History & local legend
Henryville House in Monroe County began as Arthur Henry's stagecoach inn and developed into a resort. Its main building was later demolished, but local resident Rik Hyde described exploring its rooms as a teenager in a recollection published in July 2013.
One second-floor room had two doors opening into the same corner: one from the hall and one from the adjoining room. A mirror and small shelf stood where the doors met. Hyde recalled reading a Pocono legend that a maid had died when one of the doors struck her temple. He had seen the unusual arrangement himself, although the fatal accident came from the story he had read.
A separate Henryville tradition described a woman's scream waking the caretakers at night.
Sources
- Rik Hyde, July 19, 2013, firsthand recollection of the doors and room layout, and Kevin Whipple’s annotated map, DCSki’s Henryville House Retreat archive
- PIRA, Haunted Sites of Pennsylvania, Henryville Inn, 2004 collection, records the nighttime scream
- Peter Gonze, Story of Henryville House, Paradise Historical Society, 2025, slides 3 and 41, stagecoach origins and dated postcard
- National Register of Historic Places, Henryville House, Paradise Township, withdrawn nomination with site description and historic location
