![]() ![]() It’s no surprise that the Exchange Hotel has ghosts. However, it appears that investigations have yielded a huge amount of evidence, including EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena), photographs, video and recorded personal experiences. According to the C-ville article, the hotel has been investigated some 20 times. Some places appear to be positively crawling with ghosts and the Exchange Hotel seems to be one of those places. The editors of Wikipedia have also deemed National Register properties to be notable enough to create separate articles on each which can be quite helpful and often provides information not found on the nomination form, though many places do not yet have articles. NHLs are those places deemed by the NPS to be of national significance and inclusion as an NHL includes automatic listing on the National Register. Among those forms currently available are all forms for National Historic Landmarks (NHLs). Unfortunately, outside of Virginia, the National Park Service (NPS), the keepers of the National Register, has only made select forms available online. If available, these forms can present a fairly accurate history of a location. God bless the Virginia Department of Historic Resources for placing the state’s numerous (over 2,700 statewide) National Register forms online! It makes historical research on this location much easier. An article appeared in a recent edition of C-ville, a Charlottesville, Virginia news and arts weekly and I immediately became interested in seeing what I could find on this place. ![]() The Exchange Hotel is one of those places. As I’m researching and beginning to write about Southern ghosts, I’ll be highlighting places that appear on my radar due to recent news articles. ![]()
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