History & local legend
Pushman Cottage is a former farmhouse on Albright College’s campus in Reading. Built around 1800 and acquired by the college in 1924, it served at different times as housing for male and female students. Home economics students later used it to practice running a household, including preparing and serving meals for faculty. By 1975, the cottage had become college offices.
The building’s ghost stories mix its domestic past with its office equipment. Campus accounts describe a woman holding a burning candle at an upstairs window. Inside, lights reportedly switch off without explanation, while the copier and fax machine start operating on their own.
Dylan Sokolovich collected these stories for The Albrightian in October 2023, drawing on a 2009 Albright Reporter article.
