Category: Ghosts and Hauntings

The Harding Hotel is one of Marion’s more historic buildings, and if one believes the stories of Donna, a woman who works there and who I had the good fortune to interview in late 2010, it’s also a building with a spook or two: When we got down to the basement, she showed me what used to be […]

Constructed in 1857, the old city hall was never one of Marion’s more distinguished-looking buildings. According to the book History of Marion County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, “[T]he lower story [was] used as the Central Station of the Fire Department and as the city prison. The upper part [was] used for the mayor’s office, municipal […]