An 1800s house built in the state of Missouri the original owner, Annie Thompson owning nearly 400 acres which was almost unheard of a women owning that much land. Stories circle around the house saying at one point in time there was a servants living in the back house.

“The legend is that there were servants that were living in the building, but I’ve never been able to document it,”Collene Laughman owner of the house said. “It was the previous owners that had it before my family bought the property, but it’s obvious that somebody lived back in it at some point in time. There are beds and a fireplace, but as far as who it was, we don’t know.”

Because the house dates back to the 1800s it had to be restored in 1910, renovating one kitchens, two livingrooms, and they got two indoor bathrooms. They have two kitchen, the summer kitchen is the original kitchen from the 1800’s. The reason it was called a summer kitchen is because in the summer when the unairconditioned house was already hot so to avoid heating it up more the kitchen wasn’t attached to the house. The house holding onto some of the original pieces Laughman wouldn’t dream of changing a thing.

“I don’t feel we need to change anything,” Laughman said. “There’s no point to make any changes. It’s a piece of history and is already unique as it is.”

The house has been in Laughman’s family since 1905. As the world around them grew, they were able to keep their own little piece of history.

“It’s been in my family for years– my father was raised here,” Laughman said. “My grandfather remembered when the first car came down the plank it made a different sound than the horse drawn vehicles did.”

As stories circle around the house, people may never know who was once living in the back, so as people drive down 94, much like FHN’s own Chandra Nicoles, they look at a house full mysteries.

“It’s a beautiful house, it’s rundown and old but that’s what makes it beautiful,” Nicoles said. “I love looking at it when I drive past it.”