Sykesville Town House

Does Millard Cooper haunt the Sykesville Town House? Plenty of the locals seem to think so. He is, after all, a very well-known name in old Sykesville – he even has a local park named after him in 1992. During his lifetime, ‘Coop’ as he was generally known, served in many different roles in town – police chief, mechanic, maintenance and sanitation supervisor, and probably more. But his biggest claim to fame is possibly haunting the Town House, seat of the town’s local police department. One way or another, he was very involved with the town of Sykesville throughout his life. So, perhaps he wasn’t quite ready to leave town when he died in 1980.

Up in the attic of the Sykesville Town House, staff have often smelled the scent of cigars like the ones Coop often smoked, and doors in the building tend to open and close on their own. Generally, he seems to be more a prankster than really harmful. And, in fact, that was his reputation while he lived – he loved pulling pranks on his many friends.