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Jeb Arp, Realtor Realtor. Architecture enthusiast. Historic preservation advocate. Helping clients discover the story behind every home with Toles, Temple & Wright, Inc.

HAUNTED HOUSES OF ROME :: THE PRINTUP HOUSEIn 1946, sisters Alida Printup and Ava Printup Harris sold their home on East...
10/11/2026

HAUNTED HOUSES OF ROME :: THE PRINTUP HOUSE

In 1946, sisters Alida Printup and Ava Printup Harris sold their home on East Fourth Avenue.

They just didn't exactly move out.

As part of the arrangement, the sisters continued living upstairs until their deaths in the 1950s. And according to one of Rome's better ghost stories, they may have continued the arrangement a little longer than anyone anticipated.

Over the years, people have reported footsteps upstairs and lights mysteriously turning on in the rooms the sisters once occupied.

The house itself is nearly as good as the story: a sprawling turn-of-the-century home with stained and leaded glass, oversized pocket doors, a huge front porch and seven fireplaces.

Do I know if the Printup sisters still live upstairs? No.

But if I owned the house and an upstairs light came on by itself, I think I'd let them have the room.

👻 The Printup House is one of the stories in my new Rome Home Journal: HAUNTED HOUSES OF ROME.

Read the history—and the legends—at jebarp.com/blog

THE (NON-HAUNTED) HOUSES OF ROME YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY 🏡After a week of haunted Berry, I figured it was probably time to ...
10/09/2026

THE (NON-HAUNTED) HOUSES OF ROME YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY 🏡

After a week of haunted Berry, I figured it was probably time to remind everyone that I do, in fact, sell real estate. And right now, Katie and I have several very different homes available around Rome.

There’s a house with an in-ground pool. One with more than an acre. One with three finished levels and room for everybody. One with a screened porch that's practically another house. One in Old East Rome with a primary suite that gets its own floor. One that gives you the feel of new construction without the wait. And our newest listing has a backyard that doesn't even stop at the fence.

Different neighborhoods. Different price points. Different personalities.

And in a slower real estate market, there can actually be an upside to being a buyer: You have time to look, compare, ask questions, and find the house that really fits you. So swipe through. →

Maybe you've seen some of these before. Maybe there's one you've already scrolled past. Or maybe the right one has been sitting here waiting for you to take another look.

And don't worry—the ghosts aren't going anywhere. Haunted Houses of Rome starts next. 👻

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SCARY BERRY :: ROANYWe've had a woman in a tower; A Green Lady; Martha Berry returning to work; A mysterious light; An e...
10/07/2026

SCARY BERRY :: ROANY

We've had a woman in a tower; A Green Lady; Martha Berry returning to work; A mysterious light; An exorcism.

Naturally, Berry also has a ghost horse.

Roany was real. He lived to an unusually old age, became part of Berry lore and was important enough to receive his own memorial on campus.

The legend that came afterward is considerably harder to document.

According to Berry folklore, Roany can still occasionally be seen—or heard—making his way across campus.

Is there historical evidence that a deceased horse wanders Berry College? No.

Did I seriously consider writing an article about Berry's ghosts and leaving out the ghost horse? Also no.

👻 Meet Roany and the rest of Berry's unusually well-populated supernatural community in SCARY BERRY, now on Rome Home Journal.

jebarp.com/blog
Berry alumni: please tell me someone else heard the Roany story. I refuse to be alone on this one.

SCARY BERRY :: ROOSEVELT CABINNot every haunted place at Berry looks haunted.Roosevelt Cabin may be one of the most char...
10/06/2026

SCARY BERRY :: ROOSEVELT CABIN

Not every haunted place at Berry looks haunted.

Roosevelt Cabin may be one of the most charming buildings on campus.

Built soon after the Berry Schools opened in 1902, the little log cabin was once home to Martha Berry herself. Theodore Roosevelt ate lunch here in 1910, and the building was renamed in his honor the following day. Today it's preserved as a museum.

And then there's the light.

Milton Chambers, who grew up at Berry, recalled seeing a mysterious light upstairs at the cabin as a child—something he couldn't explain and apparently never forgot.

It's a quieter ghost story than Mary Hall.

Which somehow makes it creepier.

An old cabin.

Dark woods.

And a light where there shouldn't be one.

👻 Roosevelt Cabin is one stop in SCARY BERRY, my new Rome Home Journal about what happens when architecture, memory and folklore collide.

SCARY BERRY :: MORTON-LEMLEYSome ghosts get towers...Ruth apparently preferred a dorm room.Stories surrounding Morton-Le...
10/05/2026

SCARY BERRY :: MORTON-LEMLEY

Some ghosts get towers...Ruth apparently preferred a dorm room.

Stories surrounding Morton-Lemley Hall tell of objects moving, electronics behaving strangely and students feeling as though someone—or something—was in the room with them. The supposed culprit became known simply as Ruth.

Unlike many campus ghosts, however, Ruth wasn't entirely invented. Ruth was a real person connected to the early history of the building.

And in 2005, Berry's own Campus Carrier was already documenting students' stories about what they believed was happening inside.

That's the thing about Berry's ghosts.

The stories don't simply attach themselves to old buildings.

They attach themselves to people, rooms and memories.

👻 Ruth's story is part of SCARY BERRY, now on Rome Home Journal: jebarp.com/blog
Former Morton-Lemley residents: I particularly want to hear from you on this one. Did you ever hear about Ruth?

SCARY BERRY :: PILGRIM HALLMost Berry ghost stories begin with:“Legend says…”This one begins with a date: September 24, ...
10/05/2026

SCARY BERRY :: PILGRIM HALL

Most Berry ghost stories begin with:
“Legend says…”

This one begins with a date: September 24, 2009.

That night, inside Pilgrim Hall on Berry's Mountain Campus, a Berry student conducted what he described as an exorcism involving a former female student. This isn't a hundred-year-old campus legend reconstructed from whispers. It happened. It made the news.

What actually occurred inside Pilgrim that night—and what anyone chooses to believe about it—is another question entirely.

And that's where this story gets interesting.

Pilgrim was already 80 years old when that night occurred: an isolated stone dormitory on Berry's Mountain Campus that looks like it was designed by someone who fully expected an exorcism eventually.

Architecture has a funny way of becoming part of the story anyway.

👻 The Pilgrim Hall exorcism is one chapter of SCARY BERRY, my new Rome Home Journal exploring the architecture, history and folklore behind Berry's haunted reputation.

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SCARY BERRY :: THE GREEN LADYThis one scared me more than the buildings.Three miles of road through the woods between Be...
10/03/2026

SCARY BERRY :: THE GREEN LADY

This one scared me more than the buildings.

Three miles of road through the woods between Berry's main and mountain campuses. At night, your headlights illuminate little more than pavement and trees.
And somewhere along the way, according to generations of Berry students, a woman in green appears beside the road.

Most versions connect her to a young woman killed along Stretch Road.

But when researchers went looking for the origin of the Green Lady, they found something fascinating: The story may be older than the tragedy supposedly responsible for it.

There are theories involving former Berry students and their green uniforms. There are different sightings. Different women. Different explanations.

Maybe the Green Lady isn't one person at all.

Maybe she belongs to the road.

👻 I went digging into the history behind Berry's best ghost stories for SCARY BERRY, the newest Rome Home Journal.

Read it at jebarp.com/blog

And tell me: Have you ever seen anything strange on Stretch Road?

SCARY BERRY :: HOGEIf Martha Berry were going to haunt one building at Berry College, where would she go? Apparently, ba...
10/02/2026

SCARY BERRY :: HOGE

If Martha Berry were going to haunt one building at Berry College, where would she go? Apparently, back to work.

One of my favorite Berry ghost stories takes place inside the Hoge Building, where a young girl supposedly wandered away from her family and returned talking about the nice lady who had shown her around.

Later, she saw a portrait. "That's her."

The woman in the portrait was Martha Berry.

There are other stories, too—including lights appearing in an upstairs office when no one should have been there.

Do I know that Martha Berry haunts Hoge? Absolutely not.

But I love what the legend says about Berry. Even in the afterlife, apparently Martha isn't lounging around the House o' Dreams.

She's still checking on the school.

👻 More about the story—and the architecture behind Berry's many ghosts—in SCARY BERRY, now on Rome Home Journal.

jebarp.com/blog

Berry people: what's the Martha Berry ghost story you heard?

SCARY BERRY :: MARY HALLIf you were going to invent a haunted building at Berry College, you'd probably start here. A Go...
10/01/2026

SCARY BERRY :: MARY HALL

If you were going to invent a haunted building at Berry College, you'd probably start here. A Gothic tower. Narrow windows. Stone walls. Rooms high above the ground.

And, for generations, a story about a girl named Agatha.

The legend says Agatha was a Berry student whose fiancé was killed during World War II. Heartbroken, she supposedly climbed into the tower at Mary Hall and never came back down alive.

It's a great ghost story. There's just one problem: the history doesn't quite cooperate.

There really was an Agatha. But when researchers started digging into the story, the tower—and even the supposed dorm room—became much harder to explain.

Which may be the most interesting part.

👻 The story of Agatha—and why Berry College seems almost architecturally designed for ghost stories—is part of my new Rome Home Journal: SCARY BERRY.

Read it at jebarp.com/blog

Did you hear the Agatha story when you were at Berry?

🏚️ 5 Things That Make a Second Empire House... Second EmpireIf there were an architectural style made for October, this ...
09/29/2026

🏚️ 5 Things That Make a Second Empire House... Second Empire

If there were an architectural style made for October, this might be it.

Second Empire houses are dramatic, elaborate and just a little mysterious. You may not know the name—but you've probably seen the style used for everything from grand Victorian mansions to some of Hollywood's most memorable haunted houses.

Rome doesn't have many of them.

But we do have one that millions of people have seen: Claremont House, better known to Stranger Things fans as the Creel House.

So what makes a Second Empire house Second Empire?

🎩 1. The Mansard Roof – This is the big one. A mansard roof has two slopes on each side, with the lower section dropping steeply—almost like another wall. It creates a full upper story tucked beneath the roof.

🪟 2. Dormer Windows – Those steep mansard roofs are usually punctuated by dormers, often with elaborate surrounds.

🧱 3. Lots of Ornament – Brackets, moldings, decorative window surrounds and elaborate cornices are all fair game.

🏰 4. Towers and Pavilions – Not every example has one, but towers, projecting bays and prominent central sections add to the vertical, almost castle-like appearance.

📐 5. Tall, Vertical Proportions – Second Empire houses tend to draw your eye upward.

The style originated in 19th-century France during the reign of Napoleon III and became fashionable in America after the Civil War, particularly during the 1860s and 1870s.

And here's the fun part: Second Empire wasn't designed to look spooky.

That association came later. Mansard roofs, towers and elaborate Victorian details eventually became visual shorthand in movies and television for an old house where something probably happened upstairs.

Which brings us back to Claremont.

Long before Vecna arrived, the house was already one of Rome's most distinctive architectural landmarks—and one of our best places to learn how to spot Second Empire influence.

This month, we'll be seeing it again for an entirely different reason. 👻

📍Can you think of another Second Empire house in Rome? They're harder to find than you might think.

👉 Read more at Rome Home Journal

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