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BROOKS HOUSE |
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A
pipe-smoking ghost haunts this Victorian house. Former residents
have reported
smelling pipe smoke and hearing the footsteps of the
ghost just
before he makes an appearance. In 1967, the tall,
mustached
figure tried to crawl in bed with a woman sleeping in an
upstairs
bedroom, but she made it clear she did not want any company
and the
apparition vanished. Once, the ghost was asked to leave the
bathroom
while a lady undressed. The amorous, though polite, specter
has been
sensed by both guests and residents of the house, but no one
has ever
identified him. The house was built in 1890 by the Hertberg
family,
and Purchased in 1909 by the &rooks family. It was the home of
Cadet Sidney
Brooks, Jr., for whom Brooks Air Force Base was named.
The twenty-two-year-old
pi~ lot died on November 13, 1917, when he
crashed
during a training exercise.
LOCATION
Brooks
House, a state historical landmark, is a private residence near
the San
Antonio River in Old San Antonio. For information, contact
the San
Antonio Historical Society, 135 Lanark Drive, San Antonio, TX 78218.
Phone.
210-655-2898.
