When Quinn bought the Knox Mansion in 1993, it was in serious disrepair, with leaky ceilings, peeling walls and damaged woodwork. Some of Quinn’s restoration work can be seen here, in the main hallway and staircase.
Every old house has its characteristic creaks and groans: the hiss and moan of steam heat, the whine and crack of old wood, the rustle of mice in the walls. But when you’re lying awake in the middle of the night at the Olde Knox Mansion, the things that go bump in the night aren’t so easy to explain away.
The 110-year-old Johnstown home, now run as a museum and bed and breakfast, is rumored to be haunted