The Spy House Port Monmouth, New Jersey Port Monmouth is situated on the Lower New York Bay. During the American Revolution, a British Naval officer named the Whitlock Seabrook-Wilson Homestead, the Spy House . Because the British Navy asserted that the house was being utilized to spy on their ships. When in all actuality the spying was being accomplished from Gerrett’s Hill by John Stillwell which was located a short distance away from the house. The British in an endeavor to stop the spying attempted to burn the house down but the attempt failed . The house itself began from a one room cabin in 1648 and was added on to throughout the years. Sometime in 1677 the middle section was added, which was the widow Seabrooks home in 1703 . Daniel Seabrook extended his home to his mother’s across the lawn after the death of Thomas Whitlock. The home stayed in the Seabrook family for 250 years . The home is now the Spy House Museum which presents the history and heritage of the Bay shore. But the Spy House has its shadowy side also. It is said to be one of the most haunted places in America. An alleged female apparition dressed in white come down the stairs from the attic . She then walks into the rooms known as the Blue and White rooms, located on the second floor. She than leans over a crib and straighten something in the crib, it is alleged to be a quilt . The apparition than turns away and fades into thin air. In 1975 as a group was touring the house while in the same room, the sewing machine popped open and the machine started to operate on its own without anyone using the foot treadle . In the front vestibule on the first floor an apparition of a man in a top hat with a full-beard has alleged to have made an appearance many times over the years. The Spy House is located at 119 Port Monmouth Rd. Port Monmouth, New Jersey
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:31:15 +0000
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