Oscar M Lemoine, 1841-1897, circa 1875. He was the husband of Maria Braxton Lemoine and lived in the house until his death in 1897. Photo courtesy of David Griffith.


“I liked the house immediately, but it


was in bad shape and it turned out that there was a whole lot more work than I thought there would be,” Griffith said. After resurrecting the shallow well on


the property, Griffith turned on the water and it was an instant flood — with leaks pouring from the ceilings, door jams and just about everywhere in the house. After taking out the old water heating system and putting in new heat pumps, Griffith started to clear an upstairs bedroom, where he would stay while he worked on the rest of the expansive house. The first night Griffith slept in the


room, he began to notice the unexplained phenomenon that is now an accepted part of the home’s personality. It started small, according to Griffith,


with a tape measurer flying off a sill. Then Griffith noticed his dog, Halo, would neither go upstairs to the third floor nor downstairs to the basement. Halo also began barking at rooms, and the black labrador was rarely known to bark. Then, electronics Griffith brought into the house began to malfunction, doors would inexplicably open or close


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Ben Griffith, (L-R) Emma Griffith, Esther Lemoine, Katherine Griffith and Stage Lemoine Griffith in a 1905 family photograph. Photo courtesy of David Griffith.


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