The fact that it was a stop on the Underground railroad should be reason enough to save the house. It would make a great museum for that purpose, as well as a local history museum.
@@mikemanofleisure assuming that it is in fact true that the house was a stop on the underground railroad, that would almost certainly mean that the owner could get enough funding to completely rebuild/restore the entire house, and they might not even need to spend any of their own money on it! Yes I agree that it would definitely not be cheap to do but when houses or buildings are on the commonly acceptable side of history then there's always a way it seems.....
It was not a stop on the underground RR. There is a home in NB that was and it was put on the nation register in 1974. If this house had any historical significance, the town historians would have found it and done everything possible to save it. But this is a one stop light town. Trickle down economics never made it to here. Since P & G shut down, so much of Chenango County has withered.
@@ingridshappard7694 "Town Historians" are usually someone who has read all that has been discovered in their town. That doesn't mean there aren't new finds that "local historians" don't know about. They should research it, bring in experts in the Underground Railroad and get their opinion. If they feel it is a valid stop, then I am certain there are grants, and could also do in person and online fundraisers to restore the property. Lack of knowledge of truth doesn't mean it may not be true!!!
@reset setmefree There is no acceptable side of history if you're referring to slavery. There are more enslaved now than at any time in history and sadly the price for a human is at an all time low. PLEASE do a bit of research. Everyone thinks "but what can I do"... A LOT. Even if you don't have or want to donate money, there is a lot that can be done.
This is just an aside, but this house reminds me of The Pink Palace in the Coraline movie adaptation of the book. It's gorgeous. Looking forward to watching this video to learn all about its history.
I was scanning the comments to see if anyone here mentioned Coraline so I wouldn’t post the same thing! 😂 It’s totally the Pink Palace. There’s also a hotel in Avalon, Catalina Island that also looks like the Pink Palace. ❤
@BrandiLucero oooh! I'd love to see that one, too. I'll have to check it out! 🖤 A small part of me has always wanted to own and restore an old home like the pink palace. However, my bank acct says otherwise. Haha. A girl can dream, though! 😊
So sad to see this beautiful home in this state. I live in a Victorian home and let me tell you, theses homes were built to last. If taken care of properly they could outlive us all. It’s a shame this home never received the care and attention it deserved.
Oh, definitely. A friend of mine bought a Victorian house in a bad neighborhood (used to be a great neighborhood). She then had the house removed and trucked far away to a good location piece of land she owned, and placed the Victorian house there, fixed it up, hooked it up to utilities and such. It looks great.
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY was this absolutely gorgeous house allowed to sit and rot like this? WHY, just WHY? It is simply incredible. Wonderful piece of architecture and history that deserves to be saved and treasured! A work of art!
The real life Pink Palace! I keep expecting Coraline or the Other Mother to pop up! In all seriousness, this is a beautiful home. And I mean absolutely beautiful! It's so sad to see buildings become abandoned. Kenopsia is the word we're all looking for here.
What is truly remarkable is that this house was built without any electricity. All tools were powered by muscle, and yet the homes were built better and way more ornate. Great exploration!
Many mansions in the Victorian era were built with gas stoves and gas light fixtures tho. So many the self powered homes were probably more common with poorer families
My grandfather was a master woodworker. He built ornate furniture and very high end cabinetry (he also built his own house and cabin cruiser that could sleep four). He was an Austrian-born German with meticulous attention to detail. He could turn four posts for a bed free-hand on an old lathe and they would all match perfectly (no computer to get them 'right') At the age of 90 he built my sister a four-poster mahogany bed with the headboard made from a piece of mahogany that he had stored in his workshop for 50 years. It was a queen-sized bed and the headboard (excluding the posts) were of just ONE piece of solid mahogany (which gives you an idea of how big the tree was). My grandfather died at the age of 92 (at the age of 80 he put a poured tar roof on his house all by himself!) These kind of meticulous, hardworking, perfectionist craftsman are rapidly disappearing. In the Victorian age, they were more common. They took pride in their work. Unfortunately, our society has become overtaken by big corporations whose bottom lines are the almighty dollar. And younger generations don't want beautifully hand-made antiques, but but the latest plastic/particle board furniture from Ikea. It's very sad.
@@loribragg2947 "younger generations don't want beautifully hand-made antiques, but but the latest plastic/particle board furniture from Ikea." Not true, none of us want cheap crap, but we can't afford anything decently made, and frankly not much of anything is decently made anymore. And we can't afford to buy homes anymore, so antique heavy wood furniture is impractical to an extent because we'll have to move it at some point in the next few years at minimum. With regards to the idea of the craftsperson disappearing, the skilled trades are just not keeping up as workplaces. You can make the same, if not more, money doing less backbreaking work elsewhere with a better schedule. The last skilled-trade apprenticeship I remember hearing about was a local cobbler who wanted full availability, 40+ hours/week, no school commitments...for $500/month. This was just a few years ago, maybe 2018 or 2019. The industrial facilities I've worked in seem to have no interest in training anyone up to replace the operators who frankly don't have many working years left in them. I'm thinking of one facility in particular that can't fire the one guy who knows How To Do The Thing because no one else knows how to do the thing in the entire metro area. It's niche enough that I don't even want to say what it is, but it's a manufacturing process that the military needs. Yet they won't bring anyone on to train under him so the guy can at least retire at some point.
@@loribragg2947the younger generations dont want fine craftsmanship because they can’t even afford the cheap shit You’re not understanding that we are literally back to the 1880s with tenement housing, slums, and child labor. There will always be a market for fine craft, but it will be with the rich who aren’t worried about eating tomorrow. My grandfather was also a carpenter with a perfect mind and hands, much like yours. Though I doubt he worked on the same quality of projects as his clientele were lower. It’s because there was a system in place to train and work and materials available. That headboard would be 10k today.
@@loribragg2947 Truer words were never spoken. I did have to giggle at some of the "abandoned" homes wherein the Master would have a double size bed - small wonder they had such large families was my take. This one has a Queen's size so that had to be put in more recently - like within the last 60 years.
Watching this video not only makes me extremely sad, it makes me sick to my stomach seeing that this majestic home has been neglected. How I wish I could save it.
Imagine the love, laughter, heartache, and the music that happened in this beautiful home, it's simply wonderful. By the way, I admire the respect and care you show, and I love your calmness.
I noticed all the mantles for the fireplaces were gone but still some beautiful treasures that could be saved. The doors, the trim, windows. That old upper lock is something I have been hunting for. I love it all. So heartbreaking 💔
What a shame this beautiful house is just rotting from the inside out. That roof should have been fixed a long time ago to prevent this mess. Just sad. Thanks, Devin
Bro, I know exactly where this is. I drive by it all the time. There’s a huge campground facility not far from that house just off that same road that you should check out. Idk if it’s an old resort or a summer camp but it’s pretty big. And the covert parking situation is perfect with a fishing area just a few hundred yards away. Hit me up, I’ll tell you where it’s at
FYI that "secret staircase" was the servants' stairway. Servants generally had their bedrooms in the attic. This is such an exquisite home and it's not beyond hope, especially as the woodwork seems to be surviving really well. With our economy and the world in difficult straits nowadays, a lot of young people are desperate for affordable properties, and are learning to do the work required to renovate damaged homes. I'd love to see a group of friends or extended family members buy this and just gradually start DIY fixing it up. If this property might be for sale, you should maybe give the location out... as who knows, you might help save it.
An architectural salvage company could buy the components of this house and sell to enthusiasts. At least then the pieces of this beauty could live on.
I share your dream. Depending on the resources, this house might stand a chance, but there would have to be deep resources in skill and funds. The DIY restoration could work with other houses small and not so far gone.
imagine all the memories in this home. many families have likely lived in this house and think about how much growth, development and memories happened in this home. family dinners, opening presents on christmas morning, the kids jumping into leave piles in the large yard outside in october … so much has happened here, and the house really just tells such a story.
I love the slave part and imaging them creeping up that little narrow stairway and then getting hidden behind some false wall until they could move on. God bless these people, which even more makes it a real sin to have it rotting away.
This actually made me a bit teary eyed. all those little details, they do not make homes like that anymore. makes me wonder about the original people who lived there, makes me think about history. and it is a very sobering fact, that times gets us all in the end. Thanks for sharing this.
i know you commented this months ago, but i entirely agree. i can’t help but wish humanity stayed so dedicated to their designs. i cannot stand seeing people renovating beautiful homes like these and turn them into white basic boring modern houses. bring back originality.
@@yeukiq2974I agree with you so greatly! It hurts as well to see these sort of homes and buildings get demolished and replaced with Dollar Generals and cardboard condos charging 10x their worth. I truly hope I get to see a rebirth of such an artistic world
@@yeukiq2974 Nice! I can definitely appreciate being near a historic city - it's nice to have somewhere nearby that is worth walking around just to look at. I feel bad for those who don't. Unless they have nature - thats also very pretty and rare
I live in Northern Kentucky, near the the intersection of the Licking River and the Ohio River. Both my high school and my first place of employment had underground rooms and tunnels leading to the river, both related to the Underground railroad. It was always eerie to work at nights in that building!
BLM bought expensive real estate with their mulit-multi-millions. How did they miss this historic Underground RR home? Oh that's right, they only bought really luxurious mansions. They could have refurbished this place and made it a museum.
To restore this Victorian beauty would take hundreds of thousands of dollars. It would be fantastic to find a party willing and able to invest in this beautiful architectural design from the 1800’s. If not able to restore, please salvage the beautifully handcrafted woodworking present in this historic home. There are extraordinary handcrafted features that can never be resurrected or reproduced again. So much here that could be salvaged and go on to enlighten young, talented craftsmen/women to help preserve these masterpieces.
I agree, salvage the beautiful woodwork, cabinets, doors and doorframe etc. I'd donate the materials to Habitat for Humanity. It's a reputable charity organization. 😊
There’s plenty of rich 🤑 that could easily have this resurrected. The saddest part is not investing in something so magnificent. Is all the world traveling and buying more, and more worthless trash.
I'm thinking millions, too, instead of hundreds of thousands. I wonder if it might be cheaper to remove any usable elements (like the pocket doors) take detailed photos and measurements and completely rebuild the house new. 😂 I often wondered that when I see magnificent architecture that has mouldered beyond rescue.
I used to live in the town where this house is! In the 80s it was owned by a family that made some kind of mystical fairy figurines. The factory was in the town of New Berlin NY! I always wondered what it looked like inside. Now I know thanks to you!!
I knew this had to be New Berlin, New York! This is my home town grew up there in the early 2000's i figured i had to be in a state of disrepair as its gone from owner to owner. But no one ever gets past trying to fix up the outside before they run out of money. Thank you for answering one of my life long questions being as to what this house looked like on the inside.
OMG. I wish I had the money to buy and restore that beautiful, historic, home. What a shame that such a magnificent Victorian home has been left to age with the time.
This makes me cry! All this ornate beauty left with total disregard and abandon, and for people to come in and destroy what was left! I so LOVE the clawfoot tub, the built-ins and the pocket doors and all the stairs, inside and out, the doors, knobs and locks. I wish this were my house!
I was an interior designer and I spent most of 2007 looking for oiled bronze appliances as I was sick to death of stainless Steel. JennAir had some, but in Europe only. The clawfoot tub had my oiled bronze - so they had it way back then but just not today!
When they say they don't build em like they used to...they mean it. I live in an 1886 Folk Victorian which is nowhere near as grand or big as this but I see features both share. It breaks my heart to see such architecture go to ruin. That's why we renovated ( not restored ) this house. It's still one of a kind and I'm grateful to have saved it. Love your channel. :o)
JennAir was founded in 1947, and they made fans for all kinds of stuff. In 1961 they had the idea to stick a fan inside a stove and invented the first self ventilated stove tops. It was a hit. The company was sold a few times and today is owned by whirlpool but still make appliances. I believe they make some really high end stuff to this day in fact.
@@debbieedwards9508 yes they are still alive and well! Whirlpool’s product line (from entry level to high end) is: Amana, Whirlpool, MayTag, KitchenAide, Jenn Air. My job works very closely with Whirlpool, and they are all great product lines.
Yes, they still make a high end Jenn-aire gas burner stove/oven combo with a griddle in the middle of the stove. I have seen several magazine ads that show this appliance in a new renno of kitchens with the "before and after" photos. Pretty pricey appliance.
My uncle in Springfield, Ohio bought an old house that had the underground railroad entrance and living quarters. It didn’t seem like it was an attic to me, just looked like an entire floor with separate rooms and a kitchen and had no hallways. Beautiful old home that my Aunt still lives in. Sits similarly to this home on an old road like this one.
I always get so psychologically stimulated by tours of places like this. I go away feeling the following: It is okay to be breaking down. It doesn't mean you aren't still beautiful. This house holds so much history and so much good history. Just because it is falling apart, that does not change.
Sadly, the neglect also reminds me of how we treat old folks, too. Used to have grandparents and aunties-n-such there close at hand in the home. Not so much now 😏🥺
Everything falls apart. We all fall apart. We all die. What was once so lively and full of memories will decay and degrade to nothing but a dusty frame. Or you could be a brand new house totally swept away by a tornado. Anything can happen, woo hoo 🎉🎉
Oh, that is heartbreaking. That’s literally my dream house, a gorgeous Second Empire Victorian. The history of that house, especially as a stop on the Underground Railroad. I actually do own a brick Second Empire that was built in 1886, a classic St. Louis mini-Mansard. Still, that house…those pocket doors are still gorgeous. If those walls could talk. If I had the money…❤
Thank you for zooming in on all the intricate tiny ornate details like the door knobs, key holes and even little window brackets. Those are the things that really make these houses gorgeous and are lacking in today’s architecture. this time Was known as the aesthetics period where every thing was hand crafted or decorated with filigree and scrollwork, and I just love it. It really treats the eye everywhere you look. I really appreciate your relaxing soothing narration and lovely camera work. thank you for not using a wide eye lens as those tend to make me feel nauseous and sick and I have to discontinue watching the video. I really appreciate your whole vibe and will continue watching you always.
Oh, I didn't know a doll's house really existed 💖 Seriously: this house should not have been allowed to be in such a dilapidated state. After all, it is a valuable monument! Couldn't this damage have been prevented by renovating the roof in good time? As unprofitable as this may sound I fear it is now... The wood in the interiors delights my eyes, because the ubiquitous plywood is something awful. The beautiful, large washbasin instead of the trendy countertop bowls.... marvellous! The details, the colours, the love and attention to detail, the heart - this is what makes the house special (I'm an anti-fan of poor, trendy minimalism). This house is georgeous.
How was this house not preserved, especially given its history. I'm so tired of seeing how we just let high-quality craftsmanship sit and rot. This house could have been saved with proper maintenance.
Yes, agree. But it’s a big house with what people considered a sad past, in the south, which was devastated by war. It became a rental, which usually means abuse for such houses. So much loss. These abandoned properties with historic value might be taken over by the government, but you already know how that would go down. Wishing a photographer and salvager would get involved now, before it’s too late to save anything there.
@@robinbirdj743 It's in New York state. Not the south, and there doesn't actually appear to be any connection to the Underground Railroad, doing some research on the house outside of this video doesn't bring anything like that up. He showed servants quarters, not anything in connection to the Underground Railroad.
Where do you think slaves escaped to? They went north. They still had to hide to escape slave hunters who would capture them and send them back down south. Jesus, I am not American ( thank god) but I know this history.
The fact that this is in New Berlin, NY I lived in the house across the street! Way back in 2006 my bedroom was across the way sometimes I could see lights on late at night on the 3rd floor there, was almost always light on outside near the house! I went inside once the old man let us in to look it’s so sad to see the floor caving in, I think this house should get care and restored back to the way it was!! So much history! And once as beautiful as the titanic! It’s big house! The vibe seems good I think it’s all the good things people did in that house for under ground rail road!
I love this house..I cant believe someone is just letting it rot away....Ive always wanted a house like this... sadly if somebody would have just made sure it had a good roof it wouldnt be falling down.....Thanks for the video!!
Seems like it's been abandoned since the 90's. That would explain the state of this beautiful mansion. And I think the pink color is amazing. Makes this house so much more cosy and inviting. Not like a haunted house vibe. I could live there 😍
Its definitely 90's themed. I recognise the kitchen handles, lights and wallpaper as 90s trends. It seems the family did a massive renovation on it and then couldn't afford to fix the roof when it started leaking. And my 90s bedroom was the same pink 😂
This was absolutely lived in in the 90s. This guy talked about certain things like they were original to the house and I'm like buddy.....LOOK at it lol, it's like 30 years old lol
This beautiful home left to ruin breaks my heart.. I hate seeing such craftsmanship let fall in on itself. Maintained, this home would outlast anything built today. How happy and proud the people who had it built must have been on their first day in it! It would have been magnificent! I hope that if their spirits linger there, it appears as beautiful to them now as it was then. ♥️
My those magnificent doors and archways could be sold for a pretty penny rather than rotting away. The room off of the kitchen would have been the servant's bedroom.
My parents own a victorian era home on the south end of New Berlin. Complete with servant's quarters. There is even an original floor bell that the head of the household would step on in the dining room to summon servants. Across the street are two homes that have secret rooms and tunnels that was part of the underground railroad. There is an actual underground tunnel connecting the two homes. One is called Perfered Manor and the other is a private residence. This area is very rich is history
As a child I used to live in a late 1800s home sitting right in front of train tracks. Close enough that if the train derailed it would be sitting on my front porch - the horn blasting would shake the house. I miss that place. I love older houses - nothing these days seems to have an artistic value from the new vehicles to the homes to the anything at all. Hope that changes in my lifetime, love these videos. Sometimes it becomes hard for me to even believe such fascinating, beautiful art was of common everyday use
This is way too Beautiful 😻 we have small communities back home southeast Ohio. That have restored and kept up houses from the Underground Railroad. This is too magnificent with such historical value. So sad someone doesn’t save this. Those domed pocket doors are just too much...🤩
Jenn Aire ranges were quite common and expensive back in the 70s-80s. The room off the kitchen is a breakfast nook. The back door room is a mud room/ servants entrance. Supplies and groceries were brought in that door as well. The door knob is marble. The writing on the shelves is probably by the last inhabitants. Victorian's wouldn't use the mud room for storage. BEAUTIFUL pocket doors! So sad this beautiful house was left to rot.
I took the room off of the kitchen as the servants room as they were always placed close to the kitchen to keep the stoves and fireplaces going throughout the night as well as getting up early to make bread and make the family breakfast. They would have to go out for eggs. They could not wake the family, hence, the downstairs room. Many homes of this statute would have all meals in the dining room. The small hidden stairways is for the slaves to disappear upstairs quickly and get behind a false wall.
That kitchen is what we used to call "High Eighties"... It's got everything that was popular back then. It's a shame that nobody got to repair the tiny leak in the roof that started the disaster it's become... Nobody realizes that this type of thing takes YEARS to develop. The leak in the roof probably started in the 1990s and was either ignored purposely, or was something that was so small it was no concern to the then current owner. Oh... And a good hearted reminder to younger people... The Underground Railroad had absolutely nothing to do with being subterranean, nor involved in any way with locomotives or tracks of any kind. It was called the Underground Railroad because it was a secret (the underground reference) and that it was set up in stages, with key stops at certain points (like the regular railroad)... The reason I mention this, is because I know people who are even in their late Thirties and early Forties who look for train tracks in basements that the "underground railroad" ran through... True story.🙄
I’m 31, and knew that the Underground Railroad itself did not refer to a literal railroad. I will say, however, that I thought these homes were strategically in places where longer distance travel was a bit easier.. meaning possibly near a railroad? I’ve never even thought much into that or why I thought that though! I’ll definitely be looking more into this now because I’d love to know more about it. They don’t teach much in schools unfortunately.
@@alk4717 hi Alecia- The homes and farmsteads that were owned by people who supported the Underground Railroad were just on "main" routes of travel of the time... Usually. A lot of times they were near a major waterway, a lot of times they were on what was called a "pike"... If you live in a state that was a state during the Civil War, usually there's a road that goes between two biggish cities that "nobody uses anymore"... I live in Ohio and there are several "old roads" like Route 36, Route 42, Route 40, etc... That all have homes on them that were said to have been stops on the Underground Railroad. Of course many of those homes did actually have some sort of hidden room, usually in the cellar or dug out under one of the porches, where people could hide if they had to... But of course like everything else, it probably wasn't as "frought with danger" and as exciting as that stuff is portrayed in the Hollyweird movies. Gotta remember that there weren't one third as many people here back then, as opposed to now. And a small group could travel MILES without running into another soul. Of course, they DID travel at night, especially when near "major" towns... But then again, those major towns were populated by about 200-400 people who wouldn't have noticed much going on at the outskirts. The Slave Owners would hire groups of guys that would ride after the people who escaped... But by the time those groups got north of the Ohio River, folks around would have steered them in the wrong direction if they noticed them once Emancipation happened and a lot of times beforehand... Not many human beings ever enjoyed seeing other human beings enslaved... True story. Although, just like today... I'm sure there were a few crooked scumbags who'd tattle anyway and tell the Raiders which way they saw the dark skinned people go. Some people would sell their own mother for a buck. But yeah... It was a very sophisticated system... And it got people to safety. It just wasn't as elaborate as a lot of people imagine it was... Nor as "glamorous". There's actually an 1835 built house that's just down the road from us. It was the stagecoach stop between Mount Vernon Ohio and Columbus. It was reportedly used as a stop on the underground railroad, too. And there is a "secret room" in the cellar... It's under the side porch of the house. But that room couldn't be more than four by eight feet and maybe with a ceiling of five or six feet. It looks like there might have been a way out from under the actual porch at one time... And the way in from the basement inside the house is really inconvenient... Possibly to deter anyone from looking. It's really interesting... And I guess places like that still exist here in the Midwest and Eastern part of the US. YEAH! Check into the town you live in... It sure is interesting to discover things you might never have known about. Cheers!
@@alk4717 Yes, these houses were built along RR stops too, though this one is likely 1860s-70s, and may have been built just before a RR went in ( the Second Empire style and Eastlake door and window hardware are clues).
@@daughterofaveteran thank you. I was an English Major, but that was forty some odd years ago 😁 Unfortunately, it seems to me like I've lost some of the ability... But I suppose I can still get the point across. Cheers!
Love your video and how you explain in such detail . Love your method of exploring!! I've seen other videos and they make me 😵DIZZY!!! all the panning and fuzziness in video. I really really enjoyed this thank you soooooooo soooooooo much!!!🤗🤗 I too love looking in old homes and really appreciate the old woodwork, hardware, windows. And the kitchens ohhh man that's the first thing I wanna look at. Nice to know there's somone out there who loves to do this kinda thing like me, I'M NOT ALONE😅 whenever i pass an abandoned house on the road i just wanna pull over and find a way in, my kids say"mother your crazy"😅😊😊🤭. I hear it in you narration how respectful you are of the space your"exploring". Thank you so much till your next adventure!!🙆♀️
damn i wish more homes were built or preserved like this i love victorian era architecture it just has waaayy more character. i love thethe different textures and shapes. like rounded windows, arches everything about it i lovee
I grew up not too far from this area and have driven past this beautiful house tons of times, it's so awesome getting to see inside! Super fascinating to learn about the history behind it and how it was involved with the Underground Railroad. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Devin - always a good time following you around! I have to tell you I am SO impressed with you and what you do. You have an “old soul,” my friend-so much appreciation for all things from “the ago.” My mama went to a school in a converted home such as this in a very small town on the furthest state in the NW of America! This is a once-gorgeous Victorian and it breaks my heart to see it this way. It was definitely built in the days when a craftsman workmanship was his life’s work. Homes were built to be passed down through the years! These days people want “disposable” houses to go with disposable everything else and it makes me sick! Families don’t seem to have a care for the history of their families. I have no idea why, but no one wants to take on a home such as this. I LOVE the doorknobs and window fixtures!! So beautiful! Thanks for takin’ me along!
We’re sadly selling our 1950’s home to move to a location that is really a dream for us… but I’m so sad to lose the character in our house. These Victorian homes put our 50’s house to absolute shame! I LOVE all of the detail everywhere.
What an incredible home with equally incredible, yet sad history. That chair in the middle of the upper room all alone was so eerie. I could almost see someone sitting in that chair, looking around at their surroundings, wondering how this house would turn out to be.
This would make the house originally an Elizabethan Renaissance and perhaps updated to a Queen Anne in late or mid 1800's or 1860 if you like, Elizabethan Renaissance was architecture copied by Queen Anne and later Victorian copied Queen Anne. So it would have been 1660 to 1700 plus. that an Elizabethan Renaissance was in style in Europe. But would it have gotten to our shores at that time when there was a war going on? Doubt it. But it was a time the slaves were on the move. Did these Elizabethan houses built by prosperous New Yorkers prior to the war? They could have added on some of the Queen Anne style later, the fancy iron work surrounding the frame, windows, large decks, etc. Hard to say. One would have to see New Berlin's town Records to ascertain when this house was first registered.
I ❤ this Victorian home. I dont understand how someone just walked away. Why wouldnt they put it up for sale. Not only was it old but, the wood work, pocket doors and stairs is too much for me to see just rot away. Thank God there was no graffiti. Someone please,please please save this beauty. We'll never see these homes again, (for our next generations sake).
I always saw you as a total gentleman, a guy with class, a cut above all the other urban explorers. I am not at all surprised you had an awesome Mom. May she rest in peace. Take care
What a beautiful home! So sad it's in such disrepair. I like to imagine the people who lived there long ago and what it was like when the home was new. I love old homes and the history behind them. Thank you for the tour.
@@groofoot true, but sadly these days those with means have no real interests in making over old homes, they on only want to bulldoze them down and built some crazy oversized mega mansion, in its place.
@@groofoot The nostalgia of these houses lives on deep down in my Soul as I know the Soul/Sole purpose for why these homes were built as they were>Well, I’m afraid those days are long gone….It was a Time when people loved people & used things, a time when family & loved ones really meant everything & no one minded hard work Bc it always paid off….days when ya got up with Sun & went to sleep with the Moon…Today, people love things and use people! Don’t want to Debbie Down but it’s the truth! I’m quite alright living in a much smaller house=Less you have the less you have to do….I live rural and often see big houses like these in the same condition & so, I do some photography & can only hope my childrens childrens children will look in amazement as I did/do Bc I’m afraid the day will never come when we see this craftsmanship of houses ever again…..if I had the money I’d certainly invest in land that had some caves and have a cave home=idk where I was going w this LOL & I’m thankful & grateful I will not live to see the housing 100 yrs from now=I envision it to look something like how China/Japan do>huge skyscraper apt homes as we’ve worn out the current farming lands & Chinese foreigners have bought a lot of American land, bought out our major meat plants & currently have a dozen or more ‘Chinese Police Stations’ in many dif States=They say to help Chinese foreigners w their documents & DL’s but since when do we use the police to help us w such things??! I’m hate to say it but I believe America has been bought out & so it’d only make sense/since that the kinds of houses our forefathers turning over in their graves & would’ve lived in will suffer the same fate our beloved Country appears to be heading too…..On a lighter note, yes, I absolutely appreciate videos such as these Bc they’re capturing a History we barely know & will soon be lost forever….🦋
It's so heartbreaking to see that magnificent home left to rot. Amazing though how the woodwork trims survived so well. It would be wonderful if someone could salvage those.
I know right 👍 , it's just waiting for a little love 💕 the scaffolding alone would be very expensive but your weekends would be kool , especially when you find unexpected surprises in the walls and basement! Just the roof first and one room at a time.
What an absolutely beautiful house. I was imagining what it would have looked like in its glory days and imagining who all has lived there as you were walking through it. The stair case was stunning and the attention to detail throughout. Houses like this are built to last and its a shame it wasn't properly cared for. It's truly a piece of history.
Thanks for the wonderful tour of this lovely victorian home. The exterior design is beautiful and incredibly detailed. It to bad the interior is rotten. I'm very happy I got to see this place before it's completely gone. I love your channel and the amazing places you've been to.
I grew up ina rural town in north central IL, in a house built in 1870 and still standing. There was a log cabin on that site that preceded it. The house is the oldest still-standing residence in the county. A block to the north of it was our little church ] the tiny sanctuary was a former carriage house, built of stone] and was also a shelter and part of the Underground Railroad.
I like the way you really appreciate de architecture but also the human side of a home. The craftsmanship and the details. I see some other content creators that don’t give much respect, especially if it has a dark history. In this case it was great to hear it was used as a stop for the Underground Railroad, which can tell you something about the values of the people who lived there.
You sure don't see craftsmanship like this house had now the woodwork was amazing great find i wish we could go back in time to see it when it was newly built.
I live 20 minutes from here!!I’ve never seen the inside, and have always wondered why it was left to rot. The care and craftsmanship of this home, along with the others of the past, are hard to find. These homes have stories. Such a shame. The pocket doors alone are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing the Pink House. 😊
I hope you stay safe exploring these incredible places. Beautiful house with an honorable historical background. It’s a shame that it’s deteriorating. Our craftsmanship had so much more character in the past.
It could be restored still, the bones of the house are still good. The open, rotted areas can used to easily tear it out for accessing any plumbing or electrical that needs updating, if it runs through that area. I thought l saw old copper water pipes in 1 ceiling area that had rotted open. The 1st step is obviously a new roof, then letting the interior structure fully dry out.
What a beautiful structure, such a shame that is has gone to crumbled pieces. It must have looked amazing if it was all dressed up for Christmas time... The woodwork is fantastic. doors, windows. makes me very sad, this should be a Historic Landmark with its history. Thank you for sharing this adventure.
The house should have been saved as a historic place by the city because it was used as part of the underground railroad. It must have been beautiful in its day.
the detail in that home was very amazing. the exterior work was beautiful. very sad to see it get destroyed like that. i wonder if the owner ran out of money ? great video, thanks
Still such a beautiful place. Sad to see it wasting away like that. We don't have anything like that here in my hometown, but I've always loved the Second Empire design with the Mansard roof. I'm currently designing an Estate of my own that features just such a house with an accompanying carriage house. Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing.
I agree that the fact of this being a stop on the Underground Railroad is enough reason to preserve and restore this grand painted lady. That and the delightfully audacious and generous use of the color pink, which was choosen as the exterior color of the house. Parisiene Pink, from the rooftop to the foundation, excluding the trim, of course. This blush pink house just makes me smile with delight whenever I look at it. Not many things have that effect. So, yeah. I think it's worth saving.
There were a few parts of this videos where I was REALLLLLLY questioning this guy cause I wasnt sure if he was realizing how modern certain things were lol. Like the woodstove, that thing wasnt even 50 years old and he was talking like it was 100 years old lol.
i have close family friends who bought and renovated mansions from 1700s iirc and his adult childen also did the same thing in other areas. it absolutely glorious when i was invited in his home after i attended a choir performance in an old renovated chapel he owned (it looked ethereal) this is also something i plan to do one day, to find a way to renovate and move into homes like this. i'll change the interior a bit but with the same kind of furniture used at that time. im only 16 so i should try asking those family friends some advice on how they managed to renovate and live in a beautiful old house and i hope many more people will do the same because i'll be hosting events and parties for people young and old especially with younger people with genuine old souls! but now i live far from europe but i do have grandparents living in a house built in 1930s-1950s(?) by my grandpas grandparents and its really good that they still kept some of the old furniture the same especially that very squeaky staircase and medieval looking basement door. i really dont want to fully modernise the houses that i'll live in
The fact that it was a stop on the Underground railroad should be reason enough to save the house. It would make a great museum for that purpose, as well as a local history museum.
Renovation cost would be prohibitive.
@@mikemanofleisure assuming that it is in fact true that the house was a stop on the underground railroad, that would almost certainly mean that the owner could get enough funding to completely rebuild/restore the entire house, and they might not even need to spend any of their own money on it!
Yes I agree that it would definitely not be cheap to do but when houses or buildings are on the commonly acceptable side of history then there's always a way it seems.....
It was not a stop on the underground RR. There is a home in NB that was and it was put on the nation register in 1974. If this house had any historical significance, the town historians would have found it and done everything possible to save it. But this is a one stop light town. Trickle down economics never made it to here. Since P & G shut down, so much of Chenango County has withered.
@@ingridshappard7694 "Town Historians" are usually someone who has read all that has been discovered in their town. That doesn't mean there aren't new finds that "local historians" don't know about. They should research it, bring in experts in the Underground Railroad and get their opinion. If they feel it is a valid stop, then I am certain there are grants, and could also do in person and online fundraisers to restore the property. Lack of knowledge of truth doesn't mean it may not be true!!!
@reset setmefree There is no acceptable side of history if you're referring to slavery. There are more enslaved now than at any time in history and sadly the price for a human is at an all time low. PLEASE do a bit of research. Everyone thinks "but what can I do"... A LOT. Even if you don't have or want to donate money, there is a lot that can be done.
This is just an aside, but this house reminds me of The Pink Palace in the Coraline movie adaptation of the book. It's gorgeous. Looking forward to watching this video to learn all about its history.
Yes omg 🤍
Yess. That’s what the home reminded me of too, the pink palace ❤
I was scanning the comments to see if anyone here mentioned Coraline so I wouldn’t post the same thing! 😂 It’s totally the Pink Palace. There’s also a hotel in Avalon, Catalina Island that also looks like the Pink Palace. ❤
@BrandiLucero oooh! I'd love to see that one, too. I'll have to check it out! 🖤 A small part of me has always wanted to own and restore an old home like the pink palace. However, my bank acct says otherwise. Haha. A girl can dream, though! 😊
Yes omg I totally see it ❤
So sad to see this beautiful home in this state. I live in a Victorian home and let me tell you, theses homes were built to last. If taken care of properly they could outlive us all. It’s a shame this home never received the care and attention it deserved.
Wow!!!! Like a big victorian home??
Oh, definitely. A friend of mine bought a Victorian house in a bad neighborhood (used to be a great neighborhood). She then had the house removed and trucked far away to a good location piece of land she owned, and placed the Victorian house there, fixed it up, hooked it up to utilities and such. It looks great.
@@princessmarlena1359 wow, I wish I had the money
@@GoldenKingdom-kp6dt it’s not a huge Victorian, definitely smaller than the one in this video!
@@princessmarlena1359 amazing! I’m glad she gave the home a better environment 😊
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY was this absolutely gorgeous house allowed to sit and rot like this? WHY, just WHY? It is simply incredible. Wonderful piece of architecture and history that deserves to be saved and treasured! A work of art!
It was cheaper for it to rot than to maintain it.
It's a total loss now there's no saving it
The owner is into arcade trash.
Because it's all about $$$
The real life Pink Palace! I keep expecting Coraline or the Other Mother to pop up!
In all seriousness, this is a beautiful home. And I mean absolutely beautiful! It's so sad to see buildings become abandoned.
Kenopsia is the word we're all looking for here.
I was thinking the exact same thing!!
THIS WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I SAW IT
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING
YES!!!! different parts of the house being rented as apartments just makes it so much more related to the pink palace 😆
omg frrrr
What is truly remarkable is that this house was built without any electricity.
All tools were powered by muscle, and yet the homes were built better and way more ornate.
Great exploration!
Many mansions in the Victorian era were built with gas stoves and gas light fixtures tho. So many the self powered homes were probably more common with poorer families
My grandfather was a master woodworker. He built ornate furniture and very high end cabinetry (he also built his own house and cabin cruiser that could sleep four). He was an Austrian-born German with meticulous attention to detail. He could turn four posts for a bed free-hand on an old lathe and they would all match perfectly (no computer to get them 'right') At the age of 90 he built my sister a four-poster mahogany bed with the headboard made from a piece of mahogany that he had stored in his workshop for 50 years. It was a queen-sized bed and the headboard (excluding the posts) were of just ONE piece of solid mahogany (which gives you an idea of how big the tree was). My grandfather died at the age of 92 (at the age of 80 he put a poured tar roof on his house all by himself!) These kind of meticulous, hardworking, perfectionist craftsman are rapidly disappearing. In the Victorian age, they were more common. They took pride in their work. Unfortunately, our society has become overtaken by big corporations whose bottom lines are the almighty dollar. And younger generations don't want beautifully hand-made antiques, but but the latest plastic/particle board furniture from Ikea. It's very sad.
@@loribragg2947 "younger generations don't want beautifully hand-made antiques, but but the latest plastic/particle board furniture from Ikea." Not true, none of us want cheap crap, but we can't afford anything decently made, and frankly not much of anything is decently made anymore. And we can't afford to buy homes anymore, so antique heavy wood furniture is impractical to an extent because we'll have to move it at some point in the next few years at minimum.
With regards to the idea of the craftsperson disappearing, the skilled trades are just not keeping up as workplaces. You can make the same, if not more, money doing less backbreaking work elsewhere with a better schedule. The last skilled-trade apprenticeship I remember hearing about was a local cobbler who wanted full availability, 40+ hours/week, no school commitments...for $500/month. This was just a few years ago, maybe 2018 or 2019. The industrial facilities I've worked in seem to have no interest in training anyone up to replace the operators who frankly don't have many working years left in them. I'm thinking of one facility in particular that can't fire the one guy who knows How To Do The Thing because no one else knows how to do the thing in the entire metro area. It's niche enough that I don't even want to say what it is, but it's a manufacturing process that the military needs. Yet they won't bring anyone on to train under him so the guy can at least retire at some point.
@@loribragg2947the younger generations dont want fine craftsmanship because they can’t even afford the cheap shit
You’re not understanding that we are literally back to the 1880s with tenement housing, slums, and child labor.
There will always be a market for fine craft, but it will be with the rich who aren’t worried about eating tomorrow.
My grandfather was also a carpenter with a perfect mind and hands, much like yours. Though I doubt he worked on the same quality of projects as his clientele were lower.
It’s because there was a system in place to train and work and materials available.
That headboard would be 10k today.
@@loribragg2947 Truer words were never spoken. I did have to giggle at some of the "abandoned" homes wherein the Master would have a double size bed - small wonder they had such large families was my take. This one has a Queen's size so that had to be put in more recently - like within the last 60 years.
I don’t understand why such an important piece of history would be left to fall apart ☹️
Numerous investment properties and they don't care we've got too much
Its America. History means nothing here.
Wow. I almost bought this house but too much work for my budget.
with a street no 10 yards away ? @@BenneWill
I don't understand... this house sold in 2020. Who bought it and why are they still letting it sit?
Watching this video not only makes me extremely sad, it makes me sick to my stomach seeing that this majestic home has been neglected. How I wish I could save it.
I had the same reaction, it's such a shame that something so beautiful is falling apart like that. I just love it
Totally agree..if history is forgotten it will be repeated
Several investors should buy it!
So much $$ to restore now …family fighting over rights - always sad !
Never should have been let to get this way !!!!
Still watching - all those new boxes - semi new paint - games - did he gave permission to go in that house ?? I’m not sure what is going on there …
Imagine the love, laughter, heartache, and the music that happened in this beautiful home, it's simply wonderful. By the way, I admire the respect and care you show, and I love your calmness.
Me too!
I noticed all the mantles for the fireplaces were gone but still some beautiful treasures that could be saved. The doors, the trim, windows. That old upper lock is something I have been hunting for. I love it all. So heartbreaking 💔
What a shame this beautiful house is just rotting from the inside out. That roof should have been fixed a long time ago to prevent this mess. Just sad. Thanks, Devin
It's insanity. People are wasteful. It would of easily lived another hundred years if taken care of. Now it's on its death bed.
Modernism has nothing on classical architecture.
That roof alone would cost way over $50,000. Ours was $30,000 15 years ago and was half the size
@@HeatherMarieG I live in a small 1920 house. The roof was $15,000 in 2013. Today with inflation it would probably be $20,000.
Bro, I know exactly where this is. I drive by it all the time. There’s a huge campground facility not far from that house just off that same road that you should check out. Idk if it’s an old resort or a summer camp but it’s pretty big. And the covert parking situation is perfect with a fishing area just a few hundred yards away. Hit me up, I’ll tell you where it’s at
FYI that "secret staircase" was the servants' stairway. Servants generally had their bedrooms in the attic. This is such an exquisite home and it's not beyond hope, especially as the woodwork seems to be surviving really well. With our economy and the world in difficult straits nowadays, a lot of young people are desperate for affordable properties, and are learning to do the work required to renovate damaged homes. I'd love to see a group of friends or extended family members buy this and just gradually start DIY fixing it up. If this property might be for sale, you should maybe give the location out... as who knows, you might help save it.
I t costs more to repair a house than build a new one sometimes, especially a house like that.
This house is beyond repair. But they should definitely salvage whatever pieces of the woodwork and fixtures as they can.
@@violet_riot i don't think anything is beyond repair if you throw enough money at it
An architectural salvage company could buy the components of this house and sell to enthusiasts. At least then the pieces of this beauty could live on.
I share your dream. Depending on the resources, this house might stand a chance, but there would have to be deep resources in skill and funds. The DIY restoration could work with other houses small and not so far gone.
imagine all the memories in this home. many families have likely lived in this house and think about how much growth, development and memories happened in this home. family dinners, opening presents on christmas morning, the kids jumping into leave piles in the large yard outside in october … so much has happened here, and the house really just tells such a story.
I love the slave part and imaging them creeping up that little narrow stairway and then getting hidden behind some false wall until they could move on. God bless these people, which even more makes it a real sin to have it rotting away.
This actually made me a bit teary eyed. all those little details, they do not make homes like that anymore. makes me wonder about the original people who lived there, makes me think about history. and it is a very sobering fact, that times gets us all in the end. Thanks for sharing this.
i know you commented this months ago, but i entirely agree. i can’t help but wish humanity stayed so dedicated to their designs. i cannot stand seeing people renovating beautiful homes like these and turn them into white basic boring modern houses. bring back originality.
@@yeukiq2974I agree with you so greatly! It hurts as well to see these sort of homes and buildings get demolished and replaced with Dollar Generals and cardboard condos charging 10x their worth. I truly hope I get to see a rebirth of such an artistic world
@@ILOVESOYLENTGREEN for real. i’m glad i’m british because places like edinburgh have such beautiful places that still stand.
@@yeukiq2974 Nice! I can definitely appreciate being near a historic city - it's nice to have somewhere nearby that is worth walking around just to look at. I feel bad for those who don't. Unless they have nature - thats also very pretty and rare
I live in Northern Kentucky, near the the intersection of the Licking River and the Ohio River. Both my high school and my first place of employment had underground rooms and tunnels leading to the river, both related to the Underground railroad.
It was always eerie to work at nights in that building!
Where is this house I know someone who might want to buy her and bring her back to life
@@njione It's 5050 State highway route 8 New Berlin NY.
I’m proud of the people who helped keep blacks safe from the atrocities.
Let's all give thanks and honor the brave men and women who helped in the underground railroad!
They are true heroes to us all!
BLM bought expensive real estate with their mulit-multi-millions. How did they miss this historic Underground RR home? Oh that's right, they only bought really luxurious mansions. They could have refurbished this place and made it a museum.
I agree! And the house and history is just beautiful!
R you single
Don't forget the people that gave their lives to end slavery here in the United State's.
I live in a tiny town in Wisconsin that was part of the underground railroad
To restore this Victorian beauty would take hundreds of thousands of dollars. It would be fantastic to find a party willing and able to invest in this beautiful architectural design from the 1800’s. If not able to restore, please salvage the beautifully handcrafted woodworking present in this historic home. There are extraordinary handcrafted features that can never be resurrected or reproduced again. So much here that could be salvaged and go on to enlighten young, talented craftsmen/women to help preserve these masterpieces.
Millions, actually, but it could probably be done
I agree, salvage the beautiful woodwork, cabinets, doors and doorframe etc. I'd donate the materials to Habitat for Humanity. It's a reputable charity organization. 😊
There’s plenty of rich 🤑 that could easily have this resurrected.
The saddest part is not investing in something so magnificent.
Is all the world traveling and buying more, and more worthless trash.
I'm thinking millions, too, instead of hundreds of thousands. I wonder if it might be cheaper to remove any usable elements (like the pocket doors) take detailed photos and measurements and completely rebuild the house new. 😂 I often wondered that when I see magnificent architecture that has mouldered beyond rescue.
Money pit
I used to live in the town where this house is! In the 80s it was owned by a family that made some kind of mystical fairy figurines. The factory was in the town of New Berlin NY! I always wondered what it looked like inside. Now I know thanks to you!!
I think I know the house, I used to live in Ithaca!
I was gonna say. This looks like upstate NY through and through. A lot of places like this around CNY.
i live in upstate ny, would love to find a place like this to explore
I knew this had to be New Berlin, New York! This is my home town grew up there in the early 2000's i figured i had to be in a state of disrepair as its gone from owner to owner. But no one ever gets past trying to fix up the outside before they run out of money. Thank you for answering
one of my life long questions being as to what this house looked like on the inside.
Which town is that and where
OMG. I wish I had the money to buy and restore that beautiful, historic, home. What a shame that such a magnificent Victorian home has been left to age with the time.
This makes me cry! All this ornate beauty left with total disregard and abandon, and for people to come in and destroy what was left! I so LOVE the clawfoot tub, the built-ins and the pocket doors and all the stairs, inside and out, the doors, knobs and locks. I wish this were my house!
I was an interior designer and I spent most of 2007 looking for oiled bronze appliances as I was sick to death of stainless Steel. JennAir had some, but in Europe only. The clawfoot tub had my oiled bronze - so they had it way back then but just not today!
When they say they don't build em like they used to...they mean it. I live in an 1886 Folk Victorian which is nowhere near as grand or big as this but I see features both share. It breaks my heart to see such architecture go to ruin. That's why we renovated ( not restored ) this house. It's still one of a kind and I'm grateful to have saved it. Love your channel. :o)
What I wouldn't give to go back in time and see this house in its prime
Imagine if those walls could talk!
It's on page 48 & 49 of a book called America's painted ladies!! 🫶
JennAir was founded in 1947, and they made fans for all kinds of stuff. In 1961 they had the idea to stick a fan inside a stove and invented the first self ventilated stove tops. It was a hit. The company was sold a few times and today is owned by whirlpool but still make appliances. I believe they make some really high end stuff to this day in fact.
I hope you’re right! Whirlpool churned out appliances and their products in no way were ever on par with JennAire.
@@debbieedwards9508 yes they are still alive and well! Whirlpool’s product line (from entry level to high end) is: Amana, Whirlpool, MayTag, KitchenAide, Jenn Air. My job works very closely with Whirlpool, and they are all great product lines.
Yes, they still make a high end Jenn-aire gas burner stove/oven combo with a griddle in the middle of the stove. I have seen several magazine ads that show this appliance in a new renno of kitchens with the "before and after" photos. Pretty pricey appliance.
I love my Jenn Air!
Yep, my parents had the JennAir grill in the middle of the stovetop!
My uncle in Springfield, Ohio bought an old house that had the underground railroad entrance and living quarters. It didn’t seem like it was an attic to me, just looked like an entire floor with separate rooms and a kitchen and had no hallways. Beautiful old home that my Aunt still lives in. Sits similarly to this home on an old road like this one.
I always get so psychologically stimulated by tours of places like this. I go away feeling the following: It is okay to be breaking down. It doesn't mean you aren't still beautiful. This house holds so much history and so much good history. Just because it is falling apart, that does not change.
Sadly, the neglect also reminds me of how we treat old folks, too. Used to have grandparents and aunties-n-such there close at hand in the home. Not so much now 😏🥺
@@SuZ4242 ahhh true! I can see how it reminds you of that too!
Everything falls apart. We all fall apart. We all die. What was once so lively and full of memories will decay and degrade to nothing but a dusty frame. Or you could be a brand new house totally swept away by a tornado. Anything can happen, woo hoo 🎉🎉
So sad to see places like this fall into disrepair. Such a beautiful house, i can’t even imagine how it must have looked when it was in its prime.
Oh, that is heartbreaking. That’s literally my dream house, a gorgeous Second Empire Victorian. The history of that house, especially as a stop on the Underground Railroad. I actually do own a brick Second Empire that was built in 1886, a classic St. Louis mini-Mansard. Still, that house…those pocket doors are still gorgeous. If those walls could talk. If I had the money…❤
Yes, the style of this house and the woodwork, pocket doors, and locks were superb!!!
I'll bet you know about Korey and Kim and their channel The 2nd Empire Strikes Back! :-)
Thank you for zooming in on all the intricate tiny ornate details like the door knobs, key holes and even little window brackets. Those are the things that really make these houses gorgeous and are lacking in today’s architecture. this time Was known as the aesthetics period where every thing was hand crafted or decorated with filigree and scrollwork, and I just love it. It really treats the eye everywhere you look.
I really appreciate your relaxing soothing narration and lovely camera work.
thank you for not using a wide eye lens as those tend to make me feel nauseous and sick and I have to discontinue watching the video. I really appreciate your whole vibe and will continue watching you always.
I can imagine how beautiful and gorgeous that house must have been back then..
Oh, I didn't know a doll's house really existed 💖
Seriously: this house should not have been allowed to be in such a dilapidated state. After all, it is a valuable monument! Couldn't this damage have been prevented by renovating the roof in good time? As unprofitable as this may sound I fear it is now...
The wood in the interiors delights my eyes, because the ubiquitous plywood is something awful. The beautiful, large washbasin instead of the trendy countertop bowls.... marvellous! The details, the colours, the love and attention to detail, the heart - this is what makes the house special (I'm an anti-fan of poor, trendy minimalism). This house is georgeous.
Roof and gutters are very important.
How was this house not preserved, especially given its history. I'm so tired of seeing how we just let high-quality craftsmanship sit and rot. This house could have been saved with proper maintenance.
Yes, agree. But it’s a big house with what people considered a sad past, in the south, which was devastated by war. It became a rental, which usually means abuse for such houses. So much loss. These abandoned properties with historic value might be taken over by the government, but you already know how that would go down. Wishing a photographer and salvager would get involved now, before it’s too late to save anything there.
@@robinbirdj743 It's in New York state. Not the south, and there doesn't actually appear to be any connection to the Underground Railroad, doing some research on the house outside of this video doesn't bring anything like that up. He showed servants quarters, not anything in connection to the Underground Railroad.
you fix it then 😂
Humans are just too wasteful.
Where do you think slaves escaped to? They went north. They still had to hide to escape slave hunters who would capture them and send them back down south. Jesus, I am not American ( thank god) but I know this history.
The fact that this is in New Berlin, NY I lived in the house across the street! Way back in 2006 my bedroom was across the way sometimes I could see lights on late at night on the 3rd floor there, was almost always light on outside near the house! I went inside once the old man let us in to look it’s so sad to see the floor caving in, I think this house should get care and restored back to the way it was!! So much history! And once as beautiful as the titanic! It’s big house! The vibe seems good I think it’s all the good things people did in that house for under ground rail road!
Yes restored to how it was during its time.
I love this house..I cant believe someone is just letting it rot away....Ive always wanted a house like this... sadly if somebody would have just made sure it had a good roof it wouldnt be falling down.....Thanks for the video!!
Do you have a $Million and a half to put into a home to renovate it? If so, go to it, if not, keep dreaming.
Seems like it's been abandoned since the 90's. That would explain the state of this beautiful mansion. And I think the pink color is amazing. Makes this house so much more cosy and inviting. Not like a haunted house vibe. I could live there 😍
Victorian houses would usually be painted earthy tones. Deep orange, green, or blue.
@@djplonghead5403 also electrified by wireless, look at that huge antenna on top
Its definitely 90's themed. I recognise the kitchen handles, lights and wallpaper as 90s trends. It seems the family did a massive renovation on it and then couldn't afford to fix the roof when it started leaking. And my 90s bedroom was the same pink 😂
The light fixtures have CFL light bulbs in them. Those didn't exist until 2005 ish. I'd guess that it was used until 2010 or so.
This was absolutely lived in in the 90s. This guy talked about certain things like they were original to the house and I'm like buddy.....LOOK at it lol, it's like 30 years old lol
It breaks my heart to see beautiful homes like this just rot away. The detail and craftsmanship is unbelievable. You do not see that today
This beautiful home left to ruin breaks my heart.. I hate seeing such craftsmanship let fall in on itself. Maintained, this home would outlast anything built today. How happy and proud the people who had it built must have been on their first day in it! It would have been magnificent! I hope that if their spirits linger there, it appears as beautiful to them now as it was then. ♥️
My those magnificent doors and archways could be sold for a pretty penny rather than rotting away. The room off of the kitchen would have been the servant's bedroom.
Such a shame this historic place is left to rot away. Thank you for sharing with us.
My parents own a victorian era home on the south end of New Berlin. Complete with servant's quarters. There is even an original floor bell that the head of the household would step on in the dining room to summon servants. Across the street are two homes that have secret rooms and tunnels that was part of the underground railroad. There is an actual underground tunnel connecting the two homes. One is called Perfered Manor and the other is a private residence. This area is very rich is history
Romantic, but sadly so many are doomed. That's major water damage. I grew up in a town where these old monsters are amazingly preserved quite well.
As a child I used to live in a late 1800s home sitting right in front of train tracks. Close enough that if the train derailed it would be sitting on my front porch - the horn blasting would shake the house. I miss that place. I love older houses - nothing these days seems to have an artistic value from the new vehicles to the homes to the anything at all. Hope that changes in my lifetime, love these videos. Sometimes it becomes hard for me to even believe such fascinating, beautiful art was of common everyday use
This is way too Beautiful 😻 we have small communities back home southeast Ohio.
That have restored and kept up houses from the Underground Railroad.
This is too magnificent with such historical value.
So sad someone doesn’t save this.
Those domed pocket doors are just too much...🤩
Jenn Aire ranges were quite common and expensive back in the 70s-80s. The room off the kitchen is a breakfast nook. The back door room is a mud room/ servants entrance. Supplies and groceries were brought in that door as well. The door knob is marble. The writing on the shelves is probably by the last inhabitants. Victorian's wouldn't use the mud room for storage. BEAUTIFUL pocket doors! So sad this beautiful house was left to rot.
Still very common and very expensive. They are often found with Wolf and Viking products at appliance stores.
I still have my Jennair cooktop and use it. I didn't likethe grill so I bought the 2 burner cartridge, so it's a 4 burner unit. Works like a charm.
Exactly, they're from being ancient. I believe they still make them.
Thank you for actually knowing that!
I took the room off of the kitchen as the servants room as they were always placed close to the kitchen to keep the stoves and fireplaces going throughout the night as well as getting up early to make bread and make the family breakfast. They would have to go out for eggs. They could not wake the family, hence, the downstairs room. Many homes of this statute would have all meals in the dining room. The small hidden stairways is for the slaves to disappear upstairs quickly and get behind a false wall.
That kitchen is what we used to call "High Eighties"... It's got everything that was popular back then.
It's a shame that nobody got to repair the tiny leak in the roof that started the disaster it's become... Nobody realizes that this type of thing takes YEARS to develop. The leak in the roof probably started in the 1990s and was either ignored purposely, or was something that was so small it was no concern to the then current owner.
Oh... And a good hearted reminder to younger people... The Underground Railroad had absolutely nothing to do with being subterranean, nor involved in any way with locomotives or tracks of any kind.
It was called the Underground Railroad because it was a secret (the underground reference) and that it was set up in stages, with key stops at certain points (like the regular railroad)...
The reason I mention this, is because I know people who are even in their late Thirties and early Forties who look for train tracks in basements that the "underground railroad" ran through... True story.🙄
I’m 31, and knew that the Underground Railroad itself did not refer to a literal railroad. I will say, however, that I thought these homes were strategically in places where longer distance travel was a bit easier.. meaning possibly near a railroad? I’ve never even thought much into that or why I thought that though! I’ll definitely be looking more into this now because I’d love to know more about it. They don’t teach much in schools unfortunately.
@@alk4717 hi Alecia-
The homes and farmsteads that were owned by people who supported the Underground Railroad were just on "main" routes of travel of the time... Usually.
A lot of times they were near a major waterway, a lot of times they were on what was called a "pike"... If you live in a state that was a state during the Civil War, usually there's a road that goes between two biggish cities that "nobody uses anymore"... I live in Ohio and there are several "old roads" like Route 36, Route 42, Route 40, etc... That all have homes on them that were said to have been stops on the Underground Railroad.
Of course many of those homes did actually have some sort of hidden room, usually in the cellar or dug out under one of the porches, where people could hide if they had to...
But of course like everything else, it probably wasn't as "frought with danger" and as exciting as that stuff is portrayed in the Hollyweird movies.
Gotta remember that there weren't one third as many people here back then, as opposed to now.
And a small group could travel MILES without running into another soul.
Of course, they DID travel at night, especially when near "major" towns... But then again, those major towns were populated by about 200-400 people who wouldn't have noticed much going on at the outskirts.
The Slave Owners would hire groups of guys that would ride after the people who escaped... But by the time those groups got north of the Ohio River, folks around would have steered them in the wrong direction if they noticed them once Emancipation happened and a lot of times beforehand... Not many human beings ever enjoyed seeing other human beings enslaved... True story.
Although, just like today... I'm sure there were a few crooked scumbags who'd tattle anyway and tell the Raiders which way they saw the dark skinned people go.
Some people would sell their own mother for a buck.
But yeah... It was a very sophisticated system... And it got people to safety. It just wasn't as elaborate as a lot of people imagine it was... Nor as "glamorous".
There's actually an 1835 built house that's just down the road from us. It was the stagecoach stop between Mount Vernon Ohio and Columbus.
It was reportedly used as a stop on the underground railroad, too.
And there is a "secret room" in the cellar... It's under the side porch of the house.
But that room couldn't be more than four by eight feet and maybe with a ceiling of five or six feet.
It looks like there might have been a way out from under the actual porch at one time... And the way in from the basement inside the house is really inconvenient... Possibly to deter anyone from looking.
It's really interesting... And I guess places like that still exist here in the Midwest and Eastern part of the US.
YEAH! Check into the town you live in... It sure is interesting to discover things you might never have known about.
Cheers!
@@alk4717 Yes, these houses were built along RR stops too, though this one is likely 1860s-70s, and may have been built just before a RR went in ( the Second Empire style and Eastlake door and window hardware are clues).
@@slicksnewonenowyou really should be a writer. You literally brought my imagination to life.
@@daughterofaveteran thank you.
I was an English Major, but that was forty some odd years ago 😁
Unfortunately, it seems to me like I've lost some of the ability... But I suppose I can still get the point across.
Cheers!
Love your video and how you explain in such detail . Love your method of exploring!! I've seen other videos and they make me 😵DIZZY!!! all the panning and fuzziness in video. I really really enjoyed this thank you soooooooo soooooooo much!!!🤗🤗 I too love looking in old homes and really appreciate the old woodwork, hardware, windows. And the kitchens ohhh man that's the first thing I wanna look at. Nice to know there's somone out there who loves to do this kinda thing like me, I'M NOT ALONE😅 whenever i pass an abandoned house on the road i just wanna pull over and find a way in, my kids say"mother your crazy"😅😊😊🤭. I hear it in you narration how respectful you are of the space your"exploring". Thank you so much till your next adventure!!🙆♀️
damn i wish more homes were built or preserved like this i love victorian era architecture it just has waaayy more character. i love thethe different textures and shapes. like rounded windows, arches everything about it i lovee
I grew up not too far from this area and have driven past this beautiful house tons of times, it's so awesome getting to see inside! Super fascinating to learn about the history behind it and how it was involved with the Underground Railroad. Thanks for sharing!
Don't get why it is not being saved by a historic association.
Where is this? It looks familiar.
Where is this house located? I grew up in an old Victorian home would love to see this before it’s gone
It is in New Berlin, NY
@@kaerandall5816 thank you
Hey Devin - always a good time following you around! I have to tell you I am SO impressed with you and what you do. You have an “old soul,” my friend-so much appreciation for all things from “the ago.” My mama went to a school in a converted home such as this in a very small town on the furthest state in the NW of America! This is a once-gorgeous Victorian and it breaks my heart to see it this way.
It was definitely built in the days when a craftsman workmanship was his life’s work. Homes were built to be passed down through the years! These days people want “disposable” houses to go with disposable everything else and it makes me sick! Families don’t seem to have a care for the history of their families. I have no idea why, but no one wants to take on a home such as this. I LOVE the doorknobs and window fixtures!! So beautiful! Thanks for takin’ me along!
We’re sadly selling our 1950’s home to move to a location that is really a dream for us… but I’m so sad to lose the character in our house. These Victorian homes put our 50’s house to absolute shame! I LOVE all of the detail everywhere.
It’s evident that so much care was put into creating this beautiful home! Thank you for sharing this.
WOW!!! What a place… its so gorgeous, can imagine its glory back in the day. Thanks for the tour, this was just what I needed!
What an incredible home with equally incredible, yet sad history. That chair in the middle of the upper room all alone was so eerie. I could almost see someone sitting in that chair, looking around at their surroundings, wondering how this house would turn out to be.
Wonderful house inside and out. Love the interior woodwork.
2020 - 1860 = 160 years.
This would make the house originally an Elizabethan Renaissance and perhaps updated to a Queen Anne in late or mid 1800's or 1860 if you like, Elizabethan Renaissance was architecture copied by Queen Anne and later Victorian copied Queen Anne. So it would have been 1660 to 1700 plus. that an Elizabethan Renaissance was in style in Europe. But would it have gotten to our shores at that time when there was a war going on? Doubt it. But it was a time the slaves were on the move. Did these Elizabethan houses built by prosperous New Yorkers prior to the war? They could have added on some of the Queen Anne style later, the fancy iron work surrounding the frame, windows, large decks, etc. Hard to say. One would have to see New Berlin's town Records to ascertain when this house was first registered.
I always feel Queen Anne is like the frosting on the cake of an Elizabethan house.
It's the pink palace from Coraline!
Exactly my thought.
Nice catch👌
I was going to say the same thing
This house is stunning. The woodwork and craftsmanship is impeccable.
I ❤ this Victorian home. I dont understand how someone just walked away. Why wouldnt they put it up for sale. Not only was it old but, the wood work, pocket doors and stairs is too much for me to see just rot away. Thank God there was no graffiti. Someone please,please please save this beauty. We'll never see these homes again, (for our next generations sake).
I always saw you as a total gentleman, a guy with class, a cut above all the other urban explorers. I am not at all surprised you had an awesome Mom. May she rest in peace. Take care
It always breaks my heart to see such beautiful workmanship, and bits of history left to rot. 😢
What a beautiful home! So sad it's in such disrepair. I like to imagine the people who lived there long ago and what it was like when the home was new. I love old homes and the history behind them. Thank you for the tour.
The craftsmanship of that time was remarkable. Anything built today pales in comparison.
I was so nervous you were going to fall through!! What a beautiful home. Shame it’s to be demolished. 😢
So sad that this gorgeous old home was left to rot, I love all the woodwork.
It's a shame it's destroyed it needs to be restored
It could probably be restored, but it would take 4-5 million, I'd guess
@@groofoot true, but sadly these days those with means have no real interests in making over old homes, they on only want to bulldoze them down and built some crazy oversized mega mansion, in its place.
Yes it should’ve been but it’s too far gone now😢
@@kimlarso As I say, if the right person is willing to drop 5 Mil on it, ... it could be done .... new floors and roof ... etc.
@@groofoot The nostalgia of these houses lives on deep down in my Soul as I know the Soul/Sole purpose for why these homes were built as they were>Well, I’m afraid those days are long gone….It was a Time when people loved people & used things, a time when family & loved ones really meant everything & no one minded hard work Bc it always paid off….days when ya got up with Sun & went to sleep with the Moon…Today, people love things and use people! Don’t want to Debbie Down but it’s the truth! I’m quite alright living in a much smaller house=Less you have the less you have to do….I live rural and often see big houses like these in the same condition & so, I do some photography & can only hope my childrens childrens children will look in amazement as I did/do Bc I’m afraid the day will never come when we see this craftsmanship of houses ever again…..if I had the money I’d certainly invest in land that had some caves and have a cave home=idk where I was going w this LOL & I’m thankful & grateful I will not live to see the housing 100 yrs from now=I envision it to look something like how China/Japan do>huge skyscraper apt homes as we’ve worn out the current farming lands & Chinese foreigners have bought a lot of American land, bought out our major meat plants & currently have a dozen or more ‘Chinese Police Stations’ in many dif States=They say to help Chinese foreigners w their documents & DL’s but since when do we use the police to help us w such things??! I’m hate to say it but I believe America has been bought out & so it’d only make sense/since that the kinds of houses our forefathers turning over in their graves & would’ve lived in will suffer the same fate our beloved Country appears to be heading too…..On a lighter note, yes, I absolutely appreciate videos such as these Bc they’re capturing a History we barely know & will soon be lost forever….🦋
It's so heartbreaking to see that magnificent home left to rot. Amazing though how the woodwork trims survived so well. It would be wonderful if someone could salvage those.
Sad to think people will have made happy memories in this house not knowing it would end up looking like this
I know right 👍 , it's just waiting for a little love 💕 the scaffolding alone would be very expensive but your weekends would be kool , especially when you find unexpected surprises in the walls and basement! Just the roof first and one room at a time.
What an absolutely beautiful house. I was imagining what it would have looked like in its glory days and imagining who all has lived there as you were walking through it. The stair case was stunning and the attention to detail throughout. Houses like this are built to last and its a shame it wasn't properly cared for. It's truly a piece of history.
Thanks for the wonderful tour of this lovely victorian home. The exterior design is beautiful and incredibly detailed. It to bad the interior is rotten. I'm very happy I got to see this place before it's completely gone. I love your channel and the amazing places you've been to.
I grew up ina rural town in north central IL, in a house built in 1870 and still standing. There was a log cabin on that site that preceded it. The house is the oldest still-standing residence in the county. A block to the north of it was our little church ] the tiny sanctuary was a former carriage house, built of stone] and was also a shelter and part of the Underground Railroad.
I like the way you really appreciate de architecture but also the human side of a home. The craftsmanship and the details. I see some other content creators that don’t give much respect, especially if it has a dark history. In this case it was great to hear it was used as a stop for the Underground Railroad, which can tell you something about the values of the people who lived there.
Someone or some historical Society, please save this home!!
Thank you for documenting this wonder of Victorian architecture. I may be beyond salvage, but at least it lives on in your video.
You sure don't see craftsmanship like this house had now the woodwork was amazing great find i wish we could go back in time to see it when it was newly built.
This is my idea of a dream house it’s gorgeous even with the decay
I live 20 minutes from here!!I’ve never seen the inside, and have always wondered why it was left to rot. The care and craftsmanship of this home, along with the others of the past, are hard to find. These homes have stories. Such a shame. The pocket doors alone are gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing the Pink House. 😊
I hope you stay safe exploring these incredible places. Beautiful house with an honorable historical background. It’s a shame that it’s deteriorating. Our craftsmanship had so much more character in the past.
It could be restored still, the bones of the house are still good. The open, rotted areas can used to easily tear it out for accessing any plumbing or electrical that needs updating, if it runs through that area. I thought l saw old copper water pipes in 1 ceiling area that had rotted open. The 1st step is obviously a new roof, then letting the interior structure fully dry out.
What a beautiful structure, such a shame that is has gone to crumbled pieces. It must have looked amazing if it was all dressed up for Christmas time...
The woodwork is fantastic. doors, windows. makes me very sad, this should be a Historic Landmark with its history. Thank you for sharing this adventure.
Absolutely stunning place 🩷 I love things from late 1800’s to early 1900’s
Absolutely beautiful. I just found your page and I’m completely obsessed! 💕
The house should have been saved as a historic place by the city because it was used as part of the underground railroad. It must have been beautiful in its day.
That house is exquisite! It really needs to be saved.
the detail in that home was very amazing. the exterior work was beautiful.
very sad to see it get destroyed like that. i wonder if the owner ran out of money ?
great video, thanks
At 11:33 you can hear another person talking in the background. If nobody else was in the house or right outside, that's definitely an EVP. 😮
Yes loud and clear.
Yes. I think it says I’m here
Such beautiful architecture 😍 This property should have been on a historical register to be preserved. Thank you for being so respectful - class act 😊
This house is heritage grade. It should be restored. It would be costly but it could be turn into a B&B or anything else. Sad.
Those kitchen cabinets look pretty good inside at 2:16.
I grew up in the town this house is in. It was once so beautiful. So sad.
What city and state?
New Berlin, NY
Still such a beautiful place. Sad to see it wasting away like that. We don't have anything like that here in my hometown, but I've always loved the Second Empire design with the Mansard roof.
I'm currently designing an Estate of my own that features just such a house with an accompanying carriage house.
Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing.
I agree that the fact of this being a stop on the Underground Railroad is enough reason to preserve and restore this grand painted lady. That and the delightfully audacious and generous use of the color pink, which was choosen as the exterior color of the house. Parisiene Pink, from the rooftop to the foundation, excluding the trim, of course. This blush pink house just makes me smile with delight whenever I look at it. Not many things have that effect. So, yeah. I think it's worth saving.
Thanks for your thoughtful tour and appreciation of the beautiful craftsmanship of the gem of a Victorian home I wish I had the money to save. 😢 ❤❤❤
What a beautiful old house and how sad that no-one cared to salvage any of it!
Stephen King's main residence, in Bangor, ME, looks just like this place, but it's a darker shade of pink/red
What an amazing home and so sad it’s not being renovated to its former glory. They don’t make gorgeous homes like that anymore 😢
I think it’s just an amazing home. Lost in time. Lost maybe to the world for ever. Thanks for sharing.
Back in the day where people took pride in their work . Beautiful home .
We had a Jenn Air cooktop in our kitchen. House was built in 1985. I suspect a lot of that kitchen dates to around the same time.
Yeah, those kitchen cabinets had country-80s vibes for sure.
I had a Jenn Air in the early seventies. Used to be the top of the line.
There were a few parts of this videos where I was REALLLLLLY questioning this guy cause I wasnt sure if he was realizing how modern certain things were lol. Like the woodstove, that thing wasnt even 50 years old and he was talking like it was 100 years old lol.
@@Zach2ThaFuture Yeah, imo, first day on the job. He is much more suited to an arcade gallery of a few years ago relics of the trashy 90's.
@@camlacasse3760 absolutely
LOL the 'Please don't smoke' mug at around 3:30? I used to have one, if you looked on the bottom it continues, '...and I won't fart'.
i have close family friends who bought and renovated mansions from 1700s iirc and his adult childen also did the same thing in other areas. it absolutely glorious when i was invited in his home after i attended a choir performance in an old renovated chapel he owned (it looked ethereal)
this is also something i plan to do one day, to find a way to renovate and move into homes like this. i'll change the interior a bit but with the same kind of furniture used at that time. im only 16 so i should try asking those family friends some advice on how they managed to renovate and live in a beautiful old house and i hope many more people will do the same because i'll be hosting events and parties for people young and old especially with younger people with genuine old souls!
but now i live far from europe but i do have grandparents living in a house built in 1930s-1950s(?) by my grandpas grandparents and its really good that they still kept some of the old furniture the same especially that very squeaky staircase and medieval looking basement door. i really dont want to fully modernise the houses that i'll live in
Wow can you imagine all the changes that house has seen. To bad a historical society can't save it