Houmas House Plantation
Houmas House is located in Darrow, Louisiana, and while construction was going on to renovate the grand house, the construction workers often came in contact with the ghost of a little girl. She would often walk down the spiral staircase to only disappear abruptly. The girl was wearing a blue dress and had dark eyes and brown hair. In the new grand house, she is often seen in the morning or early afternoon. She is either seen going along on tours, skipping upstairs, or walking down the main steps. The little girl’s identity is not 100% known, but it has been narrowed down to two scenarios.
The first is the daughter of Colonel John Preston and his wife Caroline, who began ownership of the plantation in 1825. In 1848, the two lost their daughter to yellow fever, possibly this little girl. The Colonel and his wife were distraught and moved away. The other scenario is that the ghost is the daughter of Colonel William P. Miles and his wife Harriet. In 1900, their 7 year-old daughter was killed and buried in the estate’s cemetery. The headstones of the cemetery were washed in 1927 when the levees broke, maybe causing an unrest to her spirit.
(Source: Dwyer, Jeff. Ghost Hunter’s Guide to New Orleans. 2007.)
