Tivoli High House

A historic Creole cottage in Pensacola's Seville Historic District, dating to the early 1800s. One of the best-preserved examples of French Creole architecture in Florida.

Tivoli High House is the site of Pensacola's original 1805 entertainment hub—now a historic replica holding echoes of its scandalous past. Once home to saloons, dance halls, and duels, the building draws visitors into tales of gunfighters, gamblers, and ghostly encounters. Visitors hear stories of John Wesley Hardin, one of the Old West's deadliest gunfighters, who allegedly stayed here. Locals claim Doc Holliday once stopped through as well, defending a young girl in a saloon brawl before vanishing westward to his legendary life in Tombstone. The Tivoli hosted chaos from Civil War soldiers to Old West outlaws. Hardin's violent reputation lingers, with reports of phantom gunshots and cigar smoke filling empty rooms. Apparitions, cold spots, and phantom footsteps still haunt the halls where gamblers once lost fortunes and quick-draw artists settled disputes with lead. History and the haunted collide at Tivoli High House. Pensacola deserves its place among the South's most haunted cities—the City of Five Flags is mainland America's oldest European settlement, dating to 1559, with centuries of death and drama layered into its streets. Ghost tours led by local experts and paranormal investigators from Second Sight TV explore the haunted streets where shadows stir and spirits linger.