I Bought An Abandoned Log Cabin that was built in 1780
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Today’s video is a handcrafted 18th century historic log cabin tour. This rustic Abe Lincoln cabin in the woods tour shows you all of the construction from 1780, including the exterior, stone fireplace, boulder-supported foundation, rustic interior and more. This is a tour of one of the houses on our property, and the rumor is that Abraham Lincoln visited this exact log cabin and spent two nights here. So,let’swalkaroundtheinsideandoutsideofthisbeautiful,historic cabin and see how it was constructed, and how it has remained standing for over 240 years. Amazing! If you enjoyed today’s video featuring this handcrafted 18th century historic log cabin tour, and exploring all throughout the rustic Abe Lincoln cabin in the woods tour, showing you all of the construction from 1780, please remember to like, share, subscribe and comment if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback. I hope to see you here again .
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I live in the South and actually, there would more than likely have been many kids plus the parents living in the cabin. Back then it was not uncommon to have 12 or more children. They would usually sleep 4 to a bed. The chinking is mostly red Clay which is plentiful in the South. It is a wonderful heritage to own a place like this! You’re lucky to own it!
that's very interesting to know, thank you. We bought this property 1 year and 5 month ago. this cabin came as a bonus But hopefully we will be starting to rehab this cabin in next couple month , it will be very beautiful jam after its all restored. stay tuned to see it revived 😁😁.
Ya comment 2to3 people that was funni. Better more bout history
@@thezaytsevs It would be cool if you do airbnb or verbo this cabin when it's fully restored. might help pay for the costs and let other enjoy the history and heritage.
@@gary_beniford that’s the plan in near future 😁🙌
Many people would live there . Probably the parents and small children, would sleep down stsirs.
I’m so happy to hear that you’re going to repair the foundation and keep the historic house.
thank you.🙌
@@thezaytsevs it’s really really cool to see this old house. The mystery of who lived their and what happened is so powerful
That house is in amazing condition for its age. They took great pride in their work back then and things were made to last. Unlike today. Can’t wait to see what you do with it! Absolutely gorgeous 😍
thank you for watching Amy . new video is up, check It out. 🙌 ua-cam.com/video/5tC6CrzgyJ0/v-deo.html
@@thezaytsevs loved watching that one too! You have yourself a new subscriber. I don’t want to miss any of your videos! So happy you popped up on my UA-cam today!
We have an old log tavern built in the 1700s on our farm. German immigrants built it. It has two stories, a full basement, and a huge attic. There is an added on kitchen from the 1800s. Robert E. Lee and his daughter used to stay there on their travels.
Wow Robert E Lee! Please make a video. One of the best generals in American history!
@@conservativetexan2289 They even teach Lee's tactics in the Army War College. Right up the road is a house where an old woman lived. General Lee stopped by to see her. He thanked her for her five sons who died fighting for the South, and she replied "I wish that I'd had five more to give you". There is a big bloodstain on the floor of the tavern, where a Confederate soldier bled out as he was attempting to rejoin the battle across the mountain.
Amazing! Where is it located? (Generally speaking…)
@@billywalker9223 it’s saddens me that people want to erase our history. That’s a amazing story. I’m fascinated with civil war history. We don’t have as much civil war history here in Texas like the other southern states but we are dam proud to be a part of the south. But I live about an hr from the Alamo. Sure do wish we had a general Lee in the white house over the current idiot we have running this country. Sometimes I wish we would just divide north and south again.
Make a video about it man
This was a very big cabin for 1780 and it had enough room for a family of 8 or more and they had a room above the fireplace too, where the family slept several children to a small bed (by today’s standard). In 1784 there was a big influx from Virginia and NC areas southward to recently vacated British cabins and land. The forests at that time were virgin and wagons could be driven straight thru the woods as the trees were so tall that there was little ground growth. There were flocks of parrots and parakeets and large panther cats. It was a paradise. Georgia had been kept relatively free of settlers,as they had deamed it Creek Indian hunting land. Settlers had to get a passport to pass thru GA to get to Alabama, which is a reason why many settlers chose to travel over to Tennessee and then south to AL.
thank you for this info.
thinkfirst....Yes, you are correct about the size of those virgin...or at least very old trees. I live here in north central Arkansas, where my ancestors settled in 1815. I read that back then a man on horseback could travel through the forest all day and never hit a tree limb because the trees were so tall that the lowest limbs were higher than the mans head.
I can only wonder how fantastic it must have been to have the trees in the forests so big and tall...amazing..!!
One of my ancestors built the first modern looking two story house.....not log cabin style...where they first settled along the White River, in 1835. large Limestone slabs were found and used for the front steps and they are still there and in great shape. It has two large bedrooms upstairs...at least 15 x 15 ft. and a large bedroom downstairs Yes, it has been added onto over the years with another bedroom or two, kitchen, electricity and plumbing, but the original house is still very livable and has been continuously lived in from 1835 until today.
I love that you appreciate the house and the history to preserve it! So many people want to modernize. There are so many modern houses, yet only a few historic homes left. Thank you!
I totally agree Chris !
Lol saw this comment just as he gets a window that shouldn't have been open stuck and then pulls insulation off the walls. Good job preserving it haha
I agree
I think it’s so important to preserve the history of America. It has changed a LOT in 250 years and I love seeing all the markers of how things have come along. And going to Europe and seeing the 1000+ year old buildings… it’s truly something. Humanity has always wanted to build and be comfortable and that always looks different. I wonder what they’ll think of our homes 250 years from now..
Yes❤
House used to have more rooms upstairs, you can see slots in the logs where the other floor joists used to be. Cool house.
yes you are right . 😁
Agreed, and, of course the bathroom would have been an outhouse for pottying, and washing up in the kitchen. This is a very large house for it's time, and would have housed a large family. All of those handles you see on the door would probably been added in the 1800's.
@@lucymorgan8859 Must have been wealthy? Poorer people would have had tiny cabin ya think?
@@jackiemack8653 well, they built it from the logs on the land, so I wouldn't say wealthy...but prob just needed a bigger cabin. Many times there were alot of children...
I am honestly happy your family purchased this. ( I noticed a few offensive comments over historic buildings and y’all being new to this country). I see that u have a respect, honor, morality and gratitude that so many born here in the 🇺🇸 have lost and those who would want to make it “modern” or tear it down in the name of selfish greed. Thank you for saving a little more of our history, that now is part of your family’s history also! ❤ from North Carolina!
THANK YOU KELLEY 😁🙌🙌
Pretty sure they didn't have "indoor" restrooms in 1780. I would say that the closet is a later addition, they didn't build closets back then either. They had armoires, wardrobes, and trunks. All of which were pieces of furniture.
Also the windows were added later.
Also did you catch the air conditioner upstairs.
Sorr6 to say this guy doesn’t know anything about history
No he certainly doesn’t but isn’t he very excited 😆
@chattykathie7129 He may not but he's very excited and enthusiastic about restoring the house. It'll no doubt be expensive but l hope he stays with it. More power to the guy!
Very gorgeous and so original I love it. I'm amazed that it lasted so many years without someone putting drywall up. You are very blessed to have a original log cabin
Thank you so much!
Right on the drywall. This place was fixed up in the 60s or 70s but why were the insides of the logs flat?
I really enjoy seeing the pleasure you have in this beautiful old settelers home. The doors were short because the people were short, for the most part.
thank you for watching and for more information.😁
Yes
My grandmother was raised in a house a little smaller than that one along with her 14 brothers and sisters. I'm pretty sure the original family that lived there had more than 3 or 4 people.
thanks for this info 😁, learning alot.
Yes and many folks would set up bedding for the children in front of fireplace on cold winter nights and even have a cow or two inside for more warmth.
This is the coolest! I spent my summers in the coal mine of KY. Stayed in a house built the same way. Please don't change it other than fixing it. I'd add on of course, but what a gem. Good luck & keep us posted
yes of course.🙌🙌
The low door way wasn't about saving heat but self defense. It made the attackers bend down as they entered the room unable to use their weapons giving the home owners a chance to defend themselves.
People were shorter back then...
@@blank1778 Abe Lincoln was 6'4
Plus, as someone else mentioned, people were if shorter stature back then.
Love how excited you are about the history, It's yours, too!
Glad to have you here!
Welcome aboard!
There are many cottages and houses in Sweden which are built the same way and are as old.
Yes it is fascinating how healthy this houses are!
Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
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@@thezaytsevs thanks 🙏
The American Log Cabin was first brought to Delaware by immigrants from Scandinavia, particularly Sweden and Norway.
Finland.
Back in the day people were alo shorter :) Man I absolutely LOVE this.. and I love you have bought it because we all know it will be taken care of and allowed to live on for MANY years! Thank you for preserving things such as this... Means a lot!
thank you so much for information and your positive belief in us . 🙌🙌
People were shorter back in the days because of infectious diseases affecting them during their growing phases made them shorter
The Lincolns were all over 6 feet and most grew up poor. Jefferson, Lewis and the Clark families were often over 6 feet. Andrew Jackson of this era was 6 feet and grew up poor and sickly. A man over 6 feet is still considered tall.
Buildings were built that way because of construction techniques, materials, how high a wall could be and remain stable without post Civil War sawmill framing. Doors in Scotland still require you to duck like living on a boat....and Scots are taller than the European average.
@@narellemacpherson9759that is definitely a myth Don't let no one ever tell you that people were shorter two or three hundred years ago it isn't true...
Even today people that who lives in Alaska most of them still build short doorways....
Neat house and it's great to hear that you're planning to restore it. Looking forward to watching part 2. I spent 10 years as the maintenance technician at a historic site consisting of 15 buildings from the mid 18th to early 19th centuries and I will say is this - it's painfully obvious that there was a full second floor originally and somebody (probably in the last 20 years or so, judging by the recycled timbers in the kitchen area that are being used as supports for that loft area above it - note the modern zinc dipped brackets) decided to be trendy and make it an "open floor plan" which may or may not be what caused the foundation issues and the noticeable sag on the gable end wall to either side of the fireplace. This is what happens when people who don't understand historic building practices decide to go all self-appointed HGTV and end up causing severe damage. Good luck in your restoration, you at least seem to have a good head on your shoulders and a desire to see this place looking beautiful again
thank you John for such informative and positive comment , Check out our newer videos about Restoration and rehab of this cabin on our channel. Thank you for watching. 🙌🙌
Indeed. I was faculty/staff for the Historic Preservation graduate program at the University of Kentucky. Rambled through hundreds of these things doing conservation studies and photos for the SHPO. So many fools rush right in and tear off the lath and plaster systems--so they can see the logs. The family that built them so long ago wanted to cover them up ASAP--a measure of civility...
@@pragmatologistthank you
I would be totally down with living in a house like this one. It is really cool. The house didn't start out having an indoor bathroom. You should try to find the location of the original outhouse. I might guess it would be behind the house and downhill. If you use a metal detector at the outhouse site you might find interesting items that fell out of Abe Lincoln's pocket as he did his business. You should methodically go over the entire site with a metal detector. No telling what you may find there. If you do that, please make a video about what you find.
I will be doing a video about the entire property and findings , stay tuned. 😉
@@thezaytsevs
Metal detect the property
If you haven't leveled the house yet...before you do so,...take pictures of the stone placement. Number them..and reinstall them back in the original place. Cool stuff. I used to do stuff like this back in the day. Portland Oregon area.
Nice I used to live in Vancouver WA , thank you fo watching. check out an updated new video about this cabin on our channel .ua-cam.com/video/5tC6CrzgyJ0/v-deo.html
My grandfather, on my dad's side, built a log house when he and my grandmother were married. It had 2 rooms downstairs, kitchen and living room, which double as their bedroom. He built a captain's bed on one side of the room, under the stairs to the upstairs. The upstairs was one big room, 7 children were raised in it, 4 boys and 3 girls. My grandfather ran a heavy wire across the middle of the room and they put sheets over it. Girls on one side and boys on the other. Grandmother had a huge wood burning cook stove in the kitchen. Bath night was in a big wash tub in front of it, freeze on one side and cook on the other. This was built in Iowa with very cold winters, the outhouse was built up the hill beside house. They had a hand pump in the kitchen to pump water in from the well.
thank you for sharing.. check out our other videos about this cabin. .😁
Im going to say I believe the cabin has been altered quite a bit over the years. It appears the second floor was cut back to open up the grand room. You can see the remnants of where the joists were once protruding from the upper walls. (The squares) Also the kitchen and cupboards are an add on. Back then there would not have been a separate kitchen and at least not that far away from the fireplace. The cupboards are sporting modern hinges made to look old that were popular in the 1970s. They can still be bought. The chinking has been redone also. Its a nice cabin.....Just not as original as you think.
thank you for this information , I have updated video on our channel 😁
I was thinking the same thing- the floor joists missing and looks like they may have salvaged some of the flooring in the stairs now to 2nd floor. I suspect that pile of stones may have been part of another chimney. It’s still a very nice log house.
are you sure?? that toilet looks pretty good for 1700s lol
Also fireplace has firebrick at the bottom ----- Only available since maybe 1970s
Houses built now won't be standing a few hundred years later like this beauty !! Nothing seems to last now. Here in rural Alabama, we have historic cabins from the 1700s too.
I do agree with you. 🙌
Thanks for the tour of your historic old wooden cabin. You certainly have your work cut-out for yourself. What an exciting adventure!
Hope all goes well!
thank you.
Love your excitement and respect for history. I believe the reason for the short doors was mainly because people were much shorter then because of less nutrition while young. Have you ever noticed how short antique beds are? Abraham Lincoln was considered freakishly tall.
Thank you Leasha, Im learning a lot on this thread. 😁
George Washington was very tall also.
Shorter doors are also a defensive feature, forcing any would be attacker to stoop while entering a building which forces the head and eyes down, making them off balance, disoriented and easier to attack.
@@thezaytsevs Add: my grandparents have had doors in houses that were small due to lower average height in the past, and later had to upgrade. Can confirm that Leasha's take likely is the correct one.
@@infinitelink Agree to the shorter people theory. Folks were indeed smaller on the average and not so fat as today. Besides, you wouldn't want bears coming in!😀
I'm wondering if that crawl space was used to hide runaway slaves or a part of the Underground Railroad. If you ever do explore it, please let us know!
Check out our newer videos , we will share what we discover . Thank you for watching 🙌😁
That cabinet has magnet closures. I agree that the structure is very old, but there was a lot of modernization that went on. Still a VERY cool cabin to have!! I’d LOVE one!
yes for sure , thank you. 🙌
What a piece of history you own to actually live in home built over 200 years ago with so much of it being original Hope you and your family honor and enjoy it
yes we will be protect and renovate it.
You're right! It's not clay! It's actually a mixture of cow/horse manure, straw & mud. And, often it was simply cow pies. They had no smell once they dried out, and hardened almost like concrete.
Usually back then the kitchen was sperate from the house to keep from burning the house down. The original kitchen was most likely lost long ago. They would have had an outhouse for the bathroom, and a wash tub for bathing with water heater from the fireplace. So the kitchen and bathroom areas were much much later additions to the home.
I totally agree
Right and wrong, Italian/French immigrants brought over pizza oven designs used for more than pizza obviously usually made from crude clay that isn’t quite brick.
This is why still today you’ll find a random pile of even real bricks in the woods. Probably a foundation a few steps away. Bricks were a dime a dozen so even until ww2 a lot of impoverished areas still used them.
Deep back woods, people often time used stone for their fire places/mortar and used the good clean brick for cooking/smoking.
@@JACS420 thank you for this info
Seeing this cabin and the rocks it’s standing on made me think of God being our solid rock- Really gave new meaning and visual to Him being our cornerstone! Loving your guys’ channel! Keep it up! God bless you guys ❤️
Love that! Great comparison . 😁😁
Such a pretty cabin, whoever built it years ago did a beautiful job !! They definitely deserve credit for it for sure 💯! Amazing it's still standing !!
We agree!. it will continue to stand for many years to come after restoration. 😁🙌
That's a very very rare find. My grandparents old place also has rocks and large timbers for the foundation ,but it's not a log cabin. You definitely have your work cut out for you to get the house moved back up to replace the foundation without something breaking or shifting the wrong direction. Good luck. Hope it all works out good.
thank you.
If you do an airbnb, we will love to stay there. Beautiful piece of history right there.
Thanks Dave , check out other videos regarding this cabin , we will have this as Airbnb in near future 🙌😁
@@thezaytsevs I will my friend.
What a beautiful cabin. Things just aren’t built with that kind of quality anymore 😊❤
My thoughts exactly 😁🙌
We've been learning about this ancient foundation technology. It looks pretty great, prevents flooding/ allows for drainage. Thank you for sharing. Love that in the 1780s they had an open concept Floorplan. Very nice house. Fireplace is amazing. Thank you for buying it and taking the time to restore it.
Thank you for watching, 😁
Wow!!!! Even has an air conditioner. So much potential there. It needs someone like you who can appreciate it. Good for you.
thank you Paul.
Small doors for several reasons. Defense was the main reason. Small width door means only one invader can enter at a time. Short in height means they had to duck to enter making them easy targets.
never thought of this way 🤔 thanks
Thank you for realizing what a magnificent treasure this cabin is, and preserving it.
Glad you enjoyed it, check out other videos about this cabin on our channel.😁
It's in phenomenal shape! That cabin was built to last and it certainly did. *_Score!_*
thank you , check out our newer videos about this cabin. 🙌
Wow! Very interesting to actually see a home from years ago still standing and safe (some what) to walk in. Excited to see the end results. Good luck, and keep posting.
Glad you enjoyed it. Check out our newer videos about restoration 😁🙌
I am in awe of the workmanship and pride that went into building this cabin. How did they transport all those stones and what did they use to stack them? This structure is built better than most structures built today and will outlast them as well. We can learn a lot from these treasures. Good luck and thanks for sharing.
I've read several comments about those stones and I'll give up the secret and I've did it for years as did my grand paw and it's man Handling them, especially up the chimney and especially in that day it was the only way.
im with you on that. thank you . new video on our channel. 😁🙌
thank for info.😁
I'm a retired ex-builder/home inspector. That is not the original second floor. You can see where the floor joists for the original second floor used to be let into ALL of the perimeter walls. I'd wager that entire floor was removed at some point, due to settling/spreading of the perimeter walls. You can also see on the right side of the fireplace/chimney, as seen from the inside, where that corner of the foundation has crumbled and caused that corner of the house to severely settle. They should have rebuilt the foundation at that corner, eliminated any rotted logs in that wall, and re-leveled the logs on that side. Instead, it looks like they just tore out the second floor to reduce pressure at that corner and arrested the settling. Then the current second floor was installed to replace half of the original second floor, so that they'd have bedrooms, a bathroom and a closet.
Another reason the door was so low was because nutrition in those days was not what it is today and people were, in general, much shorter when full grown than they are today, 250 years later. I'll give you an example. My wife is Korea and when I was in the army I spent a total of four years stationed in Korea over a period of 19 years. If, in the seventies, one compared the height of most north Koreans to that of most south Koreans, and south Koreans to Americans, one would have seen not-to-great of a difference in height of the north Koreans to the height of most south Koreans, and a significant difference in height between Americans and most south Koreans, because in those days the nutritional differences between north and south Korean meals wasn't that great. However, if you compare the height of today's north Koreans to today's south Koreans, and to today's Americans, there is a substantial height difference between today's average north Korean and today's average south Koreans, but not that much of a difference between the height of the average south Korean and the average American. That's because south Koreans eat very well today compared to forty years ago. In fact, in the seventies one would notice a huge difference in the height of south Korean teenagers and that of ethnic Korean teenagers born and raised in the US. Today though, that height difference in kids is marginal and most Korean-American kids, whose parents are Korean immigrants, are taller than both of their parents by the end of Junior High and are of the same average height of any other American kid. One doesn't have to be a scientist to notice this - one just needs to spend forty years or so observing the changes wrought by the addition of quality vitamins and improved nutrition in the average daily diet of south Korean children and adults, and then compare south Koreans side-by-side to north Koreans. At the rate we're going, I imagine that in another fifty years the code-mandated minimum height of doorways will be about 6-inches (15 centimeters) higher than it is today.
Thank you Mike for sharing this , I have learned since then that people were shorter back in those days for sure.. 😁
What a neat structure. I hope you do something really cool to restore it. And for what it's worth, welcome to America.
thank you Kyle . 🙌
I hope you plan on keeping that cabin as original as possible. The historical value of the cabin in that good of a condition is priceless. Originally there wouldn't have been a bathroom, running water or any of the kitchen appliances or sink. The fireplace and a table was the original kitchen. An outhouse was the original bathroom. There probably weren't any closets. The stairs don't look original either. It may have had a loft with a ladder maybe. But I guess it's possible the timbers support it look really old. You should look up the history of who lived there. Look at the notches in the logs outside. You can see that it used to have a porch. The original roof would have probably been cedar shake shingles. But if they hadn't put the metal roof on it would probably not have survived this long.
thank you for valuable information , we will be preserving and hoping to put everything back as original.
Amazing cabin and I appreciate it so much! I hope you are able to save it. I owned a cabin in the mountains & wanted an onground deck for the BBQ & spa. So I built it out of 2"x12"x12' beams and i used rock for the foundatio. The rocks were big & only partially exposed. I reinforced it with blocking. It held a spa full of water, our BBQ and picnic bench with out any probs. Wood on or in the ground deteriorates.
thank you for sharing with us. we will do our best to save it.
Awesome to see someone with an actual reason as to why doorways in simple houses from the past often were small, usually people just say "oh well everyone was shorter than" which is untrue as there are many examples of taller individuals aswell as military recruiting height requirements. Such an epic house!
Thank you for watching and for your feedback 🙌😁
Beautiful. Probably a lot more than 2 or 3 people lived in there way back. Wouldn't take much to bring that place back to life or at least preserve it. Good luck!
Thank you for watching 🙌
This is so cool, I love this cabin and can see it having an amazing transformation 😋
Coming soon 😁
Gorgeous! Please restore/preserve this historical beauty to it's original condition!! Subscribed and can't wait to see your videos of it's progress. Congratulations!
thank you Dawn, check out our newer videos about this cabin. 😁
The house is in great shape for being from 1780. I would love to see it fixed up and updated.
Check out our new videos about this cabin🙌😁
That place is awesome. Hats off to the new owner. That cabin is a once in a lifetime find. Keep it for future generations
That's the plan! check out our progress video . thank you.
The house looks amazing and your enthusiasm is contagious. I am so happy that you are committed to saving it. Thank you for preserving history.
You are so welcome! I’m excited with this project 😁🙌
I live in TN and I've never seen a cabin built like that. I'm surprised it held up this long. I'd love to have a house like that compared to nowadays.
thank you for watching .😁🙌
I love the little cabin💜so cozy it will be once it's done. Fireplace is just beautiful. Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much! 😊
Thank you for preserving some of America's history❣️ Your passion for this type of work is evident and inspiring❣️ Keep up the good work❣️❣️
Thanks for watching!
My grandparents built their house during the depression and most of it was built with stone, large timbers and stucco. The house isn't going anywhere for a very long time.
I agree with you , but this one still stands . check out newer videos about this cabin on our channel.. 🙌
Love the attention and passion you’re putting in this project. People like you are indispensable. Thanks for doing it.
I appreciate that!
What a gem of a structure and so fantastic that it's found a genuinely appreciative owner😊👍x
Absolutely
There is a company that salvages old log cabins and barns, I think they're in Virginia. They have their own TV show called Barnwood Builders and you can contact them for any guidance and replacement beams needed if you want to rebuild the cabin with authentic historical salvaged beams or want to add on to the cabin. That gap in the roof above the chimney looks like the main roof beam may be sagging or cracked too.
yes some one on this video mentioned about same tv show , I will have to look them up. thank you MLT.
@@thezaytsevs Dont bother, they are a half ass operation. You would do better with a real legit ( and not on TV ) contractor who isnt distracted by getting a TV show
It's amazing how the craftsmanship was with antique hand tools
agreed
Thank you for saving a piece of history
welcome on our journey. 🙌🙌
The cabin where my Grammy was born is still on the family property in KY. Very livable, thankful for family that takes care of it, still have Family Reunions there
thank you for sharing. 😁
That’s a beautiful home!
I think so too! check out newer videos about this cabin. 😁🙌
Doors may have been smaller as beds were also very short. What a treasure to explore and restore!
thank you Jude.
This house originally had a larger 3ed. floor, line in stone above the mantle and notches in beams on both walls left and right of fireplace wall. Very nice little place.
Thanks for the info
That is really something! Do yourself a BIG favor and fix the roof. Don't lose that structure!
thank you that's the plan. 😁
The rock pile is likely from when they cleared the land for planting. But yes, for the foundation as well. Nothing went to waste. Back then everything had value.
I agree 🙌 check out our newer videos about restoration . 😁
This is so great! Thank you for shairing this and how amazing the engineering/architecture is from back in the day! So cool! Can't wait to see a finished restoration!
Starting soon stay tuned 🙌
Wow! Its almost 240 years passed but it is still beautiful 😇😇😇
it really is 😀😀
Nice to see some preservation of historic homes. The doors were smaller because people were smaller.
Thank you for watching, 🙌 check out our new videos about this cabin on our channel 😁
This an historic heirloom! And to think Abraham Lincoln once stayed there a while.
From here in New Zealand.
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Ahh no this was most likely a large family 10-12 children I am talking the early years. Of this cabin. That big bedroom you were talking about was where everyone slept
you could be right Vickie..
Very very nice property and cabin. Somebody very wealthy built that cabin the quality of construction is amazing it was top of the line Frontier type home stonemasons and Sawyers built that home the doors are so small because the people were smaller has nothing to do with heat really it's a practical matter and the windows are not period,they've obviously been replaced but such wonderful restoration and care and proof of how well built that home truly is. You have yourself a real gem there as I'm sure you know. Good luck to you and yours. Stay safe
thanks for this info 😁, learning alot , stay tuned for restoration.
@@thezaytsevs It's a really great piece of property thank you for showing it to us and I know especially ladies like to restore and redo things but I'm not so sure how much I would change any of the actual woodwork,staining if there is any because there are so very few homes like that and very few homes like that that people actually live in. I hope you enjoy it for many many years to come but I would definitely seek out professional advice on restoration or changing a property that old. You're going to enjoy it and I know you all will, thank you again for showing it to us and I'm definitely looking forward to see how things turn out for you. Hope you have a good New Year and many good years to come in your new old home. Hahaha
Thank you . 😁😁
Absolutely wonderful thank you for posting
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for visiting. 😁
Congratulations with the new house.
People where a lot smaller 150 years ago , that's way the doors where smaller.
There could easily lived a couple with 5 to 10 kids in houses like that .
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That is totally awesome! Glad I found this channel ☺
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Wow just love that fireplace! What a gorgeous old home! Thank you for showing this and very happy for you
Thanks so much!
What an awesome cabin.
We agree!
I soooo love this house!! You are very fortunate to have been able to get ahold of such a beautiful and historical treasure..!🙂I love it! Beautiful house!
Thank you so much Pamela!
It's beautiful, back in the day people were shorter. My grandmother told me back in her day there were no kitchens like now, they washed their dishes and stored them on straw in a trunk, between meals.
That's fascinating! It's amazing how much things have changed over the years.
Fabulous cottage ,better than anything today . It has character
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They saved those big rocks for you to fix the foundation when you came along.😄 Abraham Lincoln was my third cousin.
Heck yeah lol , check out our progress on our cabin , thanks for watching
240 years? Very historic! Woaaah that's really amazing✨
its very old and historic , cant wait to restore it. 😁
Old. With new fire brick. Not used 240 years ago
Vintage cabin yet looks classy and stunning🤩
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That is amazing. I cannot believe that a cabin this old is still standing and in almost livable condition. What are your plans for the cabin? Are you planning on restoring and preserving it?
That's the plan! Thank you for watching .
I would say the pile of rocks in the yard is an old well....& the loft actually ran the whole length of the old house....no indoor plumbing when it was built....most likely one big room up stairs accessed by a ladder....
its been updated since then, I do agree with you 😁 We will be stating to rehab this cabin in January so lots of preservation and fixing.
@@thezaytsevs Went back and watched your video again....& all the high up windows tells me that the original cabin had a complete 2nd floor & was cut down quite a bit in later renovations....from what I could see you can almost see where the second floor went around the room & even where it touched the fireplace....good find....good luck....
@@TheGhostrider1959 that’s very interesting fact , I would have to do some research . We will be do update video .
@@thezaytsevs I would also think that the sagging walls would be attested to the removal of that part of the structure....there would have been a center support beam along with the floor that would have been a aid in holding the walls up....with a little poking around you should be able to figure out the original layout of the structure....will be following your progress....best of luck to you
thank you ,
If you have extra rocks around that you’re not using, you could build a rock wall. That’s what my family and I did years ago on our property. It looked really good. Just a suggestion.
That is awesome! thank you for suggestion. 😁
For a practical family this house was big for those days, I'm sure that it housed more than 3 people, They had lofts instead of rooms because the heat could move around from the fireplace if it was all open, they just curtained things off for privacy when needed. If you have ever seen the old 1970's show "Little House On The Prairie", this house is similar to theirs and it housed 7 people "Pa and Ma" were Charles and Caroline. Mary was the oldest child, Laura second oldest who wrote the bookthat turned into a tv series, Albert, an orphan, was taken in as their son, Carrie, and then there was Grace, (they also lost a couple of infants over the years) the series was based on a true story that was based in the 1870's not 1780's, so about 90 years difference, but it's probably somewhat similar.
Very interesting Belinda, Thank you for info. 😁
Very cool!! I’m so glad you are excited about restoring it!!! It’s a marvelous bit of history that shouldn’t be lost!!!
I think so too!
I lived in Loudoun County Virginia and my house was built in the 1700s and was a captains house during the civil war. There were graves on the property also. This was over 20 years ago. I miss that place. Now it's owned by the State and I am hoping they preserve the land instead of making horrible cookie cutter homes on it.
Thank you for sharing Marny, I hope so too. Not much history left at this point
@@thezaytsevs My husband and I went back 2 years ago..he has the pictures on his phone, the whole place is falling apart..the roof over where my bedroom was is caved in, the house has no windows and animals have taken it over. The main house (I lived in a tenant house) was a hospital and unfortunately whoever bought it 20 years ago.. updated the inside...so sad..gone the original cabinets, the beautiful trees all cut down, the fireplaces filled in with concrete and all the original logs were painted with horrible white paint...who paints natural wood!!!!!??? Honestly..does no one have taste anymore?? Sad!!
I'm glad you're restoring it and that's awesome it's cool that Abraham Lincoln stayed there you're doing a good thing by bringing history back
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Amazing history in your cabin! I’m in Virginia and had the privilege of metal detecting a house that has been around since the 1630’s, had some great finds to give to the homeowner. If you ever want someone to recover relics from your property, look me up!
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Beautiful. I can't wait to see you renovate it.
thank you .. stay tuned.
Don’t renovate. Restore only where needed.
Restoration not renovation please.
What a fabulous place! So happy you are restoring this. I'm sure you know to fix that hole in the roof first...water is extremely damaging.
yes Julie , thank you for suggestion .😁
You where very fortunate to find such a gem. I agree with Jody c. I'm from the south also and come from a large family of 12. We did share beds. Girls and boys in separate rooms. Thank you for sharing.
thank you Rose , I'm learning a lot here.🙌🙌
The clay wouid have been boxed with pig hair. It helped the clay bind together .
Go to the museum of Applachia ( in Norris Tennessee) if you can.
Mr. Irwin the owner has many rustic cabins on the Museum grounds so you can get an idea of how they were furnished when somone was living in them. There’s a lot of information available about how the ess,y settlers lived….. my family is from East Tennessee , Applachian mountains and these kinds of cabins were common amongst the older folks when I was growing up in the 1960’s .
thanks for this info 😁, learning alot, I will have to make a trip to Tennessee
Awesome! Love it! 😊😊😊😊
Thank you 🤗
How neat!!!!!!! Did you find anyone writing on walls or dates of any kind maybe in the closets? That would be fun to see. I have always wanted to live in a cabin like this. Can't wait to see your progress. lean on God
Thank you we will investigate and do an update video with findings 😁 , we will be starting to renovate in few weeks stay tuned 😁🙌
What a beautiful piece of history. I wish I owned it.
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