History & local legend
The Greene County Historical Society Museum occupies the former county home near Waynesburg. Opened in 1862, the institution housed people who were poor or unable to support themselves. Its later museum staff have reported voices, footsteps, and apparent figures inside the building.
In a November 2023 GreeneScene account, director Matthew Cumberledge collected a story about someone arriving for work and hearing a greeting from upstairs. A single piano note then sounded in the main hall. Another account involved a volunteer cleaning the steward's kitchen before the Harvest Festival: while vacuuming, the volunteer reportedly saw a hand reach from a closet.
Cumberledge described staff coming to think of the supposed spirits as residents. Some workers said goodbye to them at closing time.
