@@bobandlucas I was referring to a time centuries ago when people boiled their clothes in a giant pot in the fireplace. Don't ask how that works, I have no idea. 🙂
It makes me so sad to see these places let go. Never will we see such craftsmanship again. Even if we had it, we no longer have the abundance of old growth trees to build them again. Those might be called bi fold doors.
What a fantastic house. Love that huge kitchen fireplace. Brick work is still solid, I've seen worse restored! Shame someone ruined all the fireplace brick when they stole the mantels. Wish you had shown all the rooms in the basement. Always admire your smooth camera work.
Those are louvered doors, Kappy. That fireplace was fantastic, I could imagine a whole deer turning on the spit. I agree it was built in the late 1700s, I don't think any later than 1790. The mouldings around the doors are Federal style, plus the brickwork. Hope you and all your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! Looking forward to the next upload.
"Random finds" seem to be the best sometimes, the brick work is amazing! No Kappy thank YOU, you are taking me places that I can't go. You're living my dream, do this while you're young enough too be able to do it. The years will catch up in a blink of an eye, I SO enjoy what you bring us. Have a safe and Happy Holidays, I'm looking forward to where you take us in 2022 🎉🎊🎆👍👍
Great find Kappy. About those wide boards-I heard one historian say that those wide boards were called the king’s lumber, reserved for the king and the royal ships. I found several articles you might be interested in when I googled King’s Lumber. Thanks for taking us along on your explorations. It’s always enjoyable.
Will check this. My experience in the Midwest was that the thin “fancy flooring” was downstairs where guests could see it and upstairs was a more common, wider and cheaper, board floor that was typically painted. Just my experience.
That is a super neat old house, Kappy. I think it's an early Federal which has had a Greek Revival addition (along with Greek Revival updates in the woodwork.) The doors in that parlor at 5:42min were Greek Revival folding doors typical of the 1850's. I have to agree----I've seen worse restored. Thank you again and Happy Holidays!
This poor old grand lady has been deserted but still retains her beauty even though she has been through some rough times. The front door and woodwork are gorgeous. Those wide floorboards should be salvaged.
Merry Christmas to you and Ruby and I love this old place. From the outside I would never have guessed how big the attic was. It almost felt like a complete floor. And that giant fireplace was great. I'd seen painting of them with bench seats where the children would do school work while staying warm. Very nice indeed.
This treasure is a really beautiful antebellum mansion. What I wouldn't give to know its name or its history! It must have some wonderful tales to tell! Master craftsmanship is evident everywhere you look. The bricks appear to be made by hand. Many times, fingerprints are left in them, the marks of their craftsmanship. This home was really magnificent in its day and well worth taking time for careful and thorough exploration. The kitchen shows much attention to detail, from the vent over the door to the opening in the rear of the fireplace to allow it to draw smoke better. The large storeroom with its spacious bins for vegetables is also amazing! This huge fireplace is a really great relic of the past. It probably took whole tree trunks to feed this monster! This is a great old plantation kitchen. The pass-through between the kitchen and that handy little table and the cupboard above it allowed for prepared dishes to stay ready and hot while awaiting delivery to the dining room, which must have been right next door. Peek-A-Boo, whose comment is below, is correct. Those are bi-fold doors, not unlike those on a lot of our modern closets. The pediments above the doors are a nice detail. You're right, fireplaces were probably needed in every room. That staircase is a joy to behold! Modern carpenters can't hold a candle to either that designer or the finish carpenter. Imagine how large those old growth trees must have been to become floorboards that wide! Some look to be eighteen inches! In colonial America, large virgin trees were reserved to become masts for the ships of the Royal navy. Unless you had the right royal connections, you could not possess boards cut from King's trees (now called "King's Boards") in your home. To have these extra wide boards in your home meant that you had friends in high places. After the Revolution, of course, you were free to use your old growth timber as you chose. Without knowing the age of this house, we can only guess about the use of these massive boards. The chimney's failure is eventually going to take that end of the house down, sadly. Hope someone knows what the large tub is for. It doesn't look old enough to belong to the original house. That heavy door is proof that something can be, at once, both strong and beautiful. All the hand-riven shingles overhead must have taken a long time to prepare and install. The vertical board holding up the sagging roof is a sad reminder of how fragile this place is. The next room is another place where this wonderful old relic is mortally wounded. The falling down front room will lend itself to the collapse of this end of the house some day in the not too distant future.. To paraphrase you, Kappy, houses often die from the top down. Sadly, this one seems to be dying from the bottom up, too. The hidden pink room is my favorite! It must have been for a servant, as the door connecting it to the next room might show. In those days, people often traveled with a servant. It is said that in the pre-War times, a young couple might visit friends or relatives on their honeymoon and might linger there until after the birth of their first or second child. Kappy, this house was both a delight and a heartbreak, but it was well worth your careful exploration, kind sir. Thank you for allowing us to time travel with you. It was a blast!
Very cool find Kappy! Loved the way the staircase split both ways. Looking forward to your upcoming explores as well! Stay safe and enjoy the season!! ✌
The craftsmanship! It took some money to build this lovely lady! Wonder who built it. It reminds a person of days of war, graciousness, and building this country! Thanks. Kappy, and Merry Christmas to you and Ruby! 🎄
Merry Christmas folks! This is my favorite channel to watch when it comes to these old abandoned houses. You are the only one that doesn't "over talk it" and you close in on beautiful details that many just glance at. You're always very thorough too. Anyways thx for doing a good job!
I can't watch other channels like this. It's a delicate balance to get something out of the video without getting depressed by the conditions. The overtalk seems to make that much worse. I all like that you take freeze frame wide angle shots.
Oh wow. I can imagine that home all lit up with life and a Christmas tree glowing in a window. Love the brick facade. A lot of doors to the outside. I am thrilled that you found this one. I hope someone saves those bricks.
So beautiful! The brickwork and fireplaces are amazing! Please stay safe and remember, your safety means more to us than you getting records of these amazing homes. Not gonna lie though, we truly appreciate each and every one you bring to us. Merry Christmas Kappy!! Wishing you an amazing New Year! 🎄😊
Just beautiful! I know I’m repeating what we all say, but if only I had the money to take this project on! Mostly, thank you for showing us these historic homes and thank you for staying safe! There is never a need to put yourself in danger! We all understand when a floor is just too shaky to be walked on. And Merry Holidays!!😃
Just want too film as much as possible!! These places are being torn down and erased at an alarming rate! It’s upsetting!! Went out too refilm some of my beginning houses/videos and they are all torn down! Thanks for watching! :)
Hi Kappy! Thank you for another adventure in urban exploring, what a lucky find, this mansion was unique, that fireplace was huge and those doors with the lock, I hold my breath every time you climb stairs, love how you describe each room, stay safe and I wish you, Ruby and all Kappy fans a Merry Christmas, hello from Orange County, CA 🎄🎅🦌☃️❄️💙💙
What a beautiful Mansion, if those walls could talk I'm sure the stories would never end. Love the brick work and the kitchen fireplace being so large. The main stair case was grand back in its day. Thank you for finding and sharing this old place.
So photogenic. It is in a prime state of decay. I would love knowing the history but I know you can't give out that information at risk of giving away the location and I appreciate that. Thanks for sharing.
This was one of the most worrying houses I've see you in...those floors looked incredibly dangerous to walk on! You do a great job finding these places--thank you for sharing these with us and taking the risks you do.
That was one huge fireplace would take a whole lot of wood to keep it burning. I like the big rooms in the old houses. I kind of like that no one went in and modernized the whole place, keeps the charm of the place. Can't was wait to some of the places in the preview. Merry Christmas to you and Ruby, Kappy. Have a happy and healthy New Year
This house is so wonderful with its huge fireplace!!!!!! And the buttery was an amazing find !!!!! To find one all original made me so excited!!!! This home was beautiful in its day !!!! Thank you for finding this gem!!!!
Some faded beauties and some plain Janes. Thanks for these glimpses at what once were living, breathing houses. You seem to have a real appreciation of architecture and history.
Thank YOU for doing these! In my younger year I did much of the same thing you’re doing, only captured by memory tho & im too old to go out & do it all again, so I’m sure glad I can do it vicariously thru you. I LOVE that you don’t add weird music & that you let nature be the natural background noise! Hands down you have the BEST explorer videos!!
Such an interesting house! Looks like so many of the original materials are still there, which gives us a glimpse back to the early 1800s. So cool to imagine a family living in that house back in like 1830, walking on the same floors that you're walking on now, 200 years later! The brickwork on the exterior is incredible. The whole house is really historical! Fireplaces are incredible too, they heated their home with wood back then I guess. Incredible and very interesting find!
TY for taking us on another venture! Original wide plank flooring, curved banister, and the brick work was awesome. The basement was to far gone to study, but I appreciated your effort. In a bedroom, the fireplace was in the corner of the room which was unusual. Has anyone ever run across this in late 18th century home?
wendy macmullen I’ve been watching a number of these exploring programs lately( Explomo) for one ant I’ve seen several examples of the fireplaces at the side of the room. I thought it was very unusual at first, but I’ve seen so many that now l don’t know what to think. Just as a side note, l find the one couple spend most of their time zeroing in on boring stuff that’s been tossed about and destroyed by ransackers! I’m interested in the architectural appeal of these old homes only.
@@wendycrawford1792 I agree totally. Architecture over close ups of junk for certain and dead animals. Kappy does a good job balancing design vs snooping!
I've probably used this quote before from Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town": 'If I could go back for just one day, for just one hour..." To see this house when it was new and people were living and working in it. There must have been a barn and stables; maybe a kitchen house and outdoor privies; perhaps a wash house for clothing and bedding. This house may have been part of a complex of buildings. It would be fascinating to get a drone over this location to see if the outlines of other building might be visible. Fascinating and heartbreaking to watch this video. I like all those built-in cupboards and closets and how some of the stairs are enclosed and even have a door. The main staircase, maybe brides walked down those stairs on their wedding days long ago. The house has had its day and it's elements are now returning to nature.
Awe and wonderment at that cooking hearth! I can imagine scenes of someone bent over the embers, poking away at dinner cooking! Even has the cubby shelves (to store the salt crock?)! I wonder how the bricks were never blackened by the years of fires built and burned there. In rooms throughout the house, there seemed like places where inside walls were denuded down to the outer bricks, to expose the perimeter wall (didn't appear to be incidental wear from weather: done in a square in one room) I wonder if there was a time when this building was once being considered for rehabilitation? The triple stairway, second floor, with step up into a room, always makes me think 'addition' and that's where the doorway/floor didn't perfectly match the height of the former/existing floor. I'd love to know what 4 over 4 came first, second (otherwise known as 1st addition, etc.) Old houses are fertile fruit for speculation about their history and times. Lovely specimen; sad to see her left to rot; she remains grand to the end.
Man oh man is right. Wow Kappy where there’s a will there’s a way. Your explorations never cease to amaze. What an awesome random find. What a beauty that was.
That is a cool old find, such character in that house. What woodwork remaining was interesting, the mantels must have been decorative for someone to strip all of them. I have never seen louvered doors separating the main rooms before. And those creepy old basements always make me think of the Blair Witch Project. I would say I need my anxiety meds now, but I have needed them since going to the grocery store on Christmas Eve morning. I am one sick puppy. Thanks for another great explore!
Amazing house!!! I know that you don’t like going down in to the basements. My fascination with basements is checking to see if there is a fireplace in the basement and a bread oven. If there is then this indicates that it is an earlier home. When you shone your flashlight, l saw a brick area sticking out and a stove pipe hole, indicating a fireplace. I find this exciting!! My stone house isn’t old enough to have a basement ( original kitchen) fireplace but l do know of neighbours who have older homes with basement cooking fireplaces and bread ovens.
What an amazing old house such a shame it has been left to ruin That staircase is gorgeous never seen split two ways like that Upstairs and attic rooms were incredible Why hasn't someone bought and restored this house must have been marvelous when it was first built Thanks, Kappy great explore
Wow this house is almost the same layout as my grandparents old house in Pennsylvania. The wallpaper in the attic was the same and everything. Very cool it's sad to see the old homes like this abandoned.
I love the brick work and that huge fireplace in the kitchen !! I love the way the stairway splits off like that so unusual . I bet she was a site in her day. Imagine the life lived here .....if only the wall could talk . Great video as always Kappy !!
Love the old huge fireplace. Known as a working fireplace. And all the wide floorboards. It’s a shame this old crumbling house is just gonna go down to nothing. It could be salvaged or at least parts of it could be salvaged. Thank you Kappy! Beautiful home.🍀🤟🏻😎💜
Every step you took in this house I was afraid for you Kappy. It was probably a nice house in its day but whoever owned it didn’t care to fix it up. You deserve a lot of credit going in these condemned homes. Thank you for bringing us along. Merry Christmas to you Kappy and hope to see more of your great explorations in 2022.
I think those are called accordion doors. And unfortunately I think the house is too far gone to save. Must've been awesome back in the day. I also noticed there was no bathroom on the first floor unless it got overlooked somehow but the second floor did. Great tour as always Kappy and happy Christmas to ya from the UK.
O.M.G.! This house has captured my heart! While most of the places you video are pretty awesome, honestly only one other has made the captured list and that would be the one in VA in the middle of the golf course. Which happens to be not that far from my life long best friend who felt it necessary to escape the snow permanently! I often look places up if a name is given to look at photos and find out more history! Thank you for expanding my knowledge! I always love when when you get so excited it takes your breath away because when you love what you’re doing and what you’re looking at, that’s the way it should be! Shoes! You need better shoes! Once again you and Ruby and your family have a very merry Christmas! 🎅🏻 love from VT.
This home would have been beautiful in its day. I love it just to bad someone couldn't have saved it before it decayed so much. Thank you and Merry Christmas
Wow, Kappy, this was a great find! It makes my day when I see you’ve posted a new video. I hope you receive as much joy and happiness this holiday season as you bring to others throughout the year.
It's so sad that its definitely is its last days. Those walls could tell stories of its prime. The room with massive fireplace I think could been the kitchen back in the day. A huge wood stove might been what sit in that huge fireplace. Grand old lady is so beautiful.
These old places are very interesting, I think about who lived here initially, what their life's were like, how beautiful were these houses new, I get a sense of sadness for some reason, what were the holidays like with family and friends, was there alot of laughter. Anytime I see these antique places I always think those thoughts.
I love your content Kappy. You just keep getting better with each video! I do however worry about the lead paint, and the asbestos you are exposed to in most of these old places. But I do love the features you show. I'm wondering if maybe someone repurposed the mantles before this place got this bad. Knocked another one out of the park young man! Thanks for taking me along!
Great home. Large rooms. Not an attic really just a 3rd floor. Would love to have seen this house in its day. That extra large fireplace was in the kitchen, that is how they cooked before stoves lol
The person who had the mansion built. Was a person of means. The large fireplace was in the kitchen for cooking. It's shame nobody try to save this impressive mansion.
Wonderful find Kappy! Do you think that first room, the one with the huge fireplace, may have been the original kitchen of the house? The house, though still lovely, is in such awful shape I kept thinking "Don't go up the stairs, Don't GO UP the stairs! DON'T GO UP THOSE STAIRS!" And then, you went up the stairs! I'm so glad nothing bad happened to you! Thank you for sharing, & Happy New Year to you and yours!
Thank you! The doors and woodwork are about all that’s left to salvage in the interior. They look to be worth the time and effort. I hope Kappy can dig up more info on this one. Looks like a long term abandon 😢.
the hardware is still there. The transit is still there too. Are those doors called tri fold doors? Never seen any like that before. The floors simply gorgeous. Love that barn door in the attic. The size of that fireplace where you could stand inside it if you wanted too. It is still standing which is marvelous. Thank you for the tour, Merry Christmas and lean on God
The servants' quarters were on the top floor. Our family lived in a vintage 1700s house while our new house was being built. We loved it. It is now moved and has been preserved. I was 8 years old when we lived in the house in 1957-58. My father was willing to buy it, because we loved it, but the owner has sold it to someone else. I live in Connecticut where there are many historic districts. I enjoyed this exploration. Such a shame the house was left to deteriorate. Perhaps the family died out or no person could afford the tax and maintain the house.
The thing i like about those old monster-size fireplaces was that you could cook dinner, do laundry, *and* heat the house all in one shot. 🙂
and heat the family bath.
Do laundry in a fire place.
That's interesting.
Never seen that before.
@@bobandlucas I was referring to a time centuries ago when people boiled their clothes in a giant pot in the fireplace. Don't ask how that works, I have no idea. 🙂
@@BennyLlama39 Ooo OK
My next question is why they boil the clothes but never mind....
Must be to get rid of stubborn stains.
Wash clothes with a fireplace ? Ah....
It makes me so sad to see these places let go. Never will we see such craftsmanship again. Even if we had it, we no longer have the abundance of old growth trees to build them again. Those might be called bi fold doors.
I wish people would just maintain them for historic value
What a fantastic house. Love that huge kitchen fireplace. Brick work is still solid, I've seen worse restored! Shame someone ruined all the fireplace brick when they stole the mantels.
Wish you had shown all the rooms in the basement.
Always admire your smooth camera work.
The sadness of a beautiful, old, abandoned house is intense. 😢
Those are louvered doors, Kappy. That fireplace was fantastic, I could imagine a whole deer turning on the spit. I agree it was built in the late 1700s, I don't think any later than 1790. The mouldings around the doors are Federal style, plus the brickwork. Hope you and all your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! Looking forward to the next upload.
"Random finds" seem to be the best sometimes, the brick work is amazing! No Kappy thank YOU, you are taking me places that I can't go. You're living my dream, do this while you're young enough too be able to do it. The years will catch up in a blink of an eye, I SO enjoy what you bring us. Have a safe and Happy Holidays, I'm looking forward to where you take us in 2022 🎉🎊🎆👍👍
Great find Kappy. About those wide boards-I heard one historian say that those wide boards were called the king’s lumber, reserved for the king and the royal ships. I found several articles you might be interested in when I googled King’s Lumber. Thanks for taking us along on your explorations. It’s always enjoyable.
Will check this. My experience in the Midwest was that the thin “fancy flooring” was downstairs where guests could see it and upstairs was a more common, wider and cheaper, board floor that was typically painted. Just my experience.
Which is exactly why we have almost NO remaining "old growth" timber left in all of North America! Thank you, England!
In Pennsylvania where we lived in a 1777 stone farmhouse, they were called hearts of pine flooring.
It is sad that such an antiquated house is not being looked after but good that you have made a record of it at least.
I will never understand how these homes are just left to rot!
This house would have been outstanding in its day!
That is a super neat old house, Kappy. I think it's an early Federal which has had a Greek Revival addition (along with Greek Revival updates in the woodwork.) The doors in that parlor at 5:42min were Greek Revival folding doors typical of the 1850's. I have to agree----I've seen worse restored. Thank you again and Happy Holidays!
This poor old grand lady has been deserted but still retains her beauty even though she has been through some rough times. The front door and woodwork are gorgeous. Those wide floorboards should be salvaged.
Merry Christmas to you and Ruby and I love this old place. From the outside I would never have guessed how big the attic was. It almost felt like a complete floor. And that giant fireplace was great. I'd seen painting of them with bench seats where the children would do school work while staying warm. Very nice indeed.
All of these houses tell a story; if only the walls talk.
Merry Christmas and all the best for 2022.
Cheers from Coastal South Carolina
This treasure is a really beautiful antebellum mansion. What I wouldn't give to know its name or its history! It must have some wonderful tales to tell!
Master craftsmanship is evident everywhere you look. The bricks appear to be made by hand. Many times, fingerprints are left in them, the marks of their craftsmanship.
This home was really magnificent in its day and well worth taking time for careful and thorough exploration.
The kitchen shows much attention to detail, from the vent over the door to the opening in the rear of the fireplace to allow it to draw smoke better. The large storeroom with its spacious bins for vegetables is also amazing!
This huge fireplace is a really great relic of the past. It probably took whole tree trunks to feed this monster!
This is a great old plantation kitchen.
The pass-through between the kitchen and that handy little table and the cupboard above it allowed for prepared dishes to stay ready and hot while awaiting delivery to the dining room, which must have been right next door.
Peek-A-Boo, whose comment is below, is correct. Those are bi-fold doors, not unlike those on a lot of our modern closets.
The pediments above the doors are a nice detail. You're right, fireplaces were probably needed in every room.
That staircase is a joy to behold! Modern carpenters can't hold a candle to either that designer or the finish carpenter.
Imagine how large those old growth trees must have been to become floorboards that wide! Some look to be eighteen inches!
In colonial America, large virgin trees were reserved to become masts for the ships of the Royal navy. Unless you had the right royal connections, you could not possess boards cut from King's trees (now called "King's Boards") in your home. To have these extra wide boards in your home meant that you had friends in high places.
After the Revolution, of course, you were free to use your old growth timber as you chose. Without knowing the age of this house, we can only guess about the use of these massive boards.
The chimney's failure is eventually going to take that end of the house down, sadly.
Hope someone knows what the large tub is for. It doesn't look old enough to belong to the original house.
That heavy door is proof that something can be, at once, both strong and beautiful.
All the hand-riven shingles overhead must have taken a long time to prepare and install. The vertical board holding up the sagging roof is a sad reminder of how fragile this place is. The next room is another place where this wonderful old relic is mortally wounded. The falling down front room will lend itself to the collapse of this end of the house some day in the not too distant future..
To paraphrase you, Kappy, houses often die from the top down. Sadly, this one seems to be dying from the bottom up, too.
The hidden pink room is my favorite! It must have been for a servant, as the door connecting it to the next room might show. In those days, people often traveled with a servant.
It is said that in the pre-War times, a young couple might visit friends or relatives on their honeymoon and might linger there until after the birth of their first or second child.
Kappy, this house was both a delight and a heartbreak, but it was well worth your careful exploration, kind sir. Thank you for allowing us to time travel with you. It was a blast!
Very cool find Kappy! Loved the way the staircase split both ways. Looking forward to your upcoming explores as well! Stay safe and enjoy the season!! ✌
Me too! Always love the quirky unique little details of old houses! Same to you! Thanks for watching!! :)
They sure knew how to build back then. Merry Christmas Kappy. 🎅🎅🎄🎄🎄⛄⛄⛄
The craftsmanship! It took some money to build this lovely lady! Wonder who built it. It reminds a person of days of war, graciousness, and building this country! Thanks. Kappy, and Merry Christmas to you and Ruby! 🎄
I love my winding stairs! Very cool. Thanks Kappy!
That is one amazing house . It can be renovated, and it’s more than likely architecturally sound . Just needs some love and work .
Merry Christmas folks!
This is my favorite channel to watch when it comes to these old abandoned houses. You are the only one that doesn't "over talk it" and you close in on beautiful details that many just glance at. You're always very thorough too. Anyways thx for doing a good job!
I can't watch other channels like this. It's a delicate balance to get something out of the video without getting depressed by the conditions. The overtalk seems to make that much worse. I all like that you take freeze frame wide angle shots.
Oh wow. I can imagine that home all lit up with life and a Christmas tree glowing in a window. Love the brick facade. A lot of doors to the outside. I am thrilled that you found this one. I hope someone saves those bricks.
So beautiful! The brickwork and fireplaces are amazing! Please stay safe and remember, your safety means more to us than you getting records of these amazing homes. Not gonna lie though, we truly appreciate each and every one you bring to us. Merry Christmas Kappy!! Wishing you an amazing New Year! 🎄😊
I really appreciate that!! Too kind! Merry Christmas and happy new year too you and your family as well!! :)
Just beautiful! I know I’m repeating what we all say, but if only I had the money to take this project on! Mostly, thank you for showing us these historic homes and thank you for staying safe! There is never a need to put yourself in danger! We all understand when a floor is just too shaky to be walked on. And Merry Holidays!!😃
Just want too film as much as possible!! These places are being torn down and erased at an alarming rate! It’s upsetting!! Went out too refilm some of my beginning houses/videos and they are all torn down! Thanks for watching! :)
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 where in Maryland is this house?
Hi Kappy! Thank you for another adventure in urban exploring, what a lucky find, this mansion was unique, that fireplace was huge and those doors with the lock, I hold my breath every time you climb stairs, love how you describe each room, stay safe and I wish you, Ruby and all Kappy fans a Merry Christmas, hello from Orange County, CA 🎄🎅🦌☃️❄️💙💙
What a beautiful Mansion, if those walls could talk I'm sure the stories would never end. Love the brick work and the kitchen fireplace being so large. The main stair case was grand back in its day. Thank you for finding and sharing this old place.
Probably some a hole politician
Those little boxes near the fireplace were usually either to heat up coal to put in something to keep the bed warm or sometimes they were used to cook
BEAUTIFUL huge ole' home. SO sad it's in the shape it's in. :( Imagine when that house was new and young. I'm sure it looked SO elegant and beautiful!
So photogenic. It is in a prime state of decay. I would love knowing the history but I know you can't give out that information at risk of giving away the location and I appreciate that. Thanks for sharing.
This was one of the most worrying houses I've see you in...those floors looked incredibly dangerous to walk on! You do a great job finding these places--thank you for sharing these with us and taking the risks
you do.
Ikr, it's a death trap. 😬
That was one huge fireplace would take a whole lot of wood to keep it burning. I like the big rooms in the old houses. I kind of like that no one went in and modernized the whole place, keeps the charm of the place. Can't was wait to some of the places in the preview. Merry Christmas to you and Ruby, Kappy. Have a happy and healthy New Year
That big square like pan in the attic was for mixing concrete for fireplace repair.
This house is so wonderful with its huge fireplace!!!!!! And the buttery was an amazing find !!!!! To find one all original made me so excited!!!! This home was beautiful in its day !!!! Thank you for finding this gem!!!!
Some faded beauties and some plain Janes. Thanks for these glimpses at what once were living, breathing houses. You seem to have a real appreciation of architecture and history.
what a find Kappy! Pleeeeze be safe around those old floors. I worry!
You know it's going to be a good video. Because no matter what kappy was going across the sketchy floor. To show us this beautiful house.
While I appreciate your being ultra respectful in not giving away locations , I’d sure love to know some history on that big brick house! Wow!
I genuinely couldn’t find any out I’m still researching! Thank you for watching!!
Thank YOU for doing these! In my younger year I did much of the same thing you’re doing, only captured by memory tho & im too old to go out & do it all again, so I’m sure glad I can do it vicariously thru you. I LOVE that you don’t add weird music & that you let nature be the natural background noise! Hands down you have the BEST explorer videos!!
Such an interesting house! Looks like so many of the original materials are still there, which gives us a glimpse back to the early 1800s. So cool to imagine a family living in that house back in like 1830, walking on the same floors that you're walking on now, 200 years later! The brickwork on the exterior is incredible. The whole house is really historical! Fireplaces are incredible too, they heated their home with wood back then I guess. Incredible and very interesting find!
I hope you're always letting someone know where you are when you're exploring these old places alone or at random.
Merry Christmas Kappy! Thank you, for all the posts this past year. We enjoyed them all greatly! Stay safe out there. 🎄🎁🙏
I love these old houses and how well they are built.The bricks are all in place beautifully 😍 It would be wonderful to gut and restore
TY for taking us on another venture! Original wide plank flooring, curved banister, and the brick work was awesome. The basement was to far gone to study, but I appreciated your effort. In a bedroom, the fireplace was in the corner of the room which was unusual. Has anyone ever run across this in late 18th century home?
wendy macmullen I’ve been watching a number of these exploring programs lately( Explomo) for one ant I’ve seen several examples of the fireplaces at the side of the room. I thought it was very unusual at first, but I’ve seen so many that now l don’t know what to think. Just as a side note, l find the one couple spend most of their time zeroing in on boring stuff that’s been tossed about and destroyed by ransackers! I’m interested in the architectural appeal of these old homes only.
@@wendycrawford1792 I agree totally. Architecture over close ups of junk for certain and dead animals. Kappy does a good job balancing design vs snooping!
I've probably used this quote before from Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town": 'If I could go back for just one day, for just one hour..." To see this house when it was new and people were living and working in it. There must have been a barn and stables; maybe a kitchen house and outdoor privies; perhaps a wash house for clothing and bedding. This house may have been part of a complex of buildings. It would be fascinating to get a drone over this location to see if the outlines of other building might be visible.
Fascinating and heartbreaking to watch this video. I like all those built-in cupboards and closets and how some of the stairs are enclosed and even have a door. The main staircase, maybe brides walked down those stairs on their wedding days long ago.
The house has had its day and it's elements are now returning to nature.
Awe and wonderment at that cooking hearth! I can imagine scenes of someone bent over the embers, poking away at dinner cooking! Even has the cubby shelves (to store the salt crock?)! I wonder how the bricks were never blackened by the years of fires built and burned there. In rooms throughout the house, there seemed like places where inside walls were denuded down to the outer bricks, to expose the perimeter wall (didn't appear to be incidental wear from weather: done in a square in one room) I wonder if there was a time when this building was once being considered for rehabilitation? The triple stairway, second floor, with step up into a room, always makes me think 'addition' and that's where the doorway/floor didn't perfectly match the height of the former/existing floor. I'd love to know what 4 over 4 came first, second (otherwise known as 1st addition, etc.) Old houses are fertile fruit for speculation about their history and times. Lovely specimen; sad to see her left to rot; she remains grand to the end.
Wonderful video. Love the way you film.
Man oh man is right. Wow Kappy where there’s a will there’s a way. Your explorations never cease to amaze. What an awesome random find. What a beauty that was.
That is a cool old find, such character in that house. What woodwork remaining was interesting, the mantels must have been decorative for someone to strip all of them. I have never seen louvered doors separating the main rooms before. And those creepy old basements always make me think of the Blair Witch Project. I would say I need my anxiety meds now, but I have needed them since going to the grocery store on Christmas Eve morning. I am one sick puppy. Thanks for another great explore!
Amazing house!!! I know that you don’t like going down in to the basements. My fascination with basements is checking to see if there is a fireplace in the basement and a bread oven. If there is then this indicates that it is an earlier home. When you shone your flashlight, l saw a brick area sticking out and a stove pipe hole, indicating a fireplace. I find this exciting!! My stone house isn’t old enough to have a basement ( original kitchen) fireplace but l do know of neighbours who have older homes with basement cooking fireplaces and bread ovens.
Wow. What beautiful brick work. That place is huge I really like the way the staircase split. Merry merry Christmas 🎁🎄 Kappy
Thanks for watching!! Merry Christmas and happy new year!! :)
livable and when the roof gets a leek fix it fast, love large fireplaces. thanks for sharing.
What an amazing old house such a shame it has been left to ruin
That staircase is gorgeous never seen split two ways like that
Upstairs and attic rooms were incredible
Why hasn't someone bought and restored
this house must have been marvelous when it was first built
Thanks, Kappy great explore
Wow this house is almost the same layout as my grandparents old house in Pennsylvania. The wallpaper in the attic was the same and everything. Very cool it's sad to see the old homes like this abandoned.
Thanks for the 🎄present. Love your adventures. I want to go to every place!! 😊
I love the brick work and that huge fireplace in the kitchen !! I love the way the stairway splits off like that so unusual . I bet she was a site in her day. Imagine the life lived here .....if only the wall could talk . Great video as always Kappy !!
I always have to wonder how many happy times were created in houses like this, Christmas, birthdays, and how many bad times as well.
Cool! I had ancestors who moved to Maryland in 1789. I liked seeing something that was there at that time.
Have you ever thought about doing some metal detecting at these old home sites?
P.S. Kappy your camera work is very well done.
Love the old huge fireplace. Known as a working fireplace. And all the wide floorboards. It’s a shame this old crumbling house is just gonna go down to nothing. It could be salvaged or at least parts of it could be salvaged. Thank you Kappy! Beautiful home.🍀🤟🏻😎💜
I loved the way that staircase split directions.
Old time bi-fold doors. Haven't ever seen any like that in an old house. Usually they have pocket doors. Those are cool.
What an amazing place! I'd love to see it when it was new. Thanks for sharing!
Must have been some seriously fine fireplace mantels for someone to rip every one out.
That front door still looks impressive.
Every step you took in this house I was afraid for you Kappy. It was probably
a nice house in its day but whoever owned it didn’t care to fix it up. You deserve
a lot of credit going in these condemned homes. Thank you for bringing us
along. Merry Christmas to you Kappy and hope to see more of your great
explorations in 2022.
Merry Christmas Kappy & Ruby!!! Another awesome find!
I believe those doors are called according doors.. Man the history of that beautiful home though!!! I LOVE the older houses!
Merry Christmas from Western Maryland.
That is an amazing house, and a big fire place.
I think those are called accordion doors. And unfortunately I think the house is too far gone to save. Must've been awesome back in the day. I also noticed there was no bathroom on the first floor unless it got overlooked somehow but the second floor did. Great tour as always Kappy and happy Christmas to ya from the UK.
You amaze me. Bringing an old house to life, regardless of condition. Sharing your knowledge.
O.M.G.! This house has captured my heart! While most of the places you video are pretty awesome, honestly only one other has made the captured list and that would be the one in VA in the middle of the golf course. Which happens to be not that far from my life long best friend who felt it necessary to escape the snow permanently! I often look places up if a name is given to look at photos and find out more history! Thank you for expanding my knowledge! I always love when when you get so excited it takes your breath away because when you love what you’re doing and what you’re looking at, that’s the way it should be! Shoes! You need better shoes! Once again you and Ruby and your family have a very merry Christmas! 🎅🏻 love from VT.
This was a beauty, it looks like every inch of that house had a real purpose, & was used.
Beautiful old home, even with the decay! Thanks Kappy! Merry Christmas!
Surprised you went in, but thankful you did. What a beauty!
This home would have been beautiful in its day. I love it just to bad someone couldn't have saved it before it decayed so much. Thank you and Merry Christmas
Wow, Kappy, this was a great find! It makes my day when I see you’ve posted a new video. I hope you receive as much joy and happiness this holiday season as you bring to others throughout the year.
It's so sad that its definitely is its last days. Those walls could tell stories of its prime. The room with massive fireplace I think could been the kitchen back in the day. A huge wood stove might been what sit in that huge fireplace. Grand old lady is so beautiful.
Thats the biggest fire place I think I have ever seen in a home.
Another neat find! 🎄
omg this is amazing. there's gotta be a cemetery on that properity somewhere...
Opening shot looks like the intro to a horror film....meets all the requirements. Lovely old lady, thanks for taking a chance and exploring.
Wonder how long it's been empty...so so sad...that basement felt like we stepped back 200'ish years...
Thank you for sharing this beautiful home. Merry Christmas 🎄.
These old places are very interesting, I think about who lived here initially, what their life's were like, how beautiful were these houses new, I get a sense of sadness for some reason, what were the holidays like with family and friends, was there alot of laughter. Anytime I see these antique places I always think those thoughts.
Very 😎 house Kappy!! What a Huge 🔥 place!! Phenomenal!!
Merry Christmas to you, Kappy!! Thank you for a wonderful year of explorations!!😃
Beautiful old house.❤️
family live there raise thry kids grow coops and hunt fish had good lifes tell by lookong at hpuse they had money and WOW what lake so cool
You are so brave to walk through these big old falling down homes. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. Be safe.
I love your content Kappy. You just keep getting better with each video! I do however worry about the lead paint, and the asbestos you are exposed to in most of these old places. But I do love the features you show. I'm wondering if maybe someone repurposed the mantles before this place got this bad. Knocked another one out of the park young man! Thanks for taking me along!
Great home. Large rooms. Not an attic really just a 3rd floor. Would love to have seen this house in its day. That extra large fireplace was in the kitchen, that is how they cooked before stoves lol
The person who had the mansion built. Was a person of means.
The large fireplace was in the kitchen for cooking. It's shame nobody try to save this impressive mansion.
Awesome find! Love that window above the entrance & Many a meal
has been cooked in that HUGE fireplace! Wow !
Beautiful old home 👍
It seems as though it was a beautiful 😍 ❤ 😊 👌 house back in the day with all these big rooms.
I would have loved to have that huge pantry.
Wonderful find Kappy! Do you think that first room, the one with the huge fireplace, may have been the original kitchen of the house? The house, though still lovely, is in such awful shape I kept thinking "Don't go up the stairs, Don't GO UP the stairs! DON'T GO UP THOSE STAIRS!" And then, you went up the stairs! I'm so glad nothing bad happened to you! Thank you for sharing, & Happy New Year to you and yours!
I hope the owners salvage some of those doors and woodwork before its too late.Great video,as always!Thanks Kappy and please be careful.
Thank you! The doors and woodwork are about all that’s left to salvage in the interior. They look to be worth the time and effort. I hope Kappy can dig up more info on this one. Looks like a long term abandon 😢.
the hardware is still there. The transit is still there too. Are those doors called tri fold doors? Never seen any like that before. The floors simply gorgeous. Love that barn door in the attic. The size of that fireplace where you could stand inside it if you wanted too. It is still standing which is marvelous. Thank you for the tour, Merry Christmas and lean on God
The servants' quarters were on the top floor. Our family lived in a vintage 1700s house while our new house was being built. We loved it. It is now moved and has been preserved. I was 8 years old when we lived in the house in 1957-58. My father was willing to buy it, because we loved it, but the owner has sold it to someone else. I live in Connecticut where there are many historic districts. I enjoyed this exploration. Such a shame the house was left to deteriorate. Perhaps the family died out or no person could afford the tax and maintain the house.