Mystery Location No. 49: April 30, 2017

First Clue: common

A common Cheshire cat? I wonder if this one is in England.

Because of the red herrings, this one was difficult. The location is the Amos J. Blake House Museum, 66 Hwy. 119, on the common in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.

The house was built as a store with family quarters by Levi Haskell in 1837. In 1865, it was purchased by Amos J. Blake, a lawyer and state legislator, who used the front room as his law office. The next owner was Leroy, Amos Blake’s son, a notorious hoarder who never saw an object or piece of paper he didn't like. Ida Mae Northup, Leroy's cousin, was the next owner and she gave the house to the Fitzwilliam Historical Society in 1966.

Ghost-hunters claim they have detected at least a dozen ghosts in the museum, but the one people see most often is a cat that looks like a misty ball of fuzz. Also, objects are moved around, people hear disembodied voices and visitors sometimes feel uneasy and hear strange noises like sleigh bells.

New Hampshire was named for the English county of Hampshire and is known as The Granite State. Fitzwilliam is in Cheshire County.