Kent Mansion

Built in 1872 on South Main Street for Henry Phelps Kent, a tobacco merchant who was among the first to sell cigars in packaged boxes, this Second Empire mansion reflects the tobacco wealth that shaped Suffield in the late 1800s. Long vacant, the mansion — and the carriage house that once stood beside it, since demolished — has been reported with lights on and shadows moving in the windows. Visitors and neighbors describe pictures falling from walls, light fixtures dropping, lights switching on after being checked off, dogs refusing to enter certain rooms at certain times, and a cold, chilling sensation in the back hall leading to the second floor.