The purchaser of this 12,000 square foot estate will get a huge portion of Oklahoma’s past. Will they receive more than just a real estate deal, though?
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma has relisted the Grisso Mansion in Seminole, Oklahoma, on the market for $1.8 million. Some claim that the mansion, which was built by a local oil billionaire in 1926, has a haunting past, adding to its mystique.
This completely furnished, 4-bedroom, 6-bathroom estate spans over 11 acres. A vineyard, a 1,600-square-foot garage, an in-ground pool, a pool house, gazebos, fountains, sculptures, a courtyard, tennis and basketball courts, lily and koi ponds, and an arboretum are among the features of the property.
The residence can be found in Seminole, Oklahoma, at 612 E. Wrangler Boulevard. Photos and a $1,800,000 price tag are provided.
Here, there is also a guest quarter with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and two restrooms that was formerly used for servants.
Who then was responsible for the Grisso Mansion’s building in Seminole?
The Oklahoman claims that “Doctor” Grisso, also known as William Edward Grisso, arrived in Oklahoma in 1904 to work as a doctor at the Seminole Indian Mission.
The property is located at 612 East Wrangler Boulevard in Seminole, Oklahoma, and it has a $1,800,000 price tag. Pictures are offered.
In the end, he quit school before earning his medical degree, and he was appointed the town’s pharmacist.
According to the legend, Grisso started buying mineral rights from tribe members and other people, and after oil was discovered in Seminole, he rose to become one of the county’s richest people. For his wife, Margaret “Maggie” Grisso, he erected this palace.
The mansion and its surrounding property were bought by the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma in 2012, who use it for weddings and other occasions. The Tribal General Council agreed to cease operations and subsequently opted to sell the site in 2019, according to Assistant Chief Bryan Palmer.
Is Grisso Mansion eerily alive? The Seminole Nation asserts that Grisso’s road to fortune was secret and dishonorable, and there are rumors that the Grisso Mansion is a site where strange things happen.
Palmer claimed that Grisso shared a practice with other tribes during the Oklahoma oil boom in which he acquired the majority of his mineral rights through “opaque deals” with Seminole tribal members.
Palmer claimed that this also involved a Seminole woman that Grisso had married, and via her, when she went away not long after their marriage, he received a sizeable amount of land and mineral wealth.
“There were a lot of suspicious dealings,” Palmer said, “where either someone was marrying into the tribe, or a judge was detaining someone as a minor, making them a ward, and was, in a mandatory way, able to steal their mineral rights.”
According to Palmer, “The Seminole Nation was originally one of the poorest, if not the poorest, economically disadvantaged tribes in Oklahoma.” “Despite having one of the largest oil-producing regions in the world, it was largely stolen,”
One account of paranormal activity, according to the Native American Paranormal Project, is “seeing a woman who could be described as Maggie Grisso wandering the halls.”
This had to do with a documentary that was shot in the house in 2013 and sought to present the tribe’s viewpoint on the oil boom. Quite the tale.
Would you purchase a spooky home? Do you reside there?
One in four Americans, according to a recent study by Rocket Homes that polled over 1,000 Americans, had personal ghost stories. In addition, the survey found that 16.5% of Americans are unsure about whether ghosts exist and that 27.7% do not believe in them. When questioned about their prior experience with haunted houses:
- About 75 percent of adults in the study said they have lived in a haunted house.
- The survey’s sample of Americans found that one in three said they would be interested in purchasing a haunted house.
- In the survey, 21% of adults said they would try to sell their newly purchased home if they learned it was haunted.