Thank you for the love and support. I just want to show the world that this old world architecture is everywhere! And how beautiful and amazing it all still is! The more we publicly document and question, the more cuts in the general narrative. And it's fun!
The craftsmanship and with available tools ~ this is amazing! Duluth MUST as a historical preservation keep the brown stone buildings in good repair and re-use! Not destroy such talanted creations in the name of progress. It is a shame so many building such as this have been torn down! You do not see such detail, in carving, architecture such as this has no comparison in these modern times. These buildings must be preserved and cherished for the lost art of true artisans! Thank you for this video!!!!!!!!! Great narration!!!!
I've been in one of the apartments here. Sadly, the unit had been updated at some point and didn't have that old world charm. On the plus side, there is a rooftop deck for the residents with a clear shot of Lake Superior just a couple blocks away. If you haven't yet, check out Munger Terrace here in Duluth as well. Great video!
@@ArchesandColumns I just think we come from a multiple millenia long culture that pur ancestors embraced, one of beauty and strength and over the last few decades the "powers that be" or establishment has decided to throw it all in the garbage, it all started getting bulldozed for absolutely no reason only to be replaced by garbage... I know there are a lot of theories out there and while I agree that a lot of history is false/misrepresented I mostly love old architecture and don't really ascribe to any specific "false history" theory per se (at least not like mud flood or Tartaria... I do think that after WWII (likely sooner, like around WWI was when the take over happened) an elite seized power that does not have the best interest of the people in mind and part of their destruction of us as a people involves the destruction of the beauty our ancestors created, especially architecture... just think of all the gorgeous beauxarts, neoclassical, neo Gothic, Victorian, etc buildings that were destroyed and replaced with just parking lots or streets or other things... my mind can only ascribe malic to something so vile and pointless... I will say watching videos like this have made me question a few things... like how many buildings were built from 1880s through early 1900s, all stone or brick and beautiful... I have seen videos where a 10k town had over 20 massive masonry buildings built in 5 yrs, etc... that is quite unbelievable to think of... in any case, whatever it true, thanks so much for the great videos! I love old architecture and will definitely try to get through them all, as well as the new ones! Great work!
Duluth is a fascinating town, have visited many times. I am also glad I got to experience some of the north shore of Lake superior before so much of it got slickified. Sorry about the recent burning of the Lutsen lodge.
My son and his girlfriend lived there 4 years ago while working student jobs the for the summer. I thought the building was fantastic!!! Thank you for the info.
There are so many buildings that are familiar but I cannot mention them all my favorite is the first Presbyterian Church that is the one that I mentioned before that has the Tiffany windows in it if you go on the side entrance and go down the basement and talk to the receptionist if she is not busy she will actually give you a tour I once attended the service there to hear the spectacular pipe organ no one knows why there isn't a church but it is possible to put a loudspeaker and pipe music through there I know we do that here at the Holy Cross center in onamia one thing I wanted to mention about the featured building is that the roof was replaced end with all the modern equipment I know they were going all winter when I was first aware of it and they finished at the end of the summer and we're almost at fall it's amazing that these buildings can be put up in a year and it took a few months shy of a year or maybe not just to replace and do the roof with all the modern equipment available today
How about so highly familiar with the odd fellows Hall never been in there and of course Filters I think you just said the boiler area I wasn't sure I'm sure I'll see more of these videos they're very exciting I really miss the wonderful town of Duluth
Yup astounding find! Here in Central Scotland, Glasgow and we have much the same 3/quart buried windows/structures and brownstone architectural buildings, columns and arches. Clearly more to the history we've been indoctrinated with and a much longer timeline as well. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, was just thinking about Duluth yesterday, and here your video shows up...hmmmmmm. Anyway, the back side of the building tells the story of the Age of that structure. The Yellow bricks...and heat damaged Red Brick...the Large odd shaped foundation stones....heat damage brown stone...possibly. Looking at a lot of 'Meltology' videos, this seems to be the case. This may be a survivor from whenever there was the huge event worldwide that melted so many structures as well a partially buried some. The cracked entryway steps show that these concrete steps may have been added when the structure was repurposed. Great video, subscribed!!!
I wonder how many trips and how many wagons they needed to build each building? I’m wondering how much brick weight a wooden wagon wheel could support before breaking? Plus, could you imagine how wet and difficult the roads were for wagons when the snow thawed and caused the roads to be muddy? Why do they call them buildings when they’re already built? 😉
Yeah, I've seen thus, even the granite ones like our county courthouse are usually red brick under the facade. I'm guessing that the red brick was storing and / or transferring energy.
I grew up in Duluth. I’ve seen Oliver Traphagen's name written dozens of times but I’ve never heard anyone say it. When I heard your pronunciation I was really surprised - I never thought the 'ph' was pronounced as 'F'. I just assumed it was 'Trap - Hagen'. Thanks for enlightening me!
The lower windows allow natural light into the basement-level areas. with good drainage and drain tile, there is little chance of flooding. My grandparent's home was built close to this time with a similar basement window design. I don't remember any basement flooding issues. The home is in Duluth's East Side neighborhood. Those windows are on the back/hillside of their old home that still stands.
@@ArchesandColumns better electric lighting now than 130 years ago. you really have not studied history have you? You don't seem to have much knowledge of those early times.
I think you are missing the point. Think about their tools and transportation in 1891. How was it easier to build this than for us to maintain it, for example, the glass. One would think it was be easier and cheaper to fab and cut glass.
Are you from Duluth? What cataclysm? Maybe time. This building is on the site it was originally built and the inside is not overly ornate. I do agree that it has been virtually destroyed by the cheap conversion. Absolutely horrendous. I wanted to purchase a unit, but they are garbage for the most part. You probably could restore a unit to its original state with a few dollars, but the entire row would cost millions in today’s market. A coworker bought a unit for $37,500 a while back, but it went into foreclosure. I can’t understand how. She made excellent money. I guess she wasn’t good at managing the money. I know she didn’t perform routine upkeep. Duluth had a way of destroying its beauty back in the 1960s and 1970s. A lot of the gorgeous mansions still exist, but for the most part, the downtown has been destroyed. It’s heartbreaking. They called it Urban Renewal.
@@ArchesandColumns Check the old photo at the beginning of the video, they weren't buried then. Likely the road was reconstructed at some point and the surrounding grading changed.
thank god finally someone boots on ground in duluth! i lived/worked in 3 old world bldgs there, lived there almost 6 years.
Thank you for the support! It really seems Duluth was very significant pre reset. The city must have been amazing in the late 1800s!
OLD WORLD reffered your channel . Great stuff ! Thank you for all you do. 😊
Thank you for the love and support. I just want to show the world that this old world architecture is everywhere! And how beautiful and amazing it all still is! The more we publicly document and question, the more cuts in the general narrative. And it's fun!
The craftsmanship and with available tools ~ this is amazing! Duluth MUST as a historical preservation keep the brown stone buildings in good repair and re-use! Not destroy such talanted creations in the name of progress. It is a shame so many building such as this have been torn down! You do not see such detail, in carving, architecture such as this has no comparison in these modern times. These buildings must be preserved and cherished for the lost art of true artisans! Thank you for this video!!!!!!!!! Great narration!!!!
I used to live in this building. just discovered you from Old World. would love to get together over coffee! Union carpenter here.
That would be cool!
I've been in one of the apartments here. Sadly, the unit had been updated at some point and didn't have that old world charm. On the plus side, there is a rooftop deck for the residents with a clear shot of Lake Superior just a couple blocks away. If you haven't yet, check out Munger Terrace here in Duluth as well. Great video!
Absolutely beautiful, we have fallen so far as a society, just think, the entire country once looked like this...
Post millennial reign theory? What do you speculate?
@@ArchesandColumns I just think we come from a multiple millenia long culture that pur ancestors embraced, one of beauty and strength and over the last few decades the "powers that be" or establishment has decided to throw it all in the garbage, it all started getting bulldozed for absolutely no reason only to be replaced by garbage... I know there are a lot of theories out there and while I agree that a lot of history is false/misrepresented I mostly love old architecture and don't really ascribe to any specific "false history" theory per se (at least not like mud flood or Tartaria... I do think that after WWII (likely sooner, like around WWI was when the take over happened) an elite seized power that does not have the best interest of the people in mind and part of their destruction of us as a people involves the destruction of the beauty our ancestors created, especially architecture... just think of all the gorgeous beauxarts, neoclassical, neo Gothic, Victorian, etc buildings that were destroyed and replaced with just parking lots or streets or other things... my mind can only ascribe malic to something so vile and pointless... I will say watching videos like this have made me question a few things... like how many buildings were built from 1880s through early 1900s, all stone or brick and beautiful... I have seen videos where a 10k town had over 20 massive masonry buildings built in 5 yrs, etc... that is quite unbelievable to think of... in any case, whatever it true, thanks so much for the great videos! I love old architecture and will definitely try to get through them all, as well as the new ones! Great work!
I love how the concrete window well is failing...new world craftsmanship.
I can't believe I didn't mention this!
Duluth is a fascinating town, have visited many times. I am also glad I got to experience some of the north shore of Lake superior before so much of it got slickified. Sorry about the recent burning of the Lutsen lodge.
You've got your finger on Duluth's pulse. Accurate.
5:02 The contrast of peel-and-stick "Evergreen Real Estate" lettering kind of says it all! What an amazing Building!
Nicely crafted video. That jazz man, is outta sight!
My son and his girlfriend lived there 4 years ago while working student jobs the for the summer. I thought the building was fantastic!!! Thank you for the info.
There are so many buildings that are familiar but I cannot mention them all my favorite is the first Presbyterian Church that is the one that I mentioned before that has the Tiffany windows in it if you go on the side entrance and go down the basement and talk to the receptionist if she is not busy she will actually give you a tour I once attended the service there to hear the spectacular pipe organ no one knows why there isn't a church but it is possible to put a loudspeaker and pipe music through there I know we do that here at the Holy Cross center in onamia one thing I wanted to mention about the featured building is that the roof was replaced end with all the modern equipment I know they were going all winter when I was first aware of it and they finished at the end of the summer and we're almost at fall it's amazing that these buildings can be put up in a year and it took a few months shy of a year or maybe not just to replace and do the roof with all the modern equipment available today
Gorgeous. Milwaukee had town house blocks like these, same era. Most are gone.
This Oliver Traffigan fellow is very impressive. I believe he is a genius.
Haha, right?
Notice the half buried mudflood windows.
How about so highly familiar with the odd fellows Hall never been in there and of course Filters I think you just said the boiler area I wasn't sure I'm sure I'll see more of these videos they're very exciting I really miss the wonderful town of Duluth
Yup astounding find! Here in Central Scotland, Glasgow and we have much the same 3/quart buried windows/structures and brownstone architectural buildings, columns and arches. Clearly more to the history we've been indoctrinated with and a much longer timeline as well. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, was just thinking about Duluth yesterday, and here your video shows up...hmmmmmm. Anyway, the back side of the building tells the story of the Age of that structure. The Yellow bricks...and heat damaged Red Brick...the Large odd shaped foundation stones....heat damage brown stone...possibly. Looking at a lot of 'Meltology' videos, this seems to be the case. This may be a survivor from whenever there was the huge event worldwide that melted so many structures as well a partially buried some. The cracked entryway steps show that these concrete steps may have been added when the structure was repurposed. Great video, subscribed!!!
Absolutely! What do you think of the Torrey building? I did a video recently on that block of Superior st.
@@ArchesandColumns I'll check it out Thanks!
I wonder how many trips and how many wagons they needed to build each building? I’m wondering how much brick weight a wooden wagon wheel could support before breaking? Plus, could you imagine how wet and difficult the roads were for wagons when the snow thawed and caused the roads to be muddy?
Why do they call them buildings when they’re already built? 😉
This city is all clay and rocks too!
Would have liked to see photos of the original design inside the structure which has been virtually destroyed.
@7:15 is this showing what is behind the brownstone facade, or am
I tripping?
Oh yeah, all the "Victorian style " homes all have at least their ground level in stone like this.
Oh that's sumptuous
I agree, I enjoy looking at old world architecture too much!
I wonder how much of that brownstone, if any, is just facade over the bricks?
Yeah, I've seen thus, even the granite ones like our county courthouse are usually red brick under the facade. I'm guessing that the red brick was storing and / or transferring energy.
I grew up in Duluth. I’ve seen Oliver Traphagen's name written dozens of times but I’ve never heard anyone say it. When I heard your pronunciation I was really surprised - I never thought the 'ph' was pronounced as 'F'. I just assumed it was 'Trap - Hagen'. Thanks for enlightening me!
I am not absolutely sure how it was pronounced to clear the record. Thanks for commenting!
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I live in Cloquet, nice job...Excellent video
I'll be getting to the Cloquet Fire and Cloquet sooner than later!
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Yes!
The lower windows allow natural light into the basement-level areas. with good drainage and drain tile, there is little chance of flooding. My grandparent's home was built close to this time with a similar basement window design. I don't remember any basement flooding issues. The home is in Duluth's East Side neighborhood. Those windows are on the back/hillside of their old home that still stands.
So, Traphagen designed mostly burried windows for light allowance, yet 130yrs later, we put wood to fill them in?
@@ArchesandColumns better electric lighting now than 130 years ago. you really have not studied history have you? You don't seem to have much knowledge of those early times.
Sounds like a real cope. You seem to be projecting. Just reread my question and consider your response.
@@ArchesandColumns current slum lord is too cheap for glass and there is better electric lighting. How difficult is that to understand?
I think you are missing the point. Think about their tools and transportation in 1891. How was it easier to build this than for us to maintain it, for example, the glass. One would think it was be easier and cheaper to fab and cut glass.
I don’t think for one second that was built in a year. I think it was inherited and repurposed after a cataclysm or reset.
Are you from Duluth? What cataclysm? Maybe time. This building is on the site it was originally built and the inside is not overly ornate. I do agree that it has been virtually destroyed by the cheap conversion. Absolutely horrendous. I wanted to purchase a unit, but they are garbage for the most part. You probably could restore a unit to its original state with a few dollars, but the entire row would cost millions in today’s market. A coworker bought a unit for $37,500 a while back, but it went into foreclosure. I can’t understand how. She made excellent money. I guess she wasn’t good at managing the money. I know she didn’t perform routine upkeep. Duluth had a way of destroying its beauty back in the 1960s and 1970s. A lot of the gorgeous mansions still exist, but for the most part, the downtown has been destroyed. It’s heartbreaking. They called it Urban Renewal.
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The 1888 class of prisoners and slaves must have been some architectural Masonic wonders to put these buildings up with horse and cart.
And if my cat had wheels, she’d be a wagon.
That's a really bizarre statement.
The basement windows were probably so the servants had light while they worked since they were originally single family homes
Is this the first structure that you've noticed buried or partially buried windows?
@@ArchesandColumns Check the old photo at the beginning of the video, they weren't buried then. Likely the road was reconstructed at some point and the surrounding grading changed.
The front steps are made of portland cement! Doesn't fit the stone work!
Ionic columns? None that I can see.
The congdons lived in his house after he moved.