James A. Garfield House

07.23.2005 | 9:58 pm | Mentor, Ohio, United States

This house, which is now a National Landmark, was the former residence of president James A. Garfield. Security guards have reported hearing the president�s wife, Lucretia, walking upstairs at night. She is said to turn lights on after the guards have turned them off. While renovating the inside of the house, worked tended to leave the room in which they were work a mess. The next morning, everything would be neatly in place.

14 Comments »

  1. tHIS STORY IS RUBBISH

    Comment by Courtney | 02.9.2006 | 1:17 pm

  2. Well i would say “THATS SCARY” i may ask u were actully is this haunted house i live in the same place i live in a ghost town its very scary cos theres only me and my mom my dad died we dnt know how but know my house is haunted :( SCARYYYYYY

    Comment by Hettie | 03.15.2006 | 1:59 pm

  3. I really don’t know what to think, but what do I know?

    Comment by Kirbie | 04.20.2006 | 2:34 pm

  4. That is very scary and i would never go in that house to see a real ghost i just like reading about them not seeing them atol

    Comment by Amanda | 05.16.2006 | 9:56 am

  5. Wow Hettie, I don’t know how to read jibberish but if I understand correctly you think you have a haunting? I suggest contacting your local paranormal society to see if they can verify it for you and possibly help you with your problem.

    This is my first time on this site and reading some of these comments here the jury is still out. Though its always interesting to read about a haunted house, I would like to see more history behind the discovery of paranormal phenomena. Simply receiving an email and throwing it up on your page shouldn’t be enough. This is simply a suggestion not a criticism. I’m not sure what to expect from a website hosted by “The Dumb Network”, though I hope that there is no correlation of the name to those operating the site.

    Well just so I can say I made a topical post, I will share that I lived for 2 years in the Little Italy portion of Cleveland which was settled by those who built Lakewood Cemetary and the monument of President James Garfield located within it. Though the home I lived in was built around the turn of the century I do not believe it was haunted, even though the cemetary was little more than 40 yards from my home.

    Comment by theodore | 06.7.2006 | 5:05 pm

  6. liveing with ghosts isnt that bad of course it all depends on what kind of ghosts you have too. i grew up in a haunted house an currently live in a haunted house.of course this ghost is realy annoying.

    Comment by horrorchick23 | 09.24.2006 | 6:16 pm

  7. ¿?¿?¿ yall confuse me wit all yalls fancy tech

    Comment by Mark Lenox | 02.7.2007 | 5:12 pm

  8. I live right by it and have never been there. This area is a high paranormal area. Sweet!

    Comment by Brent | 02.16.2007 | 12:17 pm

  9. I live right by it and have never been there. This area is pretty haunted. Sweet!

    Comment by Brent | 02.16.2007 | 12:18 pm

  10. it says james, a garfield house. OMGGG GARFIELD! HE IS THE MOST HILARIOUS CAT EVERRRRR! BUT HES GETTING KINDA FAT. LOSE SOME WEIGHT BITCHHH :D

    Comment by Yourmama | 06.21.2007 | 10:13 am

  11. No body says RUBBISH anymore, Courtney! You’re a ****** dumb @$$!

    Comment by KitCat | 07.23.2007 | 6:46 pm

  12. James A. Garfield acquired this home in 1876 to accommodate his large family. Named Lawnfield by reporters it was the site of the first successful front porch campaign which saw Garfield elected as 20th President of the United States in 1880. Following Garfield’s assassination, the Memorial Library wing was added by Mrs. Garfield and her family - setting the precedent for presidential libraries.

    Comment by teebee | 09.27.2007 | 12:22 am

  13. It is really scary and great.It sounds like it is extermly interesting.I like tis story vry much

    Comment by Diana&Courtney | 05.8.2008 | 1:03 am

  14. i like this story cause it ’s spine chilling cool! i love de story’s . i would expect more spine chilling . cool !

    Comment by preethi | 05.8.2008 | 1:07 am

 

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