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Costumed Walking Tour of Downtown Louisville's Seelbach Hotel, Brennan House, and Old City Jail
400 S 4th St, Louisville, KY 40202
Research updated August 2026
Age
All ages; children 0-6 free
Cost
$$
Adults (12+) $24.99, children (7-11) $14.99, ages 0-6 free. Pricing per the operator's own site.
Access
Limited Access
Walking tour of downtown Louisville sidewalks and blocks between 4th Street landmarks.
Equipment
Photos OK
Seelbach Hotel (1905, National Register of Historic Places) · Brennan House (1868 Second Empire mansion museum) · Downtown Louisville historic core
AmeriGhost Tours added its Louisville program in 2008, five years after opening its original Nashville tour. The Louisville route is a downtown walking tour led by guides in period costume carrying lanterns, meeting at the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant on South 4th Street. Stops include the Seelbach Hotel, an 1905 Beaux-Arts hotel long associated with F. Scott Fitzgerald and Al Capone; the Ronald-Brennan House, an 1868 Second Empire mansion museum in downtown Louisville; and the Old Jefferson County Jail building.
Sources
The Louisville walking tour presents the Seelbach Hotel's 'Lady in Blue,' long a fixture of Louisville ghost lore, alongside stories the operator attaches to the Brennan House and the Old City Jail, including reported poltergeist activity at the jail. Guides in period costume lead the route through downtown blocks between these three stops.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
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A costumed, lantern-led walking tour through downtown Louisville, operating since 2008 as AmeriGhost's second city. The route covers the Seelbach Hotel (site of the 'Lady in Blue' legend), the Brennan House, and Louisville's Old City Jail. Meets at Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, 400 S 4th St.
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Site of the 'Lady in Blue' legend cited on the walking tour route.
Featured stop on the walking tour route.
The tour's 'Old City Jail' stop, cited for reported poltergeist activity.
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