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The Ghosts of Washington: The Supreme Court Building

 


The area that is now the Supreme Court has a sordid history long before the nation's highest court took residence there. That corner was the home of a large brick building that was well known to be haunted.

The Building was known as the Old Capitol Building because it temporarily housed the employees of the Capitol while the current building was being repaired from a fire.

When the workers moved out of the old building it was used as a prison for Confederate soldiers. These soldiers would scream, swear, beg, and plead their innocence while awaiting trial. The most famous of these prisoners was the well-known female Confederate spy Belle Boyd. (Below)



The building was taken over by pioneers of the Woman's Suffrage Movement, and meetings were held here while women were fighting for the right to vote. Many of these women heard screams, swearing, and begging while they were holding their meetings, some were terrified.

The building was demolished in the 1920s to make way for the Supreme Court. Although the Old Capitol Building is gone, many a Washingtonian will tell you on some early mornings before the sun rises and the feds arrive to work... the screams, rattles, and pleads for justice can be heard.