Sweetwater Mansion

A veteran of the War of 1812, John Brahan owned more than 4,000 acres in eastern Lauderdale County, Alabama. The eight room home was built of bricks manufactured by Brahan's slaves on the site of Sweetwater Creek which lay just below the house. Sweetwater Mansion received its name from the creek and was first occupied by Brahan's son-in-law Robert M. Patton, a post-Civil War governor of Alabama, who completed the mansion in 1835.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Stories of paranormal activity have been told about the house for many years. Numerous apparitions have allegedly been seen in and around the house.{{cite news |title=Sweetwater Mansion site of paranormal activity hunters |author=Bernie Delinski |newspaper=Times Daily |date=30 October 2011}}{{cite book |title=Haunted North Alabama |last=Penot |first=Jessica|year=2010 |publisher=History Press |location=Charleston, SC |isbn=978-1-59629-990-0 |pages=123–125}}

Sweetwater Mansion was featured in an episode of A&E's Paranormal State on April 25, 2011.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1894106/ - "Paranormal State: Southern Discomfort at Sweetwater Mansion {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}{{cite book |title=Skeletons In The Closet: More True Ghost Stories of the Shoals Area |last=Johnston |first=Debra |year=2003 |publisher=Self Published |isbn=978-0-9752767-1-6 |pages=51–55}}{{self-published inline|date=January 2024}} Sweetwater Mansion was also featured as a haunted location on the paranormal TV series Most Terrifying Places in America which aired on the Travel Channel in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/most-terrifying-places/episodes/shadow-factory|title = Shadow Factory}}{{Better source example|date=January 2024}}

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Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Alabama

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Category:1835 establishments in Alabama

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