History & local legend
The former St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Beaver Falls became a Widmer Engineering office in the early 1990s. The property had a longstanding connection with burials: a granddaughter of land donor James Patterson wrote that three of his children had been buried where the church stood. Their remains were relocated during the office conversion.
A later account associated the building with slamming crypt doors, footsteps, children's laughter and the sound of breaking glass. The United Paranormal Investigators Association listed Widmer Engineering among its cases.
Sources
- Pennsylvania Haunts & History, Widmer Engineering Building, Beaver Falls reports of crypt doors, footsteps, glass and laughter
- United Paranormal Investigators Association, 2009 archived case directory identifying Widmer Engineering as one of its investigations
- Family testimony, In Memory of James Patterson 1799–1876, granddaughter documents the children’s burial at the present Episcopal church site
- Lawrence County Memoirs, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, parish history, 1992 purchase, relocation of remains and 1993 office conversion
- Beaver County, directory lists Widmer at 806 Lincoln PlaceUnavailable ·
- Sanborn, November 1891, sheet 7, specifically distinguishes the Presbyterian and Episcopal churches on this block
