The Green Manor The Green Manor Restaurant in Union City, founded in 1990, has grown in popularity, drawing patrons not only from throughout the metro Atlanta area but from many other cities in and outside of Georgia. Built as a Victorian style home over the foundation of the original house owned by Drewry Carmical, the structure is named for Dr. A.J. Green, who was one of the first doctors in Union City. The home also served as an office for Dr. Green with a patient’s waiting room on the large front porch. It is now operated by Green’s grandchildren as the Green Manor Restaurant.
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“One time, a lady patron who was dining with us but knew nothing about Florence, came out of the ladies’ room and asked me who the old lady in the restroom was but no one else was there,” Johnson said. In fact, such reported sightings and other paranormal phenomena associated with the restaurant caused the Georgia Ghost Society group, which investigates reputed haunted structures, to visit the Green Manor in 2007 to conduct an investigation. A framed certificate the group gave to Green Manor officials, which still hangs in the restaurant, verifies that paranormal activity does exist there, according to the group’s founder & director, Robert Hunnicutt. With regard to Florence, DeWitt said the story she has heard is that Westbrook was ill and came to the structure to recuperate as, at that time, it was in the country. “What I heard is that one day, some men were working to burn off the fields on the property and Florence had gone out to where the men were working to bring them water,” she said.
Dr. and Mrs Green on their 25th anniversary.
One “visitor” to the restaurant is thought to be Florence Westbrook, a relative of the city’s first mayor Drewry Carmical. Florence seemly has “returned” to the home in spirit, as she died tragically while residing there more than a hundred years ago. According to Green Manor general manager Rebecca DeWitt and employee Linda Johnson, Florence’s spirit, ghost, or paranormal activity attributed to her, have occurred in different areas of the structure.
The certificate of authenticity from the Georgia Ghost Society.
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