Pittock Mansion ghost stories

Built in 1914 for Henry and Georgiana Pittock, Pittock Mansion on the West Hills is the subject of numerous local ghost stories and alleged hauntings. Visitors and staff have reported unexplained footsteps, voices, and sightings in published accounts and on local ghost tours. Paranormal investigators have conducted investigations at the mansion; the purported phenomena are anecdotal and disputed by historians and officials. The house is a public historic site frequently cited in Portland tall-tale and ghost-tour literature.