Former Homestead Post Office and police station

History & local legend

Homestead’s former police station occupied the old post office at Ninth Avenue and Amity Street. By 2008, officers and borough employees were sharing reports of doors opening and closing, unexplained footsteps and equipment operating without anyone touching it.

Borough program coordinator Denise Kelly described a meeting interrupted by a typewriter that switched on and began typing. Someone later suggested they should have inserted paper to see whether it was producing a message, but no one had reacted in time. Officers working alone also heard a door move, followed by footsteps across the floor, only to find no colleague arriving. A roof hatch repeatedly opened after maintenance crews had sealed it.

With the police chief’s approval, the Greater Pittsburgh Paranormal Society spent the night of February 23, 2008, investigating the building. Founder Tonya Boff told a reporter that the team recorded a raspy voice. The old station later became part of the One Homestead housing development.