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Blighted bar slated for demolition discovered to be an antique log cabin from 1700s
CNN - Updated: 10:26 AM CST Feb 8, 2020
WASHINGTONVILLE, Pa.

A blighted bar in an eastern Pennsylvania town was on the brink of being demolished until a contractor pulled back a few layers and discovered something much more historic.

It was a centuries-old log cabin, covered beneath layers of siding and other modern construction, WNEP-TV reported.

An official estimates the building could be from the 1700s.

"Going through the building, there were some beams in the back of the old bar room that we wanted to salvage because they were so beautiful," Washingtonville Mayor Tyler Dombroski told The Daily Item newspaper. "As the contractor started to peel off the additions to the building from over the years, we started to see exposed beams and then the entire log cabin. Everybody’s jaws dropped."

The Washingtonville, Pennsylvania bar was condemned three years ago.

Washingtonville is located about 75 miles southwest of Scranton.

Officials would like to preserve the cabin and move it to a different location, according to reports.

(Video from WNEP via CNN) — https://www.wisn.com/article/blighted-bar-slated-for-demolition-discovered-to-be-an-antique-log-cabin-from-1700s/30822656