Gettysburg College - Stevens Hall

A Brief History: Stevens Hall is located at Gettysburg College. The hall was built in 1868 and was originally used as a preparatory school for the college. Stevens Hall is the 4th oldest building at Gettysburg College. Stevens Hall became a dormitory for the college sometime in the early 1900s. Stevens Hall got it’s name from Thaddeus Stevens, which is one of the founders of Gettysburg College. He was also a congressman before and after the civil war. Thaddeus Stevens was also the author for the 14th Amendment, which states that any person born within the United States of America is a citizen of the country, and during the timeframe of the civil war this also included slaves.

Haunted History: In the early 1900s there was a young boy who lived nearby, who would get abused from his parents, so he would take refuge from the girls living in the dorm room. One night while the boy was taking refuge in the dorm, the headmistress was checking all of the floors, so the girls hid the boy outside of their window. After the headmistress left, the girls checked on the boy and discovered that he was gone. The girls checked the grounds outside of the hall but couldn’t find any sign of the boy. Many students through the years that have stayed at Stevens Hall claim that on a cold winter night they would hear cries from outside, and when they would look outside of the window they would see a blue boy shivering in the cold and then disappear.