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Mercer County
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Historic homesGibson House Manor
Gibson House Manor stands on Liberty Street in Jamestown, Mercer County. Built in 1856 for Dr. William H. Gibson and his wife, the house later…
Greenville Manor
Greenville Manor on Main Street in Greenville was once the Gibson family home and later the McMillen funeral home. Its third floor features in…
Inns & businessesGrove City Area Historical Society and Museum
The Grove City Area Historical Society purchased the former Traveler’s Hotel in 2000 and turned it into a museum. Its earlier owners, the Trepasso…
Hadley Cemetery
Hadley Cemetery in Mercer County has a tradition about a bride killed in a car crash on her wedding day. People said her image in a bridal gown could…
Haywood Cemetery
Haywood Cemetery in West Middlesex, Mercer County, has a local legend about a girl appearing at the window of a small house. A version circulating by…
Outdoors · AI illustrationHell’s Hollow Wildlife Adventure Trail
Harthegig’s story appears in Mercer County’s 1888 history as a recollection from settler Samuel Pew. As a boy, Pew said, he was sitting by the…
Hogback Road over Hogback Run
Hogback Road crosses Hogback Run in Hermitage, where several related stories place a woman near the bridge and surrounding woods. One version…
SchoolsJ. Howard Pew Fine Arts Center
Gwendolyn is the name attached to the ghost of Grove City College's J. Howard Pew Fine Arts Center. Student versions place her on the theater's…
SchoolsThiel College
Roth Hall at Thiel College in Greenville is associated with a campus story about a ghost who summoned help. The account appeared in the student…