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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Cooperstown, New York
17.4 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Featured on TV's Ghost Hunters, the baseball museum is believed to be haunted. Witnesses have heard a voice that sounded like baseballer Ted Williams say “persevere, to have courage, to excel and be great.” Other male voices have been heard in the Plaque Gallery. Employees have described a feeling of ...
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The Otesaga Resort Hotel
Cooperstown, New York
17.7 miles from Davenport Center, NY
People report hearing unseen children laughing and playing in the hallway on the third floor and strange voices in the "Glimmerglass Room". Additionally people claim to have seen full-body apparitions strolling though the corridors and grounds, dressed in period clothing.
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Octagon Farm
Walton, New York
19.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
It is said that a harrowing scene of a young woman being thrown form a horse replays nightly at this former dairy farm built in the 1850s. The site was turned into a bed-and-breakfast but is now closed.
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Burroughs Memorial Field - Woodchuck Lodge
Roxbury, New York
20.1 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Woodchuck Lodge is the former home of naturalist John Burroughs; his gravesite is near a rock where he played as a child, and, as an adult, sat and thought about nature. It is said that those who sit in the center of the rock will feel a cold spot, believed ...
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Hyde Hall
Cooperstown, New York
23.9 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Built in the early 19th century, and at one time the largest mansion in the entire United States, Hyde Hall is now said to be haunted by the wife of its original owner, George Clarke. The story goes that upon George's death, the son inherited the house and threw ...
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Bull's Head
Cobleskill, New York
27.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
The 1802 building was originally an inn, but turned into a private residence in 1839. In 1966 the inn was reopened, but is now under refurbishment, reported to be under new ownership as of 2013. It is said to be haunted by former resident Mrs. John Stacy, who wears a ...
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Old Stone Fort
Schoharie, New York
35.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Old Stone Fort is a 1772 church that was used as a fort during the Revolutionary War and an armory during the Civil War. Reports say there is still a cannonball hall embedded in its wall, but that isn't the only thing that remains here from its past. Witnesses say ...
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Beardslee Castle
St. Johnsville, New York
39.6 miles from Davenport Center, NY
On this site in the 1700s, during the French and Indian War, a fortified homestead stood on this site. According to local tales, Indians sneaked into the tunnels at night accidentally lighting the ammunition stores with their torches, and they were killed in the explosion. Many kinds of paranormal activity ...
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Sanger Mansion - Sangerfield House
Waterville, New York
41.6 miles from Davenport Center, NY
The historic Sanger Mansion, aka Sangerfield House, is rumored to be haunted by ghostly monks. Some folks have told the tale that the place used to be a monastery; other reports say this is simply not so, and the house was always a private home.
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Orchard Hall Restaurant
Sauquoit, New York
42.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Orchard Hall Restaurant is housed in a building that dates to the early 1840s and may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Locals say its upper floor is haunted by Julia, who used to live there in a room called the Red Room. There are different legends that ...
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Sherwood Inn
Greene, New York
44.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
So when you go on the "internets" to look up the Sherwood Inn the ubiquitous description states that "A female committed suicide here". A female what? Howler monkey? Pony? In any case a female of some sort is alleged to have died and now roams the place. ...
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Starin Place
Amsterdam, New York
44.3 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Starin Place is the mansion and grounds formerly owned by U.S. Representative of New York John Henry Starin (1825–1909), who, from 1848 to 1852 was Fultonville's postmaster. Folks at the historic museum site describe unexplained noises, movement and shadows around the grounds and in the guests' and servants' quarters.
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St Agnes Cemetery
Utica, New York
46.8 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Not much detail on this one, just that some visitors have seen the ghost of a woman hovering around the cemetery late at night.
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The Olde Knox Mansion
Johnstown, New York
47 miles from Davenport Center, NY
No longer in operation, the old bed-and-breakfast is said to be haunted by Rose Knox. Her ghost has been sighted and unexplained voices have been reported throughout the house.
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Old General Electric Building
Utica, New York
47.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Maintenance workers in the now empty building that once house General Electric on Broad Street swear the place is haunted. Some have seen shadow figures and felt cold spots.
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Stanley Theatre
Utica, New York
47.8 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Stanley Theatre, aka Stanley Center for the Arts, was built in the late 1920s as a movie palace. Witnesses say they have heard footsteps and seen shadows and apparitions onstage and in the balcony area. Legend has it that one seat, or a row of seats, remains unsold to leave ...
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Clinton Arena
Clinton, New York
47.9 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Clinton Arena, aka Edward W. Stanley Recreation Center, is an indoor arena that was built in the late 1940s. The building was rebuilt in 1954 after it was destroyed in a fire. It is said to be haunted by a ghost some call Lucy. Local legend says strange things happen ...
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Stone Arch Bridge
Kenoza Lake, New York
48.4 miles from Davenport Center, NY
In 1892 George Markert was murdered upon this bridge by Adam & Joseph Heidt, for Adam believed the George was a warlock who had placed a hex upon him. This hex could be activated any time George did something 3 times, so it seems a little too ironic that this ...
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Hamilton College
Clinton, New York
48.4 miles from Davenport Center, NY
At Hamilton College's North Residence Hall, a ghostly Revolutionary War-era messenger has been seen in the halls. The apparition has been known to point at people and disappear through walls. And two other buildings are said to be haunted by the spirits of family members who lived there when they ...
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Prospect Hill Cemetery
Gloversville, New York
50.8 miles from Davenport Center, NY
In July of 1874, the Omaha Daily Bee newspaper reported a ghostly "woman in white" at the Prospect Hill Cemetery. She was seen from an adjacent marble-cutting shop, coming from the cemetery straight toward the shop's door. The frightened shop occupants hurried out the back, but the ghost appeared before ...
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Widow Susan Road
Amsterdam, New York
51.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Widow Susan Road, which runs from Chapman Drive (old Route 5) to Route 67, is haunted by namesake Susan Thomas, who manifests as a female apparition in an old-fashioned white dress. She appears crying and searching for something. Susan was married to Harmanus DeGraff in 1838 and was widowed about ...
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SABIC Innovative Plastics
Selkirk, New York
54.6 miles from Davenport Center, NY
SABIC Innovative Plastics, formerly GE Plastics, stands on what was once the Becker farm. The old farmhouse still stands, and was for a time used for offices. According to legend, Mr. Becker caught his wife having an affair with a slave there, so he pushed the slave down the stairs, ...
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Oneida Community Mansion House
Oneida, New York
54.8 miles from Davenport Center, NY
The Mansion House, a bed-and-breakfast, is said to have two haunted floors, the bottom two of the building. However, reports say these floors are not open for business.
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Oriskany Battlefield
Rome, New York
55.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site, where the Revolutionary War Battle of Oriskany was fought in 1777, is believed to be haunted by spirits who lived during the site's trying times. Employees say a bad smell comes from the woods where the British slew Gen. Herkimer's advance party. Also, there is ...
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Broadalbin Hotel
Broadalbin, New York
55.7 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Now a restaurant, this historic former hotel is the hideout for a ghostly presence who used to like to sit on the beds and turn the lights on and off. Some folks have reported seeing apparitions in military uniforms.
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Van Dyke Lounge
Schenectady, New York
55.8 miles from Davenport Center, NY
The Van Dyck Lounge restaurant and brewery was once a jazz club that opened in 1947. Many big names played here, including Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. It is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a brothel worker who was killed in ...
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Front Street Park
Schenectady, New York
55.9 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Remnants from a 1690 raid of French-Canadian and Indian invaders are said to haunt Front Street Park and the entire Stockade Historic District. Most of the town's residents, families of the Dutch merchants and fur traders who settled here in 1661, were massacred in the attack.
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Vale Cemetery
Schenectady, New York
56.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
The largest cemetery in Schenectady, Vale Cemetery opened in 1857 and is said to be a spooky place, indeed. Witnesses say some of the statuary cries out at night or bleeds from the eyes or the tops of their heads. Black and white ghostly figures are alleged to wander through ...
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The Shanley Hotel
Napanoch, New York
56.3 miles from Davenport Center, NY
I'll be honest, I am always a little leery of places that market themselves primarily as a haunted hotel. It's different to be a HAUNTED HOTEL than a hotel that happens to be haunted. I can never decide if they are taking advantage of the craze with smoke and ...
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Jackson's Garden - Union College
Schenectady, New York
56.5 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Jackson's Garden at Union College is said to be haunted by the ghost of Alice Van der Veer. According to legend, Alice fell in love with a man her father didn't approve of, so he killed his daughter's young lover. In retaliation, an angry mob captured Alice and her father ...
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Roberson Mansion
Binghamton, New York
56.7 miles from Davenport Center, NY
The historic Roberson Mansion, completed in 1907, is rumored to be haunted by ghost children who run in the hallways and possibly original owner Alonzo Roberson himself. An older man has been seen in the museum near closing time, only to disappear without a trace.
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Bundy Museum
Binghamton, New York
56.9 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Built at the turn of the last century. The Bundy has been investigated by several teams from around the region. Activity has ranged from apparitions being seen in the 2nd floor window, energy vortexes on the 3rd floor that make t difficult to stand and an uneasy feeling in ...
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Farnam Mansion
Oneida, New York
57.9 miles from Davenport Center, NY
This place is the site of numerous reports of haunted activity. People claim that lights turn on and off and that they see shadow apparitions, full-body apparitions, ghostly voices, footsteps and other assorted sounds and phenomena.
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Hubbard Hall - Cazenovia College
Cazenovia, New York
58.1 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Strange incidents seem to constantly occur for residents of the 3rd floor of Hubbard Hall. Doors open and close on their own, alarm clocks seem to trigger at odd hours of the day and night.
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University at Albany SUNY
Albany, New York
58.1 miles from Davenport Center, NY
At Mahican Hall on Indian Quad, the ghost of a young girl has been roaming the halls since 1994. And at Pierce Hall on Alumni Quad, the ghost of an unknown woman is said to appear in the halls.
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Lorenzo State Historic Site
Cazenovia, New York
58.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Lorenzo State Historic Site is the former home of city founder John Lincklaen. His ghost and some of his household are said to linger in his abode, materializing as stately gentlemen, servants, or lights that come on and go off when no one is in the building.
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Brae Loch Inn
Cazenovia, New York
58.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Brae Loch Inn was once the William Burr Estate, built in 1805. According to reports, Rooms 11 and 12 are especially haunted. Around the inn, visitors may discover strange noises and apparitions of "Scotty," a man in a kilt; a young girl in a blue dress carrying a tray of ...
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Community Reformed Church of Colonie
Albany, New York
59.1 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Shadow figures are often seen around this church at night, along with the sounds of children playing.
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Blithewood Mansion
Red Hook, New York
59.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Blithewood Mansion was built by National Guard captain and real estate mogul Andrew C. Zabriskie, who commissioned four statues for his garden. Each statue would depict one of his four daughters. When tragedy struck and one of his daughters was killed falling out of a window of a New York ...
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Old Ulster County Jail
Kingston, New York
59.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
At Old Ulster County Jail, constructed in 1971, the ghosts of murdered inmates are said to walk. Footsteps, voices and cell doors opening and closing are among the things that have been reported by witnesses. The site has been featured on an episode of TV’s Ghost Hunters.
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Wiltwyck Cemetery
Kingston, New York
59.3 miles from Davenport Center, NY
No real details on this available, except that a number of Internet sites list Wiltwyck Cemtery (often misspelled as Wiltwick) as being haunted.
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Fort Stanwix
Rome, New York
59.3 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Fort Stanwix is a historical museum including an authentically restored 1758 fort. It is said to be haunted by apparitions and paranormal occirrences night or day. Witnesses say doorknobs turn, doors open and close, lights go on and off, alarms are tripped, footsteps, voices and a woman's crying are heard, ...
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Sage College of Albany
Albany, New York
59.5 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Some of the buildings at Sage College in Albany were once a part of the Albany Home for Children; rumor has it that shallow graves were found during some campus construction. The campus is said to be haunted by some of the home's orphans who died in a fire in ...
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Capitol Theatre
Rome, New York
59.5 miles from Davenport Center, NY
The Art Deco Capitol Theatre was built in 1927 and has been haunted for at least three decades, witnesses say. Reports have come in of a man's shadowy figure, music coming from a long-defunct organ, doors that open on their own, disembodied whispers, and the phantom sounds of a late-night ...
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Cazenovia Lake
Cazenovia, New York
59.5 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Cazenovia Lake is reportedly haunted by many ghosts. One is a ghost child who calls for help, a victim of an 1800s steamboat accident. A ghostly Onondaga Indian Princess and her groom also are said to reside here. The couple escaped from an attack in a canoe, which sank. Sounds ...
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The College of Saint Rose
Albany, New York
59.6 miles from Davenport Center, NY
The College of Saint Rose campus is rumored to have many haunted buildings. Students in the residence halls have reported apparitions, unexplained old-fashioned music, footsteps, electrical appliances that turn on or off by themselves, strange sounds, spirit orbs, and pinches on the rear end from an unseen hand.
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Montrepose Cemetery
Kingston, New York
59.8 miles from Davenport Center, NY
A witness visiting Montrepose Cemetery described the apparition of a long-haired woman in a flowing dress, flitting between gravesites.
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Blaber House
Kingston, New York
60.1 miles from Davenport Center, NY
According to ghostly legend, at Blaber House there is a spectral elderly woman who sits and reads in a chair, and walks around the yard at around midnight. When she is finished walking the perimeter of the yard, she heads for the roadway and vanishes.
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Lincoln Park Gully
Albany, New York
60.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Lincoln Park Gully is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of Dutch soldiers and Mahican warriors who planned to attach the Mohawks, but were ambushed by the Mohawks instead. One grisly tale about the battle relates that a Dutch soldier was burned alive, and his leg and arm were ...
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Professor Java's Coffee Sanctuary
Albany, New York
60.2 miles from Davenport Center, NY
Witnesses say Professor Java's is haunted by an apparition of a man in a suit. Laughter has come from the back and a barking dog has been heard on the main floor. Apparitions of a woman have shown up in a mirror.
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