This is the Site of the First Jail in Hellertown. I thought I shed some light on it.
A Cache will do that.
Tucked away and easily overlooked, Hellertown is home to a very interesting site for the spooky season. Located on Laubach Street is Hellertown’s original jail house, a single room building measuring only twelve by fourteen feet. Constructed in 1872, the jailhouse was commissioned and built by Thomas Laubach, the first chief burgess of Hellertown and the man for whom Laubach Street is named. During its decades of service, the jailhouse appears to have served several purposes. Yes, it was used to incarcerate ne’er-do-wells and criminals awaiting trial. But it is presumed that the jail also provided temporary housing for borough employees in need of a place to live. The jail house was closed in 1900, having been replaced by cells inside the Hellertown Borough building. In 2007, the structure was renovated and given by a descendant of Thomas Laubach to the care of the Hellertown Historical Society.
While there is no particular ghost or phantom that is associated with the old jailhouse, rumors have swirled for years. After all, Borough Hall, whose prison cells that rendered the Laubach
jailhouse obsolete, is said to be haunted. Built in 1818 as the home of Dr. Henry Detwiller, the building served as a hotel from 1907 to 1939, prior to its 1942 dedication as Borough Hall. Who knows for sure whether the disgruntled ghost of a former jailhouse occupant isn’t spooking Borough Hall to protest the desertion of the jailhouse? And when one considers that many suspicious characters rested uneasily within the jailhouse’s four walls for a quarter of a century, is it far-fetched to believe that one of them may have returned to haunt the old prison?