Haunted Detroit: Searching for paranormal activity at The Whitney

BRIDGE Magazine: The Whitney, a restaurant in a historic Detroit mansion, is also one of the city’s most famously haunted places. The 19th century mansion of lumber baron David Whitney Jr. has had several deaths on its premises over the years, and guests and employees have shared experiences of encounters with spirits.

One Detroit’s Chris Jordan, Andrea Riley, and Leland Stein spoke with The Whitney’s house historian Yvonne Szymczak and accompanied Dye Paranormal, the Whitney’s official paranormal investigators, on a ghost tour.  

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According to Szymczak and information on The Whitney’s website, construction of the building was completed in 1894 for lumber baron David Whitney Jr. and his family. It was the family’s home until Whitney Jr.’s wife Sara, then a widow, died in 1917. After her death, the house was used by The Wayne County Medical Society and The Visiting Nurse Association. It was turned into a restaurant in 1986.

Talk of paranormal activity at the mansion has been ongoing since the medical society and Visiting Nurse Association occupied the building. Guests and employees continue to share stories of paranormal experiences on the premises.