I sent my Halloween pieces to British conductor John Wilson, who sent me back a photo and question "Is this the house?"
I don't know where he found the photo, but it is my grandmother's haunted house at 711 Tenth Avenue, Middletown, Ohio. I had forgotten that little step from the path to the door to the sidewalk. The Schuberts lived in the larger house to the left, and then Tenth Avenue merged with Main Street, which led to the shopping district.
The building was long and barrow. The door on the porch opened onto a dining room, and a long kitchen was in the back to the left. The living room had the two front windows. My Aunt Dorothy's piano was there. The window above the porch is my grandmother's room. The two windows in front are from the room my uncles, who were still in high school, shared and my Aunt Dorothy's. My parents and I had a room at the side of the house next to the Schubert house.