Hotel Abacus Athens (Formerly Graduate Athens)

According to the Red & Black student newspaper's 2021 piece 'Strange happenings at the Graduate Hotel in Athens' and the Visit Athens GA tourism office's haunted-Athens overview, hotel staff during the property's recent decade have repeatedly described shadow-figure sightings on late-night shifts, particularly along service corridors and on the back stairs.

Room 119 is consistently identified as the most active location. The front desk has reportedly received phone calls placed from Room 119 when housekeeping had confirmed the room was vacant. Lights in the room are described as turning off when staff arrive and on when they leave — or the reverse pattern — and ranking among the property's most frequently re-reported phenomena.

The Foundry complex's long industrial history, including its years producing the UGA Arch and assorted iron work for Confederate and Reconstruction-era Georgia, is sometimes invoked as a historical anchor for the hotel's reputation. The lore comes from the property's own staff rather than from independent investigators, and it stands or falls on their word.