Meet Athalea, our Chateau Ghost!

The North Family, the original builders of the Chateau, had several sons and one daughter. They moved to France because of the Civil War. There, Athalea, their daughter, studied piano (the house next to the Chateau was to be her "conservatory”). When the war was over the North family returned to Austin, but Athalea remained in France to continue her studies. While in France, she contracted consumption (tuberculosis) and her parents insisted she come home where the treatment for her illness would be better. Athalea did return to the United States, but she came in at Ellis Island which prohibited her from entering the USA with a communicable disease. Alas she died there, but it has been told that her spirit searched for her family and now resides in the Chateau! Over the years, many strange things have happened that have been blamed on the ghost of Athalea. Check out the video to get a glimpse of Athalea - be sure to watch to the end!