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General Investigation Information
Investigation Number:

021508

Prospect Place
dba: G. W. Adams Educational Center, Inc.
12150 Main Street
P.O. Box 196
Trinway, Ohio, 43842
Phone:  (740) 754-1814
Date of Investigation: August 9th, 2008
Time of Investigation: 20:00-05:30
Type of Investigation: Public Location- Private Investigation
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Location Information
Description of Location:
 "Prospect Place" was the home of the George Willison Adams family of Dresden, Ohio, in the 19th & 20th centuries.  This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently in the process of being restored.  In the 1850s and 1860s the house was a station on the "Underground Railroad".  Although a few fine homes remain in Dresden from this era, Prospect Place is the last remaining Dresden area mansion (There were five:  Prospect Place; River Dale; Mulberry Grove; Maple Hollow and Elm Grove), the others have met the fate of time and neglect and are no more.  These were the homes of the "Lords of the Valley", men of great influence and wealth who helped tame a new land and create a community. 
Elevation of Location:
 1000 ft / 304 m
Investigators:
 Amity, Bev, Brian, Gene, Joan, Karen, Kat, Tahrea, Tammi
History of the Home/Area:

Historical Time Line

  • 1780: best guess of the beginning of the Underground Railroad
  • 1799: George Willison Adams was born in Fauquier County, Virginia
  • 1793: the original Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 is passed
  • 1810: height of the Underground Railroad begins
  • 1828: George W Adams and his brother Edward built a large flouring mill at the place that became known as Adams Mills
  • 1842: George W. Adams House is built south of Trinway on Bottom Road
  • 1850: passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 (Compromise law of 1850)
  • 1850: height of the Underground Railroad ends with over 30,000 people escaping enslavement (mainly to Canada) via the network
  • 1850: George W. Adams wife, Clarissa, suddenly fell ill and died
  • 1854: the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional in a case involving Joshua Glover and Sherman Booth
  • 1856: the 29-room mansion is built by abolitionist George Willison Adams
  • 1858: Abraham Lincoln gives his House Divided Speech upon accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination as that state's United States senator
  • 1860: best guess of the end of the Underground Railroad
  • 1861: Abraham Lincoln takes office
  • 1861: the American Civil War begins
  • 1861: Lincoln enacted the Union blockade of all Southern ports, ending most international shipments to the Confederacy
  • 1862: the Confederate Navy waged a fight against the Union Navy when the ironclad CSS Virginia attacked the blockade; it seemed unstoppable but the next day it had to fight the new Union warship USS Monitor in the Battle of the Ironclads
  • 1863: General Lee loses at Gettysburg
  • 1865: the American Civil War ends
  • 1872: William Still, often called "The Father of the Underground Railroad" published the book The Underground Railroad
  • 1879: G.W. Adams dies at age 79
  • 1879: Anna Adams was the eldest daughter of G. W. Adams.  She and her husband, William Cox, Jr., inherited the mansion when her father died
  • 1913: the suspension bridge that was built by George W. Adams and designed by John Augustus Roebling, who also designed the Brooklyn Bridge in New York was washed away by a flood
  • 1948: The present occupants of Prospect Place are Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Kain and their five children, Dorothy, who will be married in the home today; Russell and Freddie; the twins; Walter and Eleanor.
  • 1969: home was sold to a distant relative of George Cox, Eugene Cox
  • 1979: building added to the National Register of Historic Places
  • 1988: building was scheduled to be demolished
  • 2001: the Longaberger Company stops maintaining security on the mansion
  • 2003: G. W. Adams Educational Center, Inc., was founded by his descendant George Jeffrey Adams
  • 2005: Adams created a non-profit group the G. W. Adams Education Center, Inc.

Terminology

Members of The Underground Railroad often used specific jargon, based on the metaphor of the railway. For example:

  • People who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents" (or "shepherds")
  • Guides were known as "conductors"
  • Hiding places were "stations"
  • Abolitionists would fix the "tracks"
  • "Stationmasters" hid slaves in their homes
  • Escaped slaves were referred to as "passengers" or "cargo"
  • Slaves would obtain a "ticket"
  • Just as in common gospel lore, the "wheels would keep on turning"
  • Financial benefactors of the Railroad were known as "stockholders"

Mansion details

  • Builder:  George Willison Adams
  • Date:  1856 - 1857
  • Style:  Greek Revival / Alternate
  • Square Footage:  9500 sq/ft
  • Ceiling Height:  Main House - 14 feet  /  Servants Wing - 12 feet

The following information is from the National Register of Historic Places

Adams, George W., House
added 1979 - Building - #79001912)
Also known as Prospect Place
South of Trinway on Bottom Road, Trinway

  • Historic Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
  • Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
  • Architectural Style: Greek Revival
  • Historic Person: Adams, George W.
  • Significant Year: 1842
  • Area of Significance: Architecture, Politics/Government, Industry
  • Period of Significance: 1825-1849
  • Owner: Private
  • Historic Function: Domestic
  • Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling
  • Current Function: Domestic
  • Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling
Activity Reported:
 Activity at this location invlude shadow people, opjects being moved and people being touched.

Data Collected
Video Findings:
 none
Photographic Findings:
 See below
Audio Findings:
  • mp3= cleaned
  • wav= unaltered

Classification Scale

This was from the basement while one investigator was alone in the dark while two other investigators were in another part of the basement. At the time they were gone the investigator started to feel some very cold breezes. When the other investigators came back he had them feel my arm to see how cold I was.

Another evp taken from the basement while one investigator was alone. If this was head as a disemboded voice, it might have been a "Dude Run" moment.

One male and one female investigator in the servents room. You can hear something sit down or move the chair in the corner. We are both seated across the room. The KII flashes on the chair at the same time.

This is in the ballroom the investigator put an audio right when you walk in the door and then went to the back of the room. Right at the start of the audio before you hear "I'm at...." you will hear a voice. 

All of the following are from our mini box. A couple of these have some bad words but I am posting them as a way to show these can not be radio signals- the FCC would have a fit.

  • We asked "Do you want to talk to Tammi." the response back we got was Joan. Yes, there was a Jaon in the room. listen

While we were in the basement we were trying to get some activity to pick up by rearranging some of the bricks from the house as a trigger test. These recordings were 2 hours after that:

We asked for the box to say a cuss word:

A series of generic questions about the house:

Question: "Tell us your name"
Answer: "Stan Green"

Question: "Are you happy to live here?"
Answer: "Yea"

Question: "Did a woman fall off the balcony?"
Answer: "Yes"

Question: "What happened to the woman (that fell from the balcony)?"
Answer: "She died"

Question: "Was there a little girl that died here?"
Answer: "No, woman"

The below is a must listen and read......

This was recorded in a room that the mini box was left running during the investigation with no investigators in the room. After you listen to the clip read on for more information:

(Male voice) "Help, they're after me." (Female voice) "Braden can help"

The words alone makes this a very interesting clip. However, the paranormal community is a tight nit group and I am lucky enough to know a lady form across the county named Vicki Talbott. Here is here words on her son Braden:

It seems as if a communicator from the Other Side was with you on this investigation.  Braden Talbott Lindholdt died in March of 2001 in a kayaking accident in the Pacific Northwest.  Since then, he has been communicating through EVP/ITC to individuals and in research groups throughout the world.  He has said that one of his missions is to help others cross over.  In this clip, we can hear a distressed being saying "After me...they're after me; they're after me!" followed by another saying, "Braden can help."  I think perhaps he was there to help the troubled entity transition from the place of investigation.

Braden Talbott Lindholdt
September 17, 1980 - March 11, 2001
Beloved by: Vicki Talbott - Mother
Personal Experiences:
 At approximatlly 3:27am. 3 investigators, Gene, Amity and Tammi was walking to the Servants Quarters on the 2nd floor.

Gene was leading in front, with Amity second in line and Tammi last in line behind Amity.Gene walked through the doorway and walked into the first room of the Servants Quarters (the haint blue room).

(picture of the hallway before the incident)

Amity walked through the 1st doorway and stepped up on the step to enter the servants quarters where Gene was.Tammi grabbed Amity’s arm and said "Oh Am,something’s got me!”

Amity pulled Tammi through the doorway they was walking through.The door at the entrance of the Servants Quarters quickly slammed shut and the bucket that was holding the door open was sitting directly in front of the door.

(notice the bucket is moved behind the door and also notice that the cords have not been moved)

Tammi quickly ran over to Gene with the look of fear on her face. She said it felt like something had a hold of her foot pulling her back.Upon inspecting the area there was no cables ,or cords or anything that she could have possibly tripped over.

Also, the small lamp sitting on a table next to the area where this incident occurred was setting perfectly on its side.

(lamp on its side- we had opened the door after the bucket moved)
Equipment readings:
 Some natural EMF spikes

False Positives
Video:
 none
Photographic:
 Were not saying this photograph is paranormal, but we would like to present it for further study:

Download full size image.

The next image was taken at the barn at prospect place. Notice the geometric shape in the mist. There were no other phots of the barn that showed this mist and there were no shpes on the side of the builing to cause it.
Audio:
 none

Conclusions
Investigation Summery:
 This was a 'pay to investigate' location. All of the money collected goes to the The G. W. Adams Educational Center, Inc a 501(c)3 company. The location had several rooms that were off limit due to construction. From the tour that we were given, the locations that were closed seemed to also radiate some of the highest energy, i.e. the sick room and the barn. If you are planing on doing a scientific investigation of the location I would suggest that you ask the tour guide to not disclose alleged paranormal activity from the locations. I feel that too much information was given and it could lead to a tainted investigation.
In our opinion, based solely on the evidence collected at the
time of this investigation we believe this location to be:
_ No paranormal activity
_ Paranormal activity, but not enough to consider it a haunting
_ Residual Haunting
X Intelligent Haunting
_ Benevolent Spirit
_ Malevolent Spirit
_ Benign Spirit
_ Inconclusive
Case Status
_ Follow-up recommended
X Case Closed

Additional Notes
General Photographs:
 To be added at a later date
Related Web Sites:
Investigation Lessons Learned:
 It is important to remember that even is a well know television show investigates a location and does not find any evidence that this does not mean that a location is not haunted. Ghosts never come out on commend or on a schedule.

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