Showing posts with label Joseph Shipley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joseph Shipley. Show all posts

Friday, October 22, 2010

Rockwood mansion in Wilmington Delaware - Vortex of Souls

Quaker banker Joseph Shipley built at Gothic style retirement home in Wilmingon Delaware, Rockwood Mansion in 1854.  After building his wealth and spending most of his life in England, Shipley moved to Wilmington Delaware to retire along with his gardner and house keeper.
Rockwood Mansion, Wilmington DE
Joseph Shipley

When Shipley passed away in 1891 the property was passed on to Edward Bringhurst who was his nephew.  He moved there the following year with his wife Anna and three of their children.  Nancy Hargraves a descendant of the Bringhurst family, was the last person to use the mansion as a residence.  In 1973, it along with the grounds was turned into a park.

Mary Bringhurst, daughter of Edward Bringhurst

It is said the the mansion is haunted by it's former inhabitants and servants including the chilren.  When photographs are taken inside, plasma orbs and faces of the former family that lived there will appear in the photos including Mary Bringhurst.  

The Gothic architecture of Rockwood Mansion sometimes yields a strange vortex above it at night