History & local legend
The Whit-Mar Inn on Pottsville Pike in Muhlenberg Township occupied a property that had served as a stagecoach stop and traded under names including Lesher's Hotel and the Apple Inn. Its ghost story centered on an older woman reportedly seen looking from the windows.
People attributed slamming doors, flickering lights and an air conditioner starting unexpectedly to her presence. A witness remembered as Murry described a separate figure behind the building. The inn was demolished in 1999, and a Wawa later occupied the corner at Reading Crest Avenue.
Sources
- StrangeUSA, Whit-Mar account naming Murry and preserving a February 2004 site update
- Muhlenberg Township, municipal history of the Gehret Mansion, its hotel names, and 1999 demolition
- GoReadingBerks, Charles A. Reed history identifying the corner and sequence of hotels
- OpenStreetMap, 3650 Pottsville Pike, Wawa on the former inn property
- Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, U.S. Geological Survey historical aerial collection
