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1864 Victorian Home with Long-Circulated Internet Lore
Midland Park, NJ
Research updated May 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
Private residence — no admission, no public access.
Access
Limited Access
Public sidewalk only; private property otherwise
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1864 · Victorian Residential Architecture · Subject of Regional Folklore
The Crayhay Mansion is a Victorian-era home built in 1864 in Midland Park, a small Bergen County borough roughly twenty miles from Manhattan. The Crayhay family lived in the house from 1906 to 1934, and that occupancy supplied the name still used in regional folklore and real-estate coverage.
The home returned to public attention in 2014 when it was listed for sale. Coverage of that listing in the Ridgewood Blog and the National Paranormal Association's clearinghouse referenced the long-running urban myth attached to the property. The sellers were reported to have known about the lore when they moved in, and the listing surfaced in regional discussions of how haunted reputations affect home sales.
Midland Park itself was incorporated as a borough in 1894 from portions of the surrounding townships. The community remains predominantly residential, and the Crayhay Mansion sits within that residential fabric. There is no public museum program, tour, or commercial paranormal access associated with the property.
Sources
Lore attached to the Crayhay Mansion has spread primarily through regional blogs and paranormal-listing sites. The accounts describe apparitions said to include a former owner and a ghost cat, with informal reports stretching back through several ownership changes.
Coverage by the Ridgewood Blog and the National Paranormal Association notes the persistence of the rumors but emphasizes their unverifiable origin. Neither previous nor current owners have spoken publicly about the experiences, and no paranormal-investigation team appears to have published documented findings on the property.
Because the home is an occupied private residence, the lore should be approached as folklore — interesting as a piece of Bergen County real-estate culture, not as documented case history.
Notable Entities
View the Victorian residence from the public road. The Crayhay Mansion is a private home; do not enter the property or approach the structure. Be respectful of the residents and neighbors.
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