Millermore Mansion

A towering Greek Revival mansion built in 1861, now located in Dallas Heritage Village (Old City Park). Originally built by William Brown Miller on his plantation south of Dallas.

The Millermore Mansion, a towering Greek Revival masterpiece built in 1861, now resides in Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park—but its spectral inhabitants apparently made the move along with the architecture. When the crumbling mansion was rescued from demolition in 1968 and relocated to its current location, the ghost stories and paranormal encounters began almost immediately.

William Brown Miller, one of the most prosperous cotton planters and slaveholders in Antebellum Texas, constructed the grand home just as the Civil War erupted. The mansion witnessed the brutal transition from slavery to freedom, the deaths of several Miller children, and generations of joy and sorrow within its elegantly appointed rooms. When the home was painstakingly moved to preserve it, the spirits seemed to follow.

The most commonly reported apparition is a woman in a brown dress—believed to be either Minerva Miller, the lady of the house, or a devoted former caretaker—who glides up the grand staircase with ethereal grace. Historian and tour guide accounts describe seeing her in broad daylight, moving through the mansion with purpose before vanishing through solid walls. During one memorable incident, two volunteers posing for a promotional photo in a doorway were forcefully pushed apart by unseen hands.

Paranormal investigators have captured mysterious voices and documented significant EMF spikes, particularly in the attic where the most intense activity seems concentrated. The children's section of the home generates its own encounters—perhaps the spirits of the Miller children who died young still play within the rooms they once knew.

Visitors report cold spots that move through the house, phantom footsteps on the stairs, and the persistent sensation of being watched from the upstairs windows. From the gazebo across the street, observers have photographed a woman in period costume standing at second-floor windows—during times when the mansion was confirmed to be locked and empty.