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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 288078" data-attributes="member: 367">We have a fieldstone basement under the old house I grew up in,&nbsp; I'm guessing it's about 20x 20 with an outside covered chute and stairs steps in the house.&nbsp; &nbsp; It's the only thing that has kept me from tearing the old house down,&nbsp;&nbsp; I want to preserve that basement some how.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; All I know about it is that it was built before 1910 and it is still in very good condition and has never been repaired to my knowledge.&nbsp; One corner has a small &quot;fruit room&quot; is what we called it where all the canned goods and root vegetables and homemade wine was stored.&nbsp; I have two theories why ours was called the fruit room , One is because they bought fruit by the case and canned back then or it could have been because of the wine that was being made in there.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; On the western edge of the Turtle mountains is an incredible old small underground stone cave with an arched ceiling,&nbsp; Makes a person wonder how they were actually built,&nbsp; the construction is designed so the weight of the rocks interlock are loadbearing without any bonding agent.&nbsp; If I remember right it is holding up couple feet of dirt and not a distinct mound over the top, Like you could walk past it and never notice it.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No idea how old that one is but it's ancient and close to where the mooring rocks are, I have pictures of that cave somewhere.&nbsp;&nbsp; Fieldstone looks easy enough to do if you have a strong back and time.- - - Updated - - -I don't know if it's my imagination but to me the fruit room still has this odd sweet smell to it after all these years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 288078, member: 367"] We have a fieldstone basement under the old house I grew up in, I'm guessing it's about 20x 20 with an outside covered chute and stairs steps in the house. It's the only thing that has kept me from tearing the old house down, I want to preserve that basement some how. All I know about it is that it was built before 1910 and it is still in very good condition and has never been repaired to my knowledge. One corner has a small "fruit room" is what we called it where all the canned goods and root vegetables and homemade wine was stored. I have two theories why ours was called the fruit room , One is because they bought fruit by the case and canned back then or it could have been because of the wine that was being made in there. On the western edge of the Turtle mountains is an incredible old small underground stone cave with an arched ceiling, Makes a person wonder how they were actually built, the construction is designed so the weight of the rocks interlock are loadbearing without any bonding agent. If I remember right it is holding up couple feet of dirt and not a distinct mound over the top, Like you could walk past it and never notice it. No idea how old that one is but it's ancient and close to where the mooring rocks are, I have pictures of that cave somewhere. Fieldstone looks easy enough to do if you have a strong back and time. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] I don't know if it's my imagination but to me the fruit room still has this odd sweet smell to it after all these years. [/QUOTE]

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