A Barn
As the old adage goes, old is gold. Sometimes, the descriptor does not refer to monetary gains but priceless historical value. Some people were lucky enough to find something similar like that while others live their life without a clue as to what is hiding nearby. The following tale is about a couple who ended up making a great find while in the middle of renovating a century-old property. Perhaps what makes this so special is the fact that the wife had been living there for most of her life. The house is converted barn located just outside Louisville, Kentucky. The discovery was made in the 1980s and the family had been settled in for decades before they learned about this part of the home.
Straight Out Of Book
The barn had been turned into a house sometime in the 1920s. However, it took over 50 years before the secret was out of the bag. The original owner of the property was a romance writer who decided to remake the place so that it looked like a location in his novel. The people who ended up buying the house was completely unaware of this tidbit. The new family had no idea that something was waiting in store for them until the daughter bought it from her parents and moved in with her spouse. When they began the renovation project, they came across something that changed her life!