This was a common practice to build the house over a spring source and run it through the basement. It would create a cold cellar where goods could be preserved longer and it also protected the water source at the point of where you draw the water. Usually there would be a settlement basin made of stone just off to the side of where the stone and cement water trough came in. They could wash clothes in the winter in the exit basin troff. They also sometimes put a hand well pump upstairs down to the basement basin for water. There would also sometimes be a flow gate upstream to divert the water during heavy rain or the basement could flood. Sometimes they would divert spring run off to the house sort of like building a house over a creek. Sometimes they'd build right at the source where it comes out of the ground which sometimes had cave or cavern structure around them but with these there was a problem they never considered. The cavern cave would vent radon gas that would accumulate in the basement and trap in the house. I bet if you had a portable radon detector you find it to be a little hot.
Nice to see a place not marked up by graffiti or destroyed by vandals. Sad to think that there was once life there and now it's gone. Often while sitting in a room in my own house I look around and wonder how many people have been in this room through time. What events took place here. Arguments, laughter, conversation. etc. and it was only built in the 40s. Old houses would obviously have so much more "history" and secrets. Thanks for sharing the experience.
My grandma died when i was five. I found out this month she entrusted the family homestead to me. My dad has destroyed in 28 years what it took generations to establish. I love these old place's. I hate seeing them abandoned and decaying. I hope i get to save mine before its gone
First priority, make sure the roof doesn't leak. Second, secure and weatherproof doors and windows. Third, make sure water drains away from the house to prevent damp basement or foundation.
Oh, Ryan, how awful for you to go through such betrayal! My mother did much the same to me, stealing the inheritance left to me by her parents, so I can understand your feelings. Please trust me when I say that you should concentrate on taking the steps required to protect any buildings you now own and then look toward restoring not only your grandmother's gift to you, but your fractured relationship with your dad. Don't make the mistake I did. I never forgave my mother for her actions and learned of her death too late to even tell her that I loved her. Many blessings and much love.
What you found in the cave is called, a spring house. It would be like a refrigerator to keep fresh milk, and cream, cold. Veggies would be stored in a box or a sack hung from the rafters or in a dry place, to keep cold out of the water. Probably there was a small shack over the top of it where meat and cheese were hung and stairs to the water. Most likely after the invent of electricity, it was abandoned in lieu of a electric fridge. The building would have rotted away and most likely torn down or moved to be used for something else. My grandparent had a cellar under their house. Just a hole underneath the floor joices and stairs from the outside, down in the earthen walls of the hole where they kept their canned goods on shelves and used it as a refrigerator before electricity. My parents house, had a pull up door in the floor of my closet which was much the same. Mom would open it up to cool the house down when it was a unbearably hot night. We didn't use it at all except for a few times in the summer.
Ah man, I like it. I love the thick walls and the way the window opening flairs out. The two bulb light fixture is cool, early 1900's for sure. They probably kept their milk and meats down in that cave. Thank you for the guided tour.
Love the old stone homes. It's interesting to see the old layers of linoleum, paint, & wallpaper giving you a peek of what the home looked like throughout the years. The cave was really cool...I could hear the excitement in your voice when you found the it. I wonder how far it went and how many buried treasures there are hidden at the bottom of the spring. Awesome explore as always...Thanks :)
@Kevinicus all of which can be updated as long as not part of the National Trust, then must paint fruity colors and must get their Permission to do absolutely anything
Clay Goodwin yes I agree but also the materials used had a lot to do with it I think , wood now days gets wet and is totally ruined I also believe that wood is so hard ants and termites don’t like it !
I grew up in Western NY along the Erie canal. Lots of old stone houses. The workers digging the canal used the stones they dug up to build houses. Pretty cool.
Wow, great find!!! That house is still standing because of the great craftsmanship, what a shame it's not being preserved! Thank you for exploring this house, it must have been so beautiful inside during it's prime!
it was probably abandoned because of the underground cave that has water running through it. that water will unrelentingly come up into the structure causing irreparable mold damage hence the terrible odour
@@garyenwards1608 Peobably not. Buildings like this were pretty pretty well understood in the 19th century and they were able to mitigate rising water levels through a variety of means, including plumbing. Here it looks like the simplest solution was taken, which is to build the home well above a natural cave entrance, so water would flood out the cave well before reaching living levels. The spring water running through the cave is probably too cold for mold as well. So we keep to stone and mortar for that. Simple. Strong. The problem is youre6applying modern home technology to older methods. That's not to say older is better. People say that seeing this. Well. We haven't lost the technology. People can still build these homes, many people. The also charge what they're worth, which is a lot, and then there's the materials. Well over a million. Easily. Tye house is likely abandoned for the reason it was built. That home was built around the spring, which provided a mold free way to store food before refrigeration. That home is probably miles from a power line or other utility. Now we build homess around utility and transportation infrastructures. We use the electric utility to power a refrigerator instead of building a spring house that needs a spring. Indeed, if this house is outside of utility access the cost to provide those things could easily dwarf renovation costs many times over. Ironically , tech is overcoming some of those obstacles. Some solar panels and a couple seasons, and a radon test (I'd be way more worried about that than mold after seeing the upper levels, which aren't indicative of catastrophic mold damage, just a leaky roof)
Another excellent video Kappy! You can tell that many years ago by looking at the stone formation around the cave opening that it was more than likely a artisan well, or spring house. The use of native stone to build the house would have taken a long time to put up,as thick as the walls were. Love the ginger bread wood around the front of the house. I noticed that the fireplaces were smaller than usual, I guess if you had walls that thick, it wouldn't have taken a whole lot to heat it. 10 thumbs up on this one!
Sure wish I'd have found this place 20 yrs ago and renovated it. What a treasure! Anyone with a lick of sense should buy this, fix it and live in it. You can tell it was built from excellent craftsmanship. For less than a cost of a tick-tacky home you could have a beautiful, solid house.
it was probably abandoned because of the underground cave that has water running through it. that water will unrelentingly come up into the structure causing irreparable mold damage
I like stone houses too. But to redo this one would probably be too expensive. The under ground spring is cool, but could present a mold problem. That's probably why it smelled so bad. When I see old houses like this I think of all the people who lived, loved, played, worked, and maybe died here. It's really sad to let an old house go to nothing.
Donna Keeley No thank you!!!! A house over water will be full of mold, dampness, rot and rats n snakes!!! I would have the spring out away from the house!
Rhonda Beigert good eyes! I'm glad you called a salamander and not a lizard. I would have never spotted that. I need to take you with me next time I go hunting!
There's so much more too this story, than what meets the eye, there has to be! Even if that was a fast growing type of tree, that tree by the water has to be well over 100 years old. Just imagine what that house witnessed in its lifetime, good, bad, happy, sad, successes, failures, men leaving for war, births in there, and no doubt deaths also. Someone NEEDS to metal detect around there, the findings might be amazing!
What an amazing find! I love this old house. Its old and cruddy but could have so.much potential if someone wanted to put time, money, and effort into it. And the area is so peaceful.
it was probably abandoned because of the underground cave that has water running through it. that water will unrelentingly come up into the structure causing irreparable mold damage hence the terrible odour
Great Find Kappy!... This was once a fine modest size two story Victorian era house built sometime in the 19th Century... and I hope someone would rescue and restore it before it gets to far gone!... And by the way, the stone veneering and the tin roof were what significantly helped save it so far...
the heat system is also a retro fit...it was originally all coal stoves and fire places. the steel roofing and that type of window were common after about 1880 and then it had major renovations in the late 1920's it got electricity and running water
Really enjoy your videos. You have knowledge about what is in the houses and take your time to look at things in them. There aren’t enough explorer like you. You teach a class!! And the best parts are no long winded intro, no goofy music or stupid sound effects.
My first house had what I called a coal pit in the basement. An area probably 4 feet wide, 8 feet long and 5 feet high on the street side. I couldn’t figure out why there was a larger window there blocked off by this stone wall. An old neighbor told me back in the day the coal truck would back up to this opening and shovel coal into the basement 🤔
Yep, when I was a young boy (only the 60's) my job at home was to shovel the coal into the coal bin after the coal truck dropped off a ton through that basement window. We called that window the coal chute.
I love your videos..I always imagine the people who lived in these old homes. Women in their long dresses cooking or making bread........the men out working all day on the farm or hunting. I love the past. Thanks so much
I loved this house. I was even surprised with the condition of the paint in the house. I would have loved to have seen this 50 years ago. A lot of simple but elegant design. Pretty straight for abandoned and age. Thank you as always
My Grandpas house was built above a spring. He built it in 1946-1948. Not this house though. There was and probably still is ( sold in 1997), a small cement tub like pool for the Spring in the basement. Beautiful clear tasty water🥰 I wish I could have bought it when my Mom had to sell it🙁
Just outside Kansas City, Mo. a friend used to live in an old house that had a HUGE basement. It was a really big basement and I remember one of the walls wasn't finished concrete but was a natural stone formation with water trickling down and seeping back into the pebbly ground. It was like they built the whole house around that spot. I thought it was coolest basement ever!
@@brentguzman-leiva5724 While I agree 100% that this would look beautiful, I doubt either of us would do this if we lived back then. Making candles at home would end up being a costly and time-consuming project, and buying oil and wicks for the lamps wouldn't have been worth the wasteful lighting of rooms that had nobody in them. My grandmother's rule of thumb seemed to always be "Waste not, want not!" Lol.
I live in a mid-1800's house built with very large sandstone blocks quarried from the land around and large chestnut timbers with mortise and tenon joints. Very cool and well built house.
Love seeing the old historical homes. Makes you wonder how many family's have come and gone. Noticed in the last room of the house where the door is, on the frame theres paint that looks like its worn down from peoples hands entering and exiting. Amazing!!
Someone can buy and repair this old gem! I think that the cave was used as an old root celar! I spent 45 years working on buildings just like this one, and from a glance I'd say it's a good candidate for restoration,! You gotta have a dream, fixing this lovely old home would be a dream come true...
I love old houses! The house I live in now was almost as rough as that one. I restored it by myself and that was one heck of a job. It's a big five bedroom.
I also agree; one of my houses (1880) had something similar in the basement, tho it was more of a contained spring than a cave like this one. Still connected to a hand pump on the back porch. Also the cause of some moisture issues in my time.
@@davidbrown8303 Hi David... you're so right my grandma Bickley's farm up in Utah had a well for drawing water.... no running water inside her house which was practically identical to this homestead..winter snow was deep as i remember it.... summer's were hot so when ever mom took me over to granny Bickley's she would say Edwin boy go to the well and draw up some..Ice cream.soda and Lemonade... and bring ya dad a beer.... all these bottle drinks would be in the pail at the bottom of that well ...ice cold.. natural mineral water to drink.. even the farm animals had well water to drink...{{{ today that water costs a fortune..in the supermarkets and grocery stores... we had it for free my childhood was fantastico..ahah all the best David.....Ed
I live in southeast Pennsylvania and there are some houses built around the late 1700's in the local state park, similar to this house they have newer additions attached to the back probably circa 1950's. The houses are in great condition despite neglect, while the additions are literally missing walls and falling apart. Definitely shows the craftsmanship...
Love the tall deep cabinets and those windows. Best of all is the stonework!! Ty Kappy, you havent disappointed me with your glorious finds, stay safe first and please keep them coming! This is a passion I have for old builds, character and elegance is a beautiful combo, so thank you for your gift to us
I would love to live in a house of that style (Post-Colonial?), it's one of my favorites. Here in south-central Indiana where I live you'll see houses of this style but made of brick or wood which is a little odd because this area is known for it's limestone.---Great to see the chair rails still attached to the walls. I have a hunch that unusual green paint is original to the house. Our ancestors used colors and color combinations that look odd to us today. Kappy, you and your viewers might be interested in the book "At Home--A Short History of Private Life" by Bill Bryson, 2012. One of the many topics the author talks about is the history of paint and colors in houses.---I grew up in a 1926 house and my bedroom had a ceiling light fixture almost if not identical to the one you showed in this house.---I agree with others: that cave might have been a hiding place for fugitive slave on the Underground Railroad.---I saw an outside opening at 8:51. Maybe a crawl space? I wouldn't be surprised if there's so much stone under the house that a basement wouldn't have been feasible to carve out.
There could be anything in the water. Just disturbing old stagnant water can kill you. Yes I know its different but the principle is the same. Also air quality is such places can kill. Be careful.
A very different kind of house. Interesting. The rise wallpaper n ild fire mantels n deep windows. Cave was most interesting. Great find great video Kappy. Stay safe and God bless.
Thank you Kappy for the explanation about cave. They did so much more with less in those days. I always wonder what and who lived in the houses. Love your videos. This has always been a passion of mine. Old homes. Keep the videos coming.
What a beautiful historic home! It would be nice to have historical details for this home, I wonder if it could be salvaged and restored. It seems a shame to let it fall victim to the ravages of time and fade into the mist.
Unlike so many abandoned buildings this one seems salvageable. It's amazing that it still has all the ornamental Victorian woodwork on the front porch. The back addition may not me worth saving, but if you could get the property at a low enough price, it could be worth the money to fix up the rest of it.
Another beautiful home!! I’m wondering if the caves were used for travelers needing a place to hide. Thanks so much Kappy for sharing your awesome find! Have a great weekend. 😊
If this house is in Maryland very well could have been! Birthplace of Harriett Tubman. I'm also thinking that the spring was used as their water system -?
Ellicott City I got lost years ago trying take take a back road from Dover, de to rehoboth beach..I ended up in Maryland on the Harriet Tubman (highway? ) I wanna say it was route 10..anyway..I love getting lost so I didnt mind, but when I realized where I was, I felt touched inside..and the scenery was beautiful...i saw the Mason/Dixon signs and I felt like I had just drove into a history book from high school...i couldn't stop to see any historical sites or museums tho..its been years and I've always wanted to go back, I just havent..would love to take the kids n grkids to see as well...thanks for bringing that recall to my mind..
Oh you have to go back just to check the cave further. They have built there for a reason!!!!! Looks like it may be limestone. Excellent water. I was hoping you had checked out the basement. There was an outside door. Awesome find.
Those small fireplaces were "coal hearths" they weren't made for burning logs. Couple of pointers for you: Always stay to the side climbing those old staircases, you'll live longer. Any time you find a set of built-in drawers, pull the bottom drawer all the way out, be careful of critters that may be hiding amongst the stuff that fell out of the drawers over the years and check for loose floorboards under there. it was a common spot for stashes.
It's always interesting to see how preferences change over the years. When this was built, wood floors couldn't be covered up fast enough, today it would be cleaned, sanded, stained, sealed, polished and another feature of the house.
I love seeing old home discoveries like this and a big thanks for giving us the grand tour. It's a total shame that a once great home got lost in the shuffle of life like so many others. This house looks restorable and has a Pennsylvania character to it.
Really nice house! Love your videos! Im building a small stone cottage very similar construction. One big room down stairs and two bedrooms upstairs, with wrap around porch on 3 sides. Because i live i Peru the bathroom isnt in the house but it is new and beautiful with gas hot water on demand. ( most places only have cold water) I agree with Kristine ALWAYS let someone know where you are and PLEASE use a respirator. Black mould is no joke.
Thanks Kappy for sharing with me about FOUND CAVE UNDERNEATH ABANDONED HOUSE Built in the early 1800's Kappy that house was a piece of History because it looked so very old. and I can't wait to see your next video and God Bless you and thanks again because I really enjoyed it so very much that is why I can't wait to se your next video on here my friend.
The house may have been used as a stop over for the underground railroad. You'd be surprised how many houses have that history!. Love the house can see it must have been a beautiful home before it was abandon and left to the elements. What a shame another home left to rot away.
That was my first reaction as well. My family was from Owen Sound, Ontario, the end of the underground railway. So many homes there have similar areas, used for refuge.
The original clothing hooks are on the wall. They did not have closets. I lived in a house where they were left in place because they added value to the home (original).
@7:26...I had the exact fixtures in my house when I bought it. It's 1940's. I was going to restore them when I rewired but they turned out to be flimsy tin...lol.
At least they had running water 😆. Ahem... I’ve heard that sometimes farmers would build small wood house first . Then, when they were tilling the field set aside the larger rocks to use later to build a house. Sounds plausible. Love stone houses. The fact that they’re different lends credence to the theory. Loved the size of the kitchen. Thanks for taking us with you! Be careful and safe travels.
The rock to build the house was cut out of that hillside exposing the caves. The wood was probably what was cleared to build the house. It looks like the last residents lived there in the '60s, no later than possibly the '80s.
Wow, what a cool place you found there. And the cave is a bonus!! I bet they built that house there to have fresh water!! Very cool find Kappy!! Keep doing what you're doing I love it! Peace and Love!
I bet that water inside that cave was to supply the house and the house was intentionally built over it. Beautiful stonework, with the thickness of those windows this place is definitely old. Looking forward to the next video. As always be careful and stay safe.
I think of the lives passed that played out on this stage, the dreams and the dramas, the victories and disappointments, the emergencies, all for naught now. I live in an old stone house in France. Archeologists have dug up our barn and found a 2 ft wide pot, crushed and belonging to the 14 C. They found connecting walls and a doorstep. Nothing Roman, then they popped open into the Iron Age, lots of pottery bits and nails. They found a small burnt house. In a corner of the garden our pet bunnies are kicking out ceramic tile shards, glazed broken plates and ceramic handles. Fascinating, and it is ours!.
kappy, that place is awesome!...did you get to look into the cellar area?..I could see someone fixing that place up & making it liveable again if they had the time & the money or know how!...ty for taking us w/you
Great find. I'm wondering if that stone on the foundation was used from the cave area. Light fixture in a bedroom was really nice. The cave is pretty cool. Another enjoyable video.
they built it from the cave stone and disturbed the ground water which eventually became a stream that began to rot their house around them hence the odour
So amazing something so old is still standing and more sound then most homes built today. Can you imagine a house that is built today so close to water like that it would be a mess. This is a small house but goodness if those walls could talk I am sure I could sit and listen for days. 🥰🥰
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Sam Logosz - I have a house built in 1915 I want to sell... original wood flooring under the carpets, walls are lathe and plaster, 10 ft ceilings w/crown moldings, 5 bedrooms, 2 bath, study w/pocket doors, inside doors have original hardware w/brass doorknobs & I have most of the skeleton keys (still work too!), dining room has 5 ft wainscoting topped with a plate rail, and a built-in china hutch that has a beveled mirror and leaded glass doors. The living room has 2 built-in curio cabinets with leaded glass doors that match the china hutch. 2 bedrooms have chester drawers built into the walls... Almost all of the windows are original single-pane, hand-blown glass (but I do have glass storm windows to add on in winter.) Main floor bath has original porcelain-covered cast iron claw tub (bath stays hot for SO long!💖) Upstairs bath has original porcelain-covered cast iron corner sink, with separate hot & cold taps... The basement is unfinished, as the door used to go down to a root cellar instead of a concrete basement.... interested??
I've been in several houses built in the 1700s-1800s and many are built on top of a spring, often built beside a spring with a channel dug under the house, I was told people would use the water for drinking and keeping things cool in the summer, but I assume the earth temperature water also made it warmer in the winter as well. I used to catch crawdads in the one at my grandparents place when I was a kid. I was struck by the variety of ceiling heights in the really old houses. One had ceilings upstairs no more than 6 feet, but the man who lived there was a descendant of the builder and was 5'5 standing up or laying down.
it was probably abandoned because of the underground cave that has water running through it. that water will unrelentingly come up into the structure causing irreparable mold damage hence the terrible odour
Older is often better, for various reasons including the unknown and the quirky or hidden things not shown or known by everyone. This takes me back to positive childhood memories of the what if's.. the excitement of a mystery.. when there was no responsibility as there is as an adult.. no deadlines or demands.. Saturday's after a few chores was our day to run off and explore the local area.. when it was safe to do so..
I imagine that cave was used as a spring to keep things cold. My grandparents had something similar although not a cave just a cold spring where they kept their butter and milk. They didn't have electricity for some time.
My mind wondered in that direction, too. If I were a child raised on that property, it would be my personal fort and hideaway. I also wondered if any military memorabilia may be buried neath the surface.
they built the house from stone from that cave which eventually caused the ground water to form a steam which caused the house to begin to rot hence the smell
S.Ray; I was thinking the same thing. I've seen an old house a lot like this with water running from under the house. Used for keeping things cold; even in summer.
It seems to me you wouldn't find much in that cave, the only things down there would have to have been dropped by a person, how many people have been down there and lost something, I guess there's always a chance someone hid something in there? It's great that the house is so dry inside, that makes it a lot easier if someone wants to restore it some day.
Building over a spring allows for cooling in the basement 'root cellar' and also cools the house. People would even lower bottles, canned goods and other items in buckets to the spring for cool storage. There's a lovely Edwardian "Rich persons" house here built in the 1910s or so when electricity and fans were introduced...it's built over a cave system used as air conditioning with duct work to move cool air up. Also with storage systems. There's a girdwork of prison type bars over the cave opening in the cellar. To keep it from being used by thieves to access the house...or to keep the creature away.
They built the house from stone taken from the cave which led to increased ground water so much that the structure began to rot and they had to leave due to mold hence the horrible odour
Awesome old house. That thing was built to last. The walls are over a foot thick and built with stone. Yeah itd take a ton of work redoing the inside but the shell of the house is solid. Id love to have an old house out in the middle of nowhere like that. And the cave and spring underneath just up the coolness of the place. I thoroughly enjoyed the video
Such a great old place! It is too bad that it wasn’t kept up. The deep window sills would be so nice for plants. The upstairs mantel over the fire place looked far nicer than the ones downstairs! Thanks so much for showing us!
This was a common practice to build the house over a spring source and run it through the basement. It would create a cold cellar where goods could be preserved longer and it also protected the water source at the point of where you draw the water. Usually there would be a settlement basin made of stone just off to the side of where the stone and cement water trough came in. They could wash clothes in the winter in the exit basin troff. They also sometimes put a hand well pump upstairs down to the basement basin for water. There would also sometimes be a flow gate upstream to divert the water during heavy rain or the basement could flood. Sometimes they would divert spring run off to the house sort of like building a house over a creek. Sometimes they'd build right at the source where it comes out of the ground which sometimes had cave or cavern structure around them but with these there was a problem they never considered. The cavern cave would vent radon gas that would accumulate in the basement and trap in the house. I bet if you had a portable radon detector you find it to be a little hot.
Nice to see a place not marked up by graffiti or destroyed by vandals. Sad to think that there was once life there and now it's gone. Often while sitting in a room in my own house I look around and wonder how many people have been in this room through time. What events took place here. Arguments, laughter, conversation. etc. and it was only built in the 40s. Old houses would obviously have so much more "history" and secrets. Thanks for sharing the experience.
My grandma died when i was five. I found out this month she entrusted the family homestead to me. My dad has destroyed in 28 years what it took generations to establish. I love these old place's. I hate seeing them abandoned and decaying. I hope i get to save mine before its gone
First priority, make sure the roof doesn't leak. Second, secure and weatherproof doors and windows. Third, make sure water drains away from the house to prevent damp basement or foundation.
Oh, Ryan, how awful for you to go through such betrayal! My mother did much the same to me, stealing the inheritance left to me by her parents, so I can understand your feelings. Please trust me when I say that you should concentrate on taking the steps required to protect any buildings you now own and then look toward restoring not only your grandmother's gift to you, but your fractured relationship with your dad. Don't make the mistake I did. I never forgave my mother for her actions and learned of her death too late to even tell her that I loved her. Many blessings and much love.
My grandfather sold everything his father built to scientology. Even family heirloom items. Best luck sir
@@skepticalgenious , so he sold off his stuff to egotistical douchebags?
@@ittybittykittymama7582 , I would ensure that your mother got to be homeless.
What you found in the cave is called, a spring house. It would be like a refrigerator to keep fresh milk, and cream, cold. Veggies would be stored in a box or a sack hung from the rafters or in a dry place, to keep cold out of the water. Probably there was a small shack over the top of it where meat and cheese were hung and stairs to the water. Most likely after the invent of electricity, it was abandoned in lieu of a electric fridge. The building would have rotted away and most likely torn down or moved to be used for something else.
My grandparent had a cellar under their house. Just a hole underneath the floor joices and stairs from the outside, down in the earthen walls of the hole where they kept their canned goods on shelves and used it as a refrigerator before electricity.
My parents house, had a pull up door in the floor of my closet which was much the same. Mom would open it up to cool the house down when it was a unbearably hot night. We didn't use it at all except for a few times in the summer.
Ah man, I like it. I love the thick walls and the way the window opening flairs out. The two bulb light fixture is cool, early 1900's for sure. They probably kept their milk and meats down in that cave. Thank you for the guided tour.
I love looking at these old houses especially the floors,windows and doors thanks for showing them.
Love the old stone homes. It's interesting to see the old layers of linoleum, paint, & wallpaper giving you a peek of what the home looked like throughout the years. The cave was really cool...I could hear the excitement in your voice when you found the it. I wonder how far it went and how many buried treasures there are hidden at the bottom of the spring. Awesome explore as always...Thanks :)
Why don't you buy it?
The quality of construction of that time. A newer house would have already rotted to the ground
so true
@Kevinicus all of which can be updated as long as not part of the National Trust, then must paint fruity colors and must get their Permission to do absolutely anything
@@wmcbarker4155 very true and ridiculous I might ad!
True
Clay Goodwin yes I agree but also the materials used had a lot to do with it I think , wood now days gets wet and is totally ruined I also believe that wood is so hard ants and termites don’t like it !
I grew up in Western NY along the Erie canal. Lots of old stone houses. The workers digging the canal used the stones they dug up to build houses. Pretty cool.
Wow, great find!!! That house is still standing because of the great craftsmanship, what a shame it's not being preserved! Thank you for exploring this house, it must have been so beautiful inside during it's prime!
it was probably abandoned because of the underground cave that has water running through it. that water will unrelentingly come up into the structure causing irreparable mold damage hence the terrible odour
@@garyenwards1608 Peobably not. Buildings like this were pretty pretty well understood in the 19th century and they were able to mitigate rising water levels through a variety of means, including plumbing. Here it looks like the simplest solution was taken, which is to build the home well above a natural cave entrance, so water would flood out the cave well before reaching living levels.
The spring water running through the cave is probably too cold for mold as well. So we keep to stone and mortar for that. Simple. Strong.
The problem is youre6applying modern home technology to older methods. That's not to say older is better. People say that seeing this. Well. We haven't lost the technology. People can still build these homes, many people. The also charge what they're worth, which is a lot, and then there's the materials. Well over a million. Easily.
Tye house is likely abandoned for the reason it was built. That home was built around the spring, which provided a mold free way to store food before refrigeration. That home is probably miles from a power line or other utility. Now we build homess around utility and transportation infrastructures. We use the electric utility to power a refrigerator instead of building a spring house that needs a spring. Indeed, if this house is outside of utility access the cost to provide those things could easily dwarf renovation costs many times over.
Ironically , tech is overcoming some of those obstacles. Some solar panels and a couple seasons, and a radon test (I'd be way more worried about that than mold after seeing the upper levels, which aren't indicative of catastrophic mold damage, just a leaky roof)
Another excellent video Kappy! You can tell that many years ago by looking at the stone formation around the cave opening that it was more than likely a artisan well, or spring house. The use of native stone to build the house would have taken a long time to put up,as thick as the walls were. Love the ginger bread wood around the front of the house. I noticed that the fireplaces were smaller than usual, I guess if you had walls that thick, it wouldn't have taken a whole lot to heat it. 10 thumbs up on this one!
Thank you very much 👍👍 I really appreciate that and the nice words!!
Sure wish I'd have found this place 20 yrs ago and renovated it. What a treasure! Anyone with a lick of sense should buy this, fix it and live in it. You can tell it was built from excellent craftsmanship. For less than a cost of a tick-tacky home you could have a beautiful, solid house.
it was probably abandoned because of the underground cave that has water running through it. that water will unrelentingly come up into the structure causing irreparable mold damage
I like stone houses too. But to redo this one would probably be too expensive. The under ground spring is cool, but could present a mold problem. That's probably why it smelled so bad. When I see old houses like this I think of all the people who lived, loved, played, worked, and maybe died here. It's really sad to let an old house go to nothing.
Donna Keeley No thank you!!!! A house over water will be full of mold, dampness, rot and rats n snakes!!! I would have the spring out away from the house!
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I understand what you're saying; however, I'm not crazy about the cave system so close to the home??? Neat stone home though!!
Awesome cave! Little salamander at 2:02. I loved the rose wallpaper. What a neat old house.
I was going to comment on the lil guy too. Sharp eye.
@@einblutwolf5356 me too. pretty cool.
Rhonda Beigert good eyes! I'm glad you called a salamander and not a lizard. I would have never spotted that. I need to take you with me next time I go hunting!
I saw him, too. Did you notice the fish at 1:53, on the center right of the screen? Little brown fish, just a quick glimpse.
@@jamies327 Actually I think wonder if it's called a Newt - who are semi-aquatic.
There's so much more too this story, than what meets the eye, there has to be! Even if that was a fast growing type of tree, that tree by the water has to be well over 100 years old. Just imagine what that house witnessed in its lifetime, good, bad, happy, sad, successes, failures, men leaving for war, births in there, and no doubt deaths also. Someone NEEDS to metal detect around there, the findings might be amazing!
You can do it, please video it for us
Probably find old musket balls.
What an amazing find! I love this old house. Its old and cruddy but could have so.much potential if someone wanted to put time, money, and effort into it. And the area is so peaceful.
I noticed those things myself. Would make an envyus weekend getaway home or full-time
it was probably abandoned because of the underground cave that has water running through it. that water will unrelentingly come up into the structure causing irreparable mold damage hence the terrible odour
It's obviously haunted
like the fact you are so mellow and not freaking out like many who lost these type videos are. love to see you go down and explore that cave.
Great Find Kappy!... This was once a fine modest size two story Victorian era house built sometime in the 19th Century... and I hope someone would rescue and restore it before it gets to far gone!... And by the way, the stone veneering and the tin roof were what significantly helped save it so far...
Agreed!
I hope so, too.
It looks to me like an 1800s stone house with a later add on; no veneer.
Solid masonry wall no veneer.
the heat system is also a retro fit...it was originally all coal stoves and fire places. the steel roofing and that type of window were common after about 1880 and then it had major renovations in the late 1920's it got electricity and running water
Really enjoy your videos. You have knowledge about what is in the houses and take your time to look at things in them. There aren’t enough explorer like you. You teach a class!! And the best parts are no long winded intro, no goofy music or stupid sound effects.
The reason that the fireplaces are so small is that they burned coal not wood. My 1920 house has the same kind.
Thanks for the info 👍
My first house had what I called a coal pit in the basement. An area probably 4 feet wide, 8 feet long and 5 feet high on the street side. I couldn’t figure out why there was a larger window there blocked off by this stone wall. An old neighbor told me back in the day the coal truck would back up to this opening and shovel coal into the basement 🤔
I lived in a four story house that had those coal fireplaces in every room but they upgraded the house to gas
Yep, when I was a young boy (only the 60's) my job at home was to shovel the coal into the coal bin after the coal truck dropped off a ton through that basement window. We called that window the coal chute.
@@noworriesmate8287 I have the original coal chute and door on the side of my house built in 1923 Sealed up tight now.
Just think about all the love and energy put into building that house and now it sits empty.
I love your videos..I always imagine the people who lived in these old homes. Women in their long dresses cooking or making bread........the men out working all day on the farm or hunting. I love the past. Thanks so much
It was a simpler time then but in the same breath, a harder life as well. I'm like you in the respect that we love the olden days.
I agree so interesting to think how people lived in those days
When women knew their place lol.
What, no Internet, cellphones or T.V.s???
You mean, to keep yourself busy you actually had to DO something???
@@williamdougie6213 "man works from sun to sun, Women's work is never done " just a old saying above my Grandma's kitchen window
I loved this house. I was even surprised with the condition of the paint in the house. I would have loved to have seen this 50 years ago. A lot of simple but elegant design. Pretty straight for abandoned and age.
Thank you as always
I wonder if the house was built over the spring on purpose and if you can access it from inside the house
My Grandpas house was built above a spring. He built it in 1946-1948. Not this house though. There was and probably still is ( sold in 1997), a small cement tub like pool for the Spring in the basement. Beautiful clear tasty water🥰
I wish I could have bought it when my Mom had to sell it🙁
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Of course it was. Better than trotting a mile to keep things cool.
Keep the spring close and outhouse far away?! Or septic far away seems water table was not to deep!
@@kurtsgirl2002 how was the tub kept from over flowing?
LONE WOLF, that appears to be bedrock.
Just outside Kansas City, Mo. a friend used to live in an old house that had a HUGE basement. It was a really big basement and I remember one of the walls wasn't finished concrete but was a natural stone formation with water trickling down and seeping back into the pebbly ground. It was like they built the whole house around that spot. I thought it was coolest basement ever!
they probably thought the same thing until the trickle became a stream and began to rot their house around them hence the terrible smell
not good...wet/damp/mildew/wet basement...ugh....
I love the depth of the windows in those old houses. You don't see that anymore. Nice explore as always!
Probably dont see that much anymore because most folks walls arent 18 inches of stone anymore 😊
Ide have an oil lamp or candle stick in each window
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Yeah, and maybe some plants or herbs or something.
@@brentguzman-leiva5724 While I agree 100% that this would look beautiful, I doubt either of us would do this if we lived back then. Making candles at home would end up being a costly and time-consuming project, and buying oil and wicks for the lamps wouldn't have been worth the wasteful lighting of rooms that had nobody in them. My grandmother's rule of thumb seemed to always be "Waste not, want not!" Lol.
Nice house ! I'd love to restore that place. Beautiful rock walls and deep windows. The cave is awesome too.
I live in a mid-1800's house built with very large sandstone blocks quarried from the land around and large chestnut timbers with mortise and tenon joints. Very cool and well built house.
I don't know why , but i am fascinated with old stone homes . Both european and american styles .
Me too, there's just something about them.
check out the stone houses in south australia
@@tonyjones6689 This is news to me , can you help me with a reference point . I appreciate any help you can give me . 👍
@@jimmybritt9537 the state of south australia in australia majority of the homes are stone to keep out the heat plus not much timber .
@@jimmybritt9537 google stone buildings in south australia
Love seeing the old historical homes. Makes you wonder how many family's have come and gone. Noticed in the last room of the house where the door is, on the frame theres paint that looks like its worn down from peoples hands entering and exiting. Amazing!!
This place is amazing.
Are you sure you're not a ghost?
Someone can buy and repair this old gem! I think that the cave was used as an old root celar! I spent 45 years working on buildings just like this one, and from a glance I'd say it's a good candidate for restoration,! You gotta have a dream, fixing this lovely old home would be a dream come true...
seeing a aquatic newt in the water down there tells me the water quality is pretty good.
Jack Oliver can you elaborate ?
I love old houses! The house I live in now was almost as rough as that one. I restored it by myself and that was one heck of a job. It's a big five bedroom.
Very nice. I would imagine that cave substituted for their spring house and possibly well. Spring house was early form refrigeration.
LissaSun I would bet you are right! Probably why they built the house above it! Thank you for watching! (:
I agree, LIsa. I imagine that water ice-cold year-round. Food put in a watertight container that's put in the water would be well-refrigerated.
I also agree; one of my houses (1880) had something similar in the basement, tho it was more of a contained spring than a cave like this one. Still connected to a hand pump on the back porch. Also the cause of some moisture issues in my time.
You are very correct they had them leading to the well so they wouldn't have to walk through the snow in the winter to draw water out of the well.
@@davidbrown8303 Hi David... you're so right my grandma Bickley's farm up in Utah had a well for drawing water.... no running water inside her house which was practically identical to this homestead..winter snow was deep as i remember it.... summer's were hot so when ever mom took me over to granny Bickley's she would say Edwin boy go to the well and draw up some..Ice cream.soda and Lemonade... and bring ya dad a beer.... all these bottle drinks would be in the pail at the bottom of that well ...ice cold.. natural mineral water to drink.. even the farm animals had well water to drink...{{{ today that water costs a fortune..in the supermarkets and grocery stores... we had it for free my childhood was fantastico..ahah all the best David.....Ed
I live in southeast Pennsylvania and there are some houses built around the late 1700's in the local state park, similar to this house they have newer additions attached to the back probably circa 1950's. The houses are in great condition despite neglect, while the additions are literally missing walls and falling apart. Definitely shows the craftsmanship...
Nice to see one of these old places with no vandalism
Love the tall deep cabinets and those windows. Best of all is the stonework!! Ty Kappy, you havent disappointed me with your glorious finds, stay safe first and please keep them coming! This is a passion I have for old builds, character and elegance is a beautiful combo, so thank you for your gift to us
Fascinating. I felt like I was right there with you- thanks for another great video!
Great video Kappy, you certainly know how to find these lovely old places...Thank you
I would love to live in a house of that style (Post-Colonial?), it's one of my favorites. Here in south-central Indiana where I live you'll see houses of this style but made of brick or wood which is a little odd because this area is known for it's limestone.---Great to see the chair rails still attached to the walls. I have a hunch that unusual green paint is original to the house. Our ancestors used colors and color combinations that look odd to us today. Kappy, you and your viewers might be interested in the book "At Home--A Short History of Private Life" by Bill Bryson, 2012. One of the many topics the author talks about is the history of paint and colors in houses.---I grew up in a 1926 house and my bedroom had a ceiling light fixture almost if not identical to the one you showed in this house.---I agree with others: that cave might have been a hiding place for fugitive slave on the Underground Railroad.---I saw an outside opening at 8:51. Maybe a crawl space? I wouldn't be surprised if there's so much stone under the house that a basement wouldn't have been feasible to carve out.
Lol, I love that green color but im 65 and lean toward shabby shic
Be careful, there can be arsenic in that green paint & in old Victorian wallpapers too.
That water looks clean enough to drink. What a treasure to have on your property. Such a lovely home historical such beauty.
Wow!!!! Beautiful old house!!! I grew up in one just like this!!! Oh to be a kid again!!!!
That spring water was so clear. Almost couldn't see it untill it rippled. Nice video.
It's mid December so I imagine it was pretty cold. And the water in that cave looked good enough to drink
chaosdemonwolf1 was very chilly down in there for sure! And agreed, tho idk if I would! Thank you for watching!
There could be anything in the water. Just disturbing old stagnant water can kill you. Yes I know its different but the principle is the same.
Also air quality is such places can kill. Be careful.
@@anthonythorp7291 the water was flowing, not stagnant
@@lynnelowe7615 I said " Yes I know this is different but...."
That was some dang clear water.
I LOVE moss, not sure why but I've always liked it~ that cave was an extremely cool find!! You always find the most unique homes- ty!!🙂
Ellicott City - Moss is Awesome!
So you're really liken that moss.
A very different kind of house. Interesting. The rise wallpaper n ild fire mantels n deep windows. Cave was most interesting. Great find great video Kappy. Stay safe and God bless.
Love that house . Lived in one just like it with my husband in the 80s . Miss it . They are beautiful, thank you for the great video
Awesome find!!! Cool cave. Really liked the old ceiling light. Thanx
Thank you Kappy for the explanation about cave. They did so much more with less in those days. I always wonder what and who lived in the houses. Love your videos. This has always been a passion of mine. Old homes. Keep the videos coming.
What a beautiful historic home! It would be nice to have historical details for this home, I wonder if it could be salvaged and restored. It seems a shame to let it fall victim to the ravages of time and fade into the mist.
Unlike so many abandoned buildings this one seems salvageable. It's amazing that it still has all the ornamental Victorian woodwork on the front porch. The back addition may not me worth saving, but if you could get the property at a low enough price, it could be worth the money to fix up the rest of it.
Another beautiful home!! I’m wondering if the caves were used for travelers needing a place to hide. Thanks so much Kappy for sharing your awesome find! Have a great weekend. 😊
Melissa Boggs Interesting observation! I could definitely see that! Thank you for watching and the kind words! 👍
If this house is in Maryland very well could have been! Birthplace of Harriett Tubman. I'm also thinking that the spring was used as their water system -?
Ellicott City I got lost years ago trying take take a back road from Dover, de to rehoboth beach..I ended up in Maryland on the Harriet Tubman (highway? ) I wanna say it was route 10..anyway..I love getting lost so I didnt mind, but when I realized where I was, I felt touched inside..and the scenery was beautiful...i saw the Mason/Dixon signs and I felt like I had just drove into a history book from high school...i couldn't stop to see any historical sites or museums tho..its been years and I've always wanted to go back, I just havent..would love to take the kids n grkids to see as well...thanks for bringing that recall to my mind..
Salamander at 2:02 sitting on the stone .. really cool house to, imagine how it looked brand new.
Ha! I noticed the same thing. I was wondering if I'd see it in the comments...
Oh you have to go back just to check the cave further. They have built there for a reason!!!!! Looks like it may be limestone. Excellent water. I was hoping you had checked out the basement. There was an outside door. Awesome find.
Hardly any water damage, take a lot of ambition to do all that work but looks completely salvageable. And a cool cave! Thanks for sharing!
Those small fireplaces were "coal hearths" they weren't made for burning logs.
Couple of pointers for you:
Always stay to the side climbing those old staircases, you'll live longer.
Any time you find a set of built-in drawers, pull the bottom drawer all the way out, be careful of critters that may be hiding amongst the stuff that fell out of the drawers over the years and check for loose floorboards under there. it was a common spot for stashes.
It's always interesting to see how preferences change over the years. When this was built, wood floors couldn't be covered up fast enough, today it would be cleaned, sanded, stained, sealed, polished and another feature of the house.
I love seeing old home discoveries like this and a big thanks for giving us the grand tour. It's a total shame that a once great home got lost in the shuffle of life like so many others. This house looks restorable and has a Pennsylvania character to it.
that is a sistern, very common in houses this age, it collects rain water for washing but not drinking. eve troughs on house run water into sistern.
Really nice house! Love your videos! Im building a small stone cottage very similar construction. One big room down stairs and two bedrooms upstairs, with wrap around porch on 3 sides. Because i live i Peru the bathroom isnt in the house but it is new and beautiful with gas hot water on demand. ( most places only have cold water) I agree with Kristine ALWAYS let someone know where you are and PLEASE use a respirator. Black mould is no joke.
Thanks Kappy for sharing with me about FOUND CAVE UNDERNEATH ABANDONED HOUSE Built in the early 1800's Kappy that house was a piece of History because it looked so very old. and I can't wait to see your next video and God Bless you and thanks again because I really enjoyed it so very much that is why I can't wait to se your next video on here my friend.
The house may have been used as a stop over for the underground railroad. You'd be surprised how many houses have that history!. Love the house can see it must have been a beautiful home before it was abandon and left to the elements. What a shame another home left to rot away.
That was my first reaction as well. My family was from Owen Sound, Ontario, the end of the underground railway. So many homes there have similar areas, used for refuge.
The original clothing hooks are on the wall. They did not have closets. I lived in a house where they were left in place because they added value to the home (original).
@7:26...I had the exact fixtures in my house when I bought it. It's 1940's. I was going to restore them when I rewired but they turned out to be flimsy tin...lol.
At least they had running water 😆. Ahem... I’ve heard that sometimes farmers would build small wood house first . Then, when they were tilling the field set aside the larger rocks to use later to build a house. Sounds plausible. Love stone houses. The fact that they’re different lends credence to the theory. Loved the size of the kitchen. Thanks for taking us with you! Be careful and safe travels.
Very cool find! Thank you for sharing!
Great video. It would be nice if old homes like this could be sold and maintained for future generations to see. Thank you!!!
yay another great find beautiful house and the cave awesome yeah that was most likely a spring well
Sad this house was left to rot if...Only it could be restored to its original glory.Love all the fireplaces and old rose wall paper.
Great upload, keep up all the good work Kappy!
Love the rose wallpaper and green trim in the last bedroom shown. That was a nice farmhouse in it's day.
The rock to build the house was cut out of that hillside exposing the caves. The wood was probably what was cleared to build the house. It looks like the last residents lived there in the '60s, no later than possibly the '80s.
One of the bath tubs was 1955 / 1960's era
Wow, what a cool place you found there. And the cave is a bonus!! I bet they built that house there to have fresh water!! Very cool find Kappy!! Keep doing what you're doing I love it! Peace and Love!
I bet that water inside that cave was to supply the house and the house was intentionally built over it. Beautiful stonework, with the thickness of those windows this place is definitely old. Looking forward to the next video. As always be careful and stay safe.
ill bet that water was ground water that eventually found its way into their cave basement and forced them out hence the terrible smell
Maybe they had an electric pump, that could pump the water up in the house from the cave.
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I would love to see this house fixed up like new - my favorite part is the stairs and how they spiral at the bottom- loved every minute of the video
Since nobody else is going to mention it, I will point out the cute little salamander resting in the water at 2:00 😊
I think of the lives passed that played out on this stage, the dreams and the dramas, the victories and disappointments, the emergencies, all for naught now. I live in an old stone house in France. Archeologists have dug up our barn and found a 2 ft wide pot, crushed and belonging to the 14 C. They found connecting walls and a doorstep. Nothing Roman, then they popped open into the Iron Age, lots of pottery bits and nails. They found a small burnt house. In a corner of the garden our pet bunnies are kicking out ceramic tile shards, glazed broken plates and ceramic handles. Fascinating, and it is ours!.
kappy, that place is awesome!...did you get to look into the cellar area?..I could see someone fixing that place up & making it liveable again if they had the time & the money or know how!...ty for taking us w/you
I love it when Kappy finds these older houses to explore!
Great find. I'm wondering if that stone on the foundation was used from the cave area. Light fixture in a bedroom was really nice. The cave is pretty cool. Another enjoyable video.
they built it from the cave stone and disturbed the ground water which eventually became a stream that began to rot their house around them hence the odour
So amazing something so old is still standing and more sound then most homes built today. Can you imagine a house that is built today so close to water like that it would be a mess. This is a small house but goodness if those walls could talk I am sure I could sit and listen for days. 🥰🥰
It would be a cool house to renovate. Right up my alley. 😀
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@@jmason3904 more emoticons please.
@@whatsup7202 a little distracting, wasn't it?
Sam Logosz - I have a house built in 1915 I want to sell... original wood flooring under the carpets, walls are lathe and plaster, 10 ft ceilings w/crown moldings, 5 bedrooms, 2 bath, study w/pocket doors, inside doors have original hardware w/brass doorknobs & I have most of the skeleton keys (still work too!), dining room has 5 ft wainscoting topped with a plate rail, and a built-in china hutch that has a beveled mirror and leaded glass doors. The living room has 2 built-in curio cabinets with leaded glass doors that match the china hutch. 2 bedrooms have chester drawers built into the walls... Almost all of the windows are original single-pane, hand-blown glass (but I do have glass storm windows to add on in winter.) Main floor bath has original porcelain-covered cast iron claw tub (bath stays hot for SO long!💖) Upstairs bath has original porcelain-covered cast iron corner sink, with separate hot & cold taps... The basement is unfinished, as the door used to go down to a root cellar instead of a concrete basement.... interested??
I've been in several houses built in the 1700s-1800s and many are built on top of a spring, often built beside a spring with a channel dug under the house, I was told people would use the water for drinking and keeping things cool in the summer, but I assume the earth temperature water also made it warmer in the winter as well. I used to catch crawdads in the one at my grandparents place when I was a kid. I was struck by the variety of ceiling heights in the really old houses. One had ceilings upstairs no more than 6 feet, but the man who lived there was a descendant of the builder and was 5'5 standing up or laying down.
A nice home that would make for a great restoration project. I love stone homes.
it was probably abandoned because of the underground cave that has water running through it. that water will unrelentingly come up into the structure causing irreparable mold damage hence the terrible odour
What a special place - I’m glad you documented it. Lots of character in the land and the house.
Wallpaper! That cave was freaking awesome
Winner winner chicken dinner!!! Awesome find. Love that stone work. And a cave??? That water was so clean.. thanks kap
It's 2:36am and I just screamed, "SALAMANDER!" out of pure excitement lmfao that was a huge one! 😁
Older is often better, for various reasons including the unknown and the quirky or hidden things not shown or known by everyone.
This takes me back to positive childhood memories of the what if's.. the excitement of a mystery.. when there was no responsibility as there is as an adult.. no deadlines or demands.. Saturday's after a few chores was our day to run off and explore the local area.. when it was safe to do so..
I imagine that cave was used as a spring to keep things cold. My grandparents had something similar although not a cave just a cold spring where they kept their butter and milk. They didn't have electricity for some time.
My mind wondered in that direction, too. If I were a child raised on that property, it would be my personal fort and hideaway. I also wondered if any military memorabilia may be buried neath the surface.
they built the house from stone from that cave which eventually caused the ground water to form a steam which caused the house to begin to rot hence the smell
S.Ray; I was thinking the same thing. I've seen an old house a lot like this with water running from under the house. Used for keeping things cold; even in summer.
Cool find! A shame no one is restoring this beautiful time piece. Needs total refurbishment but could be worth it.
I Love this, Beautiful old house..
Wow, great find!
You could go magnet fishing under that house! Great video 👍 🙋🕊️ Thanks Kappy!
Great thought! Side note- I really want to start magnet fishing! Think I have some more learning to do as far as what type of magnet, rope, etc.
Never heard of magnet fishing..now..will be on internet learning about it all day, lol
It seems to me you wouldn't find much in that cave, the only things down there would have to have been dropped by a person, how many people have been down there and lost something, I guess there's always a chance someone hid something in there?
It's great that the house is so dry inside, that makes it a lot easier if someone wants to restore it some day.
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Building over a spring allows for cooling in the basement 'root cellar' and also cools the house. People would even lower bottles, canned goods and other items in buckets to the spring for cool storage.
There's a lovely Edwardian "Rich persons" house here built in the 1910s or so when electricity and fans were introduced...it's built over a cave system used as air conditioning with duct work to move cool air up. Also with storage systems. There's a girdwork of prison type bars over the cave opening in the cellar. To keep it from being used by thieves to access the house...or to keep the creature away.
They built the house from stone taken from the cave which led to increased ground water so much that the structure began to rot and they had to leave due to mold hence the horrible odour
Sad to see a house like that fall into such disrepair. Those old houses were made with pride and care.
Awesome old house. That thing was built to last. The walls are over a foot thick and built with stone. Yeah itd take a ton of work redoing the inside but the shell of the house is solid. Id love to have an old house out in the middle of nowhere like that. And the cave and spring underneath just up the coolness of the place. I thoroughly enjoyed the video
Those back staircases were usually for servants. Beautiful house!!!
Such a great old place! It is too bad that it wasn’t kept up. The deep window sills would be so nice for plants. The upstairs mantel over the fire place looked far nicer than the ones downstairs! Thanks so much for showing us!
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO 👍 ❤️ KAPPY BECAREFUL OUT THERE 👍 ❤️ WHEN YOU GO IN A CAVE 👍❤️
The rose wallpaper was pretty. The cave was awesome! Great find!