History & local legend
The former Culmerville Hotel in West Deer Township later housed Zottola's Pub. Christine Fortino described an unusual connection with the place in an October 2016 recollection: before she knew a hotel existed there, she believed a spirit had contacted her and complained of being cold in its basement.
Years later, she telephoned the bar seeking information, then drove there intending to ask more questions but left without entering. Her initial experience therefore occurred away from the building.
A separate story published by Haunted Curiosities described an upstairs visit. A person followed a companion toward an old bed frame, saw a dark shape form beside the headboard, and watched it vanish through a crack in the floor.
Sources
- Christine Fortino’s October 17, 2016 recollection of her contact and subsequent visit, Haunted Places
- Haunted Curiosities, visitor’s upstairs account, preserved in its original commercial listing
- West Deer Township, community history, p. 87, photograph and description of the Charneys’ Culmerville Hotel
- 101 Achievements, 2013 onsite account of Zottola’s in the former Culmerville Hotel
- Esri, 5068 Bakerstown-Culmerville Road
