Read more about haunted Stevensburg in this previous article. With its long history and abandoned buildings galore, it’s no wonder this town is haunted. Stevensburg is a creepy town that is known for its paranormal activity. Yes, there are haunted towns in Virginia. From historic homes like the George Wythe House or the Peyton Randolph House to creepy Crawford Road in Yorktown, scary adventures await in every corner of the state. With the state's long history, there are plenty of haunted and scary places in Virginia that can keep even the bravest soul up all night. What are some of the scariest places in Virginia? Learn more about this abandoned town and several others in this Virginia Ghost Towns road trip post. Today you can hike a trail to see some of the ruins left behind. After the canal closed in 1828, the town went downhill and was eventually abandoned. Once a small community and the headquarters for the construction of the canal, it once had homes, a mill, and a tavern, among other buildings. Share this post with a friend, subscribe to the newsletter and be sure to like us on Facebook where we update every day with livestreams, happenings on the blog and memes.Yes, there are numerous ghost towns in Virginia including Matildaville. Photo at the bottom, after the church photos. Since it was a busy area we decided not to poke around, but it’s definitely worth a mention. He didn’t seem to mind me were there, but we didn’t snoop around for too long.īonus – there is an abandoned house across the street. He said a lot of people come to photograph the building or use it as a backdrop for photo shoots. A man who works there came over on his way into work and asked if we were interested in the building, as it is for sale. Shares a parking lot with an office building. Nothing online indicates this location is not still abandoned.īuilt in 1889. If you have any info about this building please comment or contact me. This makes me think that, as of now, the building still stands. However, I can’t find any news article, images or videos regarding the demolition. That article says the demolition was scheduled for six months away, which would have been March 2018. The most recent article I could find regarding the demolition was from September 2017, when it was announced the smokestack would be demolished along with the building despite efforts from the city to save it. Articles from the summer of 2017 state the building was scheduled to be torn down as soon as asbestos was cleaned up from the area. The building was bought in 2014 and was surrounded by a chain link fence when we visited in 2017. In 1987 all beer production moved to the Schoenling factory and the Hudepohl building has been abandoned ever since. This building was the main brewery in 1986 when Hudepohl merged with local brewery Schoenling. The brewery was established in the 1880s, but I’m uncertain if this exact building was built around that time or not. This building was Hudepohl Brewing Company. After are our photos.Īs of August 2018, I am unable to confirm the building still stands. Here’s a cool image of the church from around 1900, from the Cincinnati Public Library. It seems like there was a movement to make the church into a community center around 2010, but it seems like those efforts stopped around 2012. You can find a lot of photos of the inside online, but we did not have permission to enter. This church was built somewhere in the neighborhood of 1850. In researching, I found a lot of photos and videos of people inside the building, but we only photographed from the outside. In 2014 developers tried to make it into apartments but that seems to have failed, as the building is for sale again as of May 2018. The building has been vacant for over 20 years. There’s no better setting for a spooky ghost story than at the cursed Rispin Mansion in Capitola. On to the photos! Abandoned Places in Cincinnati No. We encourage you to be respectful of your surroundings and do not trespass or put yourself in danger when visiting abandoned locations. We did not attempt to enter any of these locations as most had no trespassing signs. We were able to explore each a little and photograph from the outside. (If you’re interested though, find out more about the ghost ship here.)Įven without the ghost ship, we did find four great abandoned places in Cincinnati to check out. After extensive research, we found that to do it legally you have to kayak down the river and that just wasn’t something we could do. Unfortunately we decided not to visit the ghost ship. We specifically chose Cincinnati to visit for a few reasons – neither of us had been there, it was within our gas budget to get there and there is a ghost ship in the Ohio River, just outside Cincinnati. We visited and photographed four abandoned places in Cincinnati Ohio when we visited in May of 2017.
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