Cragfont

General James Winchester built this frontier mansion in 1798, and it's one of Tennessee's finest late Georgian homes. His ghost is still said to keep watch over the place.

Cragfont was built between 1798 and 1802 by General James Winchester, a Revolutionary War veteran and one of the founders of Memphis. The limestone mansion is considered one of the finest examples of late Georgian architecture in Tennessee. Winchester was captured during the War of 1812 at the River Raisin Massacre, where hundreds of his men were killed. He returned a broken man and died at Cragfont in 1826.

His ghost still walks the grounds, particularly near the family cemetery where he's buried. Visitors and staff at the historic house museum report hearing heavy boots on the wooden floors when no one else is in the building, doors that refuse to stay closed, and a tall male figure seen looking out the upstairs windows at dusk. The temperature drops noticeably in Winchester's former study, even in summer.