It's a crazy Gothic home that was just up the hill from the Observatory. It was torn down in 1914, but I keep finding vague references to it being haunted (this may purely be because it LOOKED haunted). I know recollections about it were still lurking around as late as the 1940s/50s.
Any thoughts or loose bits of story rattling around would be appreciated, as so far I have very little to go on so far!

Here's what the crazy thing looked like (in other words, no wonder it had a reputation for being haunted):