Kelton House Museum & Garden reputed hauntings

The Kelton House, a 19th-century house museum at 586 E Town St, has long been the subject of local accounts of paranormal activity; staff and visitors have reported unexplained footsteps, a moving rocking chair, and occasional sightings of a childlike apparition. The Kelton family who lived there were prominent in Columbus civic life and were connected to Underground Railroad history, which often figures in local retellings of the house’s stories. The museum documents these accounts as part of its local folklore rather than established historical fact.