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Workers uncover a hidden chamber under the old courthouse while building a museum annex

Workers uncover a hidden chamber under the old courthouse while building a museum annex 2023
Martinsville
In fall 2023, construction of the Heritage Center annex exposed an underground cellar and tunnel beneath the old courthouse grounds.
During construction of a new museum annex in fall 2023, workers found an underground chamber beneath a former cement walkway between the 1824 courthouse and the old jail site. By December 2023 breaks in the cement showed the cavity, which has two chambers and a tunnel toward Jones Street.

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