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A ghost named Miss Lucy haunts this 1879 Clarksville landmark built on the Tobacco Board of Trade site
50 College St, Clarksville, TN 37040
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
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Access
Wheelchair OK
Multi-story hotel building on downtown Clarksville riverfront
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1879 · Tobacco Board of Trade site · Clarksville riverfront commercial history · Montgomery County hospitality landmark
Clarksville's position as a major dark-fired tobacco market in the late 19th century drove development along College Street, and the Tobacco Board of Trade building completed in 1879 was central to that activity. The structure at 50 College Street stood at the edge of the commercial district where the Red River meets downtown, giving the property its "Riverview" identity.
The building passed through successive ownership as Clarksville's economy shifted, eventually becoming a hotel property. Its location near the riverfront kept it relevant through the city's expansion as a regional center. The Levee Lounge designation reflects the building's ongoing role as a hospitality and entertainment venue within the historic downtown.
Montgomery County's courthouse and civic buildings are within blocks, and the surrounding district retains much of its 19th-century street layout. The inn's connection to Lucy Morse, wife of a county bank president, places its haunting tradition in the antebellum gentry class that shaped early Clarksville.
Sources
The haunting tradition at Riverview Mansion centers on Miss Lucy Morse, identified in local accounts as the wife of a former Montgomery County bank president. Her presence has been reported since at least the 1920s, making this one of Clarksville's older documented ghost stories rather than a recent confection.
Accounts describe Lucy as a benign presence — she does not frighten guests so much as make herself known. Staff encounters typically involve unexplained sensations or the sense of an additional person in an otherwise empty room. The longevity of the reports, spanning guests and staff across multiple decades, is what local historians find most notable about this particular haunting.
Notable Entities
Guests checking into this downtown Clarksville inn occupy the same building where Miss Lucy Morse has been encountered since the 1920s. Rooms in the historic upper floors are where paranormal reports cluster.
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