Plank House The multilist # is 497346. The property is on Bethel Church Road. Rt. 30 from Greensburg, R on 711 S. 6.2 miles - R on Mansville Road for 2 miles - the driveway is a sharp left up past the log cabin.
A Charming House 2 story, frame, 3 log burning fireplaces, hardwood, wall to wall and tile. The house is called Plank House. This is a much loved family property since the early 1960's. The property was a land grant to a Civil War soldier in lieu of pay and he was known as "the old farmer" and traces of him are all over the property. He arrived to take up his grant with his teenage bride in the winter and the only structure on the land was a plank bridge over one of the several creeks which are torrents during the Spring. He tore up the bridge to make a lean-to and that was their shelter the first winter, which they survived, and then he used the planks to build the wall of the house and those planks are in the house today. The spring house is still to be seen and there are orchards he planted which you can see in bloom during spring. The property has hiking trails and a deck has been built recently in the garden and when the workers dug down to level the land they found 18 inches down the foundation stones of another small house, long colonial nails and bits of pottery. A lot of history here. $695,000.00 In Pittsburgh, contact Sandra Robinson at 412-665-0500 x13. In Ligonier, contact Marcia Speicher at 724-238-6881 x20 or 724-875-3571.
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