Ummm…i lived right next door the 1890 house ( in the SDT house) for a couple of years and never heard or saw anything weird…however, our old sorority house has some ghost stories…

I have been in their about two times. I have never seen anything. I have heard from people that worked their that they have seen a dress that was laying on the bed blow up like their was a body in it, but their was nobody their. Creepy stuff thrills me, I wish I could of seen something.

I live in Cortland, but I’ve never been there. I’ve lived here my whole life, but I’ve never heard it was haunted… hmm.

Hey Kevin G: where are you FROM? no tragedies?! have you ever been to the 1890 House? they had SEVERAL fires there back in the day. plenty of people that lived there actually died in that house. you should go there and bone up on the house’s history! just a suggestion…

why do people get so angry when others are talking about the paranormal? How can these angry people say that it’s not true? And then to turn around and talk about their experiences? Just a question for the ignorant out there.

Hi Everyone. I just wondered if anyone knows how or where to look to see if there are any reports, whether in this era or a prior one, of a death or missing person, battle or anything that would explain why someone (son-in-law) was driving in the rain and saw a tall man walking along Rte. 221 near Harford, NY wearing what appeared to be a jacket similiar to a flack jacket. He had a hat, which also looked military, that was not as tall as a “tophat” would of been, but looked similiar. Well, my son-in-law slowed down as the man started to cross the road. He observed he could see through the man and he just disapeared! He was not a believer in ghost prior to this, but has since had a change of attitude. I did a google search and tried to find some account or death that may of occurred in the area of Harford, NY but got nothing. If anyone else has any resources to find something out, please post your commment or mail me at: blais_14590@yahoo.com. I appreciate your input or theory, and no, he wasn’t stoned! This really happened. Pam

I have a picture of the 1890 House…and the Ghost are in that photo.I have seen spirits since I was a child..as did my Grand Parents. Spirits for me are easy to see. If you have not experienced this…fine…but don’t dis the ones who have. That is innapropriate. Wado/Thank you

Ok i have lived in cortland sence i was twelve.. i have always heard about the 1890 house being haunted but never really had proof. I mean my friends family even had a wedding there an i didnt get any so called “vibes” or hear or see anything so untill thre is real proof i was say no i do not believe the 1890 house is hauntded

Okay, so, I have visited the 1890 house quite a few times,and it is sort of creepy, but this is about the house that the Wickwire’s had built for relatives(the house is right in the back yard of the 1890 house, on Argyle Place). I forgot what exactly brought it up, but my mom was just telling me how a house historian had looked at the house, and told her that 16 people had died in the house. No one knows exactly how they died, but we do know that there was a fire in the carrage house. For the few years that we lived there, I never saw a ‘ghost’, but there was a ‘vibe’ in that house. I dont doubt that there was paranormal activity, but I am not saying that it is haunted.

I’m not sure if it is actually haunted, but I am very interested in going to the seance later this month. In realation to this, I must say that the house behind the Wickwire House is haunted. My mom, sister, and myself lived there, and we never expierenced anything abnormal, per say, but the house deffinately had its creeks, and moans. We all brushed it off as it being just an old house. After we moved out of the house my mom talked with the landlord and he told us how him and his wife had hired a historian so they could learn about the place. Come to find out, the house was built for the Wickwire’s family(sort of like a mother-in-law house, I guess), but that wasnt all. A few years after the house was built, the carrige house caught on fire, and a few people died. In total, the house has had 16 deaths. And the rebuily carrige house is said to be haunted.

If ANYONE has anymore info on this house, please post it on this website. I am very interested in the history of the house. Thank you.

do you have any of the details for the seance. I would be interested in going as well =]
thanks

I have lived in Cortland my whole life and have visited the 1890 house on many different occasions for both school trips and on my own time. And I feel that with the amount of times that I’ve been there that I can honestly say the place has some stories that would make you understand a little better about reasons why it’s considered haunted. Not to mention my brother was the caretaker there living on the top floor in a little apartment that was built specifically for the caretakers. While living there he had many different things occur that would scare most. So due to my own experiences with the place and those that my brother has experienced I believe that it is not haunted but occupied by others.

The only thing I know is that it is being hosted on the 10th and 11th of this month, or sometime around there. My friends saw it in the Cortland Standard about a week or so ago.

ok thank you for your reply. I looked at the archives at the newspaper and didn’t find anything. does anyone else have any more info on this? or maybe a number I can call?

Um..if you want to find out about the seance–just CALL the 1890 House! They’re the ones having this event! haha wow, that was hard!

Um..if you want info on the seance, just call the 1890 House! They’re the ones having the event! Wow..that was difficult haha

um…that was unecessary.

This is a community chat Rachel..so your sarcasim is was quite uncalled for.You show your true immaturity by being insulting. We all have a rite to ask questions.

It’s called a joke people. Calm down. Considering this conversation is about “haunted houses” and shocked that no one can appreciate humor or sarcasm. Interesting “community”…

Rachel…it is ONLY a joke…if everybody is laughing. The person felt insulted. You were the only one laughing…smarten up.