Hello,

I recently was having some flooring pulled up, to have hardwood floors
installed. This is a century home without a known history. There were
multiply floor coverings along with a layer of plywood, and also a layer of
which looked like barn siding. Underneath it all was some original hardwood
floors which are in terrible shape. Now the for the strange part.

At the back of the main floor stairs which lead upstairs, was a cut out in
the floor near the wall. The cut out size in the floor is about 2'x2'. The
workers lifted this section out, and lo and behold it led to part of the
basement which I didn't even know existed. The basement walls are all old
quarry stone and there isn't a way to access the room from the basement.
Anyways, there is a room down there which is approximately 14'x16'. There
are no stairs, and the ceiling height is only about 5' tall, the floor is
dirt in this room vs. someone had concreted the basement that we know. I
had asked the workers to hold up on further work until I decided whether to
somehow have them add stairs (for whatever reason).

The workers say it might have been part of the underground railroad used to
hide slaves. BTW, this is in Northern Ohio. Needless to say, this is kind
of exciting and scary at the same time. What do you think this room
could've been used for?