The Incredible Forgotten 200 year old Quaker Mansion Up North in New York 

I love this house. I can't believe how good a shape it's in after 200 years. I would love to restore it. I hope someone does!

That was a cedar closet under the stairs. Form and Function !

I really like that Quaker house. There is something very comfortable & steady/stable/strong feeling about it. It feels like a safe harbour. Quakers often value good design as they believe in not being wasteful. It feels like it would be a good house to live in.

They have to get this gem on the historic list before greedy developers buy the property and destroy it!

The old China is actually Pfaltzgraff stone ware. I have a complete set about 300 pieces. Yes it is an Eastlake chair.

Beautiful old home. I’m glad the vandals haven’t destroyed it with graffiti! The staircase is gorgeous!

This house has stood the test of time. I love historical homes. I hope someone restore it back to glory.

Remarkable house...definitely worth saving. I wonder...has anyone ever watched one of your videos and as a result, saved a house?!🤔

I love your videos. I am old now, .. I remember the early 60's and the great abandoned houses (ALL gone now) we use to explore as children in Atlanta. My siblings and I did it as a hobby. It was nervy, sometimes dangerous, against the no trespassing rules and so, so fun., My snooping habit of abandoned houses continued as our family moved around the country (as boomers did), exploring the abandoned homes and graveyards in Connecticut, and then on to the really beautiful abandoned farms in rural Ohio. Thank you for your documentation. Your videos make me tear my hair in sad remembrance and really can bring me to tears.

Oxen yoke (?) in that second room. That big fireplace in the kitchen....love to cook up a big pot o' stew in there!!! Raccoon latrine on the stairway (ew!). Place still looks pretty solid. Grounds look really pretty. Thank you as always for exploring these places and sharing with us. Happy New Year!

What a beautiful old house! It's nice to see there is no graffiti or vandalism.

I never expected to see two kayaks in a 200-year-old abandoned home. This home would make a beautiful Bed & Breakfast.

This one actually seems restorable. I hope someone takes it on.

So many comments about the ox yoke and no one mentions the cool wood spoke Model T wheel behind it! 😏 My first criteria on whether a house is restorable is to check for cracks in the plaster. Lots of cracks= needs a new foundation, that's a lot of work and money. This one? Virtually no cracks. Minimal work to get this one good enough for me to move in! Very very cool house, love the fireplaces, doors (and handles), built-ins.

Wow I cannot believe nobody bought that house and restored it! It's amazing

The ceiling in one of the upstairs rooms is bulging, and the supports in the basement looked slanted, but replace the roof and add a good foundation, and this house could be restored. It will be a shame if it's allowed to languish and further deteriorate. Happy New Year to you and Ruby!

The sound of excitement in your voice when there's no basement and then the disappointment when there is...too funny. 🤣😂

How Beautiful this would be restored.👍❤️

what a nice find!! And, thank you Ruby for pointing out the wall paper ....we LOVe the wall paper Kappy....please always show us the wall paper!!!!

I saw a wooden yoke which was used for oxen, and the pipes in the basement were wrapped with asbestice . Beautiful house, I am glad Ruby could be with you on that journey.

When you asked what is this thing? That you had no idea about. It was a yoke for oxen.

Structurally this house is in good shape, worth saving

Kappy, I'm always captivated by how level you hold the camera when looking at things, but even more so on how you see the beauty in all things. Most people never take the time to do that. Everything around us is absolutely stunning if you take the time to really look and just "feel" it.

New houses can't compete with the old houses for character and charm. They are just built so fast and cheaply.

The 37th President of the United States, Richard Milhous Nixon, was a Quaker as was actor James Dean. What a great find. Happy New Year

My oh my Kappy.... this house needs to be restored. Look at how thick the exterior walls are. I hope this is on a registry of historical sites. Surely there is someone who could restore this house. Have you ever gotten in touch with anyone from a TV channel like HGTV or from a program like Chip and Joanna Gaines or The Property Brothers about restoring an old house like this for their TV show?

The Quaker home is so beautiful in its quality!! I adore that blue ball-foot tub! The wooden thing in the room with the wall tile is upside down, and is a "yoke" to harness two animals together to plow a field.

Thank you for breathing life into these older homes, you're doing my wife's dream ❤️

Absolutely beautiful Kappy! It seems to still have good bones and (with enough money of course) could be saved!!! The wooden piece was a yoke for oxen! Awesome it’s still in good shape!! Loved the huge fireplace with oven on the side can just imagine the meals prepared there! Great house!!! Happy New Year Kappy and Ruby! Looking forward to future videos !!

Love this house; especially everything wooden or stone.

BEAUTIFUL!!! Loved the tile in the kitchen. It looks like someone could come in with renovation and make it beautiful once again! The wood “ horse harness “ in the kitchen is what they hooked plow horses up to to work the gardens or other areas of the land. Thanks Kappy for another amazing find!!! Wishing you an amazing New Year and as always, stay safe! 😊

I can't even begin to fathom the history this house has witnessed! I'm glad too see that the attic has had newer 2x6" supports in it and that it has a newer roof, maintaining the roof seems to mean life or death for an old house. This house looks completely salvageable, although it needs some exterior work-soon. Thanks Kappy & Ruby, I'm waiting to see what you have for us in 2023!

Such a beautiful, well-built home. It really should be restored, as it is historical on several levels!

New Years Day,,,, what a way to start 23 you are a diamond young man thanks to Ruby and yourself

The Quakers were master builders, I expect this home to be standing for quite a while to come. Absolutely beautiful!

Great house! I’m so glad it hasn’t been trashed and graffitied!

Love your explore! This house should be renovated and turned into a museum house.

This could be restored and made to be beautiful again! Is someone living in it now?

This was a cool old house, amazing that it's still standing if it was built in the late 1790's!! Another cool old home! Thanks for shaing and Hi Ruby!! Peace, Kim ~

That is a beautiful home! It seems that the structure is sound. All it needs is a lot of TLC and elbow grease! I wish someone was able to bring it back to life! Thank you Ruby and Kappy!

Okay it looks like there was a major update in the 1940s late 40s early 50s and another update in the late '60s early '70s. The metal sink and cabinets our post-war so consider the mid-century modern. The hanging oil look lamp was very popular in the '70s as was the orange and yellow wallpaper. As for the wooden thing in the room with the tile on the wall, it's called a yoke and it was used for team of oxen to pull either plows or wagons. That type of yoke was never used on horses. Horses use individual yokes typically made of leather and wood. Quakers were religious purists and did not tend to use or have anything flashy. Think of the man on the Quaker oats box. Quaker oats was literally founded by Quakers. You can also tell that this was owned by Quakers because nothing is ornate. If you look at the spindles on the staircase going up, you'll see that the spindles themselves are very plain. The doors themselves are functional. There's nothing grandiose. It's just very functional. From the looks of it it doesn't seem that it would take a whole lot of renovation to bring this house up to code unless there is major problems with the foundation. I would love somebody to snap this beauty up and restore it to its original state.

Hi, you two! Good to hear your happy voices. Hope you had fun over the holidays! Hope everybody did! Wow, what a great kitchen! I'd fix that up country style with a six burner reproduction gas stove, a farmhouse sink....the works. That hearth (pronounced like heart, just with the h on the end) is amazing! I'd replace the crane and the spider so I could cook there. In case those terms aren't familiar, Kappy, the crane is the metal apparatus that holds the swinging arms for moving pots closer or farther from the fire. The spider is, as I'm told, the swinging arms themselves. That wooden box between the rafters just begs to be explored! I'm glad I wasn't there, I'd be looking in that, for sure! The desk is 20th century, post world war, is my guess. Now, the white blanket chest across the room is another story altogether! It is constructed in the traditional style, so its age might be hard to guess. It could be new or it could be centuries old. The presence of dovetails in themselves is not an indicator of great age, though the type of dovetails can be used to establish hand or machine construction. These chests are made for brides by their intended husbands (or for them by more skilled craftsmen). Young ladies use these chests to safely store the blankets she has quilted or, perhaps, woven for their marriage. It's a hope chest. It's strange that those are metal cabinets. Perhaps they were trying to save money on wooden ones. Now that farmhouse table is very interesting! It looks to be in good repair. Nice find. This room seems as if it's waiting for someone to come and finish clearing it out. Either that or you've caught it early and it'll look like all the others we see in twenty years after vandals have come calling! Still, somebody IS keeping the place very neatly mowed. I'll bet it's on someone's radar to fix this place up or maybe sell it (or both!) That built-in cabinet does have some age on it, judging by the paint's crackling on the door. Or maybe somebody just isn't such a good painter! Those curved walls at the closed off opening to the left of the door are wonderfully done! The door is of very old construction and deserves to be salvaged when they come for the furnishings. Those dishes are Pfalzgraf from the latter decades of the last century. Definitely not cheap! That's an ox yoke, possibly meant for decoration. It doesn't appear to have any wear on it. Kappy, I learned something from Sunday Morning on CBS last week and you might be interested. The actual knob on the top of a newel post is called a newel cap. The newel is the post it's stuck on! There are collectors of the caps and even museums dedicated to all things staircase, rails, spindles, newels and caps! Who knew? Honey, those feathers ain't from no chicken! THEM ARE VULTURE FEATHERS! POOP, too! You might just find out what's making that noise, Kappy, and it might not be an animal! Now this is a big house! That hallway seemed to go on forever! That attic is big enough to live in! I'd hate to have to keep this place up, but Quakers have lots of kids, rightfully so. Somebody's got to help with chores! Really, though, this house is amazing! If the electrical and plumbing are good, it wouldn't take much to restore it. Now, where did I put that Powerball ticket? If I ever hit the numbers, you'll be the first to know because I'll be needing some addresses to talk to someone about buying their real estate. Seriously, guys, I certainly do appreciate all the words of encouragement you two have given me during the long weeks of my recovery from surgery. It's been a very hard time and I've despaired more than once, but I'm lots better now and dealing mainly with the symptoms of my old enemy, Still's Disease. I wish I COULD have that removed! It's a freaking nightmare all by itself. All I can do is suck it up and live it out. Ah, but one day I'll be free. Nevertheless, my malady is not what we should be talking about. You two are the stars of the show. You really hit it out of the park with this house, kids! This house is absolutely wonderful! A great job on the explore, too, even going down in the basement! Extra points for that! At least your vulture seems to have flown south for the winter. That's a mercy, anyway! Thanks for letting this old girl tag along, you two! I needed to spend this time with you more than you can guess. Much love to both of you. Happy trails, drive safely and, as always, take proper precautions on your explorations. I look forward to seeing your next adventure! Becca

Thankyou for sharing. Wishing everybody a happy 2023.

This house was a gem. I know how much you hate to go down in the basements which I don't blame you at all although this one wasn't too bad. The fireplaces down in the basement were pretty impressive. I thank you for going down in the basement even though you don't like to. Happy New Year, you two! Love Ruby's red hair! Beautiful.

It's so unfortunate that such a beautiful house has been left to die. 😢

That wooden thing is a yoke. Some sort of draught animals heads would have gone through the loops, to pull a plough or a cart.

Happy New Year, Ruby and Kappy! Amazing house. And very simple, which is how Quakers prefer to live. I think the object on the first floor may have been a “yoke,” which was used to keep two animals (oxen?)together while plowing.

This historic house screams out to be restored.That's as long as the ghosts don't mind of course.

Great explore and love the montage at the end

This one actually looks pretty solid. Clean it up and strip everything down and paint.

That is one fine house, just surprised it is abandoned..

Very Beautiful home. It would make a awesome home again. The only reason it's not is a lot of people have to live close to their job. I wish you and your girlfriend many happy adventures exploring abandoned homes in this new year.

The vintage wall paper was so cool!

Holy Cow Kappy & Ruby!! Spectacular simple old house!! 😮😎😎😎😎😎☝️👍👍

amazing condition

Clean up the racoon poop and it's move in ready by my low standards! A real nice tour you two! Happy new year! 👍👍👍👍

I can't believe people just let these houses rot! I'd love to own this one!

What an amazing Time Capsule. Love it.

That place is SOLID. It could easily be livable again. It sure looked to me like a new-ish roof from inside the attic. Hopefully someone is planning to restore the place!

Kappy has brought us another wonderful old house. I love the handrail/balustrade of the main staircase-that was a work of art. While it’s had lots of updates there’s still so many nice traces of what was there in details like the small brass doorknob, older mantles and trim. The unusual door knob you showed us upstairs is often called “ elbow latch” as if your hands were full you could use your elbow to open. I think the chair you noted as Eastlake is more of the later press back variety - closer to the Nouveau style. It’s a wonderful house and I’m thankful you took us along. Happy New Years to you both and safe travels.

What a beautiful house still great potential and untouched!

WHAT A HOUSE!!!!! WOW!!!!

Hello Kappyand Hello Ruby all the Best and Health and Propsperity for 2023! you guys are awesome! Thank you!

I like this house a lot. Simple and sturdy with great window sills for plants. I'm with you Kappy, that basement was creepy except for the amazing fireplace. I hope this place is saved and not leveled for some crappy, soulless housing development. Nice to see you again Ruby, I hope you and Kappy have a very happy New Year. Thanks

It just goes to show ya that those Quakers really knew how to build a solid house at least from what I can see

4:35 that thing is an old oxen yoke. Farming implements would be attached to it to be pulled by oxen through the fields for tilling, planting and sowing the harvests. What an amazingly beautiful home! Other than needing fresh paint and a darn good cleanup, it would take much at all to make it livable once again.

I worked at a farm inn they had an old piece of farm equipment hanging from the ceiling with one of the wood pieces like you saw. Probably part of an old plow for the fields. Awesome explore! Happy New Year to you both!

I've explored a few abandoned homes in my day. There's something so intriguing about it. My mind always thinks about how it once was in its heyday.

Thanks for showing us kappy, she was beautiful.

That house needs to be saved, it is in incredible shape. That wooden piece in the kitchen was a ox yoke, the wheel behind it was from a model T car or truck

Hello sweet Ruby! Kappy; this place is amazing. It's not in horrible shape either. Seems strong still. Great find. I'm an old lady but I'd love this as a project. Happy New Year you two.

Wow beautiful old house my heart is so sad see it go

I was waiting for your favorite ending shot of that doll's head hanging up on that bush!

The Quakers made incredible homes! I loved the old yolk you saw in the other kitchen like area! Just incredible.❤

I love this house.

Kappy and Ruby you both have an amazing eye for architecture. The house is amazing,but also sad with it sitting empty. It still has good bones and should be restored as a historical treasure. Look forward to more video's. Bless you both 🌹

They took really good care of this home. Pride if you will. Absolutely Stunning

Thanks Kappy for sharing this beautiful home and taking us back into a glimpse of time.

Before y'all had said anything the thought hit me that the place could easily be divided into separate places. Like a duplex. I really liked that house. That's one that could be easily rescued.

This house is perfection!

Another great job, Kappy and Ruby! Could be such a fantastic home for someone! I really love this one...Happy 2023 and may you have many more exciting adventures to share with us!!!!✨🎉😊❤️🙌

Terrific old house. Happy News Years guys! The green grass and the butterfly has me longing for warm weather. For some reason I always watch to the very end. Was looking for the cotton field but was a tobacco one this time. Stay safe and keep it up. ❤

I love the tiles. This house must have been very beautiful.(Brazil). 01/01/2023. Happy New Year.

Really really cool 😎👍 place I would have to say that was one of your best finds I've seen because it can be saved I sure hope that it is saved nice to see ruby with you hi Ruby

Would you consider buying this house/property and fixing it all up! It is so beautiful for being 200 years old. Pretty much old paint chipping off the walls. It can be modernized and made to be so incredibly gorgeous

A lot of stripping, scrapping, sanding and painting and this house could be saved. Really cool old place.

Think that big wooden thing that was in that room might be where horses heads went into and they pulled a tiller I could be wrong very cool thanks for sharing

I'd love to own this house

Love this house, would love to live there!

What a beautiful old home! That would be so much fun to renovate it and bring it back to its former glory! The attic is huge! There's a lot of potential right there! (Master bedroom with ensuite bathroom.)

Yay. Hi Ruby. This house is just unbelievable. Beautiful. That wooden thing was an old ox yoke. They hooked it up to the oxen when it was time to do farm work. That staircase is a work of art. How were the "vibes" of this house to you? While I'm watching the vid, it's just so nice to "feel" this house coming through for us to see. It seems very peaceful, how did you feel while there? That wood in that closet was just awesome. Could be used for a sauna maybe? Who's hammering in the background when you went upstairs?

That is a gorgeous house. You should buy it and remodel, refurbish, renovate it.

Happy New year!!! May your new year be full of love for the two of you, and lots of houses to explore. 👍

Awesome video! Gorgeous house sad that no one lives there anymore. Thanks for sharing 🥰

I think this is the best house you’ve ever shown us.

Love this house kappy one of the best happy new year to you both

Cool old oxen yoke! What a place! Late in joining. It’s been rough days; the old gent I cared for passed on 1/22023. We enjoyed your videos together. And now I’m winding down tonight, enjoying this cool place. What a find!! As always thanks for posting!!!

Great find. Great "Masonry's". Just incredible detail work and still standing 200 years later. Thank you for sharing this journey

That "thing" in the second kitchen was an oxen yoke. The wallpaper was likely late sixties early 70 's judging by the colors. Very cool house!

At 4:39, you ask what is that thing. It looks like a yoke - something you'd put on a pair of oxen. Beautiful house!