Print ArticleIf you're the type of person who believes in ghost, ghouls, and goblins, here are few sites in town you might want to avoid this weekend.
Old St. Luke's Hospital and the Florida Casket Factory
Completed in 1878, this hospital building played a prominent role in caring for Jacksonville's citizens stricken by the yellow fever epidemic in 1888, the typhoid epidemic ten years later, and the Great Fire of 1901. In 1885, St. Luke's established the first modern nursing school in Florida. In 1914, the hospital moved to a larger complex in Springfield. In succeeding years, the old building served as a coffin factory and a warehouse, before standing vacant for several years. According to Hauntedplaces.org, rumor has it that witnesses claim ghostly patients and nurses are occasionally seen walking down its halls.
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Article by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com
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