Buxton Inn:
Located in Granville Ohio

Built in 1812 by Orin Granger and called The Tavern, the building originally served as a post office and a stagecoach stop between Columbus and Newark. The Inn was bought in 1865 by Major Buxton who changed the name to the Buxton Inn and ran it til 1905. The Buxton Inn is the oldest operating Inn in Ohio. Some of the more famous people that have lodged at this Inn are Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and Charles Dickens.

Shortly after the turn of the century, Bonnie Ethel Bounell took over the Inn and ran it until 1960 when it was purchased by Orville and Audrey Orr. After several years of renovating the Buxton Inn was re-opened and is still in operation today.
The reports of paranormal activity includes Major Buxton and  Bonnie Ethel Bounell who is also known as the "lady in blue" and died in room number nine.

The present owner, Mr Orr reports to have heard the locked front door open and someone walking in and up the stairs.
The lady in blue has been seen walking the halls and corridors of the Buxton Inn and a smell of perfume or fragrance from the era has been noted.

Visitors and employees have smelled and felt the presence of unseen spirits throughout the Inn.
Though it is not believed there is any relationship to the sign hanging outside the Inn, the phantom image of a cat is often seen wandering the halls and even seen entering some of the rooms.