Abandoned- A grand old 1901 built Villa. Uncovering the history and mystery to tell her story 

If these homes lasted 100 years they should be saved!!

It breaks my heart to know these lovely historical homes are being destroyed! What is wrong with the powers that be? 😭 I truly enjoyed the family history...you out did yourself! Thank you for all you do.💋

That was a beautiful home. Very touching to pay tribute by putting those items on his grave

This one simply broke my heart. Such a beautiful home and obviously much loved by its occupants.Seeing the destruction of this old beauty brought tear's to my eyes.

Tears as you stood at the grave - I didn’t expect that level of emotion but he would have been grateful for your tribute xxx

I am just crying like a baby! I know they cannot all be saved, but this one was so beautiful and your tribute was just precious. Thank you.

Such a shame to see another lovely old home destroyed:( I applaud the gesture of leaving the tile and fragment of trim at the gravesite.

I love your videos. You show such compassion for the people who have gone before, no matter if it's a farm house in the middle of nowhere or a wealthy family's villa. Thank you.

I hate that people have no respect for history.. Greedy developers knock these down and build new houses that wont last half as long... This should have been saved..it gives me tears.. That was so sweet of you to save the tile and peice of stone and leave it at his grave...❤ They did the same thing to my parents house built in 1906... Now its just an empty lot just like this one sadly 😔

Oh, this one made me feel just sick. It was such a gem and wouldn’t have taken much to bring it back to its full beauty again. Such an absolute waste...😢 I’m wondering if the doors between the parlor and dining room were done fairly soon after the home was finished, if they’re not original. I think you’re correct - the glass just isn’t quite right to have been put in at the same time that the home was built and I think the hardware would have matched the hardware from the other doors. I loved the research! You did a very thorough job and your presentation was so well done. You explained it in a way that was very clear and made it interesting enough to hold anybody’s attention. I’ve been known to go down a rabbit hole or two researching for a day or two something or someone random that I see on the internet. For the record, I think Mr Skuse was the victim of murder at the hand of Mr Bowen who then committed suicide, perhaps horrified at what he’d done. There was no mention of possible suicide for Mr Skuse, but it’s stated plainly as a possibility for Mr Bowen’s death and I think that’s significant. I think the same is probably true for Mr Forster since he died at his own home, although it could also have been a tragic accident. Just throwing that out there. 😉 Thank you, Paul, for this video and for helping make clear how important it is to do whatever is necessary to preserve homes like this one. If only someone had proactively seen to it that this property was Heritage Listed! Hopefully the owners of the house 3 doors down will be moved to protect their home from the same fate.

You have absolutely outdone yourself in the historical context. You are a scholar and a gentleman, with your placement of the stones on the grave....bravo and thank you Paul. 💐💐💐💐💐💐😊🌈

What a shame, such a beautiful place......progress.....build apartments on the sit...dammed shame.

Wow. Just wow.

What a travesty they did to that beautiful home 😓. Can't believe those stupid ppl tore it down for some ugly cookie cutter crap to be built .....shameful 🤦. Loved the new style and all the history....fascinating to understand the lives of the ppl behind these homes 💜. Thank you for all the hard work you did 🙏💗🕊️

Just loved the history with this one, it makes the story of this beautiful old home so much more than stone and wood. The joys and sorrows and struggles of the families as they lived here , the changing world. The garden probably extended behind the home as well. Such a shame to see this beautiful old lady demolished, it brought me to tears. Thank you xooxxoxo

Dear lord who would want to bring this beauty down. I would live there and fix it up. I really appreciated the family history and the info about heritage houses. Thanks

Popped some popcorn and sat down to watch this “special” and was so impressed by all the hard work, research and love shown to the people who lived in this bluestone house. It was a tearjerker. You do such an awesome job, Paul! PS Did you look for vintage tobacco tins after the floorboards were removed lol?

What extensive detail of history you've found on this beautiful home. you're doing a fantastic job researching these homes. Placing Adelaides history on the map👍i enjoyed every minute. Cheers!

Oh wow, I remember that house. Loved looking at it as we drove past. What a shame it didn't make the list. This video is awesome, cos Eliza Starr is in my family tree and my grandma knew the Fry's. This is really giving me a lot more to follow to add to my tree. Awesome stuff.

Oh what a beauty, you provided extensive research and footage of this beautiful villia. I truly appreciate all of your hours it took to make this video and to share with us all. To see this beauty go down does make one feel a bit sad, so many interesting details in this home that is not available today either the workmanship or materials. This is a valuable resource for anyone that is researching homes built during this period.

So sad it almost mad me cry

Heartbreaking to see this beautiful piece of history torn down.

Your homes of what we call the 'Victorian era' in the states are laid out similarly, with the to front rooms off the entry, one being a 'receiving' room for temporary visitors, clergy and delivery personnel the other, the 'formal' drawing or living room. This room would be off of the dining room for the men to 'adjourn to' for a brandy/whiskey and or cigar after a meal with the women retreating to the 'receiving' room. All very proper in keeping with the custom of the day. This home appears to be a bit more 'upscale' than the heritage homes on the next block. Looks like the 'wannabes' won out in the end with the object of their envy back then, now on the 'chopping block'. A shame as always but thankfully you've given us another glimpse into Adelaide and Australia's past, Paul. Cheers, mate!

I really enjoyed learning the history of this old house. Thank you.

Loved this exploration Paul [ love all that you do actually]. As I have noted before, your care and respectfulness is to be commended. It was so touching when you placed that piece of tile and bluestone rock on the grave. Not many people would do that! This just reaffirms my opinion that you are a wonderful and considerate human being! I am sure your parents would be proud of you. I am! Cheers

I want to thank you so much for the history of this home and its occupants. The home was delightful and those that lived there must have been so proud. I was impressed with the original features including the gingerbread on the porch and those beautiful cornices in the dining room and living room. It was painful to see it torn apart and then destroyed completely. I wanted to cry for the history that disappeared with it.

I love these old homes, sooo much history about them.. its stuipd that the local council is pulling them down

This was an amazing piece of work that you did. What a beautiful gravesite tribute at the end. Thank you for this excellent presentation!

What a touching tribute you paid to Mr Robert Fry. It brought tears to my eyes. Such a beautiful home he built.

Developers should pay more attention to history and people's wishes rather than the money they can make by destroying such a beautiful piece of property. I'd love to find a place like that to move into.

😭😭😭That was heart wrenching. 😥 Thank you 🙏 for the compassion and respect you show for these beautiful works of art and the families that were blessed to live in these gems. 😥💔✌️

The endless ideas of restoration that could be done to that gem. ❤️ Extremely sad to see it not recognized for its true value. 💔 Thank you for sharing. Best regards from Norway. 😊

This explore was amazing. I really enjoyed learning the history of the families that once lived in this awesome house. Your channel is one of my favorites. I always look forward to your uploads. Thanks for sharing.👍

Man! I love what you do for these old homes and their former owners! Feel like, in an hours time, you have carried us back in time and back again to the sad present day and along the way, through your meticulous research, given us a solid glimpse into the lives of those who cherished this beautiful home. Thank you for allowing us to see beyond just bricks and mortar, to the story of lives lived, making it all much more meaningful and enduring long after the home is nothing more than a vacant lot. Through you, we see the shadows they leave behind, through the hallways they once walked, the meals once prepared and the dinners once served, the gardens once tended...have you ever considered teaching history? You would be excellent at it for the life you breath into the past. Thank you very much for sharing!!! (P.S. I loved your special tribute to Mr. Frye - I'm sure he loved it too!)

Just watched this, your best video by far, enjoyed the history & people of this great home 🏡

So sad to see such a beautiful home ... just demolished to the ground.... heart breaking... history... taken... Thank you for taking the time and effort to show us these...

This house Is such a grand old lady ... It’s heartbreaking knowing this beautiful house will be reduced to nothing but rubble ... it is the type of place I would purchase in a flash ... all your videos are amazing and having the in-depth commentary regarding the occupants of this property just added to it’s interest ... you handled the topic with respect and compassion ... what you did at the end was very touching ... I’m sure your gesture was appreciated from above ... well done Paul ... can’t wait for the next one ... stay safe out there.

Brilliant video Paul. More of this style please. The history behind the house is fantastic to know. Well done for documenting our slowly disappearing architecture.

I loved this one. Thanks for the history

What a beauty, shameful to demolish such beauty. Thanks for the video before she was put to rest.

I showed this video to mum today. My Great Grandma lived in Lockley's & sold the house & parcel of land in the early 70's. My mum mentioned my grand father worked for the Fry's, this video brought back so many memories for her, keep up the good work.

Wow Paul, what an incredible piece of work, thank you so much for all your research and time spent on this video. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this and actually found myself a bit emotional, especially when placing parts of the home on Mr Fry’s grave. He would have been so proud of his beautiful home. It really is such a travesty to have lost such an historical home, soon we will have very little history left!! Thank you once again, your hard work is so greatly appreciated!!! 🙏🏻☺️

Wow that’s a cool place

It's beautiful.. that's sad but to know that you would go to the great side of the fry that was sweet of you. And thank you so much for giving history on it I really like having some kind of history on them it's sad but it's okay

What an investigation you took up on this residence from 1901..a brilliant documentary..Thank you for showing us this wonderful house and history ...

You did an excellent job of researching the history of this gorgeous old home. It is a shame it is being demolished. Progress isn’t always a good thing and certainly not here. So very sad!

The same thing is happening in Western Australia. The developers are destroying beautiful old homes & putting up ugly new housing developments & high appartments blocks. It sad there won’t be any historic places left for the next generations to enjoy, because of the developers being so greedy for money.😢 Thanks for sharing & keep videoing so the next generations can see the beautiful old buildings of the past, that they never got see in their life time of how people use to live.

Thanks Paul, fantastic background research of a once very loved home. Documenting it for others to also enjoy into the future, giving respectful homage to it's past owners and showing great consideration to their memory too. You're a special character in your empathy to the people of the past.

Paul, you out did yourself on this one! I loved every minute of the history and dedication you showed of this memorable place. Much respect to you. Your true gentleman character was shown when you left pieces of the house on the grave. Thank you for sharing your talents with all of us. I for one, truly appreciate your time and devotion. Your fan from Texas.

This could be a historical museum or monument. So much history. It's a shame to destroy such a beautiful home. The stone works and craftsmanship, rare blue stone. Wow

Thank you for beautifully capturing this incredible character home. As a very small child who grew up in this area it was always kept so immaculate. So very sad she is gone, but so glad you got to show others her beauty. Farewell fine lady 💖

I meant to add, the end and going to the grave, was a very special touch. I'm sure Richard appreciated you doing that for him. 💕

"Ubex Indigo" Beautifully done , love the history!!!!., l was riveted to my seat,looked like a solid old home , it's a shame it couldn't be saved.

Thank you for this episode, it was very interesting looking back on the history of the families. Great job, well done. Thanks again.

Oh Paul,you deserve a million 👍I'm shocked ,such a story ended up like this,I felt so emotional watching this and what you did for this family at the end is just beautiful he be grateful for that , I've really enjoyed this video Paul thanks for such impeccable work,I have to dry my eyes it left me so sad .big 🤗 from a Frenchy in Australia 🇫🇷🇦🇺 glad I found your channel 👍👍👍👍

Bless you for honoring and paying tribute to the families who built and loved this home. I'm not ashamed to say that I shed a tear for them and the treasure they created. Your caring nature shines through the videos you share with us.

This is such a pretty home. It’s shameful that it’s abandoned.

What a lovely home the Fry's built. It was absolutely amazing and so was your video Paul. Thanks for all your hard work , the history was so interesting. Cheers ☮️💜

Really enjoyed your treatment of this house and occupants!

1901 was the year when Australia was federated as the six British colonies became states as follows: 1. New South Wales 2. Western Australia 3. South Australia 4. Queensland 5. Victoria 6. Tasmania 2021 marks the 20th Anniversary of when we celebrated Centenary Of Federation. By the way, the house where my grandparents lived prior to the 2000s was built in the pre-Federation era (circa 1880). Make sure you stick those two 'artifacts' on Fry's grave so they won't get stolen. ;-)

Its such a shame that they took care of it since 1901 and now they are knocking it down. That's sweet of you taking the tile to his grave. 😄☺😊

Wow..beautiful. Very sad to see it taken down with the history it had. Great job with the research. Thank you.🇺🇸

What a gorgeous home and thank you, you and your friend did an awesome job with the research of this home and families. Absolutely loved this video and would love to see more of these. And of course can not forget the touching thing you did with taking some of the stones and tiles to the grave. That truly shows what kind of caring and thoughtful person you are. If I was related to this family, I would extremely touched by your care and kindness. Well done. Stay safe.

Makes me so sAd to know that lovely old home is going to be destroyed. I hope you'll go bAck in the future to show us what some greedy money grubbing jerks think is better than this would be if it was returned to its former glory. Poor old house, sheltered people for so long, it's sad. People these days don't value old thing or old people. I dislike our throw away society. Too bad no one can buy this house and move it or disassemble it and reassemble on a new site...OK I steeled myself and watched until the end. It really hurt my heart to see this home become that pile of rubble. Weird me crying over the loss of a house, home to generations. The place felt special. I don't know what's wrong with people these days but something sure is. Thank you for documenting the homes last days and thank you for taking bits of the home to the original owners grave.

This is a rewatch for me 5/14/23😊 This was a terrific explore. I enjoyed the history too. You did an awesome job! California 🇺🇸

Amazing that the smoke detector low battery alarm kept going until the house was bull dozed. Great to hear the houses story.

I still mourn the loss of this house. I have lived in Lockleys, Underdale and Mile End since the mid 90s. I lived at 358 Henley Beach Road at the time when they demolished this house and the old Windsor Cinema. Two important pieces of history gone. I'm now living in Underdale but every time I drive past I just get so angry that they had the heart to demolish this house. I'm sick of developers bidding $250k above reserve in order to secure stunning homes just to flatten them for subdivision. I'm in my mid 30s and all I dream about is owning an old villa. I know I'll never be able to afford one, especially in the western suburbs where I feel most at home. I'm just tired of witnessing all the homes I've been seeing for over 20 years disappearing

The toilet and vanity in the bathroom are new additions! (Newer than the renovation in the 1950s or 1960s.)

That was a really interesting loved it.So sad to see it go.

This is heartbreaking not only this home but all the others that have been demolished inappropriately. Vale.

It broke my heart to see such a beautiful home torn down. I am so happy to see this documentation on such great craftsmanship, you just do not see that these days. Our home is a 1911 build and by buying it we saved it from being gutted and modernized to make an open plan house. I am truly heart sick to know such a beautiful building was allowed to be demolished. You can never get that back! Thank you for all the research you put in to finding out the original owners who commissioned her build and the 2nd family who purchased her. She was a truly beautiful home.

What an absolute beauty. The gingerbread is stunning. How sad that it won't be saved :(

I enjoyed this video so much. I love how you went into the history of the families. I enjoy this type of history a lot. It excites me. I’d love to see more videos like this when you’re able to find the history of places. Thank you for taking us back in time. ☺️

I can’t believe they intend to knock this beautiful old home down! They must be crazy! So many unique things in this home!!

Amazing!!, Beautiful, love the stain glass!!! To bad this house couldn't be saved 😪 Thank you for another great video and all the history!! God Bless,& stay safe😊

Interesting video, and some good detective work as well! A sad ending though. I suspect it was a much loved and happy family house. Thanks for posting.

What beautiful architecture. I pray they save the rosettes, molding, lace, doors and stained glass and rehome.

You're a kind heart, it's a wonderful gesture to have taken a tile from the Henley Beach home and place it on the owner's grave. You're doing a wonderful thing with your channel - continued success with your channel and thank you for your valuable gems and nuggets uploaded. I first watched your channel when you uploaded the Minot house in Blair Athol; I knew Elsie and Wally Minot back in the early to mid-1960s, I think the last time I saw Elsie may've been the early 1970s. They were a lovely elderly couple. I remember they had the walnut tree orchard directly alongside their little home, Wally used to love his walnut grove and he gave a sapling to my dad who planted Wally's tree in his backyard. That sapling quickly grew and began to bear the juiciest, most delicious walnuts I've ever tasted. There's nothing quite like fresh walnuts straight off the tree. Elsie and Wally had a son who did maintain the house 'til his death. Their son had promised Wally he wouldn't sell their home and apparently, he did keep his promise. I was sad to see Elsie and Wally's partly demolished home. You mentioned in that upload the backyard neighbour told you he thought the house haunted as he could hear piano music. I can't recall a piano in their home but perhaps at one time they may've had one. I can't say for sure - but - I'm sure neither Wally nor Elsie would've haunted. They were happy, kind people. Elsie bought little dolls for children in the neighbourhood from - I think Coles variety stores, little plastic old style cupie-dolls and dressed them in hand-sewn outfits. Then she'd give them to the neighbourhood kids. Wally was very friendly - always up for a chat, his only failing he may've been a little too fond of a drink from time to time. Lovely people. I don't recall the year but Wally suffered a stroke and was hospitalised for quite a time. Apparently, he did come home once following his stroke and recuperation, wanted to see his walnut grove again. I saw him being gently led around his orchard and remember thinking how suddenly old and frail he appeared. He died not long after then a short time later Elsie followed. It was emotional to see their home and I remembered so many things long forgotten (I wasn't close to my father), the only good thing about seeing my father all those years ago was I'd be able to see Uncle Wally and Aunty Elsie again. I loved them, thank you for uploading an update about their home. I checked Google maps and notice how their street has very much changed - across the road from the Minot's was a lovely double-block residence that had its own tennis court on one block and towering white-gum trees in fact there were many old-growth trees in people's homes back then. Towering trees, flocks of sulphur-crested cockatoos - must've have been hundreds, would flock and roost in the limbs of the trees. Gone now ... time keeps on slipping into the future I suppose.

The tiles in the kitchen are simple but very lovely!

Paul, I loved hearing about the history of the Fry family. Great research!

Thank you for showing us the history of this beautiful house and the families that lived there. Beautifully done, but what a tragedy it has been demolished.

My heart is bleeding to see the last pictures. Thanks for this great video, there is a lot of work in it. And THANK YOU for saving the two stones, a great gesture to put them on the grave.

Fascinating history. I love all the very detailed research you did.

This home is absolutely gorgeous!! I hope no more homes like this get lost in the sauce

I hope they save the doors and windows with the stained glass in it! Stunning!

This was a Beautiful house.Why isn't anybody taking care of this nice house. Amazing 120 years old. I wrealy hope somebody will take care of the house. It's sad if this house will just be left to Rotten for no reason.

Beautifully filmed researched and presented thank you and so sad too. If walls could talk what tales they would tell but you did such a great job of telling us thank you again for your labour of love for us . Xx

Aah that broke my heart when you went to the grave and put some of the house on the final resting place . Really pulled at my heart strings . You have so much respect for what you do . Rachel from Nottingham 🇬🇧

Oh what a beautiful story and history for such a magnificent place. Hard to believe that only 2 families resided there. They must have really loved the house and their families. Thank you so much for going through all the effort to bring us such a fascinating video. It is appreciated.

What a brilliant and well researched documentary of this amazing family and house. I live in South Australia not too far from the house and learnt a lot about my own State. Well done.

Just started on the video, and I already know it's going to be great! Thank you for all the effort you go through to show us these wonderful homes! ☺️

I am in San Francisco California USA I hope all the doors windows light fixtures moldings can be taken from this homebsnd used. The house appears to be very well maintained Thank you for posting

I appreciate the depth of research that you accomplished for this video. I hope that you do endeavor to do another video, as you mentioned earlier, on the whole area. I enjoy watching your work; outstanding. Thank you for taking the time to film these beautiful properties.

What a fantastic homage to the house and the occupants. Thank you very much for creating such an informative and poignant video. It's such a pity that we don't value history as much as we value money.

Wow! This is a real tearjerker for sure. I get so damned angry with the loss of all those beautiful homes that held so much history. Adelaide certainly needs to do more to retain its real history instead of letting 'modern developers' or 'out of country' developers destroy what's left. Thanks again for a most informative and interesting post. I used to travel past so many of those old beautiful places every day. Thank goodness that I don't live in Adelaide any more as it breaks my heart to see this. Keep up the great work and please keep up the history with it too. I wish you could go back and voice over the history of the other houses you filmed. Great work.

I think what you did with that brick and gave it to the grave is absolutely lovely God bless you

Such a sad ending for such a beautiful home. So wonderfully loved a kept in beautiful condition.

Wow I could live so happily there beautiful I hope there not going to pull it down This is a great video thank you 🇦🇺

Well done in showing us this beautiful old home, shame it was not kept for all to see and enjoy, keep up the good work so we can enjoy more . Thank You

This was so wonderful! Isn’t it funny how our homes become family and it hurts to watch them get old and die. I hope you do more of these kids of videos!