 According to popular legend, the ghost of Thomas Tingey occupies Tingey House.The first reported sighting of Tingey's ghost was in 1853, by the daughter of the Navy Yard's then-commandant.In August 1960, Rear Admiral Thomas Robbins reported that his pet dog, Lucky, barked madly at an empty chair in the home's drawing room until Robbins recited the incantation, "Good evening, commodore, we're glad to be living in your house," after which the dog behaved normally.