{"id":2897,"slug":"one-if-by-land-new-york-new-york","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["One if by Land is the '90s — the 'Aaron Burr' that's the carriage house, the '17 Barrow' that's the address. The 'duel' is the '04 — the 'Hamilton' that's the killed, the 'Weehawken' that's the field. The 'tunnel' is the mystery — the 'Hudson Street' that's the shore, the 'smuggle' that's the possible.","The 'Theodosia' is the daughter — the 'pirates' that's the kidnapped, the 'earrings' that's the pulled. The '20 ghosts' is the count — the 'maître d' that's the quit, the 'plates' that's the flew. One if by Land is the romantic — the 'most' that's the NYC, the 'candles' that's the proposal.","The file keeps One if by Land: the Burr carriage house, the Hamilton duel, the tunnel mystery, and the 20 ghosts.","One if by Land is the archive's NYC file — the haunted restaurant."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["One if by Land is the archive's NYC file — the vice president's stable.","A carriage house keeps its ghosts — the file's suggestion being that One if by Land's hold is the Burr: the 'duel' that's the killed, the 'Theodosia' that's the daughter, and the 'tunnel' that's the mystery."]}],"name":"One if by Land","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","HISTORIC_BUILDING"],"groups":["hauntings","legends"],"desc":"Aaron Burr’s carriage house—the most haunted restaurant in New York.","full_desc":"A site in New York, New York, One if by Land is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Aaron Burr’s carriage house—the most haunted restaurant in New York. HauntHunt files it with local folklore and haunted places. Ask the file who haunts it and it answers: Aaron Burr. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. 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The reports at One if by Land are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. Sources including 'One If By Land' keep the claim in circulation. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Aaron Burr","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"One If By Land","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_if_by_Land,_Two_if_by_Sea_(restaurant)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2643,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures in the restaurant. The reports at One if by Land are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It originates in investigator claims — compelling inside the team's log, unverifiable outside it. 'One If By Land' carries the account. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"PARANORMAL_INVESTIGATION_CLAIM","evidence_label":"Investigation claim","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"One If By Land","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_if_by_Land,_Two_if_by_Sea_(restaurant)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The 1767 carriage house and the Burr connection are documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'One If By Land' documents the entry. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1767","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"One If By Land","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_if_by_Land,_Two_if_by_Sea_(restaurant)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Burr is reportedly seen in the dining room. The site in New York, New York gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. 'One If By Land' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. Every community keeps one story like this; this is theirs.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"One If By Land","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_if_by_Land,_Two_if_by_Sea_(restaurant)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"Aaron Burr","claimed_identity":"Aaron Burr","verified":null,"summary":"Burr is reportedly seen in the dining room. The presence goes by Aaron Burr. One if by Land in New York, New York carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The account appears in 'One If By Land'. The lore has a face now: Aaron Burr. 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