Abandoned MILLIONAIRES Family Mansion 

When I was a kid I never would have dreamed of doing that kind of damage to an abandoned property. Sad. What's wrong with people?

Really, really hate seeing beautiful, historic homes and buildings waste away and get trashed.

The 2.5 story mansion (for which the road is named) was built between 1901 and 1906 for Charles Winship, proprietor (along with Elizabeth Boit) of the Harvard Knitting Mills, a major business presence in Wakefield from the 1880s to the 1940s. Due to the 2008 bankruptcy and departure of Theresa Whitaker, the house's final resident and owner, and subsequent foreclosure of the property in 2010, it currently sits abandoned in a moderate state of disrepair. Long story short: The mansion was built between 1901 and 1906, it wasn't abandoned at that time already. This happened in 2010.

I would buy a place like this just to restore it and make it beautiful once again.

I studied architecture and design. This was someones masterpiece a lot of love went into this beautiful home

I don't understand what people get from ruining such a beautiful place. It's just sad honestly.

Can't people just not wreck things..disrespectful. All that gorgeous woodwork and fireplaces.

It would be so nice to see these beautiful houses NOT vandalized. Geez

I absolutely hate people who think that they can vandalize anything, and it won't matter. that house would have been way more gorgeous if they had just respected it like normal people. it doesn't matter if it is abandoned or not, it deserves respect. how would they feel if they had spent years building and raising a family, allowing your kids to be trained and have the experience to grow into responsible people, in such a gorgeous work of art, only for some idiots to come and trash it? it doesn't matter who lived there or how long nobody had, people spent part of their lives there. that's the type of thing people remember is the memories they had in their homes. I wonder what the reaction would be if the family that originally lived there saw it. I would just feel shocked, upset, angry, and extremely disrespected. they built that house from the ground up with possibly their own hands, and people feel the need to go and paint all over it. if you wanna paint on something go get a canvas. and penises are not appropriate to paint anywhere. to degrade a place of comfort and love like that is just disgusting. people need to grow up and learn some manners. quit taking something that valuable and beautiful and just destroying it. let it rest in peace. we need these things in our lives to remind us that no matter how battered and broken these places are, they are a moment frozen in time. they remind us that even for a time, everything was once beautiful.

I live on this street and I have been inside this mansion before it went to shit when the last owners still lived there. It was really beautiful and she was a really sweet woman. The murals on the wall were beautiful, they were landscapes paintings of the land surrounding the mansion before the rest of the west side became developed. Unfortunately the youth has had no respect for this home and they have destroyed the place, it is truly so frustrating. In the 70's and 80's the neighborhood consisted of Italian mafia. It is a neighborhood with a lot of interesting history, I have lived here for over 10 years now, I even witnessed the fire that happened in the winship mansion years ago. There used to be a bowling alley in the basement, and they also had a horse in the backyard when I first moved in. You could see the horse from the Nazareth academy side of the property. NAZ has since been knocked down and turned into a new development. The neighborhood has really changed since I was 8 years old running wild.

Whenever I watch homes that are abandoned I always wonder if the kids are watching one of these videos of their own old family home lol

Josh, I love ya, kid but look more at that gorgeous architecture!!! That house, with all its woodwork, with about 15 fireplaces: forget the junk left behind... go for that beautifulness of the house. That was craftsmanship u sure don’t see in today’s home. And the junk left behind? U can go to any junk shop or antique mall and see that. I sure wish the people with their paint cans respected that house a lot more. It was class at its finest!!! Now it’s just been abused and trashed!

some of this house looks like it could be repaired an a good house again , what a shame

it honestly breaks my heart when stupid people come and ruin it with spray paint🤬

That's really sad how people go in there and destroy stuff and draw stuff on the wall. Like just leave it how it is.

The woodwork was amazing. You need to slow down and appreciate it. Love that you don't deface anything, and your enthusiasm about your finds. Thankyou.

see guys even the millionaires have the bag drawer

When someone leaves a house behind with all the stuff in, there is always something wrong with house or something terrible happened there. Mortgage is often just a convenient explanation. Otherwise bank could sell a house like that easily back in time. But they didn't for a reason. Obviously later some people moved in (i believe illegailly) and also just ran from the house.

the original owner of the house of whom it was built for was charles winship some yrs after he died his wife sold the house. and it was resold to two or three more people up until the last owner who purchased it in the yr 1998. she filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and the house was forclosed on in 2010 and has not been legally occupied since. So these items were not those of the original owner of whom the house was built for, and mostly all the last owners items were removed. the items in which u are seeing were either left by squatters or left and destroyed from when the real estate agency attempted to sell it. (m&A realty)

It's not enough they had to spray graffiti on the walls, but on the piano, too? WHY?!

People who think it is funny or cool to destroy a place by marking it up with graffiti and writing blah blah blah was here or get out or something like that is disrespectful to the house and to other people who want to explore the property, No one cares for your "artwork" These people need to serve jail time for this.

The couch you found is called a fainting couch. In the 1800's and early 1900's these couches were used for women who would become faint front their corsets so they would lay on theme to help clear the dizziness

That house is still in pretty decent shape and could be renovated and brought back to life. It has a lot of its original wood work and architectural features in tact and I would love to see it redone. Pity.

Can't pay the mortgage. Banks say: "Too bad." Then just let it rot. Makes no sense.

"Never seen a mansion with this much stuff before... Welp, Cya later!" *turns camera off* "...Alright boys, back up the truck and lets start loadin up. Chris and Mike you guys are on the grand piano, Jason you got all the ski equipment, Ryan grab all the computer gear... and me, im taking this DOOM cd"

"The marble bathrooms...the marble floors..." Josh, please, the camera pans so quickly that even at 1080p resolution, I hardly can get a sense of the rooms! A little slower would help the creep factor, too. :)

Why do people have to ruin every fucking place with spray paint?

You keep saying look at this, we would love to but you're moving way too fast!

I would just be sitting in the office looking through the books... XD

I did my research...this mansion was in fact built in 1901 for Charles Winship. The house was eventually sold in 1947 to a few Sisters/Nuns. The house was passed down to a few other owners until someone by the name Theresa Whitaker purchased the house in 1998. Her whole family lived there until she filed for bankruptcy in 2008. In 2010, the mortgage was foreclosed and no one has lived there since then. So there were many other families who owned that mansion..

Josh, I love your stuff, but for the love of God, PLEASE slow down and at least let us look around as well

SLOW DOWN DUDE, YOU ARE MAKING MY EYEBALL HURT...

Seeing all the graffiti makes me so mad

God the woodwork in that house is beautiful! But of course some assclowns have to ruin what they can't have. However when a bank takes your house and gives a 3 day notice to vacate, many family's have to grab what they can and dash. That's what most likely happened and the sad part is the bank would rather let it rot than rent or sell to a lower price bracket. However you would have to make about 200k a year or more to just be able to do the yearly maintenance on a house that size.

Why do people insist on spray painting everything?! It's not even good spray painting

This is a reminder that you can't take things with you!! Don't live for material stuff.

I would love to clean these homes up and make them beautiful again a couple weeks of hard work and damn it could be wonderful

Aside from the motion sickness from being spun around so quickly I really enjoyed the video. Would be nice sometimes if you could do the research to find out what did happen & explain it at the end of the video. I always wonder if the families ever see these videos. I also always wonder if tragedy like a car accident took their lives so they couldn't return. It's amazing how important items are to someone when they purchase them but in hard times what they chose to leave behind TELLS another story...

what a beautiful house. It's so sad to see it in such bad shape. I remember that the house we used to live in came up for sale many years ago. It was pretty much a shell when we moved in, and my dad worked hard to repair it and make it a beautiful home. It had a massive hole in the floor too, that he had to repair. When we looked round it for fun all those years after moving out, it was much like this. in ruin. It was very sad

To hard to watch this, you move to fast and only concentrate on the belongings that are unimportant, I want to see the woodwork, the bannisters, rails.. artwork, windows.. the love that went into the building of these places.

minus the graffiti, that place is beautiful. I can't even begin to imagine how big it really would be.

You’re right....I love this place. Great video, Josh!

There was a DVD player in one of the rooms, so it couldn't have been abandoned for too long, early 00s. But it's such a shame to abandon a beautiful building like that.

I agree SLOW DOWN 😉 ❤💚💜💙 l was getting sea sick

I've been to this mansion several times before and planning to go there again soon, I don't live too far from it. I wish it looked this nice when I went. You think this video makes it look bad, it unfortunately looks even worse now, so sad. None of the stuff is there anymore either :(

I feel like they maybe left in the early to mid 2000's because a lot of the appliances in the kitchen and some furniture look like they're from the 2000's. Hence why a lot of the older 80's and 90's looking stuff was left behind. Some people commenting have been saying that they left everything behind, but considering they were filthy rich that's probably only they're old stuff.

there was a issue where only half my viewers last night was able to see this video so i had to fix it! so everyone on the phones and stuff can watch it

Just came across your videos. I love that you respect the abandoned places you go, and DON’T take anything from them!!! Thank you for making amazing respectful videos ❤️❤️

That house was full of beauitful wood and other notable things- why destroy it? What is wrong with our society that people have no respect for other people's property.

this is sad. I bet it was once a beautiful place.

The tagging done in this beautiful unique place shows the lack of respect for anything by those who do not know the value of what is not theirs and they have yet to do a days work to afford such things. Sickens me and is showing America is a cesspool of ingrates that think everything is disposable to their whims, like they do to places such as this. Embarrassed by the youth, immaturity and total lack of respect for anything including others.

That’s not a old computer lol. It’s a word processor. Had one in middle school back in ‘97. I forget how young kids are or how old I’m getting lol 😂

It's so sad people go in and destroy them bc it would be so interesting to see it literally as it was left like a photograph of a moment in time , a snapshot into the moment they left

grafitti is an art i get it but i dont get why people also has to use it to destroy things

I can imagine how beautiful this must've looked before it was abandoned

I agree with people you move around too much and fast. Hurt my eyes. Couldn't continue watching.

I cant possibly be the only one that wants to restore some of these places Josh visits..?

Seeing that poor piano broke my heart!

I have a lot of respect for a man who knows how to respect a piano

That has to be one of the most beautiful houses I have ever seen!!!! All of that wood and the ornamental wood work is unbelievable!!!! To have the money to buy it and fix it back up...... thank you so much for sharing this!!!! We had the fortunate opportunity to rent an old farm house in Kansas. It also had a narrow staircase that went up to the 4 bedrooms. Then you had the grand staircase that brought you to the entrance. Every since then I have been in love with those old houses. Thank you again!!!! ♥️♥️😍😍

It sounds like you think all the stuff you're looking at is from the 1800s. They didn't have paint ball guns and answering machines in the 1800s

Does anyone else get sad watching these?

It's, AWFULLY DISTURBING AND SICKENING, to see this beautiful home destroyed.

I find it incredibly sad that such a beautiful home first of all, for whatever reason was abandoned and personal items left and second, that there is no regard for personal space. Why do people get such a thrill out of destroying what is not theirs!! It rips at my heart every time I see it. Thank you Josh for the look into someone else’s life!!! 💕

that was a beautiful old house.. what a shame for it to be let go into rack and ruin..somebody obviously loved it at some point. makes you wonder what made the people leave it so sudden.. and why could it not be sold either by the folks who owned it or the bank.. why ??.

I love how when they explore they don't spray paint anything

it's so sad to see a beautiful place like this being dretroyed and abandoned :(

Oh my goodness how beautiful all the lost memories you can tell this place was really a good home for whoever did get to live there. How sad. Maybe somebody will buy it and repair everything. It's a fixer upper forsure

Surprised they never find any homeless people in these buildings

Never open abandoned refrigerator.

Graffiti is a fantastic art form, but still Shit like what they did to that piano is a fucking disgrace

Btw that's called a fainting couch... They were very popular in the 19th/20th century, esp in movies. As women would faint coincidentally right there... lollll

I want to fix it up so bad😕 it would be REALLY expensive though

Two boys, two girls, gigantic mansion? I'm thinking Narnia.

if was in that house exploring, id probably start cleaning for no reason... :)

it looks more like the owners where running from something leaving everything behind..house looks pretty creepy

they need to get some of those home renovator people and flip this house... I've seen the shit these guys pull off, I bet this place would be worth so much if it was cleaned out and renovated. It'd take a large investment to do that, though.

The biohazard bag would've been my clue to leave... They may have left because of a health hazard, and they could've left all their stuff because their things were contaminated

Josh, that piano in that condition is maybe worth $5,000. Restored maybe $40,000. hard to believe they left it along with all not the other items! One suggestion. Please show a shot of the front of the house before you go in. Helps me see in my mind what exactly you are walking in. Thanks, love the videos!

What a beautiful house. I just wish ppl didn’t vandalize these abandoned places. Thank you Josh for showing us all these places forgotten in time!

imagine cleaning and fixing a lot off the stuff in there and making it your own. I known it would be... right to say the least. but it would he so cool to see it how it was before.

WOAH!! A huge old mansion! Let's destroy it with graffiti!! :D ...really...😑

Holy carp! That computer may be a Macintosh! In pristine condition, gotta be worth money...

it's atrocious that someone would vandalize this house.

Just a little Info for you . This house was probably not abandoned. This family was most likely Evicted due to Foreclosure. The Courts send the sheriff to lock said house and you are unable to get your belongings , If you enter the house they will arrest you. Welcome to life.the Hard way. pay your bills

Does anybody else just wish they could go in and organize and clean this place?

am i the only one who thinks that this house looks like the house from mrs peregrines home for pecular children

I would restore that place and make it in to a museum

What you thought was a computer was actually a word processor on which you could produce/type documents and store them digitally. They were pretty darned neat for their day.

It looks like the American horror story mansion

if it was built in 1901 for a business owner... how the hell would he have lived long enough to see items such as a fax machine? either multiple families lived here, or the daughters took it over after the parents died

It is such a shame that these big beautiful homes just got away and get destroyed. That house is a work of art!

After watching this video and seeing the state of decay and the odd array of objects some still valuable along with the usual household goods it really does seem that something darker was behind the reasoning that this house is in the condition it is. Even someone forced to move in a hurry takes family pictures and would grab their laptop along with other things shown in the video. It's odd to see how much it's been vandalized because you know that even more things of value were there previous to the exploration. In a lot of abandoned homes newer and older you see that appliances and things of that nature are usually missing, for there to be so many electronics and gym equipment still there it really raises suspicions of why the vandals and homeless people hadn't destroyed it further, even so far as to have coats hanging in the closets and curtains still hung with portraits over the fire place.. It's just all so unusual, it really does seem like a very interesting and bizarre story.

Why are you moving the camera so fast and chaotically? I do not have time to see anything. My eyes hurt.

Im surprised no one looted all that good stuff

That would make a beautiful retirement home, hospice, or even museum. It's a shame. They don't make homes like that anymore. ❤

The bank kicks them out because they can't pay their mortgage, and then just lets the house be trashed.

This is quite an interesting story, mansion was built in 1901, there is no way the original owners were the only people to live there. True crime streets of LA was released in 2003 Doom was released in 1993 Disney didnt own Pinocchio till 1940 i feel like there is a lot of missing story from the history of that mansion

What a shame.... this house looks beautiful, just imagine if it was cleaned up

I would love to see a vid of this mansion getting restored