Washington, DC: Deadly Black Aggie Statue
1907 bronze sculpture said to kill or blind those who looked into her eyes or sat in her lap at night. Donated to the Smithsonian Institute, given to the General Services Administration in 1987.
Cutts-Madison House
- Address:
- 717 Madison Place NW, Washington, DC
- Directions:
- Cutts-Madison House, Lafayette Square, H St. NW and Madison Pl NW, behind the Dolley Madison House and the National Courts Building.
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A gentle correction on the history of the statue called Black Aggie: She was never in Loudon Park Cemetery, nor did she ever reside in Druid Hill Park. Black Aggie was commissioned for the Agnus family grave in Druid Ridge Cemetery. Over the years she became a gathering spot for teenagers late at night to party and tell (made up) scary tales. Due to damage done by these kids the Agnus family had Black Aggie removed from the cemetery and gave her to the Smithsonian. She was later placed in her present location at the Dolley Madison House. I remember seeing Black Aggie as a teenager in the cemetery in the mid-1960s; she was removed from Druid Ridge shortly thereafter. The base on which Black Aggie sat is still at the Agnus grave site. It has remained empty since then.
[Tom Stansbury, 09/01/2024]
Courtyard closes at 5 PM. Looks like weekdays only.
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The supposedly cursed, my-gaze-blinds-or-kills 1907 bronze sculpture by Eduard L. A. Pausch stood in Baltimore's Loudon Park Cemetery on the grave of Union general Felix Agnus, then Druid Hill Park, from 1925 to 1967. Based on the "Grief" cemetery statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Stare until she opens her eyes. We dare you.