Early twentieth-century Brooksville family home
Brooksville (specific address not publicly documented), Brooksville, FL 34601
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Private residence; the specific Weeks House address is not publicly documented in current sources. Treat as private property and view only from public roads if a confirmed location is identified.
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Est. 1905 · Brooksville early-1900s family home
The Weeks House is described in regional Florida paranormal writing as a family home in Brooksville built in the early part of the 1900s. Local accounts mention coverage in the Tampa Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times, but the specific street address of the Weeks House is not publicly documented in indexed sources.
Most contemporary Brooksville haunted-home writing focuses on the May-Stringer House, an 1855 home now operated as the Hernando Heritage Museum, rather than the Weeks House. Until the Weeks House address can be confirmed through Hernando County property records or local historical society holdings, visitors should treat the entry as folklore and prioritize the documented May-Stringer House for on-the-ground visiting.
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Local Brooksville tradition holds that before the most recent owners moved into the Weeks House, drivers passing the building late at night could see a candle move past the upper-floor windows. Doors slamming and whispered voices have also been reported in the interior. Regional Florida paranormal writing adds an account of a baby falling from a window of the house and dying, but no public coroner or newspaper record corroborating this account has been located.
The accounts trace to oral tradition collected by the Shadowlands archive and HauntedPlaces. They should be treated as folklore rather than documented history, and the Weeks House should not be approached as it is a private residence.
Visit downtown Brooksville and the better-documented May-Stringer House (Hernando Heritage Museum) rather than attempting to identify the privately held Weeks House. The May-Stringer House is open for tours and is the area's headline historic-home destination.
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