Decatur House, Washington, Washington DC - Discussion
Anonymous
· Oct. 30, 2025, 8:57 p.m.
Discussion thread for Decatur House, Washington, Washington DC.
The ghost of war hero Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., is said to peer out the second-story window of his 1819 house or walk out its back door. Decatur was killed just 14 months after moving here, in a duel between himself and former friend James Barron. Ghostly weeping also can be heard here, which...
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