History & local legend
Amity Hall was an old travelers’ inn near Duncannon, close to the meeting of the Juniata and Susquehanna rivers. A 1938 roadside billboard advertised it with a stagecoach, recalling the traffic that had helped establish its trade. After the inn closed, its upstairs rooms drew visitors looking for ghosts.
One former visitor, writing in April 2012, recalled making three visits before seeing a blue light upstairs. On the third trip, the light shot along a hallway. The visitor chased it and followed it down the stairs.
Other stories described a woman around the building and small shadowy figures in the parking area. A fire in 2009 destroyed much of the inn where those earlier visits had taken place.
Sources
- Ghosts of Central Pennsylvania, Amity Hall stories and a visitor’s April 2012 firsthand account
- Pennsylvania Oddities, history of Huling’s inn, later hotel, fire and demolition
- Sheldon Dick, 1938 roadside billboard advertising Amity Hall, Library of Congress
- Haunted Places, Amity Hall location and community recollections
- Perry Heritage Collection, Watts Township, removal of the Amity Hall Inn
