I don't think there's anything more beautiful than these craftsmen style interiors with that gorgeous wood work and windows. What a gorgeous place to live!
And all that glorious hardwood. And plaster over stone/block/brick.Driving a nail into an interior wall will require a series of tools and technique unknown to most home owners. Notice the absence of any pictures or signs of nick nack shelves, etc...Its just to damned hard!
I am 81 yrs old so very true they just don't build them like they used to if I was younger I to would have this home to a new home never would have to be afraid of storm in this house !!!
@@shirlcooper7759 , same here.... it is an awesome house! Please visit my channel as well... I find old/ abandoned houses also. Would love for you to subscribe...
Nice old house. That landing on the stairs would be a perfect place to set up a reading area and a chess table. The staircase in a bathroom made me laugh. “Oh hey don’t get up, I’m just passing through.” I hope someone does restore that place and soon.
Josie Schuller thanks for watching and exactly haha not much privacy with that bathroom but was prob built more for convenience with the wheelchair ramp
Yeah. Looks like a retrofitted toilet than an "original" bathroom. Someone, at some point, had to have a toilet on the main floor. I didnt even see a sink.
How do you find such amazingly beautiful old homes? I could move right in to this ole gal, in a heartbeat ❤️. The more old wood, the more original, the better ❤️
I agree! Any house with an abundance of wood, brick and stone makes my heart happy. Add at least one fireplace, a claw foot tub and some built-in nooks and crannies, and you’ve got my dream house. Wouldn’t matter if it was a cottage or a castle, or if were in the middle of town, deep in the woods, or (preferably) with an ocean view.
OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!! Kappy you have found the ultimate dream. All the built ins are fabulous and did you notice the lone small door on the wall up stairs? Laundry Shute!!!! Biggest blessing, no vandalism yay! I so hope someone restores it, can you check on it in the future to see and please let us know?? Love you Kappy the maker of visual dreams!!! ❤️
We had a upstairs sunroom like that when I was growing up off the upstairs bathroom we used it as a bedroom in the summer. The windows opened upwards and could be attached to the ceiling for each window. It was in a very old row of townhouses each one had one of these it was so nice cool cross breeze at night and listening to the rain loved it. Anna in Ohio.
Yes, looks like an old widowed retainer stayed here maybe into their 90s, after all their kids had moved out. I get the feel of the final years of a long rich life spent maybe in a wheelchair, with live in carers. The house is beautiful and wonderfully built, gradually modernised during the 1970s and 1980s.
I'm a hunter but I'm not into taxidermy. I wouldn't be too surprised if the deer had been from close to this country home. I enjoyed the turn of the century bungalow touches of built-in cabinets and fabulous wood trim. There are some really fine craftsmanship in the stairs, wainscotting and crown molding. I also like the electrical sconces in many of the rooms; not too many years before they would have been gas lights, nice architectural throwback! The servant staircase landing upstairs had built in cabinets for linen and staging areas for items coming up and going down to the other floor--very smart design.
Such a beautiful old house! The staircase is awesome. Love the old sink in the kitchen and the pantry. I do hope someone restores it and it has life again.
@@donnalibby6246 I had one in a house I lived in while in my late twenties and hated it so much because it was so outdated and the drawers were always stuck and so hard to open. I liked new and modern back then no metal and stuck all the time.
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 We called them sleeping porches & everyone wanted to sleep there on hot summer nights. All the windows open, the breeze making the summer heat tolerable. Listening to the Katydids, watching the fireflies & somehow there word always be a barn owl nearby.
Connie Miner, that's true. My Grandmother was born in 1909 and she told us of her older brother sleeping in a room just like that because he had TB. She said they thought the fresh air would cure him. Unfortunately he succumbed to the disease in the early 1920's.
Still one of my favorites. It has that romantic, Disney feel. Then you go around one of the many, many corners and 'ooops!' giggle giggle. just love this house.
The room upstairs with the windows on three side was called a "sleeping porch" and used in summer. One could open the windows and create a cross-breeze, cooling the room and having a cool place to sleep before the days of AC.
Really enjoyed this one Kappy, sooooo arts & crafts era, woodwork to die for!!! Hope someone is going to restore this gem, would be a privilege to live in a home like this. Those old steam radiators would keep homes toasty warm in the winter!! This is one of your very best discoveries, Kudos, thanks for sharing.
I absolutely loved that house! Thought I saw a laundry chute upstairs? I'm with you on the creepy deer heads; rather see live ones running in the fields! Thanks again for a great explore! Hope that place gets restored. 🙂
@@brighterdays2come I agree. It could be the owner grew old and finally died and the will may be complicated or contested or whatever. Or maybe a bank took it back and it's in limbo of sorts. Or the neighborhood has gone bad and no one decent wants to live there. I just hope this wonderful house becomes a wonderful home for a new owner who can restore it.
Love, love, love that place! Surely it’s not going to be left to decay like so many beautiful old homes are. It almost looks like someone might still be living there. I love that room with all those windows. I could set up a studio there and paint all day long.
My grandma had a kitchen sink like that but they do not have cabinets underneath. Hers had a skirt to hide her soap and the pipes. I have a oak clawfoot table like the one in the dining area. I gave the chairs away. They were so old I had to keep gluing them back together. The toilet placed in a small hall surprised me. The furniture in the basement saddened me. The old beer dispenser has mold on it. I love this house too. Not a fan of second floors as I get older but I would have to tell myself "too bad " to be able to live in this beauty.
That's sure is pretty. Fancy Smancy! One thing I have noticed with old homes, they were never stingy on the windows when building the houses. I guess it had to do with the natural light in the daytime. Ever since I was a kid, even now, I never liked seeing animals stick their heads out of the walls,their eyes always followed you.
I love this house I hope some day you’ll go up and check the attic. Thank you for sharing your adventure I look so forward to your videos there my Blessins. Thank you
Wow! What an amazing find! I think it's gorgeous! I'm with you on the taxidermied deer heads. When I got married I told my husband that we would never have dead animals in our house. Luckily he didn't have a problem with it! Lol....I can't get over this place! Did I say gorgeous? Well, I said it again! Lol Such an awesome find! Thanks for sharing with us, Kappy!😊❤
While he was showing us that room and commenting on the "trophies," I flashed to my impish cousin. My dad belonged to our local Moose Lodge (played on the "Dartball" team) and when my aunt, uncle, and my two cousins visited during an annual Christmas party, Cousin Jerry, kept joking about the mounted moose head, a standard feature of a Moose Lodge hall. We ate popcorn out of those pleated paper containers, like large fluted cupcake baking cups. I went back for something else to eat and when I came back, Jerry had climbed up on a chair, put the popcorn "dish" on top the moose's head like an old-fashioned page boy or French soldier, and stuck a used cigarette butt in its mouth. I tried not to snigger while feeling like Doom was on its way! Trophy, indeed. Stay safe.
WOW! When I saw the outside of this place I got really excited to see what was inside! I enjoyed this explore! Thank you Kappy for showing this unique gem! 👍❤️😊. What was that wooden thing on wall with the farmers sink? Never in my life have I seen servant stairs in a bathroom of all places, lol. This house is worthy of saving for sure.
Yes. Laundry was done in the kitchen whenever possible because of large water tubs, etc for handwashing & then hung on a line to dry, which is why in the old days they had a "wash day". It took all day. I'd still do it that way if I could. I almost forgot to add, original irons had to be heated on a stove top. So you needed your board in the kitchen
It’s a home like this that I would rather live than the house I live in now. Real beauty is in the workmanship of old homes. They were built by men to stand the test of time, storm, and in some places, even war. Kappy, your excitement in finding the former maid stairs was so sweet. History: When this home was built, people detestably known as servants were in this century known as maids, butlers, valets, nannies, and paid for their services. No, they weren’t paid a grand sum, but they were paid.
Thanks my friend for sharing with me another wonderful video about Beautiful 126 year old Grand Abandoned House Down South. it was a really beautiful house i would love to live in that house it did not look all that bad Kappy it looked like it is being well cared for and i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless and thanks again.
When I moved into my 100 year old Craftsman home 6 years ago, it was in a very similar state as this one. I spent 3 days cleaning and moved right in. I’m guessing grandpa passed away and the family lives somewhere nearby; somebody definitely keeps an eye on it. My place had that same tidy “boxed up” look and that was the story with it. Beautiful home.
Oh what a dream of a house, I along with many viewers have fallen in love with this house. The entry and staircase makes one exciting burst of ideas as how to restore all of the beautiful woodwork in this home. The square footage of this home is huge and has the potential to have a small but adequate powder room on 1st level. Such great planning went into this house with deep windows, hardware for windows and doors, an upper enclosed porch/sitting area plus room upstairs for 2 bathrooms. I was so excited to see this house that I want to see the video one more time. Thanks Kappy for sharing this awesome house. PS those radiators were a plus to see.
Fantastic Kappy! That is one of the best preserved abandoned houses I've ever seen! It actually still looks quite liveable, and I'd move in tomorrow if the owners wanted to sell it! Actually, that dream would be better for someone your age, not ours anymore. Also, I'm with you on the mounted deer heads! I came from a hunting family, but I have never like such things. Poor things! I'd bury them properly if I bought that house! Very lovely! Thanks Kappy!
That's a Beautiful Old Sunny Kitchen! I'd Love to wake up & be in that kitchen every morning! And the old Woodwork throughout is a Beauty, as well! This sure would make a Lovely Restored Home! I often wonder why people abandon such Beautiful houses? Especially this one.
Me too, I would of loved to see the whole basement Kappy. Would it be possible to make some of your Videos like this one a little longer? I know there is much more we would of like to have seen. Also could you please open the drawers or cupboard door so we could see inside? Thanks Kappy ☺💚
How amazing, a house without graffiti, clean, and intact. I guess the vandals haven't sniffed it out yet. I do hope this old beauty is restored, and fast before there is major damage done. That little stair case bathroom most likely the only place they could find, at the time to put it with out disturbing another room. Thank you
The only "Throne Room" I've ever seen that was more unusual was one in a _closet_ in the master bedroom of a house where my nephew and his family lived. It even had a shelf above it! Stay safe.
@@oldenweery7510 We bought a house years ago, there was a bathroom tucked underneath the stair case. It was sealed off like a tiny little room, sink, and toilet. I guess what ever works, it did have a larger bathroom though.
This house is flat Beautiful. I love all the beautiful wood work. All very solid. My husband was deer hunter back in the day. We have 8 deer head mounts in our house. 6 in the living room 2 in the bedroom. 2 bleached deer heads lol
What a gem!!! I am in love. Has a Tudor feel inside with the timbers. I want to move in!!! Even the basement was neat. You need to start traveling with a ladder ☺️. You know that room with all the windows would originally have been a porch. Beautiful!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Safe travels.
❤️ loving it isn’t trashed. Beautiful hearth, beautiful woodwork, wonderful space and built ins. So the help also pressed laundry. A basement tunnel?! Wow
That's a wierd house. Has some nice handy features, though. Funny how the kitchen in an old style house always looks so primative when the rest of the house was elegant.
They didn't typically put money into a place the servants worked. Our house built in 1750 was the same. Grander than this one though with separate servants quarters over the kitchen separate from the rest of the house, the kitchen was primitive looking.
Our house is over 100 yrs old. Has butlers pantry with original ice box and stove is also in there. The ironing board is in the door of a small cabinet in the kitchen (it’s all wood and very heavy). These were utilitarian areas. Dining was separate from these areas.
I think the tiny “water closet” bathroom with the staircase was added later on. It was probably just a little hall with a staircase. The woodwork in this home is astounding. Such a decidedly masculine home. The wood used and the stairway and bannisters are truly impressive! So much seems original; what an impressive find. Thank you for this exciting explore. The desk in the entry hall had tongue and groove construction in the drawers. That has got to be an antique that needs to be reclaimed and restored.
I wonder how crazy some people can be,!!!! Out of all the houses I've seen on your videos,this has got to be the best one yet! On top of that,its not falling apart at the seams,I saw the dream catcher on the table,its a shame where there is so many homeless in this country,to see this beauty going to waste!! I wish it was mine,I'd be hard put to leave!
We had a kitchen sink like that growing up. Wow what an interesting house! The stone doesn’t feel down south. Wonder if it was brought in? Granite maybe? Loved the windows and trim. Very much feels turn of the century or bit before. Coal, oil or railroad wealth perhaps. This one def would be worth the money to restore. Thanks so much for sharing. ❤️
It is called an apron sink because of the flat wavy sides for drying the dishes on which makes the apron around the sink. Don't see them much anymore. Wonky bathrooms were pretty common when indoor plumbing & water came to town....closets, under the stairs or any place they could put them. Take Care.
@David Brown poor guy. I never think of those things. I comment to participate. I never go back & check likes...I guess because it doesn't matter to me.
Sometimes I wonder how you really get in. I mean not all these places are abandoned..and you don't show how you got in. Not every door is open or unlocked. No way! I love these old houses but sometimes it just trespassing.
Wow, beautiful solid place. Seems almost ready to move in! Hey Kappy just so you know RU-vid went in and changed your ad preference settings to “mid-roll” so your beautiful peaceful videos are interrupted by a bunch of blaring obnoxious ads (6 of ‘em in this video). They did it to everybody without asking but you can go into your settings and switch it back to the way you had it if you want.
This is a beautiful old home. It’s in great shape! Someone loved this place, you can tell by how well it was taken care of. This one has promise! Ty for the tour Kappy.
What a terrific house, Kappy! I can imagine people from "The Great Gatsby" having this as a vacation home. From the glimpse in your previous video I had an idea of the interior of this house but it was even better than I imagined. Here's my theory: the toilet by the servants' staircase may have been installed after the house was built, maybe long after, for a resident who had difficulty getting around. I noticed a track along the staircase for a mechanized chair that would take someone up and down who would otherwise be unable to use the stairs. My grandmother who had a heart condition had two of those chairs in her house: to the upstairs and down to the basement. In this house you can see the chair in a folded up position at 6:48. A "machine chair" , as we called it, would not have worked on the main staircase. The picture of over the downstairs fireplace seems to a print of a painting by Jamie Wyeth.
Ah, thanks for confirming that my eyesight wasn't wrong. I don't remember: was there a full bathroom downstairs? It would make sense to add a "Porcelain Convenience" in an odd spot if this was one of the places where the only full bathroom was on the second floor. I've known quite a few places where this was so. Good health and stay safe.
@@oldenweery7510 I took a second look: there's a toilet by the servant's staircase but I didn't see a sink anywhere in that space. I think the plumbing was added in maybe the only space where it could be worked unobtrusively into the first floor.
@@andrewbrendan1579 That makes sense, especially if there was someone in the house who was elderly and/or slightly disabled. If there isn't a bathroom on the first floor---and I don't remember seeing one---maybe the little "accomodation" was added for his or her use. I'm 80 and if I lived in a large house with the bathroom on the second floor I'd be like the joke book title, "One Mile to the Outhouse, by Willie Makit." Stay safe.
So beautiful.... some body please buy it and restore it so it dosent deteriorate and get vandalised. The room with all the windows would be my room for reading and relaxing .
I'm hoping some one is restoring this as money and time allows. Its just to beautiful to go to waste. It is pretty clean so it hasn't been to long since someone was around. Great find Kappy
This house was unbelievable I loved it all the old Butler servant quarters just the stairs up the back off the front door in the kitchen I mean this house is awesome loved it loved watching you go through it wish you had more background on it that would be really cool more background makes the place more real thank you
Amazing Beautiful home!!!! Awesome find!!! I too hope they restore it, too nice of a home to be forgotten. The painting above the fireplace is wonderful!! Did you see the blue ghostly mist @ 5:28 ??? I LOVE this video...Thank you for sharing. I really enjoy all your finds!!! Look forward to the next one!! TaraLynn:) Calgary Alberta Canada
Too funny! I watched it a few times. Its lens flare from the side window. You c a n tell by the way it bounces with the camera movement. But I was excited when you said that! Good eye!
@@brighterdays2come Thank you for clarifying that...I wasn't sure...I was thinking, well...the house IS 126 yrs old....Maybe one of the owners passed away in it and didn't want to leave...;)
Wow Kappy ! This home is probably the most elegant and well appointed you have ever done a video on . The style of woodwork is that of true Master Craftsman. Closets were just not built in in those days . That desk downstairs (you did a close up of) has hidden drawers in it . Thanks for sharing , stay safe , stay well .
Gorgeous bones. I would say a senior man lived here and either went into an old folks home or passed away. Looks like he had a work from home situation with the file cabinets. Either way, stunning home. Good work!
Yes, I love this house. It really needs to be restored! Btw, “your room” in that house had no radiator. You would freeze in the winter. Of course, I don’t know how cold it gets down south. Thanks for the tour!
Tis a truly beautiful old house....Looks like it was built in the late 20s early 30s. Its in amazingly good shape too... Hopefully someone adopts this lovey house and restores it before someone vandalizes it and removes all of its architectural elements... So nice to see that wonderful stair case and all the natural arts and craft style wood work! This house definitely would be an easy restore....They don't build them like this anymore!
