English Building (University of Illinois)

The English Building at the University of Illinois, built in 1905 as the Women's Building, is the subject of one of campus's most enduring ghost stories: a young woman who allegedly died in the building — drowned in a basement pool in some versions, fallen or jumped from a window in others — and still haunts it, blamed for doors opening and closing, creaking floors, and a faint woman's voice. University archivists have found no historical record supporting any of it: the building was never used as a dormitory, and no student death matching the story has ever been documented. The legend persists anyway, passed down through generations of students.