When Thad and Robin Krasnesky bought a 140-year-old home in Leavenworth two years ago, they got more than they bargained for -- but in a good way. STORY: www.kctv5.com/2023/06/02/owne...
MARYLANDER here! Cat Fan and History Geek! YANKEE here What a wonderful guy! Much RESPECT! I live in an apartment in a house build in 1911! A year before the TITANIC sank! A few years ago the plumbers removed a leaking drain pipe ! They were amazed that it was the original cast iron pipe! Well Corrosion happens but they sure don't build houses like they used to! My Grandfather was born in 1900 so he was 11 years old that year! Retired Teacher here 37 years! History is so interesting ! 🤔🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
I once bought a house not that old - built in 1963 - and discovered a big cardboard box in a corner of basement behind the water heater. There were old family photos, an 1880s marriage certificate and items indicating the family name and that they were Jewish. They were not related to the people I bought the house from; so the previous owner had lived for years with that box in the basement undisturbed. The last name was unusual, and I was able to research online and find relatives on the east coast. I contacted them and mailed the big box to them. I was glad to give it back to people who it would mean something to.
I rented a house then went to get my belongings then the owner of the house said it was his stuff and charged my dad $120.00 so I’m glad people like you are around to be honest people
What a beautiful home! He found the heir to the cane and pocket watch and gave it to the family, that’s so thoughtful and kind! He really is a good steward of the home.
My uncle on my dad's side ran away with my dad's inheritance and so did my aunt with my mom's inheritance. It's great that there are still people out there that don't just think about themselves.
Sometimes it feels like the world peaked and has steadily fallen since the Industrial Revolution. What we see as progress could easily be seen as decline from the earth’s perspective perhaps.
My husband is a contractor and one day, he showed me what he left behind the crown molding of every house. N+P in a heart written in pencil. You may change carpet, tile, sinks, lights, but how long is that crown molding going to stay there?? He’s retired now, but his one consistent romantic gesture will be around a looooong time.
I wonder if the foyer’s staircase has a mortgage button. There should be a hole in that prominent place, and the bank gave you a button that looks like a beautiful stopper to show that you paid off your house.
I found an old newspaper while remodeling, and in the sports section, the Red Sox coach was talking about a budding prospect. He had a rookie that seemed to show real potential as a slugger. That was Babe Ruth.
Wow, what a find! I recently came across a newspaper with a front page headline about Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, but I’d say yours is much more valuable 😊
He made his community a better place to live. Everyone is happier because of him, and he will have a happier life. This is what happens when people do good things.
My daughter and her fiancé removed an old defunct chimney from an 1800s house to make room for a pantry in their kitchen and found a checkbook from the 1910s, an old sewing pattern, some sewing supplies, old wooden hangers, pieces of clothing, and playing cards from the late 1800s.
I live in a 1915 shingle style house, not a lot of treasure like coins or anything, but old windows and doors, woodwork and glass. Old houses have a warmth and feeling that's worth a lot of treasure in my book.
The fact that he is hiding current day items for the next owners is a beautiful gesture. I wonder if he needs a roommate? I can be the quiet ghostly tenant in the attic.
It does NOT need to be a mansion for cool old stuff to be found in an old house! Sometimes construction workers will leave things (like, BEER CANS) inside odd places, (informal time capsules?) I owned a house where I removed one of the mantel pieces so I could restore it. Inside a hollow part of the mantel piece was a 1906 calendar from a local farm supply and feed store (The area is FAR FROM "rural" today!). The house was completed in 1907. Not at all a "mansion", just an 800 Sq. Ft. 2-bedroom, wood frame little "worker's house"! That calendar was OBVIOSLY an "Easter Egg" left by whoever installed the mantel piece!
I watched videos on hoarder homes and bags of coins were popular things to hide, one assumes like the hidden jewelry, from possible thieves. There was no panic in the Depression that would make people hide coins. The Depression wasn't like that. The only panic was getting money out of banks before they closed to be examined for irregularities, in particular the widespread practice of taking depositors' money to play the stock market, before being reopened, often under new management, and the panic by stock speculators who got caught short. Otherwise, it was just a slow descent into misery.
Those coins are worn smooth. All cull coins. Notice they didn’t say he had any big finds in the coins. Facts are if you have two jars of American coins that were put in a jar a hundred years ago they would not be worn smooth from not being handled the last 100 years. And that would give you a better the average of having high grade coins, which he has none. I call bs. But hey don’t take my word for it, you can pay him to metal detect the same yard he already did. 😂😂😂😂
@@Jack_Russell_Brown interesting. i know its illegal to spend change outside the us even now because the metals are worth more than the currency itself.
As a serious American Pocket Watch collector, I can relate to this story more than most. What impressed me the most was the fact that he does not consider himself the "owner" but instead the "caretaker" as am I the caretaker of all my watches in the collection. I have hopes that this house and my watches can be passed down to others in the future so that someone else can be the caretaker of them. Get story.
I didnt listen closely enough if they credited him as the actual owner. Caretaker means caretaker…i guess i need to watch the video again. Lol. Beautiful house!!
@@Mister_Listener In this case, he is officially the owner of the house, but at the end of the story he considers himself also the caretaker of the house. I own all of my watches, but am also the caretaker of them, making sure the all perform correctly, and will eventually be ready for the next generation of collector.
@@AmericanPocketWatch wonderful attitude to have. Is your collection large? There have been several films made about houses being haunted and carrying secrets from years past…Burnt Offerings is one of my favorites. I watch a lot of those and i guess thats why this video came up, nice chatting with you. The house needs to be made into a movie, lol!
@@Mister_Listener In this context, my collection is not as large as this house, but I do have watches that go back to the late 1850s on up to 1940s. Every one of the watches is looked after, cleaned oiled and adjusted and I try to keep them looking as well as running as if they were new. Some are easier than others, but I do take extreme pride in the watches that I do take care of. To answer your real question. About 250 to 300 so far.. I keeps growing. Just received a new one today. Most collectors are after quality. I, on the other hand, am after quality and possibly a story behind each watch. Not always possible, but if they could talk, what stories they would tell. If you listen, near the beginning of the story, he says that he went to the top of a large book case and found a pocket watch up there. Oh, what would I have given just to see the watch that he found up there. He stated he returned it to the family. I admire him for that..
After a friend's grandfather passed they found a room behind a bookcase. That room had a plastered over space containing a wall safe. With lawyers, family and a safe cracker present they opened it up. It contained the old large currency bills at face value of thousands. The lawyers placed it into a bank at face value. When the family got their share it was only based on the face value and not the collector's value of gold and silver certificate notes. The bank said those deposited bills were just placed at face value and were long gone. Shyster lawyers and bank.
Why shyster bank? What rules did they break? Sounds like they were going by the book. You have to look after your own interests and check details. Many is the celebrity, for instance, who left it all in the hands of a manager who ran off with everything. It's a big, bad world out there and the wolves will eat you up. You have to be smarter than that and ask a lot of questions.
@@653j521 My comment was based on the family believing the lawyers and likely the bankers knew to exchange the rare bills for modern currency. Then resell them on the collector's market for themselves. Meaning they all belonged to the same tribal cabal.
@@josephbingham1255 why would the family believe the Lawyer and Bank go thru the effort to maximize profit.. It’s not their job to market antiques, money or else wise. Derrrrrr😂
@@mawi1172 It was a former friend's grandfather. The family knew they were valuable. The family believed the lawyers and bankers being of the same tribe conspired. You know. Taught from childhood to "take advantage."
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What a amazing guy. I was touched by the fact he took the time to find the a previous owner’s family and give them the pocket watch he found above the book shelves. I wish him and his wife many more treasures hidden in this beautiful old home. They are truly wonderful and the fact they give so much, not only of themselves, but to organizations that make a difference. Thank you for sharing this amazing story with us. ❤️
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I bought and renovated an old home years ago. It came with a treasure I didn’t want. I discovered a grave about 3 feet from my home. Turns out it was a family cemetery to a nearby historical home, and yes I also heard things in the attic. My 7 year story there would rival any Hollywood movie.
Do tell your story, it is interesting to see so many discoveries in many different homes, some good like from the video and some terrible, like yours. I can only imagine the spooky shit you might've heard at night.
So you never had to pay property taxes I just heard a lawyer say if anybody is buried on your property it’s tax free forever and gov. Can never take it away except for 3 of our states.
@@merlinsowl9458what?! I never heard of that...we been paying taxes on our home all these years....there's a small cemetery on the back side of our pasture where a husband and wife were buried in the early 1900s. 🤔
It's so fun renovating homes. I have found clothes, school books, teachers name from the time period and more in the Ringling brothers birth-site house. They said on TV and the paper that it burned down. It didn't. It was only a porch fire. The house still stands at the end of Walton's hollow in mc Gregor Iowa. I have lived here for over 32 years. I won't give up on the house.
Wow that's awesome!! And I do t blame you a bit I couldn't give up on it either!! I've always loved those old homes and antiques!! I've always been told I was born into.the wring Era lol I turned 44 in February 😊
a Master Carpenter .. always creating, building, restoring. Something that takes a lifetime to learn and you can't learn it in college. BUT you gotta love it and be an expert
My friends grandparents left him a home built in 1916. One day he was remodeling the walls and in one of the walls he found a map from the 1800s. The map led all the way to Mexico and the missions that were built by the Spaniards to convert to catholisism. On the back of the map it stated the reason for the map. He has the map in a glass case and its so brittle.
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I absolutely love old houses like that one and it looks like it was well taken care of over the years. My only issue is electricals, plumbing, A/C, Heat. these great older homes just don't have all the comfort stuff and when a historical society gets involved the suddenly you can't do anything without a ton of paperwork and approvals from people you never even met or have seen the house in question.
Amazing he gave those Civil War items to the family heir. Not everyone is that honest. Can only imagine what's behind the walls/under the floors of older houses.
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My grans house was like a time capsule. She never changed anything from when her parents owned it. As soon as you went inside you were Transported to the 40s. It was my favourite place.
Wonderful! A writer found those old books!!! People do love them, still!!! What a great treasure to find! Cool home, and I’m so glad he’s taking such wonderful care of it and the donations he’s making are fabulous. 👏👏
Is that the railroad they used to send freed slaves to the northern cities where they weren't allowed to work or vote for the next 100 years? Some freedom that was.
bet you didn't find any old railroad ties or stations down there. Some people are dumb enough to think the "Underground Railroad" was a REAL coal fired RR built by slaves, complete with stations from Georgia to Canada .... at least that was how it was depicted on an Amazon movie. Totally bizarre
We have similar homes here in New Hampshire that much people don't know but were part of the under ground railroad, crawl space he found looks like hiding quarters like ones we discovered here at relatives home when they were renovating. Actually in Portsmouth they give a tour of the homes they found similar tunnels or tunnels tooms that would connect to other homes or roads. This place is so beautiful I am glad he is trying to preserve the history!
WHAT A FABULOUS HOME AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR 142 YEARS OLD. ❤❤❤. THEY SHOULD NEVER TEAR DOWN HOMES LIKE THIS IF THEY JUST NEED MINOR WORK. THEY WORK THAT WENT INTO BUILDING THESE HOMES WOULD TAKE YEARS.
Old homes are the absolute best! Can't even compare to *modern architecture--boxes with no detail whatsoever. Would be awesome to investigate whether there are any *spirits in the house :)
Love the house. We have found quite a few items in our old house also, including a hammer inside one wall. I would not want the heating bill for that place.
So glad to see so many loving old houses. So many contractors try to modernize my 120 yo house and last did huge amount of damage e plater telling it has to in favor of drywall.. he won't come near my house again or I may bite
Way too cool! It's not often we hear stories like this and we were over due for one. Being born and raised on Galveston Island, I absolutely appreciate the uniqueness and special qualities of older victorian homes. Quite stunning and the past owners left some neat stuff!
My brother (a carpenter) knew about the tradition of putting the plans of the house in the newel post of a house.. so he opened Or Mother’s and Fathers after they past in there 1890 house and sure enough the plans of the family house was inside…, VERY COOL
In a small town in IL, a man opened up the top of the bottom post of his staircase and it was filled with gold coins. It was held there with a cut nail and no one bothered to look for years. He also searched where the hitching rail was and found many coins. The sad part is when younger his father hired a man to metal detect around the house. The man said he did not find anything other than a few coins and left. Weeks later they came home to a big hole in the yard. They will never know what was there.
We used to own a painted lady Victorian home in Michigan build in 1890. We had a lady ghost living with us. I traveled a great deal at the time and when I was gone she would sing and scared my wife who would sleep in a couch downstairs. We decided to restore the first floor main rooms and my wife and daughter picked out the wallpaper for the front parlor. After we removed 6 or 7 payers of paper we discovered the first wall paper and it was almost an exact match to what they hand bought 3 months before. I took a roll up to where the ghost lived and showed it to her and told her we were restoring her beautiful home and to leave my wife alone. She stopped the singing immediately. We didn’t find any treasures.
The new owner opened-up the crawl space in his new house and found a huge sealed barrel. He knew he had stumbled onto something interesting, because it was tucked deep in the back. When he got it opened and looked inside, he found the body of a young pregnant woman dead for 50 years. The original elderly owner was still alive living in Florida in retirement. Authorities questioned him; he said he knew nothing about it, but they already knew that he had worked at a barrel company for many years. They told him they would run DNA tests on the victims and get back to him. DNA results indicated that THE OLD MAN was the father of the baby, and the mother was identified as an Argentinian who had come to the States in the 1960s. Her family reported that she had gone missing back in the '60s, but her parents now deceased, never found-out what happened to her. When the FBI went back to arrest the original owner, he had committed suicide (True story)
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It nice to read about a magnificent old home like this that has been bought by someone who truly appreciates its history and wants to pass it along, along with today's history in the making, for future generations to enjoy and learn from. Cool story. Cool (and impressive) mansion.
Greetings from Mexico I came across your comment and I just had to reach out and say hi. Your perspective really caught my attention and I would love to get to know you better. Would you be interested in chatting sometime? Looking forward to hear back from u 😊
Greetings from Mexico I came across your comment and I just had to reach out and say hi. Your perspective really caught my attention and I would love to get to know you better. Would you be interested in chatting sometime? Looking forward to hear bck fr u 😊
that's a gorgeous home!! love the architecture! How wonderful of them to fond all these treasures, even returning them to the proper heirs. This is historical preservation done right!
There are some salty people in this comment section. Not all rich people are bad. Like are supposed to stay poor and not work for a better life. My family was poor, almost broke, and now we're upper middle class.
I inherited my grandparents farm house that built in the early 1920's. They left me nothing but used tissues and illegible news paper that they put in the seems of the plaster to fill the gaps :o(
My family owns a 1904 historic mansion. The utilities are so high and it’s in an old coal town, so no one wants it. We rent it out to somewhat offset the taxes and maintenance but it falls further and further into disrepair. If it were in a city it would be worth millions but in this little town we can’t give it away. We keep it going because of memories and history, but it’s not sustainable for much longer.
I hope humanity can grow to look forward to our next and eternal home. It’s looking so much like that time is soon to arrive. Being good stewards while we’re here is important as it can reflect our character to be of integrity.
My house was built in 1922. Under the floor boards in my office which I accessed from the old pantry in the basement I found several books on german and how to speak it, write it ect. They were ww2 Era and we suspect someone in the family was learning german probably in secret as the Germans weren't popular at the time lol. Found some other cool stuff, small stash of coins, a bag of about 300 dimes all from the 50's. Found out my back porch used to be a cistern, it's a giant empty concrete box with a manhole cover. I'm going to seal it and use it.
My dad was a builder an when i was a kid on sundays me an him would drive around an look at old houses. He loved old ones an their beautiful architecture. Thank you sir for loving that home. Brings nack wonderful memories.
what a super cool human being! I adore that he is putting modern treasures for future owners to discover! I think my inner child has a crush on him! I hope he makes at least one map for a true treasure hunt where X marks the spot! ♥️🙏♥️
I really looked forward to seeing parts of Kansas.. And after visiting Kansas I don't think I would ever want to go back again so many of the small town treasures I wanted to see like old cars and old signs and old things in people's yards have disappeared... THEY TURN KANSAS INTO THE REAL-LIFE PLAINVILLE.... IT'S SAD TO SEE SO MANY LITTLE TOWNS OF LOST THE REAL HISTORY
That depends on which Kansas town you are visiting. The small rural town I live in is about 45 minutes away from Leavenworth Kansas and it holds onto it's history well. In fact, my kid in third grade is currently learning about local town history at school! Our town population is around 1,000.
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You are one LUCKY man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Most people would shout "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh a ghost, and run out;" You are sooooooooooo smart and lucky, if you saw a ghost, you would probably tell it---show me your treasures
I feel bad for the person who hid the coins. They never got to use their treasure. A lot of houses have coins and bills like that because they did not want to trade them in for the "new", money, but what good did it do them?
I found an 1880 calendar inside the wall of the house I grew up in. It was very brittle but legible. My brother was so excited he grabbed it out of my hand and then had to run up to the little corner market to show somebody... the wind caught it and broke it in half.
I love the fact that he got a hold of some of the relatives that were related to the people that owned this and gave him some of the artifacts-also wow what a find
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I love this old home and how it is being renovated/ restored. So many amazing things to be found and yet to be found. Thanknyou for sharing this online.
