{"id":1657,"slug":"man-doyle-house-georgetown-south-carolina","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The house is the entertained — the '1775' that's the build's year, the 'ballroom' that's the upstairs' use. The 'Theodosia' is the danced — the 'last ball' that's the evening's fame, the 'Patriot' that's the next day's ship. The 'cypress' is the cut — the 'hand-hewn' that's the wood's form, the 'Mansfield' that's the plantation's name.","The 'in town' is the purposed — the 'entertaining' that's the house's function, the 'Mary Man' that's the builder's name. The 'heart pine' is the floored — the '8 fireplaces' that's the hearth's count, the 'Georgian' that's the style's name. The house is the kept — the 'hurricanes' that's the survived's list, the 'HABS' that's the record's form.","The file keeps the house: the entertained ball, the danced Theodosia, the cut cypress, and the kept mansion.","Man-Doyle House is the archive's South Carolina file — the ballroom where Theodosia danced last."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Man-Doyle House is the archive's South Carolina file — the last party before the Patriot sailed.","A house keeps its ballroom — the file's suggestion being that the site's hold is the farewell: the 'Theodosia' that's the guest's name, the 'lost at sea' that's the night's sequel, and the '1775' that's the survivor's age."]}],"name":"Man-Doyle House","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_HOUSE","type_label":"Historic House","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites"],"desc":"House with Theodosia folklore.","full_desc":"A historic house in Georgetown, South Carolina, Man-Doyle House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. House with Theodosia folklore. The name the accounts keep returning to is Theodosia Burr Alston. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 legend, every one filed as account rather than fact. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.","address":"Front and Queen Streets","city":"Georgetown","county":"Georgetown County","state":"South Carolina","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":33.372432,"lon":-79.280793,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery or enrichment; earliest report and independent corroboration remain under research. Confidence measures source provenance, not supernatural reality.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":43.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":868,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Tour storytellers associate this house with Theodosia Burr Alston. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Sources including 'Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast' keep the claim in circulation. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Theodosia Burr Alston","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.75,"conflict_notes":"Narrative identities or deaths require independent historical corroboration.","source":{"name":"Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast","url":"https://hammockcoastsc.com/what-are-the-10-most-haunted-places-on-the-hammock-coast/","publisher":"Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce / South Carolina Hammock Coast","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Tour storytellers associate this house with Theodosia Burr Alston. A house with Georgetown's history behind it gives the reports a setting that needs no exaggeration. 'Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. 'Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast' carries the account. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast","url":"https://hammockcoastsc.com/what-are-the-10-most-haunted-places-on-the-hammock-coast/","publisher":"Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce / South Carolina Hammock Coast","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[{"name":"Theodosia Burr Alston","claimed_identity":"Theodosia Burr Alston","verified":null,"summary":"Tour storytellers associate this house with Theodosia Burr Alston. Man-Doyle House in Georgetown, South Carolina is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. The reports keep the address on the map.","behavior":"Tour storytellers associate this house with Theodosia Burr Alston.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast","url":"https://hammockcoastsc.com/what-are-the-10-most-haunted-places-on-the-hammock-coast/","publisher":"Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce / South Carolina Hammock Coast","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast","url":"https://hammockcoastsc.com/what-are-the-10-most-haunted-places-on-the-hammock-coast/","publisher":"Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce / South Carolina Hammock Coast","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}