The Sad Forgotten Mountain Mansion Plantation Down South in Georgia Built in 1850 

It's always a good day when you show up Kappy. You mean a lot to this old lady. Great find as always dear.

Absolutely beautiful, and one of your best finds ever. That porch is to die for and my goodness, how many fireplaces! The person that built this had to have been very wealthy for that time. It was a pleasure to see that it hasn’t been layered with graffiti. Happy New Year!

Without a doubt one of the best houses you've ever done.Looks like it's been untouched for fifty years.A real jem!

How BEAUTIFUL!!!!! The porches on this one! The woodwork and even the hardware on the door. This is a stunning home. The case you opened looks like it may have once contained a musical instrument. This is amazing. Thanks so much Kappy! Can’t wait to see what you bring us in 2024! Happy New Year!🎊🎆🎈

Sadly, on that massive porch -- I could transport myself back into time to a grand house. A beautiful house where people spent their lives. A once thriving home surrounded by nature -- now left amidst scattered papers and old books, rotting wood, bats and mice. It must have been simply a lovely place to live a long time ago. SAVOR each day. Thank you for your wonderful videos !!! And to all who come across my greetings: HaPPy New Year to you. Find your Joy in even a simple thing.

What a shame to see such a beautiful old home forgotten and rotting away. However, looking at the foundation and the overall general sturdiness of the house, it's not yet lost. For someone with the know-how and enough cash, it could be brought back to life. Sadly, that likely won't happen, and another beauty will collapse.

Love that house. Plain & simple, but huge. Enough firelaces for warmth in each room. The porch is a dream & the rainy day just enhanced the whole scene. Great find, Kappy. Thank you!! Happy New Year!

That would have been the best place to take a nap with the rain storm…I can imagine a hammock on the front porch. I bet it was gorgeous in its day ❤

Love where your curiosity takes you! I busted out laughing when you were eyeballing the stairs then voila your up there! I knew you would find a way to get up there!! Loved this one so much. Loved the angles in the rooms. What a beauty this had to have been. Shame the old books will rot along with the house. Glad someone took the mantles. At least some of her will live on. Very sad though.

Just love the exterior shots of this house, the desolate mood is compounded by the rain. The wraparound porch is wonderful, can imagine the folks of yesteryear spending hot summer days there. Thanks so much, Kappy, for this showstopper! 🎉

The sound of the rain was wonderful throughout...the surviving mantle is so beautiful in its simple elegance. The knob on the closet door at 15:20 - was it an old wooden thread spool? Did anyone else notice the amazing drapes at 16:40 in the upstairs bedroom? The georgeous colors and pattern - from the 30s/40s? Thank you Kappy for a peaceful walk back in time. Looking forward to more in '24 🙂

Amazing!! Without your videos I wouldn't be able to indulge my love of old homes and their histories. Thank you Kappy!

This old house is like a log cabin on steroids, massive and so basic but I loved it, fascinating! I had my fingers crossed that you would make it up those stairs and hat's off to you for risking your life for us. Thanks Kappy, I've said it before but you are the very best on youtube, THE absolute best. All the best for 2024. Stay safe❤

Amazing place. It's almost criminal to let this place go. If I were really wealthy, I would buy it and preserve it. I pray someone sees this and gives a damn.

That home was loaded with fireplaces. How sad the roof has leaked so much. P.S. you should get a little drone that you can fly into the unsafe rooms.

Thank you for another great tour Kappy. This old place was really rustic. From the outside it didn't seem like it would be that big. But when you got inside it was huge. All that wood was amazing. You are so brave, I can't believe you managed to get upstairs. Love your channel. 😉

Nice big rooms in this one. Crying shame you couldn't have got here a few years earlier. Before all the water damage. Can you imagine how big the family living there was back in the day? Love the wrap around porchs. Id been right out on one of them with a big sweet tea and a good book just enjoying the peacefulness. I've decided that I should have been born 100 years earlier. These places have "charm" to die for! Another great video Mr Kappy! Thanks for taking me along! Hope your Christmas went well, and am wishing you a happy new year! 🎉

I don't know how you do it but you have a knack for finding the coolest places. Another great old place and very unique. This has one of the best features a home could have... a wrap around porch! They don't do that on the Mchouses anymore. None of the houses built today could ever last this long. Thanks for another great video Kappy 🤠👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I'm in love with the wood paneling throughout this house. Looks like it's whitewashed in some areas, but in the upper level some of the wood looked untreated. So so lovely! And refreshing to see a place without graffiti! I always enjoy your discoveries.

Love this house even if its spongy and rotting in places. Those unmilled porch posts were great, Im pretty sure the house supports were granite blocks. As always I am impressed by your Spidey skills in getting up those stairs and out on the porch. This was great Thanks, Kappy

Thanks Kappy!! Love you sharing the details in the houses!! The door knobs. The dates on the newspaper. Right on down to the brand-name on the refrigerator. Love seeing those details!! Bet someone with a metal detector would uncover some real gems!! Appreciate all you do in bringing us amazing forgotten homes like this!! ❤

Kappy, sometimes I have to keep reminding myself that "he posted this, so he's okay". More than "just a little upper body strength" my friend! :) I loved this: Simple, basic and drawn on BIG lines. Nothing cramped. Room to breathe. You could just about play racquetball in the bathroom. Can you imagine how much fun the kids had growing up in that place? I can! And I'll bet those natural, cedar pillars are part of why the porch is still standing. So cool!

I can still see a family in that old house and smell the bacon when momma cooks and the sound of little kids running and playing see older people sitting out front watching kids play. wow it has had some life in it at some time. and nothing feels sad or spooky about the house. like it has seen nothing but love over the years and its just ready to go back to Earth it;s done its job and ready to start over .Thank you so much Kappy this was a feel good home. no sadness just joy and my time is done. What a great video to close out 2023, man its going take a lot to beat this one.

When these houses were built , they lasted, not like to day where homes are built with spit , bubblegum and sawdusts

I love the old time layout of some of these homes, with the big central hallway that the rooms open off from. Usually the staircase is the focal point of a home, but this one was relatively hidden but still beautiful. Well built, obviously to still be standing in that good of a condition considering the water damage. Great find!

This house is beautiful with some beautiful historic charm.Those bedrooms upstairs was big and comfortable.Thanks for another great find Kappy.You do amazing work bringing us these beautiful homes.I hope you guys had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year..

That black box is a case for a miniature saxaphone. The house could still be saved but it never will. It's amazing that houses back then were built to live in but today's houses are just built to sell.

Gotta give thanks for your bravery going up/down those steps to get us footage of the 2nd floor! It should be a crime to let historic houses like this just rot. I mean put a new roof on and check for broken windows for dog's sake! Even if you don't go any further than that, at least stabilize it! There is another channel that shows old GA houses and buildings, and 1 time they were looking at an old general store building- with the owner! And it was deteriorating due to the roof. They were all reminiscing about the store still being open in the 50's or 60's, yet the owner couldn't have bothered to fix/replace the roof years ago? The guy had owned it a while, or it passed down to him some years before. Save the money up for a bit, use tarps and tubs to help with small leaks, then once you have the money, get the roof replaced! And yes, I posted asking WHY, but never got a response.

I wonder the horrors this house saw during the civil war

Considering the outside for the most part looks ok, I'm surprised it's as bad as it is. A good majority of the wood throughout the house is still good surprisingly. Considering the size and age of the house, you would think it would have a second staircase. But I think you got upstairs, the way I was going to suggest. I would agree, I wonder if parts of the upstairs were ever finished.

My favorite place yet! And a perfect location. What a shame it has been allowed to deteriorate. Thank you for all you do, Kappy.

I think this is my favorite house of 2023. My mind was racing trying to figure out if this house was a home or maybe a hunting lodge? I bet it had a lot of uses over the years. The size is stunning. Thanks Kappy. What a great way to end the year.

I was wondering if you were gonna climb that railing to the next floor and next thing I knew, there you were. You find the best houses of any urbexer on YT. And you don't yammer on unnecessarily. You speak in a calm peaceful voice and let us enjoy the atmosphere of the house. This was very atmospheric. Loved the sound of the rain on the roof and dripping through the holes.

Love your vids Kap, hope you have a great new year and keep bringing us more great content

Somehow, I get the feeling this house was never very lavishly furnished, but very comfortable. I sure wish there were a few more artifacts left to give us a clue about the people who lived there. However, it is good to see that it has not been trashed and that it was cleaned out pretty much when the people moved.

Good evening, Kappy and all! This house is certainly massive! I can imagine joyous groups of children running back and forth on those porches, their laughter echoing through the air! Man alive! If Sherman had found this place, he could have turned this enormous house into his headquarters and a hospital, too! I don't think we've seen rooms this large in any other house! It's magnificent! How many dozen family members lived here, I wonder...🤔 Oh, Kappy, please be careful not to disturb or wake any sleeping bats! They enter into hibernation in the winter and, if wakened, they will flutter about, using up enormous amounts of the precious fat they have stored to see them through the cold winter, when there are no insects for them to eat. They are simply not able to replace the fat they burned because of human intrusion, and they die needlessly, starving to death long before the spring brings warmth and the new insects emerge. Bats do not harm humans, unless humans sleep in the presence of a rabid bat, as rabid animals feel compelled to bite another animal. Bats do not drink blood except for a single species luving in Central and South America. Those vampire bats drink only the blood of cattle. Bats like this little fellow eat their weight in mosquitoes every night and, next to bees, are nature's best pollinators, as they visit flowers for their nectar! Bats are man's best friends! Please be quiet and turn your camera's lights away from the sleeping bats. You could do them far more damage than they could ever cause you! That back porch isn't too shabby, either! It's as big as most houses' front verandahs! That foundation stone was quarried, possibly on the property, and by someone who knew how to properly dress the stone. It's absolutely gorgeous! The kitchen is absolutely cavernous! You could have every female in the family working in there at once and throw in quite a few of the servants, too! Aside from the failure of the roof system in the heart of the house, the place appears to be in very good shape. Still, it would cost a fortune to restore it, let alone heat or cool it! What a shame! Now this is heartbreaking, that this sturdy, wonderful building should be brought down by something as small as drops of rain! We've seen it so many times before, the damage that unchecked water can do. You're right, Kappy, this level of the house is only partly finished. The destroyed room seems to have been complete, as are a few on the other side of the house. I wonder why. Oh, vandals have even left their chaotic signature here, so far from society! Papers are strewn about just for the sake of doing so! I'll bet they were neatly placed on shelves once, or perhaps stored in that big wooden chest. What an awful thing to do! Say, it would appear that there once was a preacher living in this house! The papers you highlighted bear titles indicating a connection with a seminary education. I think this house may have been destined to be a school or even a seminary. It could easily become one, with those expansive lower rooms transformed to classrooms. There is ample room upstairs to accommodate many young students, if more of the bunk beds were utilized for their sleeping arrangements. Alas, that is never going to happen, for this house's story has already been foretold, its destruction spelled out in the print of the raindrops upon its beautiful wooden floors. Oh, here is the crawlspace. Nothing much to see here...but wait! A discovery! The tall stone plinths which hold up the house itself are but square, finished blocks of stone, expertly fitted and joined with masonry to resemble pillars! The light is shining just perfectly to accent the joinery of each stack of blocks. Talented craftsman, indeed! This house is going on the favorites list, too, my dear friend and explorer. Not because of its beauty or granduer, mind you, but because of its austere beauty and the air of sad mystery which cloaks it like the soft winter rain that hastens its demise, one drop at a time. Perhaps, in instances like this, it would be far more merciful to simply throw in a match and walk away rather than to see this once great lady fall into her own empty shell and die. I wonder about such things sometimes. This house will haunt me, tugging at the corners of my memory, bidding me to remember it, not for its grand architecture or stunning millwork, but for the spirit of courage and grace which fills the house and whispers "what if?" to any who will hear. Thanks for a really great exploration, Kappy. It was a lot of fun, even though it was also terribly sad. Yoy've been doing a great job finding these old beauties to show us. I'm very proud of you! Much love to you and the Ruby Girl! Have a safe and Happy New Year's celebration. Becca

What a gorgeous house! I love the fireplaces in each room and the wood-clad walls.

That's too bad. I absolutely love this house. Simple yet elegant. Looks to have been empty since at least mid 80s. Maybe a boarding house. I bet there is history here somewhere. I was begging for a second staircase judging by the main. I felt my heart rate jump when you showed the upper part of the stairs after you somehow climbed them... If it weren't for the water the house would be as strong as when it was built. I loved all of the woodwork throughout. Was very open and airy as well. Probably for the hot season. Thank You for sharing. I will again mention that your videos are among the only videos I read nearly all of the comments. Kudos to you and Ruby.

Hopefully someone rescues that last fireplace mantle. That place is going to fall in on itself for sure. It does not come across as a house or a home. It's odd there were no back steps. It's more like a dormitory or travelers rest spot OR the headquarters for a BIG farm way back when. A cool place for sure. Kappy should spend the night in one or two of these places and let the video record at night. Now, THAT would be cool!

What a beautiful home this was, so glad the graffiti losers didn't find it. I guess the mantles are saved, hopefully living in grandeur in some other historic old home. Thanks Kappy. A wonderful New Year to you.

Would love to have a house like that, restored of course. The porch looks like someone cut off the rotten ends of the floorboards and replaced them with short pieces. The posts were probably rotted out also. Lots of people in the country replaced rotten posts with cedar logs. It would take a lot of work to repair, but I saw pictures of more derelict places in early issues of the Old House Journal that were restored to beauty.

I agree with melissaboggs, the case was probably for a flute or similar instrument. If someone could have bought this place back in the 70/80's it could have been saved. It would cost a small fortune now to save/restore it.

The date on that paper, Nov. 23, 1972, my husband and I would have been married 12 days!😂

If someone just kept to roof up 😢 That house is so beautiful. Thanks for finding and showing to all of us who love this channel ❤

Happy new year Kappy! WOW what an incredible house! mid 1800s is my favorite time period. I love your explores and can't wait to see what 2024 holds!

The black box you opened on the first floor 2nd room was likely a musical instrument (maybe Saxophone) case.

This is one of the best old mansions i have seen. It's just a shame that no one wanted to take care of it. What a beauty it would've been. So sad.

great explore Kappy, what a beautiful place this must have been, with that wrap around porch, on both floors no less,,, that toilet fixture i think goes back to the 1940's, maybe late 30's with that" teardrop" flusher handle, ,,and i love the old GE refrigerator that's when they built things to last,, I'll bet if somebody took it out of there and plugged it in it would probably start up ,,that first case you opened up looks like it was for a trumpet , maybe a school one ,,,and if if it wasn't for all the water damage on the top floor that place would probably stand for another 100 years, ,with that stone foundation, but that's going to quickly ruin what's left of it, and dude you took a chance climbing those stairs, don't risk your safety , mostly if you're alone,,,, it isn't that important that we see it ,,,,have a great New Years Eve, see you on the next one

Wow!! Yes this is definitely a great find. How interesting to think people lived there Pre-Civil War on into the 1970's. Thanks for this great video. Happy New Year.

I can only imagine what story could be told on this house. I think of the song Grandpa tell me about the good old days 😢

Wow! Such a shame these beautiful & historic homes are disappearing right before our eyes! Cool video bro, thanks! ❤️🤘💪

How do you find these beautiful old homes?? Such a timepiece. I can see the owner many years ago (a cowboy) hitching his horse onto one of those posts on the porch :o) and OmG!! How did you get upstairs??? Stay safe Kappy and all the best in the New Year!!

Probably the most primitive house you ever filmed

Oh I love those central halls! No plaster? Looks coastal. Or Deep South. Awesome find. The hole is sad, of course. Love the porches but how did they keep the bugs away?

I have the feeling that there was a lot of porch living done from this house. The heat was too much to stay in the house. The empty box was from a musical instrument. It would be disassembled, cleaned and stored in the box. A trumpet perhaps. I was so hoping that the roof had held up, but, sadly, it did not. I was praying that this place could be reclaimed, but the amount of money would be prohibitive. For some reason, this one has seriously saddened me. I'm glad that you safely made it back to the ground. This one really spoke to me. If only I were young and healthy and wealthy.

So big and so basic yet beautiful in its own way. Thanks for the tour!

What a huge old place! I love how original it is. Looks like its last real heyday was probably in the 50s & 60s and by the mid-late 70s it was abandoned. Absolutely couldn't believe you got on the second floor! Happy New Year to you and yours. Wishing you peace and prosperity in the New Year.

Dang kappy how do you find these places?? I dream of exploring homes like these! Nice find ❤

Kappy, you showed us you GF, how about you show US what you look like, dude! Every Urbexer shows their face, but not you!

I remember my grandmother had a door like that. Just by looking at the clothes on the newspaper I knew it was 1970's! I couldn't believe you got up to the second story. Glad I didn't see how you did it!

@2:39, that was a trumpet case, your trumpet and mouthpieces went in there, and other cleaning things. I used to play trumpet years ago, my Brother, who was a way better trumpet player than I could ever be, was also. You should have checked the Expiration date on the bottle of Scope and the Pepto-Bismol, another good indicator of when this joint was abandoned.

Pretty nice all that cedar in that place. Looks like a lot of cedar trees around too . Termites won't touch cedar . Looks like a tree must have fallen on that roof where the big hole was unfortunately. The rest of that ol roof was keeping that rain out. I'm amazed that most of the glass windows were still intact. Most times idiots like to break windows in old places for some reason . Must be older generation people nearby that respect old things.

The cedar posts on the porch are the same as the floor joists in my house. Back in the 1940's someone added an addition onto my house using cedar posts for floor joists. When I first saw them I thought maybe a drunk farmer built the addition using up all of his fence posts. Nothing is straight about the constuction and the floors have sunk a few inches.

First comment!!!! Please reply Kappy it would make my whole year 🥺💗💗

Huge place beautiful Huge porch so cool 😎 Thanks kappy great 👍 video

Trumpet Case. There did not seem to be any furnace added, so it relied upon fireplace heat until 1970-80! Georgia is not too cold, but still remarkable. Second floor balconies would likely have been used for sleeping during hot summer nights. Big Windows were typical pre-electrification, if the owner could afford them. Interesting that there seemed to be a tiny fireplace in that unfinished room. Possibly servant's quarters? Hard to tell without the fireplaces, but this place did not seem too posh. Incredibly well constructed though, given the condition of it where the roof had not leaked.

This place is amazing!!!! Love the wood! Great explore! The rain made it even cooler 😊😊😊

That’s an instrument case. What a well built house! No leaks, or rot so far. I’m not very far into this video. You always find such interesting places! Ok so there are some leaks-what a shame!! I love the bathroom-I remember scope on bottles like that. And the toothbrushes still in the holder. From 1972. And everything as the owners left it. No vandalism . That’s so cool.

you had me yelling at the computer screeen, where you had been filming those unstable, disjointed hanging stairs then suddenly yer filming them from above! I was reassuring myself, the video was uploaded so everything came out all right. That house was a veritable tank! Built to challenge the forest. Some mighty hardy folks once walked upon those timbers! The covered porches were so inviting. The upstairs was rather severe in their barren woodwork minus any whitewash. A tad different from the same old 2 x 2 floorplans, but really interesting, that layout felt expansive. Oh the stories those walls could tell! TY for the tour, Kappy. Wishing you, Ruby and family a Happy New Year full of safe celebrations. You do excellent work, filming these abandoned homes. Wonder when was it's last occupied "New Year" celebration? Imagine it escaped Sherman's march to the sea and the Civil War destruction. I hope we will be as lucky in these present times. Must learn from our history. TY, Kappy.

This is a shame for this house to be falling in ,and being rained ,it is a beautiful place , probably was hard to heat in winter time without wood heat

Fantastic house so big I love the walls everything looks so natural you allways find the most amazing homes to film and document before they fall to the ground thanks for sharing your amazing finds .

Such a unique huge house! I enjoyed the tour Kappy!! Thank you 😊

Wonderful job on documenting this huge old home! This house seems to be an enigma. Why would someone build such a big house in such a simplified way? It has a hint of the refined Victorian era, but bark covered porch posts. It doesn't look like the fireplaces were ever converted to wood burning stoves. It must have at one time had a very large family to be able to keep all those fireplaces burning so the house would not get too cold. The upstairs was probably not used with the last occupancy. It would be very interesting to know the history of the first family to live there. I was thinking that the porch posts had been replaced, but not so! Maybe it's the rain, but this place has an odd feel to it.

Kappy, why is almost everyplace that you explore, it’s pouring rain outside, and inside? Do you do a rain dance before each explore, or is it just bad luck that you have?

Boy! There is just something about old southern houses. Charming and romantic. Maybe it's the porches, big windows, shutters, etc. The best ones were Rosa plantation and the the house built before America was America. Amazing. Keep on documenting! Dec 30, 2023.

This house is massive! I would love to have all that airy space to enjoy!

This was incredible!!! Thank you so much for sharing. Also, thank you for making the death-defying feat to get up to the second floor!! :-)

My Dad has that exact same oven in his house. My Grandfather built the house in 1948 and the stove has been in since the mid 60's. It still works because planned obsolescence wasnt a thing yet.

Ah, @ 9:20, that's the 1951 GE refrigerator we had when I was growing up. As always, great job.

That type of refinement on columns is called milling, and you are correct. You may find working furniture in such places, like tables with unmilled legs.

What an amazing house!! I would love to see the floor plan of this place. Just beautiful!! They don't build them like the used too, that's for sure!!

Kappy, would you please consider doing a Q&A? I think your viewers would really enjoy it.

those cedar columns made me smile! we have alot of cedars on our farm. living in a 1871 Victorian farm house here!

Georgia I'd like to move to Georgia I hear it's nice there..cappy nice monkey climb to git upstairs glad u tried it just looked bad at the corner kinda figured the rest of the upper floor be ok they don't build houses like that anymore so it will take it a long time to rot through all the way and it's a shame people need to save these old places..

Thanks so much Kappy You’ve made me very happy. I’m falling for this old beauty👍✅❣️This would be perfect if there was a good metal roof and the floors fixed,this is perfect for inspiration for an old movie 🍿 set‼️I’ve written about 112 stories and the aura of this place gives off eras of the 1910’s-1960’s So mad all I can do is dream about this 💎 gem the full porches some people would sleep on the porches upstairs at night time. Don’t see any paths up to the porches.Just Wow👍❣️

Thanks for this beautiful old House Kappy, what a find. greetings from Germany

The upstairs porch they used to call a sleeping porch because before air conditioning the hole family parents and kids would sleep out on the porch on hundred degree nights.

What an absolutely awesome house amazing porch. The view. I love it. Would want to live there. So sad it's rotting. I don't understand beautiful old homes just left. Thanks Kappy

Very cool find. I love how untouched it is. No graffiti or vandalism. I also really like how nothing was painted. It looks like all the wood has on it is a wash of some sort. It feels so original! Thanks Kappy.

Wowee! What an awesome house! It is huge! The top of the cabinets in the first bathroom remind me of something I had growing up in the 70’s. The wrap around porch is so cool. I hope you didn’t get soaked, Kappy😊 I have missed watching lately-I had lumbar spine surgery-but now I get to go back and watch all I’ve missed! Happy New Year, Kappy and Ruby!

This is James Barrow I'm hoping this house can be saved and restore and remodel and renew

The black case you opened up in the first room appears to be a trumpet case. Cool place! Love your videos.

Would have loved to see this home in its time ….once grand it must have been with all the woodwork and hardware expensive for the time being. Another excellent video kappy! Happy new year to you and your family and super excited what you bring us in 2024 🎉❤

I get the impression someone has last used this house as a get away retreat. It was nice and relaxing to hear the rain on that old tin roof. Stay safe, Kappy & I hope you have a Happy New Year.

Not sure your secret Kappy, but you sure find the beauties.. A 1st & 2nd floor wrap around porch, this is a rare treasure..

Seeing those giant stones being used as the foundation and knowing how heavy they are it tells you how determined they were to build a quality house. Wherever they quarried those stones from they would have had to move them a good distance. It's reasons like that that the house still stands. Quality workmanship.

My oh my. Would have loved to see this house when it was new, after the additions. Must have been a beauty. It’s to bad the roof is leaking. Once that starts you can kiss the house goodbye. Thanks Kappy!

It's great to see you again Kappy, the house is beautiful, you don't see huge porches like that anymore, I'd love to see that one in person, and the front door is great too. It'd be so good if the old place could be restored. Such a grand old house. I'd be there for hours reading the old papers, I order old letters on ebay to read, their interesting, Have a great new year and looking forward to more old houses to tour. 😊

It’s so sad when a roof goes… it’s never long for the rest of the house to foll 😮. Love the sound of the rain

I have an old GE stove from the same era and we use it every day. It's terrible when people steal the mantles out of historic houses...