History & local legend
The former Red Rose Inn in Jennersville, Chester County, had several reported ghostly guests. One was a man distinguished by a loud plaid jacket, seen sitting in the small lounge between the bar and the restrooms.
In accounts collected by local investigators, a bartender would approach to ask what the man wanted. Before the watching staff and customers, he would disappear. An owner described another figure upstairs: a little girl in a formal dress, holding a doll at the top of the stairs.
A former patron added a different memory in 2015. While visiting the inn for a meal, the diner saw a young woman wearing white and a large hat on the landing. The woman looked directly at the patron, turned and walked away.
Sources
- Delaware County Paranormal Research, Red Rose Inn, 2004 archived account of the staff’s and owner’s encounters
- Pennsylvania Haunts & History, July 2, 2015, former patron’s own account of the woman in white
- Penn Township, Red Rose Inn historical property
- Chester County, Red Rose Inn Property History, 1734–1829, early tavern records
