Maymont
A mansion in Richmond, Virginia, Maymont is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The Dooleys’ 1893 Gilded Age mansion—where the maid still serves. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the maid. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Maymont haunted?
The record holds 2 claims, 1 legend, 1 named entity — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed documented legend. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Maymont is the '93 — the Dooleys who built, the '13,000 sq ft' that's the mansion. The 'May Mont' is the name — the Sallie that's the maiden, the 'hill' that's the French. The '32 years' is the occupancy — the 'no intervening' that's the rare, the '1925' that's the museum.
The '200 guests' is the luncheon — the 'governors' that's the '12, the 'world travels' that's the collection. The 'belowstairs' is the exhibit — the 'servants' that's the told, the 'Black and white' that's the interplay. Maymont is the intact — the 'Gilded Age' that's the expression, the '100 acres' that's the gardens.
The file keeps Maymont: the 1893 mansion, the Dooley collection, the 32-year occupancy, and the belowstairs exhibit.
Maymont is the archive's Richmond file — the Gilded Age intact.
Why this file matters
Maymont is the archive's Richmond file — the preserved estate.
A mansion keeps its servants — the file's suggestion being that Maymont's hold is the intact: the 'no intervening' that's the rare, the 'belowstairs' that's the told, and the '32 years' that's the original.
The record of claims
A maid’s figure is reportedly seen on the stair. The figure answers to The maid in the retellings. A house with Richmond's history behind it gives the reports a setting that needs no exaggeration. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Named ghosts are the ones that last — this one has lasted.
Reported a presence in the mansion. Maymont wears the claim the way old houses do: visibly, and without comment. The reports are anecdotal — consistent enough to record, thin enough to stay unproven. 'Maymont' carries the account. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.
A maid’s figure is reportedly seen on the stair. Maymont in Richmond, Virginia is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.
Alleged entities
A maid’s figure is reportedly seen on the stair. The maid is what the reports name it. Maymont wears the claim the way old houses do: visibly, and without comment. 'Maymont' carries the account. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is The maid. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.
Documented history
Built 1893; the Dooleys left it intact to the city 1925. Maymont's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'Maymont'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Sources on file
- 01MaymontWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
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