In 1847, Andrew Jackson Caldwell laid out the foundation for his new family home. With a desire for distinction, his home would not be a simple structure with four walls like so many others, but an eight sided edifice unique to the region.
Completed in 1859, it would soon become a landmark in the south-central Kentucky area.
Built for his growing family and as a headquarters for the plantation, it was occupied by the Caldwell family even after Andrew’s death in 1866. His widow, Harriet, lived in the Octagon Hall until selling the house in 1918 to Doctor Miles Williams, an osteopath from Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Williams moved from Nashville and made the Octagon Hall his residence until his death in 1954. At that time, the Octagon Hall was made rental property by his heirs.
The Octagon Hall remained rental property until The Octagon Hall Foundation was formed and obtained the building in 2001. Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the only eight-sided house in Kentucky, The Octagon Hall Foundation is furthering the efforts to save the past for the future.
The following EVP’s were captured between 2008-2010 during 4 investigations that Middle Tennessee Ghost Chasers conducted at The Octagon Hall.
This evp was captured while one of our investigators ask if Mary Elizabeth was hurt in the kitchen, this is an unkownn evp because we can’t understand what she is saying.
This file is very personal to us, as Tommy Golden was walking downstairs and was documenting the sounds on his recorder he captured the voice of Mary Elizabeth saying “Go to sleep”
The following file just goes to show us that conversations and happening between spirits even when we investigate. We captured this EVP in the winter kitchen, Tommy Golden was the only person inside the building at the time.
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