History & local legend
Mount Washington Tavern, now part of Fort Necessity National Battlefield, served stagecoach travelers on the National Road. Passengers on the Good Intent line ate together and could share beds with strangers as coaches arrived and departed. Its ghost stories imagine some of that company lingering after the travelers have gone.
Accounts collected about the tavern describe footsteps and laughter after closing, along with faces at the windows. A guide writing in 2019 said visitors frequently asked whether the place was haunted. Occasionally, opening the door to greet them prompted an even more direct question: was she the ghost?
