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Where it is
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The record
One of Ohio's oldest inns, built in 1812 by Orrin Granger in Granville and operated almost continuously as a tavern and inn ever since - also serving as Granville's first post office and a stagecoach stop. On the National Register of Historic Places (Licking County). The inn today spans five houses with about 25 rooms and continues to operate.
Field reports
Reported phenomena
Logged by the host and by previous investigators. Reported, not verified.
- Reported · The inn's first owner, Orrin Granger, is said to be its first-spotted ghost.
- Reported · The 'Lady in Blue,' identified with former innkeeper Ethel 'Bonnie' Bounell, who died in one of the rooms.
- Reported · Major Horton Buxton, the namesake owner, reported alongside the smell of cigar smoke; and a phantom cat said to appear in Room 9. Rooms 7 and 9 are cited most often.
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