Though the Wright family moved around, brothers Wilbur and Orville always thought of this house, originally located at 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio, as home.
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Though the Wright family moved around, brothers Wilbur and Orville always thought of this house, originally located at 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio, as home. Orville was born here in 1871, and Wilbur died here in 1912. It was also here that the brothers began their serious studies in aviation -- work that led to their successful 1903 Wright Flyer.
The Wright family home at 7 Hawthorn Street in west Dayton was where much of the creative thinking and planning behind the world's first airplane took place. Wilbur and Orville added the shutters and built the wraparound porch. They resided at the Hawthorn Street house with their father and sister until Wilbur's death in 1912.
Henry Ford purchased the house, along with the Wrights' bicycle shop, and moved them in 1937 to his Greenfield Village complex in Dearborn, Michigan, where they are open to the public.
The apparition of a women has been seen in the house.
The feeling of being touched has been reported in the building.
Footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs.
A woman's voice has been heard.
A black mist has been seen coming out of the wall.
Evidence for Paranormal Claims
Evidence Type Log or Text
Encounter Type Other
Haunting Type Unknown
Status More Investigation Needed
Well the Wright home I've been in there and I've heard footsteps coming down the stairs and nobody's was there, a couple co workers and I also have a side of a face feel tingly/numb sometimes in there, my boss and coworker heard a woman's voice and watched a black mist come out of the wall.
