Between Reading and Kutztown on Rt. 222 lies a dilapidated old building known originally as the Kirbeyville Hotel and now called the Kirbeyville Inn. According to one of two original place mats from the now abandoned establishment (provided by Mr. Frank Gilyard), the hotel was built in 1790. Later purchasers of the hotel wanted to remove the roof of the addition in the rear of the inn to add a second story. What they discovered was an attic in the addition, complete with windows, that had no entrance. Upon further investigation, a trapdoor was discovered in the ceiling which led to the attic. Wooden partitions kept the inhabitants from being seen. Also discovered in the attic was a moccasin, “two latches, a piece of old clothing, an old label from a whiskey bottle, and a medicine bottle with a label containing these words: ‘Dr. J. R. Miller, Universal Magnetic Balm’” (Placemat).

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