PHASM

Antiques and Uniques / Former Aviles Street Jail

St. Augustine, Florida, United States

Prison · local-legend

The Story

Gwen F.’s HauntedPlaces.org account describes footsteps coming from the empty space above the antiques shop and presences interpreted as children. Community investigators add reports of whispers and unseen touches. The store occupied an earlier city-jail building on Aviles Street, physically distinct from the better-known Old Jail on San Marco Avenue.

The Hauntings

Gwen F.’s HauntedPlaces.org account describes footsteps coming from the empty space above the antiques shop and presences interpreted as children. Community investigators add reports of whispers and unseen touches. The store occupied an earlier city-jail building on Aviles Street, physically distinct from the better-known Old Jail on San Marco Avenue.

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Tourism listing explicitly marks antiques business permanently closed. Historic building story retained. Research access status: closed.

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