THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Lady in Granite is a well-known ghost legend centered around Penn Yan's historic cemetery and surrounding streets. Witnesses have reported seeing the apparition of a grieving woman dressed in white who quietly disappears before anyone can approach her.
The Lady in Granite appears on a gravestone for the Gillette family. It is an image of a lady’s head, reclining, thought to be the head of Matilda Gillette. No amount of polishing has been able to remove the image from the stone. According to local legend, eventually her whole form will show on the tombstone, and then her ghost will be free to haunt the town.