{"id":508,"slug":"hill-view-manor-new-castle-pennsylvania","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Hill View is the kinder — the 'not poor farm' that's the '25's aim, the 'pets allowed' that's the rule's soft. The 'boy visits' is the told — the 'seen means' that's the omen's claim, the 'shortly after' that's the death's time. The 'Jimmy stayed' is the kept — the '46 years' that's the resident's run, the 'EVP talks' that's the spirit's voice.","The 'notes cover' is the left — the 'nurses station' that's the counter's past, the 'Go light' that's the visitors' words. The '12 suicides' is the counted — the '30s' that's the dark's span, the 'auction sold' that's the '04's end. Hill View is the toured — the 'Ghost Hunters' that's the TV's mark, the 'Paranormal Princess' that's the guide's name.","The file keeps Hill View: the kinder home, the omen boy, the notes' wall, and the stayed Jimmy.","Hill View Manor is the archive's Pennsylvania file — the poor farm built to be kinder."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Hill View Manor is the archive's Pennsylvania file — the county home where a boy's visit meant death.","A home keeps its residents — the file's suggestion being that Hill View's hold is the stayed: the 'Jimmy 46' that's the resident's run, the 'notes' that's the visitors' grief, and the 'pets allowed' that's the kind's mark."]}],"name":"Hill View Manor","aliases":["Haunted Hill View Manor","Lawrence County Home for the Aged"],"type":"FORMER_COUNTY_HOME","type_label":"Former County Home","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","PARANORMAL_TOURISM"],"groups":["dark-history","hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"Former county home research record.","full_desc":"Hill View Manor is a former county home in New Castle, Pennsylvania, opened in 1926. Former county home research record. It sits in the archive under dark history and paranormal tourism. The dossier holds 1 documented fact — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.","address":"2801 Ellwood Road","city":"New Castle","county":"Lawrence","state":"Pennsylvania","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":40.995617,"lon":-80.345807,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":"Authorized booked events and tours only; no unscheduled entry.","ownership":null,"website":"https://hauntedhillviewmanor.com/","phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":1926,"year_closed":2004,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic tours and paranormal investigations","research_notes":"Discovery/enrichment pass; geographic coordinates and current visitor conditions remain to be independently verified. Evidence confidence refers to attribution, not paranormal reality.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":65,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.8,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"County home opened October 19, 1926; renamed in 1977; nursing-home operation closed in 2004. Operator explicitly says it is no longer abandoned. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Hill View's History' carry the record. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Hill View's History","url":"https://hauntedhillviewmanor.com/about-hill-view-manor/","publisher":"Haunted Hill View Manor","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Day tours offered.","overnight_investigation_availability":"Private investigations offered in 4-, 6- and 8-hour formats.","reservation_requirement":"Booking required.","age_restrictions":"Private investigations: ages 12 and older.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-14T10:36:20+00:00","source":{"name":"Visit Haunted Hill View Manor","url":"https://hauntedhillviewmanor.com/","publisher":"Haunted Hill View Manor","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Hill View's History","url":"https://hauntedhillviewmanor.com/about-hill-view-manor/","publisher":"Haunted Hill View Manor","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2},{"name":"Visit Haunted Hill View Manor","url":"https://hauntedhillviewmanor.com/","publisher":"Haunted Hill View Manor","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}