History & local legend
Cliff Park Inn near Milford began as an 1820 Buchanan family farmhouse and became an inn in 1900. Its long hospitality history also produced stories about unseen occupants, remembered by former employees as well as guests.
In a 2005 interview with Connections magazine, former employee Lenore Fasula recalled feeling something peculiar whenever she went into the basement to stock beer. The article named three spirits said to inhabit the old hotel: Fanny, Big George, and a Caribbean chef called Uncle Stew.
Other local versions describe a woman in brown on the staircase and a spirit called Sally who opens doors for guests she likes.
Sources
- Connections Magazine, October 2005, printed p. 9, named former employee and the three spirits
- National Park Service, Cliff Park Inn Reopens, park newsletter, 2004
- Pennsylvania Haunted Houses, the Lady in Brown and Sally traditions
- National Park Service, Cliff Park property address and acquisition
- OpenStreetMap, Cliff Park Inn and Golf Course property
- Allison Mowatt, “Do You Love the Chills?”, Connections, February 2012, printed page 7
