6 Mt. Zion Road
It is said that in front of one particular house, the Ghost of Avenel may be seen walking. The woman is said to wear a long white dress and carry a parasol. Allegedly the woman used to live in the house that is now owned by the Bedford Historical Society.
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Comment by coolJ | 03.3.2007 | 6:52 pm
this house is known in the area as the Potts mansion. also sometimes refered to as the abortion clinic. It is located on 6 mt zion rd in toano virginia. it is heavly covered in trees an vines now. I have taken many trips to it because i live only 5 minutes away. you can no longer explore the house due to the condition of the house. you can still enter the house threw the back window an enter a small room but thats where you stop. the floor that leads to the other rooms has calapsed into the basement. i had visted the house before the floors had caved. an we mananged to explore the basement an up to the 2nd floor. the house if very scary an very old. you get a very bad feeling as soon as you enter it. sadly the house probably wont stand more then another year or 2 due to the rotten wood. the house was a very beautiful house. its sad you can no longer explore it excpet the one room.
Comment by steve | 08.5.2007 | 4:27 pm
i just visited the house today and i actually did not get a bad feeling i got a safe feeling as if someone or something in the house was watching out for me. a floor almost colapsed under my feet till i saw bright white eyes that scared me back and away from danger.
Comment by levi sozA | 08.20.2007 | 11:34 pm
I have visited Potts mansion a few times. We entered through the basement. We were able to go all of the way up to the second floor. Everytime I have entered that house, I have heard something or felt something that is undescribable!! I would love to learn the history of the house.
Comment by Brittney | 09.20.2007 | 5:49 pm
I pass through Toano on the way to Henrico. I never knew this was out there. I do know that there is an old frame church (Methodist, I’m guessing), there in Toano that seems to be pretty old. The church has a graveyard too and that could really be haunted I bet. Also, be careful going into those old houses. You could get yourselves hurt and whoever owns the house might be forced to tear it down as a result of that so please just let it be.
Comment by John | 03.29.2008 | 9:22 pm