King-Criswell-Garrett Mansion

The King-Criswell-Garrett Mansion near Uriah is said to be haunted by a grieving widow. Local history says the family living there lost loved ones to yellow fever and that her presence lingers in the house, and one former owner reported being pushed through a weak spot in the attic floor. The mansion was featured in a 2012 episode of The Dead Files, "A Widow's Rage." Dr. William H. King, nephew of William Rufus King, Alabama's only vice president, built it in the late 1850s at Packer's Bend on the Alabama River. At roughly 9,000 square feet it is believed to be the largest historic house in the state, and because it was built largely with wooden pegs instead of nails, former state legislator Eugene Garrett was able to have it dismantled and moved to its present site in the 1960s.