Baker Mansion is a historic home located at Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1844 and 1848 , An apparition of a woman dressed in black has been seen roaming the upstairs of the house. It is believed that this was the matriarch of the Baker household. Anna and her mother are not the only ghosts who haunt Baker Mansion. Once on a tour, a young boy refused to enter the basement claiming he saw a soldier standing at the bottom of the stairs. Screams have also been heard coming from the basement area. While not a soldier, Anna Baker's brother David, once served on a steamboat. He was killed in an accident while on board. When his body arrived home, the ground was too frozen to bury him. So they stored his body in the basement of the home in the ice room until the ground thawed and they could properly bury him. info wiki and ghosts of central pa