Sihaya & Co. Ghosts of Ellicott City : 2017 Limited Edition Candle (Limited)
Southern flowers chilled by Northerly winds. Magnolia and orange blossom, rimmed with ghastly frost.
The Patapsco Female Institute was one of the nation's first womens' schools. Opened in 1839, it attracted the daughters of Southern gentry with its grand ballroom and finely-appointed accomodations. However, the stone building could become frigidlycold in the winter, and in a time before widespread indoor plumbing, sickness could rapidly spread within its walls. Colds and influenza were common, and sometimes fatal.
The ghost said to haunt the halls of the Institute is that of Annie Van Derlot, whose stay at the school was both bitter and short. She complained about the school in many angry letters home, and succumbed topneumoniaduring her first winter there. It is said that her form can still be seen in the areas that once contained the school's classrooms and dormitories, even long after the building had begun to crumble. Many have seen her pale form wandering the grounds beneath the watery light of the winter moon.
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