Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus

The historic 1897 Columbia Building in downtown Columbus has had quite a past — pool hall, brothel, restaurant — before becoming the Elevator Brewery. It's on the National Register of Historic Places, and apparently one of its former residents never moved on.

The spirit haunting the Elevator Brewery is thought 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's returned to relive her moment of deadly vengeance. Inside, staff and patrons report the temperature dropping sharply in certain areas, 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.