Massey House
 
Photo & information from Karyn Dorsey Shronski

The Ed Massey House is sometimes also know as the Benjamin Barner House.
The home is built around an original log block house, which later was covered with weatherboards and even later bricked. In one corner of the log blockhouse is a closet with a latch in the inside of the door and a trap door above a tunnel that appears to have at one time led down by the river to the Gower House. It is believed to have been a part of the Underground Railroad a stop in the route of slaves escaping to the north.
It is believed to be one of the oldest homes in Smithland.

 
 
 
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