About This Location
The Elevator Brewery occupies the historic 1897 Columbia Building in downtown Columbus, a structure listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Over its long history, the building has housed a pool hall, a brothel, and The Clock restaurant, accumulating stories and spirits from each era. Today it serves as a popular microbrewery known for its craft beers and upscale pub fare, but its most intriguing feature may be its resident ghost.
The Ghost Story
The spirit haunting the Elevator Brewery is believed to be a woman scorned by a man named Colonel Pritchard. On a snowy February night long ago, this barefoot woman confronted Pritchard in front of The Clock restaurant and stabbed him; he later died on the restaurant floor from his wounds. Every year on the anniversary of his death, visitors claim to see her footprints appearing in the snow outside the building, as if she has returned to relive her moment of deadly vengeance. Inside, staff and patrons report cold spots, flickering lights, and the unsettling feeling of being watched. Some have glimpsed a woman in period dress moving through the restaurant before vanishing. The brewery embraces its haunted heritage, considering the ghost an atmospheric part of the historic building's charm.
