Location: Granville OH, 35 mi East of Columbus Map
Constructed: 1812
The Buxton Inn is located in Granville, 35 mi East
of Columbus, Ohio in United States. This historic building is famous
for its paranormal activities with many witnesses claiming
supernatural presence of the dead guests.
Buxton Inn was
originally called the Buxton Tavern and it was built by 1812 by
Orrin Granger. Today, the Buxton Inn is oldest continuously running
inn in Granville, Ohio. Aside from being a hotel, Buxton Inn
building also served as Granville’s first post office and a
stagecoach stop. The Buxton Inn was visited by many notable historic
figures including President William Harrison himself. After Orrin
Granger died, ownership of the Buxton inn changed. Although it went
through several owners, it never closed down because of its
popularity.
In 1829, more additions were constructed for the
building. In the 1850s, the Buxton inn was purchased by James W.
Dilley and it was renamed to “The Dilley House”. Major Buxton and
his wife acquired the property in 1865. They attracted many guests
and the inn continued to thrive under their ownership. Hotel was
named after the major. After the death of the Buxtons, retired opera
singer Ethel Bounell took over the inn. The current owners of the
inn are Orville and Audrey Orr.
Over the a long time, it has invited popular visitors extending from
Abraham Lincoln to Henry Portage and served as a put of security for
those looking for flexibility on the Underground Railroad.
Given
that long history, the motel too has its share of supernatural action,
in spite of the fact that hotel director Jennifer Valenzuela likes to
call the place “spiritually active” instead of haunted, which she says
could be a more precise portrayal of how the inhabitant phantoms carry
on.
“A part of individuals all through the course of the inn’s
history put their life into working [here], into making beyond any doubt
that it’s wonderful,” she says. “They cared so profoundly … so it makes
sense, to me at slightest, that they would, indeed in their passing,
come back and check on it.”
One of the inn’s previous
proprietors, Ethel “Bonnie” Houston, got to be known as The Woman in
Blue after her nebulous vision was spotted in a light blue dress many
times. Valenzuela says the phantom is known to bring out the fragrance
of gardenias, indeed within the dead of winter. Houston’s cat is said to
seem in Room 9, which utilized to be the hotel owner’s flat. (The cat is
said to hop on the bed and snuggle up with whomever is investing the
night within the room.) Major Buxton, the past proprietor for which the
hotel is named, has been spotted went with by the scent of cigar smoke.
The Noteworthy Buxton Inn energizes its visitors to investigate the
property and learn around the history of the spirits said to dwell there
amid its Ghostory Visits. (They were as of late as it were accessible
through private bookings, but open visits were reestablished in
mid-September.) Valenzuela says the inn’s closure amid the widespread
driven to expanded supernatural movement.