History & local legend
The Hotel Milton on North Front Street began as the Queen Anne home of Charles A. Godcharles, whose company manufactured iron and steel nails and spikes. Remembering the flood of 1889, he had its first floor raised above the earlier high-water mark. In 1920, the Manufacturers’ Club opened the house to members and guests.
A visitor later described entering the building and feeling that someone had followed immediately behind. When the visitor looked, nobody was there. In a firsthand submission to the Shadowlands, the same person recalled seeing figures and hearing unexplained sounds inside.
Doors reportedly slammed, lights flickered in the early morning and rooms became unusually cold.
