Mary Green Residence Hall

History & local legend

Mary Green Residence Hall at Lebanon Valley College in Annville has a campus legend about a child who never finished her visit. Known as the Mary Green Girl, she is said to have accompanied an older sibling on move-in day and followed a ball into danger.

The accident changes with the telling. In one version, she runs onto the railroad tracks behind the dormitory; in another, she chases the ball into the street. In 2012, campus ghost-tour guide and English professor Kevin Pry explained that the story had shifted when construction closed the road.

Later students added an encounter of their own. Two roommates tried to imitate the ghost by playing with a ball and reportedly recorded giggling. A subsequent report described a child running silently along the hall.