Both house built in the 1800’s first house is around 1850-1860 and second house is more Victorian era and most likely late 1800’s. I filmed these both around April or may before heading down south indefinitely! Thanks for watching!
Whenever I watch these abandoned home vids, I think about the life and warmth that must have once filled the home. Laughter, conversations, holiday dinners with family... and now they're empty, dirty and cold
Both houses were very interesting! I agree 200% it's sad that individuals have to come into these places and Trash and Destroy them because they have nothing better to do. I like very much what you did when you saw those Barn Swallows flying around you closed the door and left that room so they would not be disturbed, I would have done the same thing. You are a very good guy with great morals good for you being raised right I like that very much in a person. Good video!!
You are so right about Mother Nature Kappy. That tree was was just took over. Thanks for always putting the birds first, including those turkey vultures you always seem to find. Stay safe!
Both places being reclaimed by Mother Nature. I am always impressed by your respect and consideration for the wildlife you find in these old houses. You're a good person, Kappy. Thanks
Wow!! It looks HUGE from the outside. I always picture what they may have been like back in the day and they’re all beautiful. I LOVE these old homes. Thank you for your time and effort to find these and share them with us. We ALL truly appreciate your hard work. Thanks for sharing Kappy! Keep up the amazing work. 😊
The second house looked a lot bigger on the outside than it did on the inside. Amazing how hard it is to tell where kitchens and bathrooms were. Thanks for the tours!
That was one aggressive tree at the first house. I often wonder if the little creeps who destroy these home grow up to be creeps still or learn better.
The first house was so much fun. Just love those steep staircases and how there is always a servants staircase in the kitchen. Great job on the videos. Thanks for sharing
I loved the woodwork around the doorways in the first house. I wonder what it must've been like, trying to keep those tall ceiling rooms warm in the winter, and cool in the summer? I bet those big windows let in a much needed cooler air, on hot summer nights!
WOW the front door!!!!!! Build very well. Look at those main beams!!!! A few birds nests on the second floor. Very old light fixtures. The second home - oh my! Looks like the window moldings were salvaged along with the windows. Some of the wood floors too.
I wonder how that big teddy bear got to be there. It doesn't even look too old. I bet there is an interesting story behind that. Anyway, thanks for some more great explores, Kappy. 😊
I wish someone would salvage all the wood 😭 and not just because it's expensive right now but because it's beautiful and still usable even if the house itself isn't. The second house: whatever paint they used on the walls is incredible...it's bright and not peeling at all.
Yes, and a lot of the woodwork missing from around doors and windows. Glad to see it harvested instead of simply demolished and land filled. Interesting finds!
Even in their sorry states you could still get a sense of how nice those houses must have been when they were newer and filled with families. The second one had some sorry remodeling done on it though. I love all those old doors with the panels. Thanks for another great explore 🤩
This was a very nice home a long time ago. It pains me to see these once beautiful homes you explore are left to decay. I wonder about the families lives were like living in those times back then. If only walls can talk. As always Kappa you are the best. God Bless you and stay well. Thanks for the rossettes. I always look for them in your videos. Greetings from New York.
That 2nd house was one huge maze! I agree, very strange floor plan! Too bad, from the outside the house looked like it might be salvageable, but once you took us inside, nope. Thank you so much for taking us along for the tour! Have a happy 4th of July Kappy!
Hey Kappy ! Nice homes back in the day . FYI ,,, in some older homes , the second staircase was an emergency exit . Mainly there for fires . Only one way down was dangerous . In some old remodels , we actually added a second or even a third one . Just for peace of mind . Thanks ,,,,,,,
The 1st place was tagged up bad by vandals...sad, sad, sad. The second place wasnt much better. It looked like someone at one point did salvage a lot of the history of the place. The attic was the last place not tagged. Ty for taking me along!
Love your videos Kappy! I look forward to seeing them. I can only imagine what the fireplace mantels and the banisters would of looked like in both houses. For these houses to be still standing at the age they are says something about how well they were built. If I had the chance to go back in time, I'd go in a heartbeat. Take care and until the next video Happy travels.
I thought the front parts of the second house might be the original house. The roof is the same height and there was a chimney in the middle Then the back addition was built later.
Kappy you are Amazing finding these old homes. It's so sad how these home's were left to fall apart. I can just imagine how Beautiful they were. Thank You for sharing the pictures🦋🦋🦋
Despite how much is obviously gone. Some amazing things still remain. And it's so cool how the tree at the entrance grew around the door. The window trim looks good, even in the room with the fire damage. From the outside, it didn't look like it would have such a huge attic. House #2--Its always so sad to see houses like this, to see that people don't care about this places anymore. It had to have been a magnificent place one one point in time. These old houses always amaze me. There is no water damage just natural decay. And that attic was just amazing some great old things up there. I could have spent hours just looking. Thanks for sharing. And as always, stay safe on your adventures.
Kappy another wonderful video! Great editing. I don't know what time of day you filmed but both the houses had beautiful sunlight shining on the stair landings. I love that. Also the second house had smooth ceilings in areas. Man, I hate popcorn ceilings that they spray on every house these days. Can't wait till the next one.
So picked apart, trashed and abandoned. I wonder what they would have looked like, especially the 2nd one, prior to all the remodeling and demoing. Thank you for bring us along to see them!
Oh my god...kappy that is a great house...brought tears to my eyes because its something about that...thank you for showing it...u are the best when it comes to old historical houses and I mean you did a very good job with this one
The second house looked like someone took out all the window surrounds and salvaged some of the flooring. We salvaged siding from an old house to repair siding on our old farm house that had lost some when we had to repair the foundation. Both houses looked much larger on the outside than they did on the inside.
At 2:45 I thought, "Look, they hung a blue plastic tarp---to keep out the drafts?" Very peculiar layout in that first place and then you found another place where they removed the floors?!! Reminds me of a friend of of my BFF, who managed the building where I had my first apartment, wo took me along to visit a couple of guys at the other end of the alley that ran behind us. We walked in the back door and one of 'em said, "Be careful to stay near the right hand wall...!" and with good reason: two-thirds the width of the floor was missing and we were walking on plywood nailed on top of the other third. Yikes! Still, both places were interesting enough to visit. Thanks, Kappy.
There are still houses in the area much the same. Most will probably end up in the market and everybody except some firm will scoff at the price, then it'll be divided into apartments and a lot of refloorplanning.
Wow be careful Kappy those old homes were in pretty bad shape !! Looks like some was busy taken the fireplace mantels and window trim and some floor boards. That second home had some pretty cool chimneys sticking above the roof . Shame to see them in this condition they were someones home once . Great video Kappy as always !! 👍👍
wowwww u did it again great exploring kappy awesome one thing that ticks me off was the first house with graffitti it ruins the ettiquite of the house and history to the 2nd house was amazing to bad that teddy bear could of beeen taken home to a child and cleaned up these houses were awesome thanks buddy keep on keepin on shakedown street kim
Wow, what a awesome find!! The lay out is weird.... Such a shame that it's totaled like that by people! Thanks for sharing Kappy!! Stay safe! Peace, Kim ~
The basic frame of the first house seemed to be in very good shape, considering it's age. Plenty of good bracing in the attic and the floors sound enough. Good bones. I bet someone's got their eyes on the wood beams, etc. That's why the floors are removed, to check out the condition of the frame. Probably not to restore but to salvage, which is better than for it to eventually rot and fall down. That second house looked like it'd been rented out and not kept up. Lots of added walls, etc. dividing and changing the original rooms. The original kitchen would have been much bigger. Odd isn't it that the rooms in these places are always badly painted in different colors. Good video. Thanks.
That first house had so many interesting architectural details left that I wished we could have seen it before the decorative woodwork had been harvested. The second house - yeah some interesting remodeling that made it unique. And now, each time you visit an attic, a new horror movies springs to mind.
It was partially hiding in those trees and ivy. Whoa!!! That tree and door. Wonder if there's a message or symbol there. Damn. I'd love a pic of those dark windows. I like it somehow. Those beams still look rock solid. BEAUTIFUL old doorknob upstairs. Something about that last room made me smile. I think it's the branches growing thru the windows. The attic brick is gorgeous. Where's the hobbits? ;) 2ND house, those chimneys are creepy to me for some reason. That yellow room is claustrophobic, but I like it somehow. Teddy in time out. Thanks for sharing Kappy. I've had my fix for the week.
Wow, the vines have nearly taken that house! The trees growing out of the door really are a great indicator of the house's age and how long it has stood empty. It's amazing that it actually pushed the front door right out of its place! That's a strong tree or maybe a poorly installed door. The corbels under the eaves are beautiful and the number of them speaks to the wealth of the owners. They're really quite a pretty addition. The lintel over each window is another expensive and interesting addition to this house. The owner clearly spared no expense in the building of this home. Likewise, the interior of the house was meant to impress or at least to please the eye. The window treatments and oversized fireplaces were an added expense which the owner lavished on his home. The rear of the house does seem to have suffered some fire damage. The would certainly explain the condition of the ceiling and possibly the upper floor. That's a real shame. Those swallows on the second floor were sure unexpected tenants! Better swallows than vultures, I suppose. This was certainly a beautiful manor in its prime. It's a rotten shame that scavengers and vandals with paint cans saw fit to besmirch this grand lady's beauty. Thanks for showing us this house. It's a good example of how a 19th century home could look. The second house is beautiful from outside. The varied levels of the roofline are quite interesting and the peaked window under the roofline is a touch of whimsy. There's something about this one thats quite inviting. Too bad it's in such bad shape within. It never ceases to amaze me that people feel it's their right to deface and destroy another person's property. Yet, even with all their mean and destructive behavior, the house's former beauty remains. Its rooms are spacious and while they are oddly arranged, the construction seems rather sound. It has been treated very badly, but this is one house I'd like to buy and restore. Thanks for this one, Kappy. It's got personality plus!
Thanks Urban Exploring with kappy thanks for sharing with me this video Sad 150 year old Derelict Farm House Up North in Delaware it was a very old house and it was in bad shape but i really enjoyed this video kappy and thanks for sharing it i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless and thanks again
The second house sits right on 113, on the southbound side. I drive past it all the time. Its about 6 miles north of where I live, Millsboro. I instantly recognized it, when I saw the picture in my suggested videos.
Its to bad the people who lived in these houses don't appreciate the value,age and history of those houses.Its hard to see especially the second house,what they once looked like,they were so destroyed! The first house that was vandalized just shows how the people who did it didn't realize the value or the beauty it once had.The attic in the first house shows the craftsmanship that was put into building these houses, sad to see them so abused and wasted,thanks kappy,interesting video
Lastly,this is the first house I saw in Delewate.Mostly seen them down South and places in Canada ,also Midwest,Indiana or Ohio.Years ago I vacationed in Deleware and Maryland,with my family.i enjoyed it.
I have a picture of the second house that I took when I was going to Delaware to visit family last year. I wanted to see if there was any videos exploring the house and I’m glad I found this one! I didn’t realize just how big the house is! Really cool vid
Minus the trees growing into this house it's looking like it's pretty sound room still pretty well intact holding up I could see it being redone like new.
The first one was a classic but I'm guessing the fire stopped all work on her. The weird layout of the second one suggests to me that this was a house with an addition and then a dormer addition at that staircase. Very weird indeed. Curious if that's how it felt to you. Thanks Kappy, I always love your tours 👍
Both houses: how sad they’ve been left to rot. We’re both probably very nice homes in their day. First house surprised me that the upstairs rooms seemed so small. The second house…growing family additions? Thank you for sharing and safe travels. ~~ Deb in Virginia
Sad 150 year old house. In the attic you move the camera around. There is a pile of wheels,& tires. They are narrow with metal rima with a small diamater hole in the center.. They are for Shop Box derby cars that boys would build theirself's, or with there father's.There where probably square axlls,that had the ends rounded for putting the wheels on,. And other parts. They'd get at the top of a big hill, See who could coast the fastest,& fastest.
