The ghosts that haunt this building are from the Old Brick Capitol, which used to stand here. The building served as the nation's capitol for seven years, after the British burned Congress during the War of 1812. It was later used as apartment housing and then served as a prison during the Civil War. While famed Southern orator John C. Calhoun was living there, he was visited by the spirit of George Washington, who warned the South Carolinian about the consequences of secession. Calhoun heeded the Founding Father and passed his warnings on to Congress. After he died in 1850, Calhoun's ghost was seen frequently in his old residence, and he is still seemed worried about the dissolution of the Union. Haunted Places, p.106. 32 DEGREE You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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