Ghosts at the Edgefield Manor "Poorhouse" in Troutdale, Oregon

Visit Edgefield for Halloween Spirit!

Edgefield Manor  operated as Multnomah County's farm for poor people before the days of social programs. It held elderly residents, disabled residents, poor residents, and the mentally challenged. Edgefield was well managed, with its crops feeding those who lived there and the excess sold at profit. In 1947 the site of several buildings and farmland became a nursing home. The facility closed in 1982 and remained vacant until the McMenamin brothers purchased it and began refurbishing the buildings. Now the gardens are extensive and lovely, especially in the summer and fall months. The gift shop is crammed with beautiful things, and the Black Rabbit restaurant serves delicious dinners using produce grown on-site. The restaurant offers vegetarian entrées as well. 

The "Ad House" was the poor farm's administration building, housing the superintendent and his family. It is now a bed and breakfast and some people have been awakened by the spirit of a woman at the foot of the bed, shaking their feet! It is believed that this spirit likes to reside in the Althea Room on the top floor of the house. Some guests claim she has serenaded them with nursery rhymes!

The "Power Station" now functions as a restaurant, however it was originally the farm's power plant and laundry facility. Staff members have said they often feel a presence in the room, watching them.

Room 215 of the main building is said to be haunted. Apparently when the McMenamin brothers acquired Edgefield, this room was covered in cult graffiti which has since been removed. A few guests have complained about a large spirit dog who shoves his cold nose in their faces while they are sleeping.

A woman dressed all in white was spotted peering in a window at night, and another time a young child dressed in white was seen wandering toward the parking lot. Both sightings were of spirit beings.