History & local legend
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 served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, became president of the Continental Congress in 1787, and later governed the Northwest Territory. His parlor was moved to the museum in 1961.
A Tribune-Review account preserved by PANICd describes an employee seeing a woman in a yellow silk dress in that room. The employee identified her as Phoebe St. Clair and reportedly recognized the dress when shown Phoebe’s wedding gown. Museum secretary Candace Gross separately said she sensed a presence near the parlor. She also relayed reports from other employees and visitors of knocking, bagpipe music, and glasses clinking.
