Kelton House Museum

A Greek Revival mansion built in 1852 by abolitionists Fernando and Sophia Kelton, who ran it as an Underground Railroad station. In 1864 they sheltered two sisters escaping Virginia — one of them stayed, married the family butler, and never left.

Since renovations began, strange things have occurred regularly throughout the house. Interior doors open at night when the building is empty, furniture moves on its own, and figures in period attire appear and vanish. Oscar Kelton, Fernando's son killed in the Civil War, has been seen in the garden wearing his gray uniform and smoking a cigar. Staff have smelled women's perfume when alone, attributed to the spirit of Grace Kelton. Grace is particularly active, reportedly reorganizing files that staff have arranged, hiding items in locked cabinets, and leaving out cleaning supplies when housework doesn't meet her standards. Guests report being pushed or pulled in upstairs hallways. Each Halloween, Fernando's Victorian funeral is reenacted in the parlor where it originally occurred.