-scented pipe. Would you visit the Whitehead Peabody Mansion? We would π»π»