History & local legend
The stone building now known as Brandywine Prime was previously the Chadds Ford Inn, a restaurant with a collection of stories about its upstairs guests. Delaware County Ghosthunters recorded several of those accounts in 2004, when the inn also held ghost-story dinners.
One child apparition was called Simon and was associated with the landing at the top of the stairs. Another, Katie, was described in an old-fashioned dress and a frilled hat. A man identified in the stories as a sea captain appeared at a second-floor window and walked the upstairs hall.
The dining room had a different kind of disturbance. Glasses were said to slide across tables without anyone touching them, continuing over the edge and onto the floor.
