History & local legend
The former Manor House bed-and-breakfast in Phoenixville was a Tudor-style building at Virginia Avenue and South Main Street. Guests had reported children’s voices and a red-haired woman when its owners invited South Jersey Ghost Research to investigate in June 2003.
The team stayed overnight until seven in the morning. Near the end of the visit, they heard a loud yawn nearby. Later, their recordings contained banging that none of the investigators remembered hearing while they were in the house.
Four investigators returned on February 4, 2005. In the basement, they described impressions of a boy troubled by something he had done and a woman who seemed to be telling an animated story.
Sources
- South Jersey Ghost Research, original overnight case notes, June 1, 2003
- South Jersey Ghost Research, return investigation and timestamped notes, February 4, 2005
- The Manor House at Valley Forge, archived contemporary B&B listing with owner’s directions
- Schiffer Publishing, D. P. Roseberry’s Ghosts of Valley Forge and Phoenixville distinguishes the Manor and Mansion houses
