Originally Posted by Loretta
I would join you there, but am rather counting on the Des Moines quilt show this fall- along with visiting the Bridges of Madison County- they usually have festivals on the same week. Have you heard of the URR rest stop on I-80? I want to see that one too!
Well if you come to Iowa SE that is you should stop by and see our Lewellyn house. It is a URR house. There is a tunnel under the kitchen floor. When we were kids we always had our end of the year school picnic in the yard and they had a black figure that popped up when they opened the trap door in the floor. Now you can't see it anymore.
The house is set up to look exactly like it did in the 1800's. It was the home of Dr. Lewellyn and there are other places that used to be short distances away but alot of them don't exist anymore. There are some houses up around Pella that are URR houses as well. Never been in them tho.
I grew up with all this history.