A dreary, crumbling mansion worthy of appearing in any haunted house film was originally painted a bright pink complemented by a rose trimming.
Winderbourne Mansion in a rural part of Maryland in the US was built in 1884 by a very wealthy couple who occupied it with their three children.
Enoch Totten was a lawyer in Washington as well as a veteran from the Civil War 20 years previously who had been shot four times during it.