History & local legend
Easton Area Public Library opened in 1903 on the former German Reformed Cemetery. Graves had been moved to make space for the building, but stories of a lingering presence began even before the doors opened.
Months before the opening, witnesses reportedly saw a woman floating outside. They watched her enter the building and stand at a window, where her head seemed to glow. Later accounts linked the apparition to the people formerly buried on the grounds.
Librarians subsequently described filing-cabinet drawers opening and closing by themselves. Other witnesses reported novels falling or flying from shelves. Lehigh Valley Public Media collected those later disturbances alongside the library’s early window apparition in its October 2023 coverage.
