Very tastefully done; but, personally, I'm happy that there are guard dogs and caretakers to protect the mansion from vandals who want to leave their mark on this fabulous piece of history.
I doubt it makes a diffrence due to the fact people from around this world still go to the mansion without permission. So if u ask me those guard dogs must be blind
Thank you for this! My Dad was a student there when it was Faith Seminary and not gutted or stripped of all its furnishings. I can remember as a little boy wandering around inside as well as descending those stairways about midway in this video. Brought back a whole lot of childhood memories. We lived on Heather Rd, a couple of blocks from there.
I find it so frustrating that the church that currently owns it just won't well it for the amount they purchased it for. Its going to be ruined if its not sold soon. What a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship. I think this captures it so beautifully. thanks for taking chances so the public can view it. Its American history.
While I don't advocate trespassing, I want to thank you for your effort. I have often wondered the present condition of the marvelous Lynnewood Hall. I just did not expect it to be in such deplorable condition, and this saddens me. It is one of the crowning achievements in Neo Classical architecture in America, and it is truly a shame to see it like this. I fear that this once grand mansion may go the way of the wrecking ball unless someone rich enough wants to spend the money to restore this grand mansion.
I thought it wasn't in that bad a condition but yeah I would love to see it saved. It's 110 rooms so it is massive . Wikipedia says it is estimated it would cost $50 million to restore it to it's former glory which seems optimistic. A realtor says it could be renovated for 3 to 8 million which seems very optimistic.
I saw another (more lengthy) video that trespassers had made and, though the video seemed modern, the mansion seemed much less dilapidated. That staircase that had broken through was scary!
Deplorable condition??what are you talkin about ?you must not watch very many of these videos!!! usually at these homes , there's just piles and piles of crap on the floor everywhere , and you can't even see the floor and there's broken window glass and the roof falling in on a lot of these homes ....this is in incredible condition !!! I can't even believe what I'm seeing.. My question is there any water leaks any at all? That makes all the difference to whether it's rotting out or not....
It was just breath taking to see such humongous house. So heartbroken to ever see the house in that condition. Wish that people would share a dollar per person along with the government to restore the mansion and make it glory again.
Fact check, only 2 members of the Widener family died on the titanic, a son and a grandson of the owner. The Widener family owned the property until the later 30's or early 40's
having just suffered through two other tours of Lynnewood - one of which was a sanctioned visit - the kid doing it Corey something or other was so jerky on the camera and kept SNIFFLING through the tour and finally kept just slamming in this "epic" music that I had to abandon his tour - was getting motion sick and physically sick listening to him suck up his snot. Production quality on this is top notch - beautiful photography and even on the explorative footage I was able to experience the splendor of this Guided Age echo. THANK YOU for taking the time to actually craft the piece. Subscribed.
When A.B Widener died in 1915, the last remaining son Joseph Widener inherited the mansion. Then Joseph died in 1943, and neither of his children wanted the responsibility of the home. So it was left abandoned and in disrepair until 1948 when a developer bought the mansion and land for $130,000. Would you believe that!?
+Truth Sayer : Say it again. Isn't that the "TRUTH"....!! The Most High our Elohim Yahuah told his people the Hebrew Yisraelites to store their treasures up in heaven.😬
The black and white tiles are usually what the Skull and Bones society Freemasons and other secret societies would Adorn their floors with a place that's been unkept that long still having guard dogs and caretakers is proof that it's hiding something on the grounds the original owner who built and owned that Mansion is actually one of the Elite Class cabal lead family bloodlines
A. J.C........they are not necessarily hiding anything. They just don't want the "riff raff" A** holes coming in the place smashing every window, mirror, or other shiny objects. They don't want that ungodly low life graffiti crap on those "at one time" beautiful walls. Un- educated Americans are the most disrespectful when it come to destroying other peoples property even if the owners are deceased.
I am fascinated by these abandoned mansions that were once owned by people who had immense wealth and power. They are the closest thing we have to time travel. Just incredible.
Yes, it is absolutely massive...i live live like. 20 mins from there. .i love anything that has to do with the guilded are...hopefully this year I will be able to visit the Biltmore mansion...
it hasn't been decaying since 1912, its been vacant since 1952 it was purchased by a religious group that started selling off the interior detailing it is currently owned First Korean Church of New York. However, Lynnewood is not in use by that church and remains vacant. the gentleman whos son and grandson died on the titanic died in lynnwood hall in 1915, From 1915 to 1940, the spectacular art collection at Lynnewood Hall was open to the public by appointment between June and October. durning WW2 It was used by the military to train " military dogs"
So pleased this was available to see. My great grandad was Wallace Henry Hartley . Head bandsman on the Titanic. Strangely my daughter was born on the 15th April just after the Titanic sunk
Completely disgraceful the way someone obviously utilized it for business or government offices, but ran it completely into the ground like some kind of abused pirate ship.
Feedback... Love that we got to see inside of the home and the photographs were amazing, especially the before and afters. The issue I had is that the pace was too fast for me to truly appreciate what was in the photos. Rewinding over and over doesn't work well on UA-cam, would much rather have had the photos up for longer each time. Thank you so much! The shame you couldn't get permission to take the photos of the house, I'm sure you would have provided some amazing shots and done justice to the beauty of the house.
@@roeg48 Yes exactly. I see more and more commercials now that speed through and you don't even have enough time to read, let alone figure out what they are selling. I mean we are here to observe the beauty in the decaying state.
Oh My Goodness! I’ve been waiting for a video like this since I discovered the adventures of people on UA-cam going into abandoned buildings. Finally you got in! Well done and we appreciate your braveness. I grew up in Philadelphia but only discovered this mansion as an adult about 10 years ago. Thank you ever so much for showing us the inside of what we could only imagine to be there from the outside. It’s more preserved than I thought. But yes decaying rapidly. So sad.
Thanks for making and posting! This is the best footage I've seen of this mansion so far! Loved the visual comparisons between earlier times and now you provided. Do you recall if the beam across the ceiling over the pool was wood or steel? Thank you!
THIS IS A SAD WASTE OF A BEAUTIFUL HOME OR MUSEUM OR SOMETHING ... FOR OTHERS TO USE ... IT SHOULD BE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL GRANDEUR NOT LEFT TO ROT AWAY ... HOW SAD !!!! ....
Great job w/ the video, production work, and selecting a beautiful & perfect soundtrack w/ a timeless harmony that really captured the awe of this palace. I replayed most of it several times, but this was partially b/c some of the images changed too quickly. I love how it's all perfectly in sync, and it's a great display of editing skills, but if you held some of those shots for 2x or 4x as long, it would prevent having to pause or replay sections as often to get a better look at the details (though you'd probably need to loop the beat in places to compensate). As if it wasn't sad enough what happened to the Titanic, of which Peter Widener was an investor, and his son & grandson who lost their lives on the ship, it's a damn shame what happened to this home. How many times did it get vandalized? There's no way something that well-built could have fallen apart that badly. Some of those rooms look like a bomb exploded in them. Whoever acquired it from the Wideners should have had a security system installed, when that tech became available, and a couple of 24/7 security guards to keep out derelicts & thieves. Considering how much money it's worth, I don't know why they didn't invest in occasional renovations, regardless of whether it was occupied or not. It's pretty tough to sell something that massive and expensive that looks like ruins of a haunted house.
@Anastasia I've heard the rumor that you mentioned (along with the one that it wasn't the Titanic that was sunk but rather the Olympic for insurance reasons) but I don't believe either rumor.
It's not furnished! And, today is not 1910...you have to think of it then. I would kill to furnish it like 1910 in the formal rooms...then have your everyday living quarters further back in the house to today's standard.
It amazes me how many empty buildings there are throughout the world and yet how many homeless people are on the streets if we combine the two together we can end homeless
It’s for sale for 12 million, considering it cost ten times that to build 100 yrs ago, and was the first mansion so big it had its own power station and required a staff of120 people to run it, it’s BIG. Mind blowing Ly BIG! Seems that at that price there should beSOMEONE willing to buy it and spend the estimated 500 million to renovate, to preserve a piece of history that literally could not be built today... it’s actually bigger than the whitehouse and considering it’s sat empty for decades it’s not too bad off. Try leaving a McMansion vacant with no heat in PA winters, see how long it lasts. 5 yrs? And these guys were inside don’t let the disclaimer fool you. Has anyone just simply asked the caretaker for a tour to record it’s beauty?
I can not even imagine how it would have felt to live in this totally awesome. Place!! The wealth is beyond belief! I always thought that Randolph Hearst palace was something and it is!!! But this is a really amazing palace!!! You can see the wealth of these places but to feel it is out of my imagination!!! I would have loved to have met both these great men!! Someone needs to restore this!!!
such a crying shame that such a once beautiful property has been left to fall to pieces, that church really did a number on the rooms and structure of the building
In watching the video the elements of the building looked very familiar... then I realized it looked very similar to Woodrow Wilson Hall on the Monmouth University campus in West Long Branch NJ... which was the built originally for the owner of the Woolworth Company. Wilson hall will give you a great idea of what this property would still look like to this day. One of my favorite buildings I’ve ever been in.
unfortunately the title information is completely incorrect - George Widener and his son Harry died in the Titanic disaster. The family lived there for several years after that. It was sold a few times but only left in this state since about 1952
I've been to this place, but you can barely see it from outside the fence. But I thought the inside would be in way worse shape than this: caved in ceilings and shit. The Van Dyck Room is the only one that's anywhere near as bad as I pictured.
Amazing edit!! And to capture this insane place must be crazy hard due to the fact that no camera does anything justice as to seeing it in real life but you did a great job, keep it up man.
I so so love this mansion. It deserves to be loved again for its historical value before it is totally wrecked. It is so beautiful and does not deserve to go down like the Titanic PLEASE SOMEONE SAVE HER
You did great! Amazing pictures from a house which held such beauty & history in its glory days now rotting/decaying away. Sad! Hope someone buys it soon & restores it.
I love old abandoned mansions but it's always so sad how they have been left to decay, especially the very old and historic homes. The home looks like it may have been used for groups of people from the big coffee machines and the multiple tables in the one room. So depressing!
So let me get this straight, the Korean Church has hired a CARETAKER, but what "care" has this useless waste of flesh and breath taken of the place? Is something wrong with this person's back that prevents them from getting off their duff and picking up some of the mess inside the structure? If you are going to hire a worker, at least get some true "work" out of the deal....smh.
Lynnewood hall needs to be restored so that she doesn't meet the same fate as her sister Whitemarsh hall which was the third largest home in the U.S. until she was demolished The Sister home Whitemarsh hall was right down the road from Lynnewood hall
Only if the government would restore it to its former glory, who doesn't know about the titanic? I am sure it would have tens of thousands of visitors annually which would quickly cover all costs.
Thank you for not being just another UBEX making idiotic comments with no clue of the history! The music and before and after photos are excellent. Great job!!
That was FUCKING AWESOME!!!!! HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET IN THE LYNWOOD MANSION? It was very sad to see how its been let go. It bothers me that the government thinks nothing of it. These old mansions are so historical and beautiful and yet they just detieorate and go to hell. We could make these museums.
Thank you for the best pix of this amazing structure! Awesome Work It is my Favorite Building in the US 2nd is the Detroit Train Depot in Detroit. This structure needs to be saved and returned to its former glory!
What a shame it is to see this magnificent mansion falling apart. as it's apart of history with its connection to the titanic. It would be great to see This mansion restored and used a the titanic museum this would be what's in the best interest for this great mansion as a museum and restaurant it would pay for itself in the long run. But in the end this mansion will most likely go the same way as most of the other great historical mansions have to b demolished. What a shame and waste this will be.
Its so sad such a Beautiful House just sitting ther decaying, They should use It for something Good like an Orphanage It has 110 Bedrooms and 2 Guest Houses in the yard With a Basketball court yard It be perfect for It
When it was first not lived in and was in way better shape... now who will put in 50million to make repairs for that? It be cheaper to build new building
katya03316, to build anything new they’d have to tear down the old. A curse on anyone who takes a wrecking ball to Lynnewood Hall, such a piece of History. I wish all the investors in the world and the government would stop spending money on fruitless wars. $11 million to purchase and $50 million to restore, it is a lot of money to most of us, but to them it’s pocket change. I wish we had back some of the many hundreds of millions of dollars that was spent to build tanks and bombs to butcher human beings in mass slaughter. It would’ve been better spent restoring Lynnewood.
the camera shot of the kitchen shows a refrigerator that is probably from the 50s maybe the 60s and the two coffee decanters are the ones I grew up with back in the sixties ...somebody was obviously in that house way after 1917...they would have had a ice box at that time..
The last of the Wideners, sold the property in 1948, it has been owned by a church ever since. The property is also listed for sale. www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/A1-Ashbourne-Rd_Elkins-Park_PA_19027_M37842-06644?view=qv househistree.com/houses/lynnewood-hall
Next level editing, and a unique way of story telling. Both incredible elements of this video. Really amazing job on this bro!!
Thanks gabe, I really wanted to do something different with this one
Thanku4 sharing . Brilliant vid 😊
Gabriel DeSanti Excellent💕
I say the stupid music ruined it, I’d rather listen to the guy drown back in 1912 or whenever his little boat sank
Very tastefully done; but, personally, I'm happy that there are guard dogs and caretakers to protect the mansion from vandals who want to leave their mark on this fabulous piece of history.
Same here.. :)
Same
I doubt it makes a diffrence due to the fact people from around this world still go to the mansion without permission. So if u ask me those guard dogs must be blind
@@WhatDaHellDoIPutHere did you watch the whole things? The guy stepped on glass and the dogs heard it which they started barking.
If I was a billionaire I’d restore this mansion to its real glory. Such amazing history, heartbreaking to see it decaying.
Wendy Duval me too. I’m going to restore If I was a billionaire.
@@patriciasampurna Same, not if I beat y'all to it lol
If I was a billionaire I'd speak the money on those who didn't have anything.
Wendy Duval I live across the street from this mansion & never knew what it was
No one is able to buy it. It's already owned by the government.
Thank you for this! My Dad was a student there when it was Faith Seminary and not gutted or stripped of all its furnishings. I can remember as a little boy wandering around inside as well as descending those stairways about midway in this video. Brought back a whole lot of childhood memories. We lived on Heather Rd, a couple of blocks from there.
I find it so frustrating that the church that currently owns it just won't well it for the amount they purchased it for. Its going to be ruined if its not sold soon. What a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship. I think this captures it so beautifully. thanks for taking chances so the public can view it. Its American history.
While I don't advocate trespassing, I want to thank you for your effort. I have often wondered the present condition of the marvelous Lynnewood Hall. I just did not expect it to be in such deplorable condition, and this saddens me. It is one of the crowning achievements in Neo Classical architecture in America, and it is truly a shame to see it like this. I fear that this once grand mansion may go the way of the wrecking ball unless someone rich enough wants to spend the money to restore this grand mansion.
I thought it wasn't in that bad a condition but yeah I would love to see it saved. It's 110 rooms so it is massive . Wikipedia says it is estimated it would cost $50 million to restore it to it's former glory which seems optimistic. A realtor says it could be renovated for 3 to 8 million which seems very optimistic.
Oh, I do hope it is saved! And brought back to the splendid mansion that it was !! Please inform us of the status of the building !! Thank You !!
So sad to see it falling into such disrepair. Would be a beautiful hotel, museum, civic center, etc.
I saw another (more lengthy) video that trespassers had made and, though the video seemed modern, the mansion seemed much less dilapidated. That staircase that had broken through was scary!
Deplorable condition??what are you talkin about ?you must not watch very many of these videos!!! usually at these homes , there's just piles and piles of crap on the floor everywhere , and you can't even see the floor and there's broken window glass and the roof falling in on a lot of these homes ....this is in incredible condition !!! I can't even believe what I'm seeing..
My question is there any water leaks any at all? That makes all the difference to whether it's rotting out or not....
The staircase looks like the actual staircase of the titanic. amazing
Yes....lots of the architecture of this and other Trumbauer homes.
After the death of the owner his son died on the Titanic along with his child who was called Harry.
@Titin Kustinah What I meant is the person who owned this mansion lost his son and his grandson on the Titanic.
@Logan Jones. yes,and Peter widener was not an investor in the Titanic. He was an investor in IMM, and he later acquired a 20% stake in IMM
It was just breath taking to see such humongous house. So heartbroken to ever see the house in that condition. Wish that people would share a dollar per person along with the government to restore the mansion and make it glory again.
Finally i get to see inside this mansion!! Thank you thank you
Fact check, only 2 members of the Widener family died on the titanic, a son and a grandson of the owner. The Widener family owned the property until the later 30's or early 40's
They prob couldn’t afford to keep it so they just left it to rot
@@sharnagrayson9649 The could afford it, they just did not want it after the neighborhood started becoming a middle class neighborhood
I can tell the mansion was beautiful, wish someone could fix it to it's original state amd have guests view it.
having just suffered through two other tours of Lynnewood - one of which was a sanctioned visit - the kid doing it Corey something or other was so jerky on the camera and kept SNIFFLING through the tour and finally kept just slamming in this "epic" music that I had to abandon his tour - was getting motion sick and physically sick listening to him suck up his snot. Production quality on this is top notch - beautiful photography and even on the explorative footage I was able to experience the splendor of this Guided Age echo. THANK YOU for taking the time to actually craft the piece. Subscribed.
When A.B Widener died in 1915, the last remaining son Joseph Widener inherited the mansion. Then Joseph died in 1943, and neither of his children wanted the responsibility of the home. So it was left abandoned and in disrepair until 1948 when a developer bought the mansion and land for $130,000. Would you believe that!?
The grand home would cost $200 MILLION in todays dollars to recreate!!
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
Mark 8:36 KJV
Truth Sayer AMEN AND AMEN
+Truth Sayer : Say it again. Isn't that the "TRUTH"....!! The Most High our Elohim Yahuah told his people the Hebrew Yisraelites to store their treasures up in heaven.😬
The black and white tiles are usually what the Skull and Bones society Freemasons and other secret societies would Adorn their floors with a place that's been unkept that long still having guard dogs and caretakers is proof that it's hiding something on the grounds the original owner who built and owned that Mansion is actually one of the Elite Class cabal lead family bloodlines
A. J.C........they are not necessarily hiding anything. They just don't want the "riff raff" A** holes coming in the place smashing every window, mirror, or other shiny objects. They don't want that ungodly low life graffiti crap on those "at one time" beautiful walls. Un- educated Americans are the most disrespectful when it come to destroying other peoples property even if the owners are deceased.
@@bluegrassrules9967 may not agree with you but I respect our difference of opinions. Much respect
I am fascinated by these abandoned mansions that were once owned by people who had immense wealth and power. They are the closest thing we have to time travel. Just incredible.
This place has been my dream explore for like 5 years I've been scared of the dogs and how to actually get in. This video is amazing thank you.
Yes, it is absolutely massive...i live live like. 20 mins from there. .i love anything that has to do with the guilded are...hopefully this year I will be able to visit the Biltmore mansion...
it hasn't been decaying since 1912, its been vacant since 1952 it was purchased by a religious group that started selling off the interior detailing it is currently owned First Korean Church of New York. However, Lynnewood is not in use by that church and remains vacant. the gentleman whos son and grandson died on the titanic died in lynnwood hall in 1915, From 1915 to 1940, the spectacular art collection at Lynnewood Hall was open to the public by appointment between June and October. durning WW2 It was used by the military to train " military dogs"
So pleased this was available to see. My great grandad was Wallace Henry Hartley . Head bandsman on the Titanic. Strangely my daughter was born on the 15th April just after the Titanic sunk
Completely disgraceful the way someone obviously utilized it for business or government offices, but ran it completely into the ground like some kind of abused pirate ship.
Feedback... Love that we got to see inside of the home and the photographs were amazing, especially the before and afters. The issue I had is that the pace was too fast for me to truly appreciate what was in the photos. Rewinding over and over doesn't work well on UA-cam, would much rather have had the photos up for longer each time. Thank you so much! The shame you couldn't get permission to take the photos of the house, I'm sure you would have provided some amazing shots and done justice to the beauty of the house.
Good video but slow down your cuts from photo to photo. Not enough time to appreciate what's actually in the photos.
Especially if you take time to read the text in some of the frames.
@@roeg48 Yes exactly. I see more and more commercials now that speed through and you don't even have enough time to read, let alone figure out what they are selling. I mean we are here to observe the beauty in the decaying state.
Could use the pause button
@@thomassliders4770 I gave up pausing and going back. I went to a different video.
i had to slow mo the video to really watch
Oh My Goodness! I’ve been waiting for a video like this since I discovered the adventures of people on UA-cam going into abandoned buildings. Finally you got in! Well done and we appreciate your braveness. I grew up in Philadelphia but only discovered this mansion as an adult about 10 years ago. Thank you ever so much for showing us the inside of what we could only imagine to be there from the outside. It’s more preserved than I thought. But yes decaying rapidly. So sad.
It was just his Son and grandson who died on the Titanic. Old man Widener lived at Lynnewood Hall till he died.
Wow, that was AMAZING photos you took!! Beautiful place and indoor pool. THANK YOU for sharing them with us!!
Thanks for making and posting! This is the best footage I've seen of this mansion so far! Loved the visual comparisons between earlier times and now you provided. Do you recall if the beam across the ceiling over the pool was wood or steel? Thank you!
THIS IS A SAD WASTE OF A BEAUTIFUL HOME OR MUSEUM OR SOMETHING ... FOR OTHERS TO USE ... IT SHOULD BE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL
GRANDEUR NOT LEFT TO ROT AWAY ... HOW SAD !!!! ....
In Toronto we have a home like this named casaloma. It was restored and is a major tourist attraction and fine dining restaurant
THANK YOU for sharing this ! You guys did an amazing job of showing us what we can only wish to see.
I wanna cry. That mansion is gorgeous 😢
Great job w/ the video, production work, and selecting a beautiful & perfect soundtrack w/ a timeless harmony that really captured the awe of this palace. I replayed most of it several times, but this was partially b/c some of the images changed too quickly. I love how it's all perfectly in sync, and it's a great display of editing skills, but if you held some of those shots for 2x or 4x as long, it would prevent having to pause or replay sections as often to get a better look at the details (though you'd probably need to loop the beat in places to compensate).
As if it wasn't sad enough what happened to the Titanic, of which Peter Widener was an investor, and his son & grandson who lost their lives on the ship, it's a damn shame what happened to this home. How many times did it get vandalized? There's no way something that well-built could have fallen apart that badly. Some of those rooms look like a bomb exploded in them. Whoever acquired it from the Wideners should have had a security system installed, when that tech became available, and a couple of 24/7 security guards to keep out derelicts & thieves. Considering how much money it's worth, I don't know why they didn't invest in occasional renovations, regardless of whether it was occupied or not. It's pretty tough to sell something that massive and expensive that looks like ruins of a haunted house.
I live across the street from this mansion & never knew what it was
Whatttt I AM JEALOUS
J Dose 😱
You should go check it out and like explore every room because you could just keep going back :)
@@ameliad3013 Congratulations on giving awful advice.
How exciting to find out I live 10 minutes from this mansion!!!!
Lucky!
This is when we did not have the IRS....American wealth during the gilded age...amazing!
The only entities who can afford real estate like this have tax exempt status, like churches.
@FreeYoMind That makes absolutely no sense at all. 😂
@Anastasia I've heard the rumor that you mentioned (along with the one that it wasn't the Titanic that was sunk but rather the Olympic for insurance reasons) but I don't believe either rumor.
Betsy De Vos has 9 yachts. They could afford this house if they want. Today's billionaires opt for multiple big mansions rather than one huge one.
The IRS was formed in 1862 you idiot
Looks to be about 50 million to renovate it back to the way it was.
No, its well over 100m for renovations
Can’t see why anyone would want to live in a place like this, it is so cold looking uncomfortable and unfriendly
It's not furnished! And, today is not 1910...you have to think of it then. I would kill to furnish it like 1910 in the formal rooms...then have your everyday living quarters further back in the house to today's standard.
Why is there a care taker, when nothing is being taken care of...
To keep people out...
the caretaker is there to keep idiots from spray painting and breaking the remaining mirrors and glass
But who put them there?
Wow,beautiful.but one of my favorite parts was."The dogs heard the glass"an you running.I kept thinking they were on your heels.Exciting!
I literally just read a story about this place and it mentioned your channel this video is amazing.
It’s amazing ! I went there 2 days ago , no dogs bc of the cold but the caretaker was chasing after my friend and I inside the mansion
It amazes me how many empty buildings there are throughout the world and yet how many homeless people are on the streets if we combine the two together we can end homeless
It’s for sale for 12 million, considering it cost ten times that to build 100 yrs ago, and was the first mansion so big it had its own power station and required a staff of120 people to run it, it’s BIG. Mind blowing Ly BIG! Seems that at that price there should beSOMEONE willing to buy it and spend the estimated 500 million to renovate, to preserve a piece of history that literally could not be built today... it’s actually bigger than the whitehouse and considering it’s sat empty for decades it’s not too bad off. Try leaving a McMansion vacant with no heat in PA winters, see how long it lasts. 5 yrs? And these guys were inside don’t let the disclaimer fool you. Has anyone just simply asked the caretaker for a tour to record it’s beauty?
I can not even imagine how it would have felt to live in this totally awesome. Place!! The wealth is beyond belief! I always thought that Randolph Hearst palace was something and it is!!!
But this is a really amazing palace!!! You can see the wealth of these places but to feel it is out of my imagination!!! I would have loved to have met both these great men!!
Someone needs to restore this!!!
such a crying shame that such a once beautiful property has been left to fall to pieces, that church really did a number on the rooms and structure of the building
These keep getting better and better!!
So beautiful, makes one wonder what would've been had the titanic not sunk.
In watching the video the elements of the building looked very familiar... then I realized it looked very similar to Woodrow Wilson Hall on the Monmouth University campus in West Long Branch NJ... which was the built originally for the owner of the Woolworth Company. Wilson hall will give you a great idea of what this property would still look like to this day. One of my favorite buildings I’ve ever been in.
unfortunately the title information is completely incorrect - George Widener and his son Harry died in the Titanic disaster. The family lived there for several years after that. It was sold a few times but only left in this state since about 1952
There are so many interesting historical sites in Pennsylvania. I wish the govt in place would do more with the state. It has so much to offer.
Lovely video just fascinating to see what u were able to record... A million thank yous
I've been to this place, but you can barely see it from outside the fence. But I thought the inside would be in way worse shape than this: caved in ceilings and shit. The Van Dyck Room is the only one that's anywhere near as bad as I pictured.
What a shame that's been left to decay. Such a gorgeous property.
Cool. Thank you! We could only every catch a glimpse of this place from the street.
Amazing edit!! And to capture this insane place must be crazy hard due to the fact that no camera does anything justice as to seeing it in real life but you did a great job, keep it up man.
agreed, thats why i had to go check it out in person!
how is it possible that nobody has attempted to restore this breathtaking property? they should turn it into a hotel or something.
I so so love this mansion. It deserves to be loved again for its historical value before it is totally wrecked. It is so beautiful and does not deserve to go down like the Titanic
PLEASE SOMEONE SAVE HER
You did great! Amazing pictures from a house which held such beauty & history in its glory days now rotting/decaying away. Sad! Hope someone buys it soon & restores it.
I love old abandoned mansions but it's always so sad how they have been left to decay, especially the very old and historic homes. The home looks like it may have been used for groups of people from the big coffee machines and the multiple tables in the one room. So depressing!
amazing video man! great edit
That was so much to see the inside of the house. Would love to see it back at it's original style and made into a museum.
The heroes we didn’t know we needed!! Amazing!!
This is insane my dude, the editing is on another level truly and there’s a suspense to it. Loved it
It sucked
Best one ever! Also the suspense just great!!
OMG! This is the best view I've ever seen of this place! People usually just shoot the main entrance and the chapel for some reason... Nice work!!!
What a shame. This should be a national museum.
So let me get this straight, the Korean Church has hired a CARETAKER, but what "care" has this useless waste of flesh and breath taken of the place? Is something wrong with this person's back that prevents them from getting off their duff and picking up some of the mess inside the structure? If you are going to hire a worker, at least get some true "work" out of the deal....smh.
Breathtaking. I can’t decide whether you’re lying about the dogs or not, absolutely incredible edits as well
appreciated! and if you go by or get close to the property they are still there today!
Lynnewood hall needs to be restored so that she doesn't meet the same fate as her sister Whitemarsh hall which was the third largest home in the U.S. until she was demolished The Sister home Whitemarsh hall was right down the road from Lynnewood hall
Only if the government would restore it to its former glory, who doesn't know about the titanic? I am sure it would have tens of thousands of visitors annually which would quickly cover all costs.
Those photos came out dope, keep it up g
Wow, High Skill editing. Love your video btw 👌
Fantastic, inside looks similar to the Titanic itself, very odd....
Love your videos bc it comes with information..the story and history, before and after is what I admired the most
Would make a georgous Titanic museum, rent it out for weddings, and for films for mansion scenes
I am crying for Lynnewood Hall !! It needs help.
I cannot imagine the property taxes of this mansion. And the Mansion has a caretaker?? He is not doing his job at all.
You would need several people working full time just to keep the place cleaned.
The property taxes in Cheltenham Township are insane, and one doesn't have to have a 115 room mansion.
Thank you for not being just another UBEX making idiotic comments with no clue of the history! The music and before and after photos are excellent. Great job!!
Please continue creating amazing content like this!🔥
Very lovely architecture....just send me down to tears!! Look at how enormous the design for each spaces, with trims and intricate details amongst it
i suddenly need this house 😂 Amazing video man. You did this place justice.
criminal that such a glorious place is allowed to decay.
Bravo! This was well done.
That was FUCKING AWESOME!!!!! HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET IN THE LYNWOOD MANSION? It was very sad to see how its been let go. It bothers me that the government thinks nothing of it. These old mansions are so historical and beautiful and yet they just detieorate and go to hell. We could make these museums.
Sorry I spelled Lynnwood wrong, I hate when that happens.
Absolutely incredible! Lynnewood Hall is right near to me, I'll have to check it out this spring/summer; though looks pretty risky to go inside?
I live just mere miles from this place always wanted to see it from inside the gates
Thank you for the best pix of this amazing structure! Awesome Work It is my Favorite Building in the US 2nd is the Detroit Train Depot in Detroit. This structure needs to be saved and returned to its former glory!
I’d love someone to restore this and turn it into a museum.
I live close to this place always wanted to see what it looked like inside but always heard about the dogs. God this place is amazing.
just bring dog biscuits:)
OMG.... that was truly amazing..
Dope video man. Excellent story telling skills
Must have watched this over twenty plus times great work
wooow i absolutely loved watching this video , that place is so beautiful its ashame its been abandoned it shouldhave been a museum
What a shame it is to see this magnificent mansion falling apart.
as it's apart of history with its connection to the titanic. It would be great to see
This mansion restored and used a the titanic museum this would be what's in the best interest
for this great mansion as a museum and restaurant it would pay for itself in the long run.
But in the end this mansion will most likely go the same way as most of the other great historical
mansions have to b demolished. What a shame and waste this will be.
Still some pretty amazing shots in the short time.
Its so sad such a Beautiful House just sitting ther decaying, They should use It for something Good like an Orphanage It has 110 Bedrooms and 2 Guest Houses in the yard With a Basketball court yard It be perfect for It
When it was first not lived in and was in way better shape... now who will put in 50million to make repairs for that? It be cheaper to build new building
katya03316, to build anything new they’d have to tear down the old. A curse on anyone who takes a wrecking ball to Lynnewood Hall, such a piece of History. I wish all the investors in the world and the government would stop spending money on fruitless wars. $11 million to purchase and $50 million to restore, it is a lot of money to most of us, but to them it’s pocket change. I wish we had back some of the many hundreds of millions of dollars that was spent to build tanks and bombs to butcher human beings in mass slaughter. It would’ve been better spent restoring Lynnewood.
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i went to lynnewood last year that place is crazyyyy
Did you get in ?
the camera shot of the kitchen shows a refrigerator that is probably from the 50s maybe the 60s and the two coffee decanters are the ones I grew up with back in the sixties ...somebody was obviously in that house way after 1917...they would have had a ice box at that time..
The last of the Wideners, sold the property in 1948, it has been owned by a church ever since. The property is also listed for sale.
www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/A1-Ashbourne-Rd_Elkins-Park_PA_19027_M37842-06644?view=qv
househistree.com/houses/lynnewood-hall
Such a beautiful place. I hope it could get restored. Who owns it now? And who is paying for guard dogs and a caretaker?
Great video bro!