Qualla: McRaven House https://qualla.com/mcraven-house en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/z/2/mcraven-house-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: McRaven House https://qualla.com/mcraven-house McRaven House: Introduction https://qualla.com/mcraven-house/ Photo credit Zamburak, CC BY-SA 4.0. National Geographic called it the "Time Capsule of the South," and the name fits. McRaven House in Vicksburg, Mississippi, is not one house but three, each built by a different owner in a different era, fused together into a single structure that reads like a layered archaeological dig of antebellum life. Walk through its rooms and you pass from the rough-hewn frontier of 1797 through the refined Empire style of the 1830s and into the columned grandeur of Greek Revival before the Civil War. No architect planned this progression. History simply accumulated here, one addition at a time, on a piece of ground that has witnessed pioneer hardship, wartime carnage, and decades of silent decay.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/z/2/mcraven-house-wp/9vz2-mcraven-house-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full McRaven House: Three Houses in One https://qualla.com/mcraven-house/ Photo credit Zamburak, CC BY-SA 4.0. Andrew Glass built the first section around 1797 as a way station for travelers heading along the Natchez Trace toward Nashville. It was modest by any standard: a kitchen on the ground floor, a single room above it. That pioneer core still stands, its hand-hewn timbers darkened b...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/z/2/mcraven-house-wp/9vz2-mcraven-house-three-houses-in-one.mp3 0:06 2 full McRaven House: Shrapnel and Bricks https://qualla.com/mcraven-house/ Photo credit Zamburak, CC BY-SA 4.0. When the Siege of Vicksburg engulfed the city in 1863, McRaven found itself at the center of the storm. Its proximity to the railroad made it a target, and the house was battered by cannon fire from both Union and Confederate forces. It served as a Confederate field hospital and ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/z/2/mcraven-house-wp/9vz2-mcraven-house-shrapnel-and-bricks.mp3 0:06 3 full McRaven House: The Recluses of Harrison Street https://qualla.com/mcraven-house/ Photo credit Zamburak, CC BY-SA 4.0. William Murray bought McRaven in 1882 and raised seven children within its walls. He died there in 1911, his wife Ellen in 1921, their daughter Ida in 1946. After these deaths, two unmarried Murray sisters, Annie and Ella, lived on alone with no modern conveniences beyond a telep...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/z/2/mcraven-house-wp/9vz2-mcraven-house-the-recluses-of-harrison-street.mp3 0:06 4 full McRaven House: Resurrection on a Shoestring https://qualla.com/mcraven-house/ Photo credit Zamburak, CC BY-SA 4.0. O.E. Bradway purchased McRaven in 1960, performed cosmetic repairs, and opened it for public tours the following year. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1979. Charles and Sandra Harvey later acquired the property for $75,000 and undert...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/z/2/mcraven-house-wp/9vz2-mcraven-house-resurrection-on-a-shoestring.mp3 0:06 5 full McRaven House: Ghosts in the Halls https://qualla.com/mcraven-house/ Photo credit Zamburak, CC BY-SA 4.0. McRaven's reputation as "the most haunted house in Mississippi" has drawn paranormal investigators and curious visitors for decades. The house was featured on Ghost Adventures in 2018, with investigators exploring reports of an aggressive spirit attributed to Andrew Glass, descri...

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