Gibson Inn HWY 98

Built in 1907 as The Franklin Hotel and renamed the Gibson Inn when sisters Annie Gibson Hayes and Mary Ellen "Sunshine" Gibson bought it in 1923, this Apalachicola landmark served as officer housing for the Army during World War II and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Guests and staff say Captain Wood, who died of pneumonia in Room 309 after returning from sea, still moves shoes and other objects and occasionally tucks in sleeping guests; footsteps and unexplained piano music have also been reported in the bar and dining room after hours. Sunshine Gibson herself, in a long gray dress with her hair in a bun, is said to roam the second floor and occasionally place phone calls to guest rooms that connect to nothing but static.