Dueler's Alley

This is from Popular ghost stories.

Travelling down either Queen or Cumberland Streets between East Bay and Meeting, you'll pass Philadelphia Alley. A sign posted in the alley reads: "Philadelphia Alley, 1766. Francis Kinloch created this passage in 1776. Known as Kinloch's court, it led to a row of rental tenements behind his home. These buildings and most of the neighborhood were destroyed in the fire of 1796. In 1801, William Johnson, a Revolutionary War veteran, purchased Kinloch's land, but the area remained derelict for years. After another fire in 1810, the city of Philadelphia graciously sent financial aid to help rebuild. The court was reopened as a street in 1811 and, with William Johnson's help, renamed to honor the generosity of Philadelphia's citizens." As you travel from the Queen Street access to Cumberland, you’ll see two bricked up doorways on the right. This was home to a bar that considering the seclusion of the street, serviced “a rougher crowd.” As can happen, disagreements occur, which would be settled outside, occasionally in a duel, thus the nickname. Look closely at the walls left and right of the bricked entries and you’ll find what look to be bullet holes. Every so often, reports of full bodied apparitions traversing the alley are seen, some even digressing into the now bricked entry. Though these have eluded us, we have photographed orbs, mists and lights in this alley.

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Dueler's Alley
The official name is Philadelphia Alley. Click here for more info.

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The official name is Philadelphia Alley. Click here for more info.
"Dueler's Alley" Charleston, SC

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