Anastasia Zimmerman never existed….or did she? Like many old New England houses, Clark was rumored to be haunted, but with a twist. Legend has it that a group of students in the late 1960s (when such things were still theoretically possible), fabricated a Smith application for “Anastasia Zimmerman.” Anastasia was admitted and assigned to Clark House, where she “lived” in the smallest garret room on the third floor (now part of a conference area). Although everyone knew the room was unoccupied, the bed would mysteriously look as though it had been slept in, and objects would be moved from time to time. Later on, there were those who claimed they saw a vaporous apparition in the second floor double at the top of the stairs. Anastasia, or….someone else?
