Historic surprise found beneath Utah driveway

Brian Terry has been making memories and finding pieces of history in his Spanish Fork home for 20 years.

"The house was originally built in 1890," Terry said. "We found underneath the house a trap door in the floor. We don't know what it was used for, but it goes from the living room down to the crawl space. We found some old Coke and Pepsi cans down under there."

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[JBugMedia]

Historical surprise found in the hole? An old hole, that's what he found 😂

[twillison]

My home was built in 1905. We've uncovered windows that had been walled over, bullet holes under the 9 layers of wallpaper, and who knows what else still awaits to be discovered. Fingers crossed i find an old stash of depression money.

[daisysunshine]

A friend was repairing the kitchen floor of their new home when he discovered a cellar. Turns out his home was once a pub that relocated down the Lane over 100 years ago.

[icefishcat]

I want to live in a town where this is actual news. Awesome.

[davidcoker]

She's absolutely stunning, gorgeous, beautiful young lady

[MikeKostecky]

I think this “wells” were called cisterns. They were used to catch and store rainwater for drinking and other uses before there were municipal water supplies

[sillysausage]

I'm blown away...
that this made the news!

[t.l.robinson]

Wow! I am very glad that no one was hurt and that a vehicle was not damaged.

[fxhnd]

I don’t know if there any other concrete workers on this thread, but that driveway is poured thin AF and no structural support. Might I recommend 6 inches instead of 3 1/2 deep for the patch job? Maybe some wire mesh?

[JustMe-ghib]

When the town redid the sidewalks out front of our house, they dug up and fournd we had a woodstove buried underground right next to the sidewalk. Then when we jackhammered out the concrete in a shed to reno and make a real garage my husband found a car motor. Slant 6. I mean seriously????

[dlsamson]

I've got a 1790s colonial which had a kitchen added on in the middle 1800s. I went in the crawl space under the kitchen after purchase - about 18-24" clearance & found a stone ring surrounding an abandoned well filled with the shingles they stripped off the house when the cut the hole to add the kitchen.

[Corkfish]

Wait. This was on the news??? Stop the presses because I have a gutter that needs replacement.

[bennoble]

Should have filled the hole with all the junk in his yard.

[discobikerAndRosie]

The well's not in a bad spot. It was there before you! 😊 Your driveway is in a bad spot.

[playfulpanthress]

Given the proximity to the house, it was more likely an outhouse hole.

[crystalellis]

I had the same problem in my back yard they just put a piece of wood over the cistern hole and paved over it 4 foot wide 4 foot deep thankfully I found it by just a little part of it caving in and nobody got hurt

[cliffscheckler]

I have an old farm house built in 1840 . Also have orignal deed that goes back to all the owners who lived in the house and the different railroad companies that ran through the back yard . Tracks are gone now, but if this old plank house could talk .

[icloudtrevor]

Better than bad news if you ask me. I want more mellow news like this. Tired of all the terrible things rumored to be happening in the world. This is why i love Utah

[Palanibert]

Must be a really really slow news day in Spanish Fork.

[pjglory]

It reminds me of that old joke: what did the farmer say about three holes he discovered on his land? “Well, well, well.”