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0By the Side of the Road Bed and Breakfast
Harrisonburg, Virginia
28.9 miles from Pendleton County, WVThis historic b&b was built just a bit after the American Revolution, and it was used a Civil War hospital in 1864. It is said that when the area was burned by Union soldiers, the flame-retardant building just wouldn't catch fire, so it became a sort of haven during the ...
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Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, Virginia
29.4 miles from Pendleton County, WVCole Hall at the est.-1880 Bridgewater College is rumored to be haunted by its namesake, Dr. Charles Knox Cole. Built in 1929 by Cole's daughter, Mrs. Virginia Garber Cole Strickler, the hall is an auditorium, and Mr. Cole's ghost is said to attend the plays shown there. The ghost sits ...
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Virginia Quilt Museum
Harrisonburg, Virginia
30.6 miles from Pendleton County, WVThis 1856 antebellum home was formerly known as the Warren-Sip House, and during the Civil War, it served as a hospital for wounded soldiers. Visitors to the current museum have reported sighting the apparition of a Confederate soldier on the second floor of the building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Graceland Inn and Conference Center
Elkins, West Virginia
31.9 miles from Pendleton County, WVThis inn, restaurant and conference center is said to be haunted by several entities: a ghost named Grace, senator Henry Davis, and a former servant named Katie.
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Hutton House Bed and Breakfast
Huttonsville, West Virginia
33.9 miles from Pendleton County, WVBuilt in 1898 by Eugene Elihu Hutton, the Queen Anne-style Victorian home is now an inn, and is believed to be haunted. Folks say that at 5 a.m. the unexplained smell of baking bread wafts through the inn, although the kitchen is closed and the ovens are cold.
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Thornrose House
Staunton, Virginia
39 miles from Pendleton County, WVThis historic home now operates as a bed and breakfast called "Thornrose House". The B&B has a room called "Caroline's Room" which allegedly has been a hot-spot for ghostly apparitions. The bed and breakfast is under new management as of Spring 2014.
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Mary Baldwin College
Staunton, Virginia
39.4 miles from Pendleton County, WVMary Baldwin College is a four-year liberal arts women's college based in Staunton, VA. It was founded in 1842, and was originally called the Augusta Female Seminary. There are several reported ghosts at the college: A ghost known as "Richard" haunts the several areas, including the Administration Building, Wenger Hall and ...
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0Belle Grae Inn - Ubon Thai Victorian Inn
Staunton, Virginia
39.5 miles from Pendleton County, WVThis inn is haunted by Mrs. Bagsby, a spirit who has resided here since the 1800s. Mrs. Bagsby unlocks doors and plays other tricks; it is said that she has been known to cause the inn's hot water supply to bypass the room of a guest that she doesn't like. ...
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Western State Hospital - Dejarnette Building
Staunton, Virginia
41.4 miles from Pendleton County, WVWestern State Hospital, a fancy resort-style asylum called Western State Lunatic Asylum in its early years, was originally built in the 1820s. In 1905 it was taken over by Dr. Joseph Dejarnette, under whose authority patients were tortured. When the hospital moved in the 1970s the building became the Staunton ...
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Old Hampshire County Jail
Romney, West Virginia
55.8 miles from Pendleton County, WVBuilt in the late 1700s, the old jail has a legend attached. It seems that in the late 1800s a sheriff was shot to death by a gang of bandits on the staircase leading between the jail and the attached brick building, which was the jailer's family home. He was ...
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0The Lafayette Inn
Stanardsville, Virginia
56 miles from Pendleton County, WVRumor has it that a phantom bloodstain in the foyer returns daily from a Confederate soldier who long ago committed suicide after the stress of learning his wife had been unfaithful with a Yankee soldier. The soldier's ghost is said to wander the halls at night with a pistol, still ...
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Kingwood Public Library
Kingwood, West Virginia
57.6 miles from Pendleton County, WVThe circa-1966 library is said to be haunted. Witnesses report noises and footsteps, objects that move on their own, doors that open and close by themselves, and books that jump off the shelves. A jail that once stood on the site is believed by some to be the source of ...
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Belle Grove Plantation
Middletown, Virginia
61 miles from Pendleton County, WVBelle Grove Plantation, built between 1794 and 1797, was once the home of Revolutionary War veteran Major Isaac Hite, Jr. (President James Madison’s brother-in-law) and was the headquarters of General Philip Sheridan during the Battle of Cedar Creek. It is believed to be haunted by an apparition of a woman ...
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Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Virginia
61.7 miles from Pendleton County, WVVirginia Military Institute, which originally opened in 1839 and has boasted famous professors of the likes of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, is said to be haunted by many ghosts, including an apparition of a hanged man. Jackson’s possessions and the skeleton of his horse are displayed in the chapel. Students have ...
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Wayside Theatre
Middletown, Virginia
62.5 miles from Pendleton County, WVWayside Theatre is believed to be the forever home to a ghost of a former caretaker who perished in a fire. His activity centers on the back-porch costume storage, the basement, and the balcony. Seat CC1 is often found to be mysteriously lowered.
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0Wayside Inn
Middletown, Virginia
62.6 miles from Pendleton County, WVWayside Inn is reported to be the oldest inn in the U.S. that is still in operation. Room 14 is rumored to be haunted and is the source of the most unusual happenings in the inn. However, witnesses have seen and heard strange things all over the inn.
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Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park
Pendleton County, West Virginia
63.3 miles from Pendleton County, WVThe Droop Mountain Battlefield was the site of an 1863 battle. Folks have reported soldiers' apparitions, some headless, in the fog that comes rolling over the mountain.
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Southern Virginia University
Buena Vista, Virginia
65 miles from Pendleton County, WVThe former Southern Virginia College, now Southern Virginia University, is said to be haunted by a young boy who rides his bicycle up and down the hallway of the fourth floor od a woman's dormitory carrying a red balloon. Some also say his mother's ghost haunts the third floor, looking ...
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0Monticello
Charlottesville, Virginia
67.2 miles from Pendleton County, WVPeople believe that Jefferson has never left his beloved Monticello and they claim to see Jefferson's ghost wandering the grounds and also to hear whistling, something that Jefferson was prone to doing as he toured the property.
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Castle Hill Manor
Keswick, Virginia
70.3 miles from Pendleton County, WVCastle Hill Manor is a privately owned historic mansion said to be haunted by a female ghost who wears perfume and sometimes appears in a room known as the pink bedroom. Former owner Amelie Rives is suspected to linger here in spirit as well.
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The Natural Bridge Hotel
Natural Bridge, Virginia
73.4 miles from Pendleton County, WVLegend has it that a former owner went mad and killed his wife and children in the hotel. Some say the apparitions of various members of the family have been seen around the grounds in the night.
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Winton Country Club
Amherst, Virginia
74.2 miles from Pendleton County, WVWinton Country Club, constructed in 1769, was the home of Sarah Winston Syme Henry, mother of patriot Patrick Henry. Legend has it that when Patrick Henry visited during the American Revolution, he had to secrete himself from the enemy in a pile of hay here. Rumors also say that Sarah ...
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Historic General Lewis Inn
Lewisburg, West Virginia
84.9 miles from Pendleton County, WVThe 1929 inn is said to be haunted by at least three ghosts. The most well known is a Lady in White who haunts Room 208. Her identity is unknown, a portrait of her hangs in the room. Also residing here is the ghost of a slave named Reuben, rumored ...
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0Bremo Plantation
Bremo Bluff, Virginia
87.6 miles from Pendleton County, WVOne house here is said to be haunted by Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke, wife of John Hartwell Cocke, War of 1812 brigadier general and the builder of the plantation estate.
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