| Anna George Mansion Ruins |
| This location was brought to us though our co-founder, Heidi. She knows a woman that use to spend time hanging out at this spot back in the 1970's as a teenager. It was a fairly common place for teenagers and young adults to gather for certain "functions" that they did not want to be observed. She told Heidi of the stories passed around of the place being haunted. John Love and his wife moved to Pittsburgh from Ireland with their baby son, Robert. But later bought 300 acres in Nottingham Township, Washington County, Pa. They chose this spot for their country home. Ann Love, Miss George's mother was born in the original dwelling, which was a white frame house with a long porch. When Major Robert Love built the brick mansion in 1839, the original frame house was attached to the back of the mansion for the servants quarters. The mansion was a white brick colonial southern style mansion with spacious lawns surrounded by 3,000 feet of hedge, shrubbery, and flower gardens. The mansion prospered during the early part of the twentieth century, even through the Great Depression. Anna was one to help out the community, even without accepting recognition for it. Anna's brother, Joseph, had died here from a dog bite, some time when she was younger. She kept a large picture of him hanging in the yellow room, though. Anna had once told a young man that worked there, Gilbert Balliard, that Joseph's ghost comes out of the picture every night and roams about to ensure everything was okay. Gilbert stayed there a few times, however, but he never saw Joseph's ghost. Miss Anna George eventually died in 1938 at 93 years old, of an undisclosed cause. The estate was sold and changed hands several times. It was the Mansion Night Club and Restaurant, sat vacant for a period of time, and then it was reported to have gone up in flames. |
| Tom and Heidi originally tracked down and found the location back in early 2006. We had always planned on doing an investigation here, but it was not a priority matter, so it sat on the back burner until November 2007. Nick had just joined us, so he needed to get some time in with us and get more acquainted with the equipment used during an investigation. So, we thought that this would be a good time to come back here to the ruins. Tom, Nick, along with Jaimie, arrived at the Anna George Mansion Ruins before sunset. Since Tom was here before, he was easily able to guide our small team to the site. Even though this was an "outdoor" location now, we still treated it as we would any investigation that we would do. We set up our cameras around what was left of the foundation and keep one to use as a hand held, too. Nick took to using the EMF (Electromagnetic Field) meters, temperature measuring equipment, and EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) process with no difficulty. We conducted EVP sessions throughout the ruins of the once great mansion, as well as shooting many still pictures. None of us had any type of personal experience here, nor did we get any anomalous readouts on our equipment. Upon reviewing the photographic, video, and audio evidence after the investigation, we got nothing. Now that's not to say that there might not be something to be found, however, we did not get anything to lead us to believe that there is any type of paranormal activity going on here at the mansion ruins. |
| Blair Witch Project anyone? |
| The only photo we could find of what the mansion once looked like From the book Remembering Old Time Ginger Hill published in 1997 by George Balliard © Unknown |
| A piece of the floor. This type of debris is found all around |
| What once was the mansion |
| Tom and Nick |
| Entrance to what once must have been the basement |
| Nick and Jaimie keep an eye on air temperature and EMF |
| This is the most recognizable part of the house |
| Jaimie walking up what once was a graveled drive to the house |
| Here's Nick learning how to use an EMF meter |
| We uncovered part of what would seem to be a large concrete slab |
| The steps lead up to what was once a long hallway, tiled with the orangish/white tiles found all around |
| For anyone interested in reading about the history of the Anna George Mansion and the area, check out the book Remembering Old Time Ginger Hill 1921-1946 by Gilbert Balliard. |