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We are honored to have been selected by the City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, to serve as the paranormal research and investigation team for:  ​ 

MORDECAI HISTORIC PARK, RALEIGH, NC

The next festival is scheduled for October 29th, 2022


Annual Haunted Festival - 2021

We were so happy to host all those that watched our Annual Haunted Festival Stream this year! For those looking for a little Halloween fun, you can check our YouTube channel to watch the stream and listen to the personal stories, see the data clips, and learn about the history and legends associated with Mordecai Historic Park, the Borden Building, and the Tucker House. While there, be sure to subscribe!  

The Mordecai House, built in 1785, is a registered historical landmark and museum in Raleigh, North Carolina that is the centerpiece of Mordecai Historic Park, adjacent to the Historic Oakwood neighborhood. It is the oldest residence in Raleigh on its original foundation. In addition to the house, the Park includes the birthplace of President Andrew Johnson, the Ellen Mordecai Garden, the Badger-Iredell Law Office, Allen Kitchen and St. Mark's Chapel, a popular site for weddings. It is located in the Mordecai Place Historic District.

The oldest portion of the house was built by Joel Lane for his son, Henry. At one time, the plantation house was the center of a 5,000-acre plantation, one of the largest in Wake County. Lane is considered a founder of Raleigh, as 1,000 acres was sold from his plantation as the site of the city.

The house was named after Moses Mordecai, whose first wife, Margaret Lane, had inherited it from her father Henry. After she died, Mordecai married her sister Ann Lane. In 1824, Mordecai hired William Nichols, State Architect at the time, to enlarge the house. The addition was considered a significant work of Nichols, who had also been responsible for remodeling the original building containing the State House. With the addition of the four new rooms in 1826, the Mordecai house was transformed into a Greek Revival mansion.

The Mordecai family, descended from immigrant grandfather Moses Mordecai (1707–1781) of Bonn, Germany, became one of the original three hundred Jewish families in the United States and one of the few of Ashkenazic Jewish descent. The family members were prominent in local and state affairs. Jacob Mordecai, Moses' father, founded a girls' school in Warrenton, North Carolina. A prominent lawyer, Moses Mordecai was a member of the 1805 Court of Conference. With his first wife Margaret, Moses Mordecai had two sons, Henry and Jacob, and one daughter, Ellen. He and his second wife Ann had a daughter, named Margaret after his late wife, Ann's sister. Henry Mordecai became a prosperous planter at Mordecai House and was elected to the State Legislature. His daughter Margaret Mordecai married and inherited the mansion; her descendants owned and occupied Mordecai House until 1967.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Mordecai family sold off land, which was subdivided for the continuing expansion of Raleigh. In 1867, George Washington Mordecai donated land east of the city to establish a Confederate cemetery; he donated another plot for Wake County's first Hebrew Cemetery. (The adjacent Oakwood Cemetery, chartered in 1869, became the namesake of the large suburb that developed in the adjoining wooded land, which was earlier known as Mordecai Grove. In 1974, Oakwood became the first neighborhood in Raleigh to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.)

Mordecai descendants owned the mansion property until 1967, when the house and its surrounding block were put on the market. Local preservationists protested and the city purchased the property, turning it over to the Raleigh Historic Sites Commission to supervise and develop as a historic park. The commission was able to obtain many original Mordecai furnishings, as well as preserve the family papers and library. Mordecai Square Historic Park is now managed by the City of Raleigh's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department. The Mordecai House is a designated Raleigh Historic Landmark. Mordecai House was featured in a season two episode of Ghost Hunters in which the TAPS team investigated claims of paranormal activity. Mordecai Historic Park has an exclusive paranormal research team since 2017, The Ghost Guild Inc., a registered nonprofit organization that investigates the location at least three times per year and presents their findings at the annual Haunted Mordecai Festival in October.
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Investigations at Mordecai Historic Park:

  • August 12th, 2017
  • September 16th, 2017
  • October 6th, 2017
  • ​February 17th, 2018
  • ​July 21st, 2018
  • ​September 22nd, 2018
  • ​October 14th, 2018
  • August 3rd, 2019
  • August 24th, 2019
  • ​September 21st, 2019
  • ​October 12th, 2019
  • ​December 21st, 2019
  • ​October 31st, 2020 (Haunted Festival Live)
  • ​September 4th, 2021
  • April 2nd, 2022
  • January 28th, 2023
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  • About Us
    • Our Members
    • Join Our Team
  • Partnerships
    • Theatre in the Park
    • Mordecai Historic Park
    • Murfreesboro Historical Association
    • Past Partnerships >
      • Historic Salisbury Foundation
  • Reviews
  • Schedules
    • Public Investigations
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • Locations
    • Commercial (4) >
      • Murfree-Smith Law Office
      • Salisbury Ice House
      • Wallace Annex
      • William Rea Store
    • Confinement (6) >
      • Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
      • Eastern State Penitentiary
      • Ohio State Reformatory
      • Old Chester County Jail
      • Old Wikes County Jail
      • West Virginia Penitentiary
    • Schools & Dormatories (3) >
      • Borden Building
      • École des Abrissaux
      • Hertford Academy
    • Entertainment (6) >
      • Bobby Mackey's
      • Carolina Theater
      • Lincoln Cultural Center
      • Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
      • Temple Theatre
      • Theatre in the Park
    • Estates (8) >
      • Andrew-Murphy
      • Bellaire House
      • Clarke House
      • G. S. Tucker
      • John Wheeler House
      • N. B. McCanless
      • Norwood House
      • Roberts-Vaughan House
      • Vincent Allen
      • Dr. Walter Reed House
    • Hospitality & Tourism (5) >
      • Country Squire
      • Empire Hotel
      • Grand Old Lady
      • Salisbury Depot
      • Seaboard Station
    • Landmarks (2) >
      • Castle Mont Rouge
      • Lake Shawnee
    • Medical & Emergency (7) >
      • Cresson Sanatorium
      • Old Fire Station No 5
      • Old South Pittsburg
      • St. Albans
      • Sweet Springs
      • Trans-Allegheny
      • Trivette Clinic
      • Waverly Hills
    • Military (2) >
      • Fort Mifflin
      • USS North Carolina
    • Museums (11) >
      • Bellamy Mansion
      • Brunswick Museum
      • Burgwin-Wright
      • Ferry Plantation
      • Hall House
      • Jefcoat Museum
      • Joel Lane House
      • NC Museum of History
      • Mordecai Park
      • Poplar Grove
      • Robert Cleveland
  • History Speaks
  • Presentations
  • FAQs
  • Contact Us