The caretaker at Ashland

Massachusetts · United States · Haunted site

He used to switch the air conditioning on in midsummer so the offices would be cool for people arriving in the morning.

In the middle of the 1970s a caretaker was working late in this office building at Ashland, Massachusetts.

He was a kind man, and the thing everybody remembers about him is that in high summer he would turn the air conditioning on overnight so that the offices would be cool when people came in.

He was on the top floor working on the sprinkler system when he fell from his stepladder onto a counter, and the fall killed him.

That single detail about the air conditioning is why this entry is worth keeping. It is the only thing recorded about the man, it has nothing to do with his death, and somebody remembered it thirty years later.

Most people in this collection are remembered for how they died. He is remembered for a small kindness he did for people who were not there.

The building is commercial premises.

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Where is The caretaker at Ashland located?

The caretaker at Ashland is in Massachusetts, United States.