LOCATION FILE
Pettibone Tavern (Abigail's Grille & Bar)
FOLLOWSimsbury, CT
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Built in 1780 for Jonathan Pettibone Jr. as a stagecoach stop on the Boston-to-Albany turnpike, the building operated as a tavern and inn for nearly two centuries before becoming a restaurant; a 2008 fire led to a change in ownership and its current name.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Staff and patrons for decades have reported the apparition of a woman known as "Abigail," tied to a local legend of a jealous sea captain who allegedly killed his wife and her lover in the building, along with a persistent cold spot near the second-floor restrooms; historians note records do not clearly confirm the story's details.
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