Larrowe Home
Cohocton Historical Society
June 16th 2012
Investigators on site: Tim and Tracy along with Jane, Rick, Ron, Christine and Samantha as observers
We received an extensive tour and history account by Jane and Rick. We thank you for all the information you gave us that helped us realize the full and vast history of this location.
History:
- Built in 1856 by Albertus Larrowe II for his son Charles and his wife Minnie
- Their original spelling of their name was Larue but he was urged to change the spelling in order to lose some of the ethnicity of the name in an attempt to succeed faster, and he agreed and did so
- Minnie passed in the home in 1935
- When Charles and Minnie passed (they had no children) the house was passed on to James E and Amy Bell Larrowe. James was the half brother of Charles. They lived in Detroit Michigan and had 3 daughters; Elizabeth, Margaret and AmyBell.
- James E was one of the principals in the merger of 4 companies that became General Mills.
- After the death of James, Amy gifted the house to the town and village of Cohocton for the use as a municipal building in 1948
- Have a lot of the original furniture still in the house
- Renovations done to recreate the original house using modern materials but in the fashion of the original time
- No people living here since the early 1940’s and even then, it was used as a summer retreat
- There is a family cemetery on the property
Time line:
- Harriet Kellogg 1858-1926. She was Charles’ mother
- Julia Draper born in 1863, she was James E’s mother
- Charles married Minnie in 1882
- Charles 1858-1926
- Minnie 1858-1935
- James E 1863-1943
- Amy Bell 1864-1951
- Elizabeth Larrowe Clapp 1878-1964
- Amybell Larrowe 1895-1983 and her husband C. Wilson Spaulding 1904-1991
- Professor Ida Corsette 1853-1953
Claims:
- Doors open by themselves and others lock on their own. Some rattle at times. Certain doors that are VERY difficult to open by the human hand are found open at times with no explanation.
- Footsteps heard on a few occasions.
- Distinct walking on the floor above, convinced it was an unauthorized person, went to search and found no one.
- Ornaments on the tree coming off the tree in weird fashions.
Our team always records everything, including the initial walk through. One reason is so we do not forget any details, and the other is because we very frequently obtain spirit voices during the reviews of historic events and such. We always have more than one recorder rolling, so we can compare anything we find with the other. We found a few interesting spirit voices during our walk through.
These are formatted in such a way so that the entire piece will play and then the area in question will repeat three- four times.
This was obtained in the sick room threshhold. This was not a voice that could be attached to any living person in the room.
There are two areas in this one that are interesting. First there is a sing song voice and then a male giggle.
Here is some of the evidence we obtained:
In this one, there are two women in the room investigating and there is a mention of tuberculosis as a possible illness and there is a whisper of "yes".
In this clip, the question is posed "Do you feel like we are trespassing in your house?" We hear a faint "no".
We also obtained the following on our video footage. We are not classifying this as paranormal, however, it could be. We have never had a malfunction like this on our camera or IR lights before, and this is the only time it happened on this night. We could not replicate this event either.
So the call is yours whether it is paranormal or not, as we can not make a justified conclusion. Watch carefully, as it happens quick; the screen will be totally blacked out for a split second. There was no one on this floor, and there is a wall directly behind where this camera is set up.