THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The historic First Presbyterian Church has accumulated ghost stories involving former ministers and parishioners. Visitors have reported unexplained footsteps, voices, and apparitions inside the church.
First Presbyterian Church was built in 1841 but was burned in 1865, during the Civil War. The churce was rebuilt in its present Gothic style in 1884. Although author Thomas Wolfe’s funeral was held here, it is not his spirit who walks the halls. She is called Black Abbey, an apparition of a woman in a black dress.