History & local legend
McCandless Town Hall on Grubbs Road opened in 1960 and also housed police offices. Stories collected by 2004 described unusual experiences reported by officers and dispatchers working there at night.
They heard whispers, footsteps on the stairs and creaking doors, while lights reportedly switched on and off. People outside the locked building described a child's face at a second-floor window. Local lore explained that figure through an earlier event on the property: a child was said to have fallen into a well when the land was a farm.
Sources
- The Shadowlands, McCandless Town Hall account, Pennsylvania inventory current in 2004, preserved in 2005
- Spirits of the Mist, Pennsylvania collection, McCandless Town Hall entry
- Town of McCandless, 2026 historical calendar, describes the Grubbs Road building, police offices and later addition
- Town of McCandless, official historical timeline, dates the Grubbs Road building to 1960
