The Roberson Mansion, part of the Roberson Museum and Science Center, is a home in Binghamton, New York

Binghamton, New York

Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...

. It was designed by Binghamton architect C. Edward Vosbury

C. Edward Vosbury

C. Edward Vosbury was an architect in Binghamton, New York, noted for his design of mansions.Vosbury was a native of Windsor, in Broome County, New York. He studied in New York City, Boston, and Paris. He "established a reputation for designing elegant and well-organized residences for wealthy...

 and built in 1904.

It is said to be very similar to the McKinnon House

First Presbyterian Church (Utica, New York)

The First Presbyterian Church and its related McKinnon House were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The property is located at 1605 Genesee Street in Utica, New York, at the corner of Faxton Street and Genesee Street...

 in Utica, built in 1899, which Vosbury also designed.

The mansion is supposedly haunted by the ghost of its former owner, Alonzo Roberson. His spirit is believed to still roam around and apparitions have been seen in the elevator and along the upper corridors.

External links

• Alonzo Roberson House, 30 Front Street, Binghamton, Broome County, NY: 4 photos and 4 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey