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A three-story Winchester mansion where Confederate Colonel George S. Patton — grandfather of WWII General Patton — died from his battle wounds in 1864. Staff call it probably the most haunted place in the city.
25 West Piccadilly Street, Winchester, VA 22601
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Restaurant pricing; no cover charge for dining
Access
Limited Access
Three-story Italianate mansion with attic and basement; stairs required for upper floors
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1820 · Civil War Field Hospital · Death of Colonel George S. Patton · Third Battle of Winchester · Patton Family History
The structure at 25 West Piccadilly Street was built around 1820 and is sometimes called the Philip Williams House or Piccadilly Mansion. It is a three-story Italianate building with an attic and basement that stood in the residential heart of antebellum Winchester.
Winchester changed hands between Union and Confederate forces more than seventy times during the Civil War. After the Third Battle of Winchester — fought on September 19, 1864, and ending in a decisive Union victory over Lieutenant General Jubal Early's Confederate Army of the Valley — the building was converted into a field hospital to treat the wounded from both sides.
Colonel George S. Patton, commanding a brigade under Major General John C. Breckinridge's Corps, was mortally wounded and captured in Winchester while trying to rally the remnants of his command during the Confederate retreat. He was brought to the Piccadilly Street mansion, where he died on September 25, 1864, at age 31. He was buried at Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester. His grandson, General George S. Patton Jr., became one of the most prominent American military commanders of the Second World War.
Joe's Steakhouse opened in the building in 2013, operating in the mansion's restored interior. Staff named the second-floor space where Colonel Patton died the Patton Room. The building's marketing manager has noted that staff routinely greet the building's spirits at the start of each shift — a practice that began after repeated unexplained experiences.
Sources
Joe's Steakhouse staff describe the Philip Williams House as 'probably Winchester's most haunted but least known' location. Staff encounters are routine rather than exceptional — the building's marketing manager has said she greets the spirits every morning when she arrives for work on the third floor.
The apparition most consistently reported is described as a Confederate officer seen staring from the building's windows toward the street. Staff attribute it to Colonel Patton based on the building's history, though no direct identification can be confirmed.
In October 2017, Joe's hosted a public paranormal investigation event called 'Joe's After Dark,' conducted by researchers Clay Smith and Joy Andreasen from Spirit Watch. Their digital recorders captured electronic voice phenomena: a whispered 'thank you,' 'hey, come here,' and a voice calling 'Mary' — possibly referencing a former owner's second wife by that name.
The building's particular history — a field hospital that received hundreds of wounded men from both armies after a major battle, with a documented death of a senior officer on the second floor — gives the staff accounts a specific historical anchor unusual among Winchester's many Civil War sites.
Notable Entities
Joe's Steakhouse occupies the Philip Williams House, a pre-Civil War mansion whose second floor served as a field hospital after the Third Battle of Winchester. Colonel George S. Patton died there on September 25, 1864. The room is now part of the dining space.
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