Casefile: Historic Rosedale

https://www.historicrosedale.org/

Hidden in an urban oasis just 3 miles from the heart of Uptown Charlotte, the house museum now known as Historic Rosedale is one of the oldest and finest examples of Federal-style architecture in the Southeast.  Constructed in 1815 by Charlotte postmaster and tax collector Archibald Frew, the house served as a private home to five generations of intertwined families—Frew, Caldwell, and Davidson—until 1986, when it was sold to the Historical Foundation and restored to its original nineteenth century grandeur.

Rosedale has a long history of ghostly activity.  Family members as well as current museum staff have numerous stories of past residents who have chosen to remain behind.  Voices, footsteps, photographs, and even sightings of Rosedale’s former inhabitants all contribute to her standing as one of the most haunted places in Charlotte.

CAPS is proud to partner with Historic Rosedale in leading paranormal investigations of the house and grounds three times a year, as well as participate in and contribute to monthly Haunted History tours sharing the stories of Rosedale’s ghostly residents.  Each of these events generate much-needed funds towards maintaining and preserving this historic treasure.

Some of the more notable evidence seen over the years includes:

• Full body apparitions​
• Unexplained sounds​
• EMF readings

Rosedale Video Interviews & Haunted History

Haunted Rosedale

Carolina Connection Takes a look at Historic Rosedale

Rosedale’s Haunted Photo Collection

Click photos for a larger view.

This is a collection of photos from various sources from over the years. Most were taken during public investigations.

This is from a Fathers Day weekend hunt. Believed to be an apparition walking beside those 2 gentlemen wearing backpacks. Taken by a participant in apublic fund-raising hunt. CAPS believes the apparition to be Clara Louise Hegy Davidson strolling across the front lawn of Rosedale.

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A clip form the end of short video clip. Shows a white figure we have seen before in the garden and around the house

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A photo sent by a Rosedale guest. Do you see anyting?

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Taken looking over toward the swamp chestnut tree.

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The is first of a before and after photo taken on the path leading out of the garden running behind the house. The 3 ladies on the public hunt heard something and took a series of pictures as they quickly left the garden.

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This is second of a before and after series taken on the path leading out of the garden running behind the house. The 3 ladies on the public hunt heard something and took a series of pictures as they quickly left the garden.

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This part of a before and after series. This is the first photo and has nothing it it. In the photo taken right after, a black blob blocks the view. This is in the cellar at one of the public hunts.

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This part of a before and after series. This is the second photo, taken right after the first. A black blob blocks the view. This is in the cellar at one of the public hunts.

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Cher sitting down in the cellar. This is a LIDAR image taken by one of our participants at a public hunt. That other image is thought to be a child interacting with Cher.

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LIDAR image taken during a public ghost hunt of participants near the smithy. It is believed they may be interacting with a child spirit.

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These thermal images were taken with a FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed) imager. This happened during the wrap up of a student graduation project for Cole Walsh (younger brother of team member Cameron). The investigation had finished, and Cole just happened to point the imager at the back of Rosedale and said he thought he was getting something. The house itself was empty and locked up. The figure in the window only appeared in the thermal image and was not visible to anyone in the group. It moved from window to window in the otherwise empty house.

CAPS believes it was likely Mary Louise Davidson.

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