The old farmhouse off Pine Road

Pennsylvania · United States · Bridge

A deserted house near Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, invisible from the road and reached on foot through the woods. Local story calls it a mansion. It is a.

There is a deserted house on the outskirts of Lewisberry and Goldsboro in York County, Pennsylvania. It cannot be seen from the road, sits off Pine Road near the old bridge, and takes a long walk through the woods to reach.

Local tradition calls it a mansion. It is an old farmhouse.

The story attached is that a large family lived there in isolation, that the mother could not stand it, and that a massacre and a suicide followed.

No record supports it, and a killing of that size in York County would appear in the newspapers of any period. It should be read as folklore.

What is worth noticing is how the story matches the setting. The house is genuinely difficult to reach, genuinely cut off, and genuinely surrounded by trees, and the legend is entirely about isolation doing something to a person. It is a private property and a considerable trespass to get to.

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Where is The old farmhouse off Pine Road located?

The old farmhouse off Pine Road is in Pennsylvania, United States.