Despite the age of the house, it appears that finishing the basement has never been a priority for any of the owners. Consequently, the one large room under the house serves a variety of functions: utility room for the heat pump and radiant HVAC system, laundry room, mop closet and sink, and storage area. A canopy bed, an ancient claw-foot cast iron tub, a coat tree, a rusty bicycle, a dressmaker's doll, a small roll of ugly linoleum, a few rolled-up carpet remnants, and extra privacy screens have been placed in an out of the way corner for storage.
High efficiency LED light bulbs provide adequate lighting for navigating the basement, but no daylight manages to find its way down into the cool darkness. That might explain the old cold storage system along the back wall: a wine rack, what appear to be vegetable storage bins, and the spring-fed trough through which icy spring water still flows.