THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The museum occupies Ashe County's former courthouse, built in 1904. One reported incident involved an intern hearing a distant telephone ring followed by footsteps moving through the otherwise quiet first floor.
It is reported that in 2010 a summer intern here witnessed a ghost. Working alone on the first floor, the intern heard a phone ring on the floor above, and then heard footsteps walking across the floor toward the sound, presumably to answer it.