History & local legend
Alfred's Victorian occupies the Raymond-Young Mansion on North Union Street in Middletown. Simon Cameron Young bought the brownstone house in 1902 and later left it to Emma and Eliza, members of his family. The restaurant's haunting tradition places Emma among the people still attached to the home.
Stories collected by Ron Ieraci in 2009 describe an empty rocking chair moving, lavender perfume drifting through rooms, and an additional face appearing in an owner's photograph of the staff. The face was identified in the story as Emma's.
Another visitor reported a male voice upstairs announcing that Emma was there. When the visitor began taking pictures, the voice ordered him out.
Sources
- Alfred’s Victorian, Pellegrini family account of the house and the Emma and Eliza tradition
- Ron Ieraci, Pennsylvania Haunts & History, January 2009, the voice, the rocker and the staff portrait
- TheBurg, Alfred’s Victorian and the Pellegrini family
- OpenStreetMap, Alfred’s Victorian on North Union Street
