Abandoned 1800’s House Walkthrough In Southern Ohio | Old House On Our Off Grid Property Walkthrough 

It feels pretty solid. I didn't feel nervous walking around upstairs. Thanks for watching!

In around 1955 my mother showed me a 12 x 12 building with concrete troughs built up 2 to 3 feet off the floor. They were meant to sit gallon jars of milk and cream in. The windmill beside the building pumped water that was around 55° through these troughs to keep food cool. It was around 200 yds from the house. All I could think about was the distance some kid (like me) had to walk in the dark to take the butter back after meal time. It wasn't called a "well house" or "spring house" though that could have been a regional thing. There was a different name - I believe included the word "cold". I remember she showed me how thick the walls were and talked about the necessity of keeping the door closed to trap cool air in. I think the ceiling up at least 12 feet high was thick concrete too. We children were never allowed to prowl nearby even though my dad parked close by often to check the water in the huge cattle tank 150 feet away. Relatives who bought the 1920-ish era house from the estate of an old maid aunt of ours bulldozed it in the 1980s. At some of these prairie homesteads people built the little building around the base of the windmill. Of course in places where there was a natural spring there was no need for a windmill. Our water was too deep for natural springs. Some homesteads had 3 - 500 gallon wooden water tanks on top of a small, tall building. Some places the wooden water tanks were not covered. Mom told me kids were allowed to climb the windmill and swim in the open wooden water storage tank at her cousin's house. LOL, and we have to have our water chlorinated to keep us safe? Today some neighbor would call CPS if a bunch of kids were climbing 15 feet off the ground to jump into a big water tank. I imagine it was safer up there in the air than down on the ground dodging rattle snakes.

It’s a spring house that’s in the side of the hill and water sure is good and filtered

Yes, it is very private. Thanks for watching!

Wow! 1865 is very old. Thank you for watching!

We do to. We hope fix it up in the future as time permits. Thanks for watching!

Wow that's amazing

This part of Ohio has so much history. Thanks for sharing your story. Thank you for watching!

Yes! Thanks for watching.

Right now we use it as a weekend getaway. But, we don't stay in the house.

@@dougandashley I'll buy it, I would totally love to make that my off grid/pioneer forever home

Yes! We are surprised also. Thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!

We agree. We are planning to clean it out and protect from the weather soon, and we hope to fix it up in the future. Thanks for watching!

People really took a lot of pride in their craftsmanship back then. Maybe that's why this old house is still standing. Thank you for watching.

We are going to do some work on it in the fall to help preserve it. Thanks for watching!

The kitchen may have been the other room downstairs. Not entirely sure. Thanks for watching!

There is a cabin next to the old house. The house is solid. We would like to clean the house up and seal the house up better to preserve it.

Doug's dad stores some hunting stuff in the house. Other than that, it is used for storage. We do plan on cleaning the house up. Thanks for watching!

We love old house too. Thank you for watching!

No plumbing or electricity. This old house is off the grid. We want to start cleaning it out when the temp. cools down. Thanks for watching!

Yes, we plan to do updates along the way. Thanks for watching!

There's light up in the attic shot, and water damage (bulging tile) in the first upstairs bedroom, so make that a priority. At the very least, get a house tarp on it so the damage doesn't cause more issues down the road. It just needs an addition with a bath room. That's what my grandparents did with a larger house of about the same vintage. It was three bedrooms and four rooms downstairs (kitchen, dining room, formal parlor, family parlor)

This part of Ohio is very beautiful. It truly is a hidden gem. Thanks for watching.

The house seems solid considering the age. Needs a huge clean up. Thanks for watching!

lol! I went in because I didn't want Doug to do the filming. His filming makes me dizzy. We had already been through the house before. As far as we know there isn't any leaks in the roof. But the gutters need a good cleaning. Thank you for watching!

No squatters. The house was used for storage. Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Ticks are everywhere! I'm (Ashley) very allergic to bees. I don't need a little bee sting to bring me down in the middle of nowhere. Thanks for watching!

The house was used as storage for a while. We use the land for camping. Thank you for watching!

We are planning to take steps to protect it from the weather. Later, we are going to look into fixing it up. Thanks for watching!

@@dougandashley no problem anytime I also subscribed to your channel I appreciate your time and effort put in to saving these historic places

lol, great movie. I think this old house is in a lot better shape though. Thanks for watching!

We're in Southern Ohio. No one has been living in there, just storage. At one time it was used as a hunting cabin. Thanks for watching!

We are going to have someone remove them for us. Thanks for watching.

There is a creek but it doesn't run all year long. Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

We own the land the firewood is ours.

We own and actively use the land for camping. Thank you for watching!

We have a cabin on the land too. Thanks for watching!

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The date, 1895, should be accurate. One of the neighbors said one of his relatives built it. Thanks for watching!

Yes! The fireplace is worth saving. Thank you for watching.

One of the neighbors in the area relative built the house. We believe it is a salt box house. Thanks for watching!

lol. Doug used to watch this show. Thanks for watching!

@@dougandashley yahe im frm ireland on sundays we would watch the waltons, dukes of hazerd, little house on the prayery🤣

No, just stuff that has been stored there for years.

No one uses it for hunting anymore. But, they did at one time. Thanks for watching!

We have no plans to tear it down. We hope to fix it up at some point. Right now we want to protect it from the weather. Thanks for watching.

At one time it was used during deer hunting season. Thanks for watching.

I'm sure there was root cellar on the property at some point. Thank you for watching!

There isn't a basement. You can see in the big main room that is the dirt floor. The door is just boarded off to enclose the room with the fireplace. Thanks for watching!

We wouldn't do a total restore. We want to clean it out and make sure it is sealed up. Thanks for watching!

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@@dougandashley welcome and best wishes for your channel

@@dougandashley i dearly love these old houses. they were built so strong. i was raised in a house where the kitchen was in in a different build'n than the main one. some parts of the house had wooden pegs to hold boards in place and also square nails. this house still stands today. was remode'd and still has the same tin roof. yes, it also has the same ghost still. we would see a tall man walk'n in the hallway. the people that live their now say he's still watch'n over the house. i'm 79 years and yes this house was built after the civil war. i would love to see your house and do u know anything about the history of this old home place

Doug's father talked to a neighbor and he said one of his relatives built the house in 1895. We believe it is a saltbox house. I don't think we have any ghost. Just a lot of bees living upstairs.

There are some massive spiders in and around this old house. We always have to watch where we are stepping. Thanks for watching!

We own the land. It's been used as storage.

The house was built in 1895. Thanks for watching.