Comments on: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008: Yardley, Abandoned

By: Rick Moffat

Rick Moffat — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:47:14 +0000

I grew up in Yardley and back in the 1960’s, I can remember the sight of Mrs. Scammel driving through town in her little Mercedes sports car, dressed in pearls and little cashmere sweater . She was something to see. The house and grounds are/were a superb example of Pennsylavania Quaker design. Just the banister on the main staircase was heart-stoppingly lovely. I used to “check in” on the property during the 80’s/90’s on my visits home to my parents, but now that I have no family left in Yardley I have not been by to check on the house on about 10 years. As another poster here said…I had always thought to myself; “If money were no object…” but the place is just out of hand by now, I’d suspect.

Best,

Rick Moffat

By: diane

diane — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:16:42 +0000

Hi- one more note- my husband had some more info about the house being haunted– a young son drowned in the quarry on the property. Hope this helps.

By: Frank Buckwald

Frank Buckwald — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:19:26 +0000

I live in the area and have noticed a young girl with a camera on the property a couple of times latley. I wonder what she is up to.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:48:46 +0000

Diane,

Thanks very much for that great information! The property holds so much intrigue for everyone in the area.

Mike

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:03:33 +0000

I used to live in Sandy RunII, in the house my husband grew up in (in the 70-80s). He said the Scammel house was always ’spooky’, and that as kids, the big dare was to run into the woods and go touch the house and run back.
As adults, we knew the houses were being rented, as I believe they still are today. There was a story going around that there was an extensive wine collection in the cellar, and that there had been a robbery in the late 1990’s- all the wine was smashed up, by vandals. It made me worry about the property and what else was still there.
When the current(?) owner was trying to develop, (Erlich, I believe his last name is) got angry that the township repeatedly turned his proposals down, and apparently started clearcutting the property of trees, causing a huge mess for the property owners along Princeton drive behind him. (major runoff issues). I remember hearing the heavy machinery equiptment tearing throught the property and hearing the rumors that ‘Ehrlich was pissed off’. It was about 2 weeks of worrying about the old place ad wondering how much damage he was going to do, then it jsut stopped, and nothing else has happened.
I did just see a preliminary sketch plan last weekend of the proposed new development there.. the main house must be rehabbbed by the developer, and then about 16 new homes surrounding it….
Hope this info is helpful or at least interesting.

By: Lisa L.

Lisa L. — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:54:31 +0000

Mike, I just wanted to let you know the group I am currently with is working on trying to locate the owner. I will let you know what we find out.

By: Lisa L.

Lisa L. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:14:43 +0000

Thanks for the comment Mike. I am curious, are there open records or a deed filed somewhere like at a courthouse or at the local library? that may help in finding the owner?

By: mike

mike — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:57:56 +0000

Lisa, I’d love to learn more about the property – especially from a paranormal perspective… unfortunately, I have no idea who owns the property.

By: Lisa L.

Lisa L. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:20:47 +0000

Does anyone know if there is a possibility that a legitimate paranormal team would be given permission to investigate this property for both historical value and to determine whether paranormal activity occurs in this home? I currently belong to a local group and we are very interested in following up on the history of this property.

By: M

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:27:54 +0000

I grew up Yardley my whole life. I lived on Randolph Drive, around the corner from the Scammell house. I was always intrigued by the property. A friend of mine and I drove back there once when the gate was open. We happened to stumble across the man who lives there! It was a little scary. He was very nice though. He lives in one of the smaller homes on the property. He gave us the history on the Scammell china empire. He said the china was once used in the white house. He also gave the same story, that someone was trying to build commercially on the property. The township denied them, and now the house just sits there. It is a shame there are ACRES and ACRES of land, and the house is just completely beautiful. He did tell me that he believes the place is haunted, but he is unphased by it.