LIVING HISTORY
BOSTON HOUSE HOME
TO HAUNTING TALES
Paranormal experiences have been reported
at the downtown landmark
But local lore has dubbed the Boston House as haunted,
though not necessarily in an evil way. Those who say they’ve
experienced the ghostly activity characterize it as more mischievous
with restless spirits.
Steve Ziskinder, the attorney who owns the Boston House,
has worked in the building for more than 20 years and has never
witnessed anything unusual. “I have been there at all times
of the day and night,” he says. “But I have heard all the stories
and I have heard them from some very reputable people.”
Kendall J. Phillips, his former law partner and also an owner of
the house for 25 years, has his own tales to tell about the house.
He is convinced the place is haunted and says he even witnessed
the apparition of a woman standing at a third-floor window.
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than menacing.
But tragic events have been associated with the 100-yearold
house, and its past is mysterious enough to associate it
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BY CATHERINE ENNS GRIGAS
The Boston House doesn’t look like the typical
PROTECT&haunted house.
There is no spooky glow. It’s not at the end of a
winding country road. It hasn’t been abandoned,
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and it’s not in disrepair.
In fact, the three-story brick house is one of the most wellpreserved
buildings in Fort Pierce and is on the National
Register of Historic Places. The city has grown up around
it, and its commanding spot overlooking the Indian River
is in the heart of downtown. The building’s windows aren’t
cobwebbed or cracked, but are open and covered with typical
office-style blinds. Now an attorney’s office building, the
house seems a more fitting place for practicing law than for
holding séances.
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