Whaley House Museum - 19th-century structure and local folklore site

The Whaley House was built in 1857 by Thomas Whaley and has served historically as a residence, general store, and San Diego’s first commercial theater; it now operates as a historic house museum. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a long-standing part of San Diego’s historic-preservation and local-tourism programming. The house is also associated with local folklore about hauntings; those claims are a subject of popular interest and debate rather than settled historical fact.