Having the kitchen separate from the main house was common in the South; it was done because the most common room to catch fire was the kitchen. I owned such a house that dated back before the Revolutionary War.
It was also common to have the kitchen not connected to the house in the South. So the whole house wouldn't get hot when you cook dinner breakfast or whatever it helped the main house to stay cool that's the real reason
You’d think that you could take people at face value way back then, but corruption is ALWAYS in the mix somewhere. It certainly is a huge and attractive house. The use of the cross ventilation was totally under-utilised in most houses,but not in this one. I wonder did that first owner ever get caught out about his wicked ways with slaves, false alliances and general money-grubbing. I hope so!
What a fabulous house and thank you to the people who restored it. We have lost so many glorious home in this last century +. Thank you for this video. Greetings from Seattle where we have lost so much of our old city.
Your most unusual walking directions of how we should look at the house is truly phenomenal... Thank you so much forgiving me bearing while viewing the photographs.... You really are a very thoughtful narrator and I don't think you ever saw a box in your life! (As in thinking outside of!)
Lovely restoration. Another great save. When looking back at history regardless of what happened, it’s all of our history - it’s where we came from and important to never forget. Societies that don’t learn from their past, and cover up what happens because it’s an inconvenient truth or now makes us uncomfortable because it doesn’t fit with contemporary values and ethics always run the risk of repeating the same mistakes. Great clip, and nice short history lesson.
@@raquelgarvin8391 I think that the comment can be taken as a personal criticism, rather than a statement about modern society and our cultural legacy, I come from New Zealand 🇳🇿 and down under we are very young and still coming to terms with the genocidal activity the British Empire conducted 200 years ago against the indigenous people. We are taught in school that if you don’t know and own your history then societies are ‘doomed’ to repeat past mistakes. I know this curriculum is taught all over Europe as well. Learn from the past.
@@RocBush I wonder if those who are currently enslaved in Africa would love to receive a check from those in America who have been free well over a hundred years. I can imagine it’s a terrible feeling knowing your ancestors left you behind and seemingly never cared about you. Maybe it would help them in freeing themselves from their own people. I don’t know just a thought.
The Grant house info Galena Illinois has a separate kitchen and is said info the summer it kept the heat from cooking from heating the rest of the house.
Such a magnificent home. Some of these homes not only had a kitchen sepetate from the main living space that not only prevented the entire home from burning in case a fire broke out in the kitchen as well as for keeping the home cooloer in the summer but they had a kitchen in the basement which helped keep the home warmer in winter. My favorite architecture in these old homes is the staircases though. It's amazing to me how they were designed to act as a breezeway to cool the entire home in the warmer seasons
This house had a ghost story in Katherine Windham Tucker's book "13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffery." Ever kid growing up in Alabama in the 1970s read that book! I am so glad you did this video because I always wanted to explore the inside of this beautiful home.
Plantation homes are very haunted because of the evil enslavement of human beings, without a doubt. The best construction elements still display the skill of enslaved artisans. Rather than letting plantation homes rot into dust, they should be saved like Kenworthy Hall was. African American historians can be guides and provide historical interpretations for those which are opened to the public
They appear to have done a wonderful job on the restoration. This is not a criticism but now, they need to work on furnishing and accessorizing it to the right period. These rooms would look dramatically different. Probably the great majority of these big plantation homes are completely gone. It is nice to see this one saved and restored despite its dark ownership past.
Gorgeous home. My mothers family descends from Marion and are still there on the family land. There are many intact former homes from that era. You could probably have a weeks worth of content from Marion and nearby Selma alone.
I think the hall is absolutely beautiful. Ken, you are the best narrator and I love your presentations. You make the presentation about the house, not about you. Thank you.
Any house of even moderate size had back staircases, family, children, servants would use them. Elaborate stairs were for entrances. And servants were housed in small rooms under stairs etc for easy/ quick access to family kitchens and summer kitchens were kept away from main area, due to possible fires, but cooking smells, condensation, noise from daily food preparation.
This house has been featured in at least three books. One is “thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Geoffrey” by Katherine Tucker Wyndham. I visted the home when it was in a deplorable state.
I’m very used to the idea of a “great house” in the Virgin Islands. Whim Plantation in St, Croix is a great example. We see so much of this type of functional use in this latitude, such as the cistern and separate cooking area for fire prevention concerns. Nice narration. The original owner certainly walked a fine line between North and South. A true hypocrite he was but Northern soldiers left it alone to save it for the modern restoration. Thank you everybody. It is worthy as a true historical archive.
This house was definitely a change from the Federal and Greek Revival (the first one) plantation homes of those areas. I had to laugh when you said the kitchen was not used as such when the photo was taken; most people don't keep bags of ammonium nitrate in the middle of the floor, lol. We see sleazy business people today, and it's nothing new as history shows us. Interesting layout of the home. Glad this one has been restored, even if it's not open to the public. Too many historic buildings have met the wrecking ball.
I didn’t want to say anything about that in the video because UA-cam would probably flag the content, but I was waiting for someone to point that out! Good eye!
Many of the features that you described seem to be common occurrences.: Servants staircases, servants quarters tucked away in the attack, a separate wash house. The fact that the wash house was connected to the main house by a covered walkway hardly supports the idea that it was hidden for the sake of secrecy.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder....A horrible truth of history...slavery...so many people, human beings that God created were enslaved and mistreated in that house and on the land...May they be remembered forever and always
Great tour. I'd never heard of this place. It was definitely a deviation from the simple usual federal styles that had the Greek Rivial porticos added in the 1850s and 60s.
This is a beautiful home . Love the color photos of that staircase and the floor to ceiling window at the landing . Also the in wall bookcases that are glassed in are really great . Would love those in my own home . It’s really heartbreaking when teenagers destroy such historic places with parties that include vadalism , graffiti , smashing windows and just total disregard for a lovely property . When a home like this one is left to disrepair and neglect it’s an open invitation to teenagers and vandalism . Really glad a family purchased the property and restored the home . Love these Historic homes . ❤😊👍🏻💯🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸
It was a lovely house whose inhabitants perpetuated the horror and disgrace of one human being forcibly enslaving another. A house where people worked from dusk to dawn with no pay and no guarantee that they wouldn't be sold away from their children or loved ones. So while some are able to focus on the historical aspect of architecture and large rooms, I cannot overlook the day-to-day of the oppressed people who cleaned those rooms without freedom or hope to live their lives as their enslavers did.
What a fantastic home. Love the main entrance. Love that porch. What a love to take 23 years to restore this magnificent home. I hope they adore it. I would. Thanks Ken. Hopefully your all healed up and working on your house again!
My mom's friend owns the house. All the restoration work was done in like the 50s or 60s and needs to be redone. But its a great house. She bought it for the land to breed horses. And I'm not a fan of the current paint colors in it
That house looks a lot like the house one of my cousins owns from the rich side of my family after he obtained a law degree whilie working in only business law. After he witnessed what I went through in divorce courts if he could at all help it - Wanted nothing to do with the family court and the criminal court rooms in the court house in this city ever. So far so good. Him and his wife have never divorced. Nor has any of their children ended up in a whole lot of trouble so far. Very intelligent. Always has been. He nor his parents have ever been slave owners.
Thanks, Having grew up in a large city, I lived in a lot of big houses, but none like that, 😂😅😂. I love the grandor that they have. But I'm left wondering three things? 1. Why did it set empty for so many years, was it ever for sale then? 2. Where they asking to much money for it then, considering the shape it was in? 3. What did it sale for?? Thanks
Having the kitchen separate from the main house was common in the South; it was done because the most common room to catch fire was the kitchen. I owned such a house that dated back before the Revolutionary War.
It was also common to see a garconniere for unmarried older boys & men. This kept them separated from the young unmarried ladies.
I adore old houses 💜
And cooler in the summer?
@@annetheurich507 .. a GARCONNIERE? Fertile territory for Google research.
It was also common to have the kitchen not connected to the house in the South.
So the whole house wouldn't get hot when you cook dinner breakfast or whatever it helped the main house to stay cool that's the real reason
How nice someone could restore the house. And love how your videos are short but give us so much information
TBH it currently needs a lot of restoration work. Those color photos are very old
You’d think that you could take people at face value way back then, but corruption is ALWAYS in the mix somewhere. It certainly is a huge and attractive house. The use of the cross ventilation was totally under-utilised in most houses,but not in this one. I wonder did that first owner ever get caught out about his wicked ways with slaves, false alliances and general money-grubbing. I hope so!
What a fabulous house and thank you to the people who restored it. We have lost so many glorious home in this last century +. Thank you for this video. Greetings from Seattle where we have lost so much of our old city.
Love the winding stairs!
I loved them too but was distracted by the large freeze placed on the main floor next to them. The archways were amazing!
Anytime someone restores one of these unique homes, I sigh greatly, that history was not forgotten.
If we forget our past, we lose sight of our future. I forgot who said that, but I'm sure you're old enough to know.
Your most unusual walking directions of how we should look at the house is truly phenomenal... Thank you so much forgiving me bearing while viewing the photographs.... You really are a very thoughtful narrator and I don't think you ever saw a box in your life! (As in thinking outside of!)
Beautiful woodwork throughout. thankfully someone purchased it to care for it.
Beautiful and unique 😊❤
Beautiful restoration!
Lovely restoration. Another great save. When looking back at history regardless of what happened, it’s all of our history - it’s where we came from and important to never forget. Societies that don’t learn from their past, and cover up what happens because it’s an inconvenient truth or now makes us uncomfortable because it doesn’t fit with contemporary values and ethics always run the risk of repeating the same mistakes. Great clip, and nice short history lesson.
CUT THE CHECK🤬
@@RocBush 😂 ya reckon?? I hadn’t thought of it that way. Noted.
Okay please educate me on the mistake and how it could accur!?
@@raquelgarvin8391 I think that the comment can be taken as a personal criticism, rather than a statement about modern society and our cultural legacy, I come from New Zealand 🇳🇿 and down under we are very young and still coming to terms with the genocidal activity the British Empire conducted 200 years ago against the indigenous people. We are taught in school that if you don’t know and own your history then societies are ‘doomed’ to repeat past mistakes. I know this curriculum is taught all over Europe as well. Learn from the past.
@@RocBush I wonder if those who are currently enslaved in Africa would love to receive a check from those in America who have been free well over a hundred years. I can imagine it’s a terrible feeling knowing your ancestors left you behind and seemingly never cared about you. Maybe it would help them in freeing themselves from their own people. I don’t know just a thought.
The Grant house info Galena Illinois has a separate kitchen and is said info the summer it kept the heat from cooking from heating the rest of the house.
Such a magnificent home. Some of these homes not only had a kitchen sepetate from the main living space that not only prevented the entire home from burning in case a fire broke out in the kitchen as well as for keeping the home cooloer in the summer but they had a kitchen in the basement which helped keep the home warmer in winter. My favorite architecture in these old homes is the staircases though. It's amazing to me how they were designed to act as a breezeway to cool the entire home in the warmer seasons
I’ve been to the house a few years ago. It is massive! At that time it still needed some work.
Was it very bad?
@@janefromtennessee it wasn’t horrible I would say…just needed a good bit of TLC. Beautiful house though.
This house had a ghost story in Katherine Windham Tucker's book "13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffery." Ever kid growing up in Alabama in the 1970s read that book! I am so glad you did this video because I always wanted to explore the inside of this beautiful home.
Perhaps the ghosts come from the poor slaves who were trapped in that awful servitude.
Plantation homes are very haunted because of the evil enslavement of human beings, without a doubt. The best construction elements still display the skill of enslaved artisans. Rather than letting plantation homes rot into dust, they should be saved like Kenworthy Hall was. African American historians can be guides and provide historical interpretations for those which are opened to the public
Entry and staircase is magnificent.
Happy to know someone loves this house again.
I'm always glad to see these old beauties gain a new life.
Thank you so much for the history of the houses you highlight. Thankfullly, the family that eventually bought it restored it.
What a beautiful home
Such a beautiful & interesting design.
I love the tower and the design of the house.
They appear to have done a wonderful job on the restoration. This is not a criticism but now, they need to work on furnishing and accessorizing it to the right period. These rooms would look dramatically different. Probably the great majority of these big plantation homes are completely gone. It is nice to see this one saved and restored despite its dark ownership past.
Gorgeous home. My mothers family descends from Marion and are still there on the family land. There are many intact former homes from that era. You could probably have a weeks worth of content from Marion and nearby Selma alone.
Love the oak woodwork and ceiling beams.❤
Cool as always !
Glad that someone had the fortitude to repair such a stately mansion.
Nice to get a happy ending for one of these old masterpieces. As always, good job.
Thank you Ken I really enjoy these videos.
Thank you for saving that home!! That wood work over the archways is amazing!! I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite like that before.
So interesting! The estate is very beautiful! but what intrigues me is the story of the original people involved. TY
Im glad this national treasure was saved from destruction considering the skills that went into building it that nobody seems to have nowadays 😊😊😊
I agree it's gorgeous
I like the woodwork, especially the staircase.
You did a great job. This home is beautiful.
I think the hall is absolutely beautiful. Ken, you are the best narrator and I love your presentations. You make the presentation about the house, not about you. Thank you.
Thank you again Ken 🙏☺️
Any house of even moderate size had back staircases, family, children, servants would use them. Elaborate stairs were for entrances.
And servants were housed in small rooms under stairs etc for easy/ quick access to family
kitchens and summer kitchens were kept away from main area, due to possible fires, but cooking smells, condensation, noise from daily food preparation.
This is a wonderful job of restoration.
This house has been featured in at least three books. One is “thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Geoffrey” by Katherine Tucker Wyndham. I visted the home when it was in a deplorable state.
Beautiful and freakin haunted.❤️
It's a crime how many families and beautiful homes were just sacrificed in that war.
Oh, how I would love a house like this. A real treasure.
I always thought that was called a summer kitche that way when you were cooking the heat wouldn't create in the whole house🎉
Yeah, saved & restored...
I’m very used to the idea of a “great house” in the Virgin Islands. Whim Plantation in St, Croix is a great example. We see so much of this type of functional use in this latitude, such as the cistern and separate cooking area for fire prevention concerns. Nice narration. The original owner certainly walked a fine line between North and South. A true hypocrite he was but Northern soldiers left it alone to save it for the modern restoration. Thank you everybody. It is worthy as a true historical archive.
The kitchen was separate so it wouldn't heat up the rest of the house. It's a beautiful house.
Edward Kenworth Carlilse: a businessman and he was a real bit of business himself.
Those pioneers truly created such beauty
Such a beautiful way to hide your slaves. I agree.
@@JaneAustenAteMyCat Today, they just call them "wage earners."
This house was definitely a change from the Federal and Greek Revival (the first one) plantation homes of those areas. I had to laugh when you said the kitchen was not used as such when the photo was taken; most people don't keep bags of ammonium nitrate in the middle of the floor, lol. We see sleazy business people today, and it's nothing new as history shows us. Interesting layout of the home. Glad this one has been restored, even if it's not open to the public. Too many historic buildings have met the wrecking ball.
I didn’t want to say anything about that in the video because UA-cam would probably flag the content, but I was waiting for someone to point that out! Good eye!
Glad that someone was able to restore it.
Whilst the history of the house is both intriguing and sad, it is wonderful that it eventually got restored to its almost former glory.
I always love ur photos and information 👍🏼 if you could slow down when talking... it would make it more spooky 😉
Many of the features that you described seem to be common occurrences.: Servants staircases, servants quarters tucked away in the attack, a separate wash house. The fact that the wash house was connected to the main house by a covered walkway hardly supports the idea that it was hidden for the sake of secrecy.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder....A horrible truth of history...slavery...so many people, human beings that God created were enslaved and mistreated in that house and on the land...May they be remembered forever and always
Seeing these plantations, reminds me of Joyner Castle in Omaha, Nebraska & the museum, today's architecture is not the same today
Beautiful ❤
Excellent use of the floor plans! It's the difference between GPS and hand written directions when "touring" a house! Thanks Ken
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Beautiful he had an awsome talent🎉😮
Summer kitchens were common even in the midwest. Kept the heat out of the main house, especially in canning season when temps were high.
It is beautiful in its Hay Day and very beautiful after renovation
Love this house
Very cool!
Love those staircases!
Nice video;thank you.
Great tour. I'd never heard of this place. It was definitely a deviation from the simple usual federal styles that had the Greek Rivial porticos added in the 1850s and 60s.
It’s gorgeous!!
This is a beautiful home . Love the color photos of that staircase and the floor to ceiling window at the landing . Also the in wall bookcases that are glassed in are really great . Would love those in my own home . It’s really heartbreaking when teenagers destroy such historic places with parties that include vadalism , graffiti , smashing windows and just total disregard for a lovely property . When a home like this one is left to disrepair and neglect it’s an open invitation to teenagers and vandalism . Really glad a family purchased the property and restored the home . Love these Historic homes . ❤😊👍🏻💯🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸
Would love to see the porches to the kitchen and the kitchen restored.
A very historical and forward looking design. It would require a lot to maintain and keep up. I see a great Air B and B home.
I loved the video! Thank you, new sub!!¡
Don't know if I've ever told you but I *love* your channel!!!❤❤❤❤❤
It was a lovely house whose inhabitants perpetuated the horror and disgrace of one human being forcibly enslaving another. A house where people worked from dusk to dawn with no pay and no guarantee that they wouldn't be sold away from their children or loved ones. So while some are able to focus on the historical aspect of architecture and large rooms, I cannot overlook the day-to-day of the oppressed people who cleaned those rooms without freedom or hope to live their lives as their enslavers did.
YES, thank you for saying this! So many in this comment section (that clearly did not pass the vibe check) are choosing to overlook this.
What a fantastic home. Love the main entrance. Love that porch. What a love to take 23 years to restore this magnificent home. I hope they adore it. I would. Thanks Ken. Hopefully your all healed up and working on your house again!
Amazing.
So,, I think it was Ken-wothy! good job!
Interesting! Thanks!
WOW I would love to visit that house Beautiful...
The house is gorgeous.
what a beautiful home love old houses they tell a story have character now a days everything is too cookie cutter
My mom's friend owns the house. All the restoration work was done in like the 50s or 60s and needs to be redone. But its a great house. She bought it for the land to breed horses. And I'm not a fan of the current paint colors in it
wow interesting history
Kills me to see these glorious old buildings rotting away.
Beautiful home that thankfully was saved
I would love to go see it.
Thanks👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love your videos ❤
This house reminds me of the Barnsley Gardens ruins in the Georgia mountains.
Kenworthy Hall is not too far from where I live. Sometimes you can see it from the road if the trees are cut.
He sounds like a real jerk but the house is beautiful and I'm glad someone saw fit to bring her back to her glory!
The home is beautiful but it is hard to enjoy when you know someone so awful lived there.😢
go snivel somewhere else
A devil with be a devil. Beautiful architecture.
He was a man of his times...We didn't live in those times. Sometimes it's hard to understand our country then...
That's the one I want to live in! Love the stairs! Love the exterior! Wow
The owner was...quite an opportunist. Beautiful house, though.
That house looks a lot like the house one of my cousins owns from the rich side of my family after he obtained a law degree whilie working in only business law. After he witnessed what I went through in divorce courts if he could at all help it - Wanted nothing to do with the family court and the criminal court rooms in the court house in this city ever. So far so good. Him and his wife have never divorced. Nor has any of their children ended up in a whole lot of trouble so far. Very intelligent. Always has been. He nor his parents have ever been slave owners.
Beautiful old house
Thanks, Having grew up in a large city, I lived in a lot of big houses, but none like that, 😂😅😂. I love the grandor that they have. But I'm left wondering three things? 1. Why did it set empty for so many years, was it ever for sale then? 2. Where they asking to much money for it then, considering the shape it was in? 3. What did it sale for?? Thanks
Where is the dark secret?
Slaves
Geez, what a hypocrite he was.
Please do the daily mansion in Montana, he was americas cooper king! Very amazing property that’s being taken care of by a trust.
Hopefully more plantation homes will be saved. This is a magnificent place.
plantation houses are as hated by some as statues of Confederate soldiers.
@@savinghistory642 Only brainless revisionists hate them and want to rewrite history. Don't act like slavery wasn't just as common in the North.
Clifton in Baltimore would be a cool house to look at. Since it’s today in a medium state of restoration