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SchoolsAdministration Building
Seton Hill University's Administration Building in Greensburg was once part of Saint Joseph Academy for Girls. Students arriving by train brought…
OutdoorsBraddock’s Lost Payroll
General Edward Braddock’s army camped at Three Springs, near present-day Circleville in North Huntingdon, on July 7, 1755. Two days later, French and…
CemeteriesBrush Creek Cemetery
At Brush Creek Cemetery near Irwin, George Swanson's unusual burial fulfilled a wish he had planned well before his death: he wanted his ashes placed…
OutdoorsDarr Mine
On December 19, 1907, an explosion at the Darr coal mine near Van Meter in Westmoreland County killed 239 men and boys. Many were immigrants, and…
BattlefieldsEdge Hill
Edge Hill at Bushy Run Battlefield was a refuge for wounded British troops during the fighting of August 5–6, 1763. Colonel Henry Bouquet’s column,…
InstitutionsFormer county prison site
The Courthouse Square office building in Greensburg occupies the site of an earlier Westmoreland County jail. In 1984, dispatchers at the 911 center…
Bridges & railwaysFormer R&R Station
R&R Station was a restaurant and inn in an old railroad hotel on Main Street in Mount Pleasant. Also known during its history as the East End Hotel…
OutdoorsFormer Westmoreland Glass Company
The former Westmoreland Glass factory in Grapeville employed generations of workers making milk-glass dishes and novelty containers. A local resident…
BattlefieldsFort Ligonier
Fort Ligonier’s museum contains a room that once belonged to a different building: the parlor of Arthur St. Clair’s home, the Hermitage. St. Clair…
Geyer Performing Arts Center
The Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale opened as the Geyer Opera House in 1900 and later operated as a movie theater. By the time Kathleen…
Cemeteries · AI illustrationGuffey Cemetery
Guffey Cemetery is a family burial ground in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County. Its legend describes Saint Francis and a dove protecting the…
CemeteriesHankey Church Cemetery
In an account posted on April 6, 2003, a visitor using the name pinkhorses6 described a nighttime trip to Hankey Church Cemetery with three friends.…
Ice Pond
Ice Pond, west of Ligonier beside Route 30, once supplied ice to local businesses. Its old icehouse later offered a different kind of accommodation…
Historic homesLarimer Mansion
Lynne and Larry Moisey restored Larimer Mansion in North Huntingdon and came to regard its reported spirits as protective residents. In October 2015,…
CemeteriesLivermore Cemetery and the West Penn Trail
Livermore Cemetery overlooks the Conemaugh River corridor where the canal town of Livermore once stood. Local traditions place figures along the…
Norwin Elks Lodge 2313
Norwin Elks Lodge 2313 in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County, hosted a Halloween attraction called the Terror Barn. A worker recalled filming a…
Old Brush Creek Cemetery
Old Brush Creek Cemetery on Leger Road near Ardara has a ghost story centered on a tree in the middle of the burial ground. A frequent visitor…
Olive Reformed Church Cemetery
Olive Reformed Church Cemetery on Logan Ferry Road in Murrysville is associated with the ghost of Alexander Logan. Logan operated an inn and ferry on…
OutdoorsPeggy Shaw marker
Margaret “Peggy” Shaw is remembered at Historic Hanna's Town for rescuing a child during the attack on July 13, 1782. As residents sheltered behind…
Saint Martin Catholic Church
Saint Martin Catholic Church stands on Route 982 in New Derry, Westmoreland County. The parish developed as a meeting place for Catholic families…
CemeteriesSaint Vincent Cemetery
Saint Vincent's cemetery near Latrobe is the setting for a campus story about Boniface Wimmer, the Benedictine founder of Saint Vincent College.…
OutdoorsScottdale Armory
Scottdale Armory, at North Broadway Street and Edwin Avenue, was built in 1929 to a design by architect Joseph F. Kuntz. The National Guard building…
Outdoors · AI illustrationSuperior
A woman riding near Keystone State Park recalled an encounter on a back road leading to Superior in the early 1970s. She was riding her pony, King,…
The Village Italian Restaurant and Lounge
The Village Italian Restaurant and Lounge in Mount Pleasant began as a tavern operated by the Rega family in 1963. Its local ghost tradition concerns…
InstitutionsTorrance Road near the former Graff building
Warren Berlinsky recalled visiting the old Graff building near Torrance State Hospital twice while he was in high school. His second visit, with a…
Wendy’s Murrysville
The Wendy’s at 5076 William Penn Highway in Murrysville had acquired a ghost story by 2004. Accounts described hanging lamps that began swinging and…
Historic homesWest Overton Village
West Overton Village near Scottdale grew around the Overholt family's farm and distillery. A 2007 Tribune-Review report collected ghost stories…