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You know, I'm not sure. It may have been removed. Would it be connected to the chimney? Because my chimney runs all the way down to the stove in my kitchen. It could have been removed when my Dad remodeled the kitchen and bathroom and removed the old lath and plaster walls (and those were covered up with roof shingles from the previous owners, I forgot to mention that detail in my earlier post). I'll have to ask him when he gets back from work.
Also, on the topic of a cold house, the living room appears to get quite cold in the winter and it takes a while for heat to flow to that room for some reason.