The Whitney mansion's reputation for hauntings

The Whitney, a late-19th-century mansion built for lumber baron David Whitney Jr. and now operating as a restaurant and event venue, has a long-running reputation locally for unexplained occurrences reported by guests and staff. Accounts collected in local histories and by ghost-tour operators describe occasional sightings, unexplained footsteps, and other anomalous noises in the building. The Whitney is commonly included on organized Detroit ghost tours that present these reports as part of the site's history. These anecdotes are part of public record but remain anecdotal and debated.