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Eastman-Stoddard House
Savannah, Ga.
Is this a real apparition?
This is one of the most unusual photos we've ever captured. It was taken at random with a 35 mm camera using kodak 400 speed film while we were on vacation in Savannah, Ga. in October of 2005. Upon a closer look at the image on the balcony, it appears to be a confederate soldier.
We thought this photograph most unusual and worthy of posting on on the website. While we are no photography experts, please feel free to draw your own conclusions. We are currently doing some research on the house.
Update 8/16/2006
The house is located at 233 Bull Street on Chippewa Square. Construction of the house begun for jeweler Moses Eastman in 1844 and was completed for planter John Stoddard in 1847. The building's third story was added in the 20th century. In 1953, it was purchased by the Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The house is now used by a Savannah law firm. This eliminates one possible theory that the house was a musuem and possibly we had photographed a dummy or mannequin.
Teresa, a very good friend of mine who works at "The Book" gift shop in Savannah has been helping me find out more about the house. Recently she informed me that she came across a man who use to work at the house as a insurance agent some 20 years ago. He tells of a haunting there by that of a little blonde haired girl, who is seen often and likes to play on the elevator. He had no knowledge as to if the house may be haunted by a soldier or if anyone else had any encounters of this kind. However he did mention that during the civil war that Mr. stoddard, the then owner of the house did take in a wounded confederate soldier that died in the house shortly thereafter.
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