New York has always been a city that pulses with life, yet tucked away in a quieter corner of NoHo lies a place where the past refuses to stay buried. Its walls whisper secrets from a time long gone, and the air carries a chill that no heater can chase away. Few visitors step inside expecting the kind of stories that linger long after the doors are closed.
The Merchant’s House Museum is often referred to as Manhattan’s most haunted house. It is a unique 1832 brick and marble row house with a history that feels alive. Sometimes a little too alive. Once the residence of wealthy merchant Seabury Tredwell and his family.
The house became a museum in 1936 after the last family member, Gertrude Tredwell, passed away. Intriguingly, Gertrude spent her last 24 years living alone in the home, preserving it exactly as her father had wanted. Reports say she died in the very bed she was born in, cementing the house’s eerie reputation.
New York’s Merchant House Museum: A Portal to the Past and Paranormal
Over the decades, strange happenings have been recorded throughout the building. Paranormal investigator Dan Sturges has visited more than 100 times, capturing ghostly voices, unexplained footsteps, and even the distant notes of a piano…