History & local legend
The Kutztown Area Historical Society occupies the former public school at South Whiteoak Street and Normal Avenue in Berks County. Built in 1892, the school became the society's home after its purchase in 1979.
An account collected by The Shadowlands says several people saw a young woman at a window in the old schoolhouse. It is one of the ghost traditions associated with the building, which has also been included in local ghost-walk storytelling.
Sources
- The Shadowlands, Pennsylvania folklore index, Kutztown Historical Society building
- Rotary Club of Kutztown, organizer’s account of the 2023 old public school ghost tour
- Kutztown Area Historical Society, 1892 building, 1979 purchase, collections and address
- Kutztown Area Historical Society, Victorian school and museum history
- Wikimedia Commons, dated 2011 photograph of the listed school
- Esri, historical society street address
