Brownstone Manor at 330 Lapsley Street
Thursday, 9:00 – 11:00 pm
Friday, 9:00 – 11:00 pm
If you have ever watched a “ghost hunting show” and wondered what a professional investigation would be like, then this is “MUST” stop for you. A new addition to Selma’s Pilgrimage this year will be a paranormal investigation of Brownstone Manor by the Black Belt Paranormal Research Team. Guests will have the unique opportunity to use real ghost hunting equipment and experience for themselves the thrill of paranormal investigating.
This is one house that guests are encouraged to bring flashlights, cameras and recording devices! The investigation for the presence of ghosts will be on Thursday and Friday evenings, March 18 and 19. Small group tours are limited and begin every 30 minutes from 9 – 10:30 pm.
Owned by Sam and Angie Golson, this late 19th Century sandstone is a Neo-Classic mansion that is the perfect nighttime Pilgrimage house. Like Ashford, the Brownstone Manor exemplifies the reappearance of great-columned mansions on the southern architectural scene in the early 1900s. These were often larger and more elaborate than their pre-Civil War ancestors. Here, a towering Corinthian colonnade shelters wide, elliptically-arched windows that flank a graceful entry accented by an overhanging balcony. The rock-faced block which clads the house is very unusual in a region where wood and brick were the dominant building materials.
The Golson’s are not the only residents of this beautiful period home. No less than three resident spirits have been documented by several professional paranormal teams, as well has been featured on the Rick and Bubba show, Ghost Hunters and HGTV.
Guests will also enjoy the home’s architectural details. Best known as a “mirrored house,” the home is one of only a few in the Southeast and was built for its outside appearance after dark. Its windows are identical on both floors, and every chandelier is lined up with the big picture windows, which is why doors and chandeliers are often off-center inside.
Outside, the Corinthian pillars are massive, and inside an original bandstand is located across from the 
dining room. The area can be opened and used as a dance floor. The house has a “social porch” where there are no exterior steps, but the double set of social doors let passersby know if guests are being received. If the first set of doors is closed, then the host (or ghost?) is not receiving guests.
These days, the Brownstone Manor’s first floor parlors, dining room and courtyards are rented for parties and receptions with Golson serving as floral arranger and event coordinator. Brides have come from all over the United States to marry in the mansion or one of its adjacent courtyards.
