I don't think there's anything more beautiful than these craftsmen style interiors with that gorgeous wood work and windows. What a gorgeous place to live!
And all that glorious hardwood. And plaster over stone/block/brick.Driving a nail into an interior wall will require a series of tools and technique unknown to most home owners. Notice the absence of any pictures or signs of nick nack shelves, etc...Its just to damned hard!
I am 81 yrs old so very true they just don't build them like they used to if I was younger I to would have this home to a new home never would have to be afraid of storm in this house !!!
@@shirlcooper7759 , same here.... it is an awesome house! Please visit my channel as well... I find old/ abandoned houses also. Would love for you to subscribe...
Nice old house. That landing on the stairs would be a perfect place to set up a reading area and a chess table. The staircase in a bathroom made me laugh. “Oh hey don’t get up, I’m just passing through.” I hope someone does restore that place and soon.
Josie Schuller thanks for watching and exactly haha not much privacy with that bathroom but was prob built more for convenience with the wheelchair ramp
Yeah. Looks like a retrofitted toilet than an "original" bathroom. Someone, at some point, had to have a toilet on the main floor. I didnt even see a sink.
How do you find such amazingly beautiful old homes? I could move right in to this ole gal, in a heartbeat ❤️. The more old wood, the more original, the better ❤️
I agree! Any house with an abundance of wood, brick and stone makes my heart happy. Add at least one fireplace, a claw foot tub and some built-in nooks and crannies, and you’ve got my dream house. Wouldn’t matter if it was a cottage or a castle, or if were in the middle of town, deep in the woods, or (preferably) with an ocean view.
We had a upstairs sunroom like that when I was growing up off the upstairs bathroom we used it as a bedroom in the summer. The windows opened upwards and could be attached to the ceiling for each window. It was in a very old row of townhouses each one had one of these it was so nice cool cross breeze at night and listening to the rain loved it. Anna in Ohio.
OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!! Kappy you have found the ultimate dream. All the built ins are fabulous and did you notice the lone small door on the wall up stairs? Laundry Shute!!!! Biggest blessing, no vandalism yay! I so hope someone restores it, can you check on it in the future to see and please let us know?? Love you Kappy the maker of visual dreams!!! ❤️
Yes, looks like an old widowed retainer stayed here maybe into their 90s, after all their kids had moved out. I get the feel of the final years of a long rich life spent maybe in a wheelchair, with live in carers. The house is beautiful and wonderfully built, gradually modernised during the 1970s and 1980s.
Really enjoyed this one Kappy, sooooo arts & crafts era, woodwork to die for!!! Hope someone is going to restore this gem, would be a privilege to live in a home like this. Those old steam radiators would keep homes toasty warm in the winter!! This is one of your very best discoveries, Kudos, thanks for sharing.
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 We called them sleeping porches & everyone wanted to sleep there on hot summer nights. All the windows open, the breeze making the summer heat tolerable. Listening to the Katydids, watching the fireflies & somehow there word always be a barn owl nearby.
Connie Miner, that's true. My Grandmother was born in 1909 and she told us of her older brother sleeping in a room just like that because he had TB. She said they thought the fresh air would cure him. Unfortunately he succumbed to the disease in the early 1920's.
The room upstairs with the windows on three side was called a "sleeping porch" and used in summer. One could open the windows and create a cross-breeze, cooling the room and having a cool place to sleep before the days of AC.
@@brighterdays2come I agree. It could be the owner grew old and finally died and the will may be complicated or contested or whatever. Or maybe a bank took it back and it's in limbo of sorts. Or the neighborhood has gone bad and no one decent wants to live there. I just hope this wonderful house becomes a wonderful home for a new owner who can restore it.
I'm a hunter but I'm not into taxidermy. I wouldn't be too surprised if the deer had been from close to this country home. I enjoyed the turn of the century bungalow touches of built-in cabinets and fabulous wood trim. There are some really fine craftsmanship in the stairs, wainscotting and crown molding. I also like the electrical sconces in many of the rooms; not too many years before they would have been gas lights, nice architectural throwback! The servant staircase landing upstairs had built in cabinets for linen and staging areas for items coming up and going down to the other floor--very smart design.
How amazing, a house without graffiti, clean, and intact. I guess the vandals haven't sniffed it out yet. I do hope this old beauty is restored, and fast before there is major damage done. That little stair case bathroom most likely the only place they could find, at the time to put it with out disturbing another room. Thank you
The only "Throne Room" I've ever seen that was more unusual was one in a _closet_ in the master bedroom of a house where my nephew and his family lived. It even had a shelf above it! Stay safe.
@@oldenweery7510 We bought a house years ago, there was a bathroom tucked underneath the stair case. It was sealed off like a tiny little room, sink, and toilet. I guess what ever works, it did have a larger bathroom though.
Such a beautiful old house! The staircase is awesome. Love the old sink in the kitchen and the pantry. I do hope someone restores it and it has life again.
@@donnalibby6246 I had one in a house I lived in while in my late twenties and hated it so much because it was so outdated and the drawers were always stuck and so hard to open. I liked new and modern back then no metal and stuck all the time.
I absolutely loved that house! Thought I saw a laundry chute upstairs? I'm with you on the creepy deer heads; rather see live ones running in the fields! Thanks again for a great explore! Hope that place gets restored. 🙂
Oh man I HOPE this one is saved!!!! Great vids Kappy I’m addicted. I’m Southern & have ridden by so many abandoned historic places my whole life dying to see inside - THANK YOU for the history now preserved on film. Also, as many have said your extremely professional, kind & love animals. Keep up the great work!!!
That's sure is pretty. Fancy Smancy! One thing I have noticed with old homes, they were never stingy on the windows when building the houses. I guess it had to do with the natural light in the daytime. Ever since I was a kid, even now, I never liked seeing animals stick their heads out of the walls,their eyes always followed you.
Wow! What an amazing find! I think it's gorgeous! I'm with you on the taxidermied deer heads. When I got married I told my husband that we would never have dead animals in our house. Luckily he didn't have a problem with it! Lol....I can't get over this place! Did I say gorgeous? Well, I said it again! Lol Such an awesome find! Thanks for sharing with us, Kappy!😊❤
While he was showing us that room and commenting on the "trophies," I flashed to my impish cousin. My dad belonged to our local Moose Lodge (played on the "Dartball" team) and when my aunt, uncle, and my two cousins visited during an annual Christmas party, Cousin Jerry, kept joking about the mounted moose head, a standard feature of a Moose Lodge hall. We ate popcorn out of those pleated paper containers, like large fluted cupcake baking cups. I went back for something else to eat and when I came back, Jerry had climbed up on a chair, put the popcorn "dish" on top the moose's head like an old-fashioned page boy or French soldier, and stuck a used cigarette butt in its mouth. I tried not to snigger while feeling like Doom was on its way! Trophy, indeed. Stay safe.
My grandma had a kitchen sink like that but they do not have cabinets underneath. Hers had a skirt to hide her soap and the pipes. I have a oak clawfoot table like the one in the dining area. I gave the chairs away. They were so old I had to keep gluing them back together. The toilet placed in a small hall surprised me. The furniture in the basement saddened me. The old beer dispenser has mold on it. I love this house too. Not a fan of second floors as I get older but I would have to tell myself "too bad " to be able to live in this beauty.
Love, love, love that place! Surely it’s not going to be left to decay like so many beautiful old homes are. It almost looks like someone might still be living there. I love that room with all those windows. I could set up a studio there and paint all day long.
Sometimes I wonder how you really get in. I mean not all these places are abandoned..and you don't show how you got in. Not every door is open or unlocked. No way! I love these old houses but sometimes it just trespassing.
I love this house I hope some day you’ll go up and check the attic. Thank you for sharing your adventure I look so forward to your videos there my Blessins. Thank you
That's a wierd house. Has some nice handy features, though. Funny how the kitchen in an old style house always looks so primative when the rest of the house was elegant.
They didn't typically put money into a place the servants worked. Our house built in 1750 was the same. Grander than this one though with separate servants quarters over the kitchen separate from the rest of the house, the kitchen was primitive looking.
Our house is over 100 yrs old. Has butlers pantry with original ice box and stove is also in there. The ironing board is in the door of a small cabinet in the kitchen (it’s all wood and very heavy). These were utilitarian areas. Dining was separate from these areas.
Me too, I would of loved to see the whole basement Kappy. Would it be possible to make some of your Videos like this one a little longer? I know there is much more we would of like to have seen. Also could you please open the drawers or cupboard door so we could see inside? Thanks Kappy ☺💚
WOW! When I saw the outside of this place I got really excited to see what was inside! I enjoyed this explore! Thank you Kappy for showing this unique gem! 👍❤️😊. What was that wooden thing on wall with the farmers sink? Never in my life have I seen servant stairs in a bathroom of all places, lol. This house is worthy of saving for sure.
Yes. Laundry was done in the kitchen whenever possible because of large water tubs, etc for handwashing & then hung on a line to dry, which is why in the old days they had a "wash day". It took all day. I'd still do it that way if I could. I almost forgot to add, original irons had to be heated on a stove top. So you needed your board in the kitchen
I wonder how crazy some people can be,!!!! Out of all the houses I've seen on your videos,this has got to be the best one yet! On top of that,its not falling apart at the seams,I saw the dream catcher on the table,its a shame where there is so many homeless in this country,to see this beauty going to waste!! I wish it was mine,I'd be hard put to leave!
Still one of my favorites. It has that romantic, Disney feel. Then you go around one of the many, many corners and 'ooops!' giggle giggle. just love this house.
Oh what a dream of a house, I along with many viewers have fallen in love with this house. The entry and staircase makes one exciting burst of ideas as how to restore all of the beautiful woodwork in this home. The square footage of this home is huge and has the potential to have a small but adequate powder room on 1st level. Such great planning went into this house with deep windows, hardware for windows and doors, an upper enclosed porch/sitting area plus room upstairs for 2 bathrooms. I was so excited to see this house that I want to see the video one more time. Thanks Kappy for sharing this awesome house. PS those radiators were a plus to see.
Fantastic Kappy! That is one of the best preserved abandoned houses I've ever seen! It actually still looks quite liveable, and I'd move in tomorrow if the owners wanted to sell it! Actually, that dream would be better for someone your age, not ours anymore. Also, I'm with you on the mounted deer heads! I came from a hunting family, but I have never like such things. Poor things! I'd bury them properly if I bought that house! Very lovely! Thanks Kappy!
Wow Kappy ! This home is probably the most elegant and well appointed you have ever done a video on . The style of woodwork is that of true Master Craftsman. Closets were just not built in in those days . That desk downstairs (you did a close up of) has hidden drawers in it . Thanks for sharing , stay safe , stay well .
This is a beautiful old home. It’s in great shape! Someone loved this place, you can tell by how well it was taken care of. This one has promise! Ty for the tour Kappy.
It’s a home like this that I would rather live than the house I live in now. Real beauty is in the workmanship of old homes. They were built by men to stand the test of time, storm, and in some places, even war. Kappy, your excitement in finding the former maid stairs was so sweet. History: When this home was built, people detestably known as servants were in this century known as maids, butlers, valets, nannies, and paid for their services. No, they weren’t paid a grand sum, but they were paid.
When I moved into my 100 year old Craftsman home 6 years ago, it was in a very similar state as this one. I spent 3 days cleaning and moved right in. I’m guessing grandpa passed away and the family lives somewhere nearby; somebody definitely keeps an eye on it. My place had that same tidy “boxed up” look and that was the story with it. Beautiful home.
What a gem!!! I am in love. Has a Tudor feel inside with the timbers. I want to move in!!! Even the basement was neat. You need to start traveling with a ladder ☺️. You know that room with all the windows would originally have been a porch. Beautiful!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Safe travels.
Absolutely gorgeous woodwork in this house!!! Some nice antique wood furniture as well. It looks in great shape, too bad that it can’t be restored! Thank you for sharing this wonderful find!
Wonderful, wonderful old house. Seems to be in good shape. I would love to spend an hour in there just exploring all the nooks and crannys! Loved the hinges on the porch window!! Thank you, Kappy!
❤️ loving it isn’t trashed. Beautiful hearth, beautiful woodwork, wonderful space and built ins. So the help also pressed laundry. A basement tunnel?! Wow
I think the tiny “water closet” bathroom with the staircase was added later on. It was probably just a little hall with a staircase. The woodwork in this home is astounding. Such a decidedly masculine home. The wood used and the stairway and bannisters are truly impressive! So much seems original; what an impressive find. Thank you for this exciting explore. The desk in the entry hall had tongue and groove construction in the drawers. That has got to be an antique that needs to be reclaimed and restored.
Thanks my friend for sharing with me another wonderful video about Beautiful 126 year old Grand Abandoned House Down South. it was a really beautiful house i would love to live in that house it did not look all that bad Kappy it looked like it is being well cared for and i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless and thanks again.
Oh I so love this place!! It's absolutely some thing I would have loved to own, even now. Like the others have said, I would move into this house in a heart beat if I had the money to fix it up!! Talking about the windows and how wide the ledge is, it reminds me of the house we had in Valmeyer, Illinois, it was 3 brick thick! I would imagine this one is similar to that! All of the wood trim in this house the crown molding and the staircase.... so beautiful! This is my kind of house!! Stay safe out there Kappy! Peace, Kim ~
What a terrific house, Kappy! I can imagine people from "The Great Gatsby" having this as a vacation home. From the glimpse in your previous video I had an idea of the interior of this house but it was even better than I imagined. Here's my theory: the toilet by the servants' staircase may have been installed after the house was built, maybe long after, for a resident who had difficulty getting around. I noticed a track along the staircase for a mechanized chair that would take someone up and down who would otherwise be unable to use the stairs. My grandmother who had a heart condition had two of those chairs in her house: to the upstairs and down to the basement. In this house you can see the chair in a folded up position at 6:48. A "machine chair" , as we called it, would not have worked on the main staircase. The picture of over the downstairs fireplace seems to a print of a painting by Jamie Wyeth.
Ah, thanks for confirming that my eyesight wasn't wrong. I don't remember: was there a full bathroom downstairs? It would make sense to add a "Porcelain Convenience" in an odd spot if this was one of the places where the only full bathroom was on the second floor. I've known quite a few places where this was so. Good health and stay safe.
@@oldenweery7510 I took a second look: there's a toilet by the servant's staircase but I didn't see a sink anywhere in that space. I think the plumbing was added in maybe the only space where it could be worked unobtrusively into the first floor.
@@andrewbrendan1579 That makes sense, especially if there was someone in the house who was elderly and/or slightly disabled. If there isn't a bathroom on the first floor---and I don't remember seeing one---maybe the little "accomodation" was added for his or her use. I'm 80 and if I lived in a large house with the bathroom on the second floor I'd be like the joke book title, "One Mile to the Outhouse, by Willie Makit." Stay safe.
This is a real beauty! It doesn’t seem like it would take much to fix it up and bring it back to life. The woodwork , hardware , fireplaces and built ins have so much character. This is a stunning home. This is a great find Kappy! Thanks so much for sharing. Can’t what for the next one! You’re the best!😊
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 hi new subscriber here and I saw this house. Is there anyway you can tell me about this house. I'm interested in purchasing it . Thanks
Wow, beautiful solid place. Seems almost ready to move in! Hey Kappy just so you know UA-cam went in and changed your ad preference settings to “mid-roll” so your beautiful peaceful videos are interrupted by a bunch of blaring obnoxious ads (6 of ‘em in this video). They did it to everybody without asking but you can go into your settings and switch it back to the way you had it if you want.
GORGEOUS! My new favorite! 💖 The woodwork is amazing! This house reminds me of a hunting lodge lol. Really good find Kappy! Thanks so much. I cant wait for the next one! 😃
Wow, that's a spectacular old place. A little bit of heart and soul went into that one. The built in dresser at 9min 7sec is absolutely stunning. A true piece of art.
We had a kitchen sink like that growing up. Wow what an interesting house! The stone doesn’t feel down south. Wonder if it was brought in? Granite maybe? Loved the windows and trim. Very much feels turn of the century or bit before. Coal, oil or railroad wealth perhaps. This one def would be worth the money to restore. Thanks so much for sharing. ❤️
It is called an apron sink because of the flat wavy sides for drying the dishes on which makes the apron around the sink. Don't see them much anymore. Wonky bathrooms were pretty common when indoor plumbing & water came to town....closets, under the stairs or any place they could put them. Take Care.
@David Brown poor guy. I never think of those things. I comment to participate. I never go back & check likes...I guess because it doesn't matter to me.
Gorgeous bones. I would say a senior man lived here and either went into an old folks home or passed away. Looks like he had a work from home situation with the file cabinets. Either way, stunning home. Good work!
Omgoodness another dream come true of a house!!!! I'm so in love with this one...the stairs, the top of the stairs with that gorgeous big window and nice open area...o the amazing built ins the woodwork the windows ahhhhhhhhh I'm going crazy ,this house is perfect...I can see me chillin in that upstairs sunporch on a cold winter's day with my coffee and my laptop n my blanky...man I want this house....great great find kappy!!!!!! Thnku for the tour!!!!!
This house was unbelievable I loved it all the old Butler servant quarters just the stairs up the back off the front door in the kitchen I mean this house is awesome loved it loved watching you go through it wish you had more background on it that would be really cool more background makes the place more real thank you
What a well built house.I love the beautiful wrap around stairs.The detailed workmanship of woodwork Windows are one of a kind. Those electric heaters reminds me of those in school rooms in the 60s.Whoever buys it should make it a landmark.So glad it wasn't vandalized.Must have been a big family with all the rooms.
Yes, I love this house. It really needs to be restored! Btw, “your room” in that house had no radiator. You would freeze in the winter. Of course, I don’t know how cold it gets down south. Thanks for the tour!
I'm hoping some one is restoring this as money and time allows. Its just to beautiful to go to waste. It is pretty clean so it hasn't been to long since someone was around. Great find Kappy
I love occasionally revisiting this video of one of my fave homes. The lovely upstairs landing and the sleeping porch ! Hope it has not been torn down.
I love a home that the big bad woof huffings & puffings, tornados, storms or lightning can't penetrate. A beauty. I wish you'd go back so we can see the attic. Great find 👏🏽💯
I adore these solid beautiful mysterious old houses! Nothing built nowadays can compare. My first purchase was a 1 and a half story bungalow built in 1920s. Loved that place with it's stucco and dark wood walls and built ins. Secret exits. Archways and old coal shite. Milk delivery door and old mail slot in the front door. If I could have afforded to move it I would have. It was the neighborhood that was the issue. Gang tagging and peeping time and people breaking in and stealing from our garage. I'd give anything to have one like that again. So much fabulous character. Thanks for the vid.🙏🎄🧡 This one is in marvelous shape. Especially being abandoned. Why? My whole fam would love this place. And don't forget the fireplace! Such a beautiful setup. Stockings hung up. My daughter called it the Christmas House.
Hello from Palm Springs! Now THAT was a really cool house! I would have loved for you to explore all its nooks and crannies! Really enjoyed this one! Thanks for sharing ❤
This house needs to be saved!
Mary... yes, it does!
Very much so!!
I don't think there's anything more beautiful than these craftsmen style interiors with that gorgeous wood work and windows. What a gorgeous place to live!
And all that glorious hardwood. And plaster over stone/block/brick.Driving a nail into an interior wall will require a series of tools and technique unknown to most home owners. Notice the absence of any pictures or signs of nick nack shelves, etc...Its just to damned hard!
@@toosunakabooma1213 yes... I agree!
This was a favourite. What a dream to once live there. So so much character.
Also, I'd rather buy and live in house like this than in a brand new one....they just don't build 'em like they used to.
I am 81 yrs old so very true they just don't build them like they used to if I was younger I to would have this home to a new home never would have to be afraid of storm in this house !!!
@@shirlcooper7759 its beautiful and i agree solid safe and so beautiful i want to move in asap ☺
Theres lumber in this home that can't be found at any price.
@@shirlcooper7759 , same here.... it is an awesome house! Please visit my channel as well... I find old/ abandoned houses also. Would love for you to subscribe...
right? why would anyone want a modern crackerjack house when could have something like these houses Kappy finds?
Of all the places I’ve seen you post, this home is rock solid. Wouldn’t take much to restore.
This is one that would be still standing in a neighborhood turned to rubble by Tornado/ Hurricane
I agree Scott
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Where in the south, and is for sale yet?
Very Solid! Very BEAUTIFUL!Hope the Human COCKROACH'S Don't DESTROY!!!😢
I'm blown away by how solid the house seems. There is not the typical sag in the floors and door frames that have shifted over time. Beautiful home!
Stacy, agreed! I also explore... love these old houses! Please visit my channel.
Beautiful House!!!!!
Nice old house. That landing on the stairs would be a perfect place to set up a reading area and a chess table. The staircase in a bathroom made me laugh. “Oh hey don’t get up, I’m just passing through.” I hope someone does restore that place and soon.
LOL
Josie Schuller thanks for watching and exactly haha not much privacy with that bathroom but was prob built more for convenience with the wheelchair ramp
Yeah. Looks like a retrofitted toilet than an "original" bathroom. Someone, at some point, had to have a toilet on the main floor. I didnt even see a sink.
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@@brighterdays2come 126 years ago, there was not likely a toilet in the house.
How do you find such amazingly beautiful old homes? I could move right in to this ole gal, in a heartbeat ❤️. The more old wood, the more original, the better ❤️
A girl after my own heart ❤!! I would move right in!!
@@vjones9606 same here!
And all the wood is unpainted! I wish it was in my 100 yr old house.
I agree! Any house with an abundance of wood, brick and stone makes my heart happy. Add at least one fireplace, a claw foot tub and some built-in nooks and crannies, and you’ve got my dream house. Wouldn’t matter if it was a cottage or a castle, or if were in the middle of town, deep in the woods, or (preferably) with an ocean view.
Same! I'd move right in!
We had a upstairs sunroom like that when I was growing up off the upstairs bathroom we used it as a bedroom in the summer. The windows opened upwards and could be attached to the ceiling for each window. It was in a very old row of townhouses each one had one of these it was so nice cool cross breeze at night and listening to the rain loved it. Anna in Ohio.
They were rooms that were actually called a sleeping porch because like you said it was cooler in the summer back before there was air conditioning.
That kitchen sink alone 😍😍❤️
OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!! Kappy you have found the ultimate dream. All the built ins are fabulous and did you notice the lone small door on the wall up stairs? Laundry Shute!!!! Biggest blessing, no vandalism yay! I so hope someone restores it, can you check on it in the future to see and please let us know?? Love you Kappy the maker of visual dreams!!! ❤️
Wow. This one looks like its been recently lived in. I noticed the Amazon box upstairs. Great condition inside.
Yes, looks like an old widowed retainer stayed here maybe into their 90s, after all their kids had moved out. I get the feel of the final years of a long rich life spent maybe in a wheelchair, with live in carers. The house is beautiful and wonderfully built, gradually modernised during the 1970s and 1980s.
For its age this house is in great shape someone has taken care of it .
Yes, they did.
The built in armoire upstairs looked just like the desk downstairs, with the wood and hardware. Beautiful house.
Agreed!
TheBTDEB I noticed that as well. They used the same drawer pulls and wood.
Really enjoyed this one Kappy, sooooo arts & crafts era, woodwork to die for!!! Hope someone is going to restore this gem, would be a privilege to live in a home like this. Those old steam radiators would keep homes toasty warm in the winter!! This is one of your very best discoveries, Kudos, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Kappy that room that you said would be yours is called a sleeping room for summer and fresh air. They thought it would cure T B.
We called them sun rooms.
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 We called them sleeping porches & everyone wanted to sleep there on hot summer nights. All the windows open, the breeze making the summer heat tolerable. Listening to the Katydids, watching the fireflies & somehow there word always be a barn owl nearby.
P Taylor cool, wish we had fire flies
Definitely a summer sleepin porch!
Connie Miner, that's true. My Grandmother was born in 1909 and she told us of her older brother sleeping in a room just like that because he had TB. She said they thought the fresh air would cure him. Unfortunately he succumbed to the disease in the early 1920's.
The room upstairs with the windows on three side was called a "sleeping porch" and used in summer. One could open the windows and create a cross-breeze, cooling the room and having a cool place to sleep before the days of AC.
About five houses I have on my favorite list from your Channel.
This house shot to number one!
I love that pedestal tub.. the landing at the top of the stairs..another beautiful house.
Same here!
I got the feeling this house hasn't been abandoned, it's just been closed up for the season. It's too clean to be abandoned.
I agree!
Possibly recently abandoned. I noted the same in my post. It was very clean. But didn't seem set up for seasonal stays either....
@@brighterdays2come I agree. It could be the owner grew old and finally died and the will may be complicated or contested or whatever. Or maybe a bank took it back and it's in limbo of sorts. Or the neighborhood has gone bad and no one decent wants to live there. I just hope this wonderful house becomes a wonderful home for a new owner who can restore it.
I'm a hunter but I'm not into taxidermy. I wouldn't be too surprised if the deer had been from close to this country home. I enjoyed the turn of the century bungalow touches of built-in cabinets and fabulous wood trim. There are some really fine craftsmanship in the stairs, wainscotting and crown molding. I also like the electrical sconces in many of the rooms; not too many years before they would have been gas lights, nice architectural throwback! The servant staircase landing upstairs had built in cabinets for linen and staging areas for items coming up and going down to the other floor--very smart design.
How amazing, a house without graffiti, clean, and intact. I guess the vandals haven't sniffed it out yet. I do hope this old beauty is restored, and fast before there is major damage done. That little stair case bathroom most likely the only place they could find, at the time to put it with out disturbing another room. Thank you
The only "Throne Room" I've ever seen that was more unusual was one in a _closet_ in the master bedroom of a house where my nephew and his family lived. It even had a shelf above it! Stay safe.
@@oldenweery7510 We bought a house years ago, there was a bathroom tucked underneath the stair case. It was sealed off like a tiny little room, sink, and toilet. I guess what ever works, it did have a larger bathroom though.
@@patricialenaburg6553 I agree, I also hope it gets restored.
if that house were in Gary Indiana it would have been completely trashed a long time ago
Such a beautiful old house! The staircase is awesome. Love the old sink in the kitchen and the pantry. I do hope someone restores it and it has life again.
Donna, same here!
Hated that sink I had one like it back in my youth - believe me you would not like it either.
@@peewee7530 we had one at our camp when I was younger and I always loved it.
@@donnalibby6246 I had one in a house I lived in while in my late twenties and hated it so much because it was so outdated and the drawers were always stuck and so hard to open. I liked new and modern back then no metal and stuck all the time.
@@peewee7530 I live in an 1875 farmhouse with a sink like the one in this Grand Old House. I LOVE mine. It's perfect for my farm style kitchen.
I absolutely loved that house! Thought I saw a laundry chute upstairs? I'm with you on the creepy deer heads; rather see live ones running in the fields! Thanks again for a great explore! Hope that place gets restored. 🙂
At least the expression on the faces of the deer were serene looking and happy. LOL
The servants ALWAYS get the scariest stairway!! lol. This home was stunning!! Thanks, Kappy!!
Oh man I HOPE this one is saved!!!! Great vids Kappy I’m addicted. I’m Southern & have ridden by so many abandoned historic places my whole life dying to see inside - THANK YOU for the history now preserved on film. Also, as many have said your extremely professional, kind & love animals. Keep up the great work!!!
Absolutely love the house!! All the dark wood and staircase is right up my alley. Such character!!!!!
You just don't see wainscoting & wood trim like this anymore, at all. And that vintage beer dispenser in the basement was amazing!!! What a find!
That's sure is pretty. Fancy Smancy! One thing I have noticed with old homes, they were never stingy on the windows when building the houses. I guess it had to do with the natural light in the daytime. Ever since I was a kid, even now, I never liked seeing animals stick their heads out of the walls,their eyes always followed you.
Wow! What an amazing find! I think it's gorgeous! I'm with you on the taxidermied deer heads. When I got married I told my husband that we would never have dead animals in our house. Luckily he didn't have a problem with it! Lol....I can't get over this place! Did I say gorgeous? Well, I said it again! Lol Such an awesome find! Thanks for sharing with us, Kappy!😊❤
While he was showing us that room and commenting on the "trophies," I flashed to my impish cousin. My dad belonged to our local Moose Lodge (played on the "Dartball" team) and when my aunt, uncle, and my two cousins visited during an annual Christmas party, Cousin Jerry, kept joking about the mounted moose head, a standard feature of a Moose Lodge hall. We ate popcorn out of those pleated paper containers, like large fluted cupcake baking cups. I went back for something else to eat and when I came back, Jerry had climbed up on a chair, put the popcorn "dish" on top the moose's head like an old-fashioned page boy or French soldier, and stuck a used cigarette butt in its mouth. I tried not to snigger while feeling like Doom was on its way! Trophy, indeed. Stay safe.
What the heck is you 2..yapping about..
My grandma had a kitchen sink like that but they do not have cabinets underneath. Hers had a skirt to hide her soap and the pipes. I have a oak clawfoot table like the one in the dining area. I gave the chairs away. They were so old I had to keep gluing them back together. The toilet placed in a small hall surprised me. The furniture in the basement saddened me. The old beer dispenser has mold on it. I love this house too. Not a fan of second floors as I get older but I would have to tell myself "too bad " to be able to live in this beauty.
Love, love, love that place! Surely it’s not going to be left to decay like so many beautiful old homes are. It almost looks like someone might still be living there. I love that room with all those windows. I could set up a studio there and paint all day long.
Amen to that!
Yes, amen! I would paint rocks.
Somebody is taking care of the place. The grass has been cut.
Yes someone is fixing it
A lot of the stuff still left inside also happens to look pretty new. So yeah, it's highly probable someone's still fixing it up.
Does not seem to be "abandoned". That's somebody's viable real estate.
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 if this was the case then why was there a broken window in one of the rooms ?
Sometimes I wonder how you really get in. I mean not all these places are abandoned..and you don't show how you got in. Not every door is open or unlocked. No way! I love these old houses but sometimes it just trespassing.
I love this house I hope some day you’ll go up and check the attic. Thank you for sharing your adventure I look so forward to your videos there my Blessins. Thank you
Yes, the attic would be cool!
That's a wierd house. Has some nice handy features, though. Funny how the kitchen in an old style house always looks so primative when the rest of the house was elegant.
And dig that far out full length porcelain sink/ dish drain on metal cabinets. Gotta be nearly 100 yrs old.
They didn't typically put money into a place the servants worked. Our house built in 1750 was the same. Grander than this one though with separate servants quarters over the kitchen separate from the rest of the house, the kitchen was primitive looking.
Our house is over 100 yrs old. Has butlers pantry with original ice box and stove is also in there. The ironing board is in the door of a small cabinet in the kitchen (it’s all wood and very heavy). These were utilitarian areas. Dining was separate from these areas.
I love the softly worn patina along the banister!! 100 + years of hands added that touch. I feel like you missed a lot in the basement!!😕
Me too, I would of loved to see the whole basement Kappy. Would it be possible to make some of your Videos like this one a little longer? I know there is much more we would of like to have seen. Also could you please open the drawers or cupboard door so we could see inside? Thanks Kappy ☺💚
@@GoldenNugget. yes! Yes! Yes! What she said!!
@@GoldenNugget. , same here.... need more basement, lol. I also explore & film! Please visit my channel.
I too noticed the worn areas on the bannister. Shows the house was loved and used.
WOW! When I saw the outside of this place I got really excited to see what was inside! I enjoyed this explore! Thank you Kappy for showing this unique gem! 👍❤️😊. What was that wooden thing on wall with the farmers sink? Never in my life have I seen servant stairs in a bathroom of all places, lol. This house is worthy of saving for sure.
Hi! The wooden thing on the wall is an old wooden ironing board. Easy access to cooking and ironing back in the day
Thank you Tasha 😊
Yes. Laundry was done in the kitchen whenever possible because of large water tubs, etc for handwashing & then hung on a line to dry, which is why in the old days they had a "wash day". It took all day. I'd still do it that way if I could.
I almost forgot to add, original irons had to be heated on a stove top. So you needed your board in the kitchen
Thank you Joni, much appreciated 😊
That had to be a servant's bathroom.
I wonder how crazy some people can be,!!!! Out of all the houses I've seen on your videos,this has got to be the best one yet! On top of that,its not falling apart at the seams,I saw the dream catcher on the table,its a shame where there is so many homeless in this country,to see this beauty going to waste!! I wish it was mine,I'd be hard put to leave!
This is with out a doubt one of the best houses you have visited and shared. Thanks Kappy!!
Love the built in dresser, and the upstairs has a nook for reading or a Christmas tree.
Still one of my favorites. It has that romantic, Disney feel. Then you go around one of the many, many corners and 'ooops!' giggle giggle. just love this house.
Just beautiful you gave this home justice it definitely was a great find thank you I loved everything you showed.
Oh what a dream of a house, I along with many viewers have fallen in love with this house. The entry and staircase makes one exciting burst of ideas as how to restore all of the beautiful woodwork in this home. The square footage of this home is huge and has the potential to have a small but adequate powder room on 1st level. Such great planning went into this house with deep windows, hardware for windows and doors, an upper enclosed porch/sitting area plus room upstairs for 2 bathrooms. I was so excited to see this house that I want to see the video one more time. Thanks Kappy for sharing this awesome house. PS those radiators were a plus to see.
Fantastic Kappy! That is one of the best preserved abandoned houses I've ever seen! It actually still looks quite liveable, and I'd move in tomorrow if the owners wanted to sell it! Actually, that dream would be better for someone your age, not ours anymore. Also, I'm with you on the mounted deer heads! I came from a hunting family, but I have never like such things. Poor things! I'd bury them properly if I bought that house! Very lovely! Thanks Kappy!
Wow Kappy ! This home is probably the most elegant and well appointed you have ever done a video on . The style of woodwork is that of true Master Craftsman. Closets were just not built in in those days . That desk downstairs (you did a close up of) has hidden drawers in it . Thanks for sharing , stay safe , stay well .
This is probably one of my favorite houses you've shown. So much natural light. What a beautiful home.
This is a beautiful old home. It’s in great shape! Someone loved this place, you can tell by how well it was taken care of. This one has promise! Ty for the tour Kappy.
No mold that is a plus but it must have an attic .The woodwork is beautiful.Thank you Kappy it was a real treat to see this house.
It’s a home like this that I would rather live than the house I live in now. Real beauty is in the workmanship of old homes. They were built by men to stand the test of time, storm, and in some places, even war.
Kappy, your excitement in finding the former maid stairs was so sweet.
History: When this home was built, people detestably known as servants were in this century known as maids, butlers, valets, nannies, and paid for their services. No, they weren’t paid a grand sum, but they were paid.
When I moved into my 100 year old Craftsman home 6 years ago, it was in a very similar state as this one. I spent 3 days cleaning and moved right in. I’m guessing grandpa passed away and the family lives somewhere nearby; somebody definitely keeps an eye on it. My place had that same tidy “boxed up” look and that was the story with it.
Beautiful home.
Great to see a house that preserved the wood decor!
What a gem!!! I am in love. Has a Tudor feel inside with the timbers. I want to move in!!! Even the basement was neat. You need to start traveling with a ladder ☺️. You know that room with all the windows would originally have been a porch. Beautiful!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Safe travels.
Absolutely gorgeous woodwork in this house!!! Some nice antique wood furniture as well. It looks in great shape, too bad that it can’t be restored! Thank you for sharing this wonderful find!
Wonderful, wonderful old house. Seems to be in good shape. I would love to spend an hour in there just exploring all the nooks and crannys! Loved the hinges on the porch window!! Thank you, Kappy!
What a beautiful ol house, definitely worth saving. Another excellent video Kappy!
I love this place. Exterior is great interior is solid and clean. So easy to restore and repaint. Really nice, Kappy. Thanks
I could see myself living in this amazing home. I would just add things to kitchen but keep that awesome sink. Love it
❤️ loving it isn’t trashed. Beautiful hearth, beautiful woodwork, wonderful space and built ins. So the help also pressed laundry. A basement tunnel?! Wow
Very nice Kappy. Someone please save this house 😥
Love the wood everything! What a wonderful home. Diffinately a man's place. One of my favorites ❤️! Wow. Great find Kappy! Be safe n well. GB
Kristy * thank you very much for watching! (:
I think the tiny “water closet” bathroom with the staircase was added later on. It was probably just a little hall with a staircase. The woodwork in this home is astounding. Such a decidedly masculine home. The wood used and the stairway and bannisters are truly impressive! So much seems original; what an impressive find. Thank you for this exciting explore.
The desk in the entry hall had tongue and groove construction in the drawers. That has got to be an antique that needs to be reclaimed and restored.
Thanks my friend for sharing with me another wonderful video about Beautiful 126 year old Grand Abandoned House Down South. it was a really beautiful house i would love to live in that house it did not look all that bad Kappy it looked like it is being well cared for and i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless and thanks again.
Beautiful house!! Even with the weird bathroom staircase! Lol. Thanks for showing it, Kappy!
This home is incredible. What a dream. Thanks for showing us such beauty.🌞
Oh my! This place is fabulous. I hope it gets restored. Too wonderful.
Oh I so love this place!! It's absolutely some thing I would have loved to own, even now. Like the others have said, I would move into this house in a heart beat if I had the money to fix it up!! Talking about the windows and how wide the ledge is, it reminds me of the house we had in Valmeyer, Illinois, it was 3 brick thick! I would imagine this one is similar to that! All of the wood trim in this house the crown molding and the staircase.... so beautiful! This is my kind of house!! Stay safe out there Kappy! Peace, Kim ~
What a fabulous old house! Thanks so much for sharing this treasure with us.
What a beautiful old house, it deserves to be loved and lived in again 😥thanks for the explore 👍🤗
Great work Kappy! I love that ole house. Built to last...(Not heat) LOL A testament to a different America
than the one we are facing. Thank you Kappy
What a terrific house, Kappy! I can imagine people from "The Great Gatsby" having this as a vacation home. From the glimpse in your previous video I had an idea of the interior of this house but it was even better than I imagined.
Here's my theory: the toilet by the servants' staircase may have been installed after the house was built, maybe long after, for a resident who had difficulty getting around. I noticed a track along the staircase for a mechanized chair that would take someone up and down who would otherwise be unable to use the stairs. My grandmother who had a heart condition had two of those chairs in her house: to the upstairs and down to the basement. In this house you can see the chair in a folded up position at 6:48. A "machine chair" , as we called it, would not have worked on the main staircase.
The picture of over the downstairs fireplace seems to a print of a painting by Jamie Wyeth.
Ah, thanks for confirming that my eyesight wasn't wrong. I don't remember: was there a full bathroom downstairs? It would make sense to add a "Porcelain Convenience" in an odd spot if this was one of the places where the only full bathroom was on the second floor. I've known quite a few places where this was so. Good health and stay safe.
@@oldenweery7510 I took a second look: there's a toilet by the servant's staircase but I didn't see a sink anywhere in that space. I think the plumbing was added in maybe the only space where it could be worked unobtrusively into the first floor.
@@andrewbrendan1579 That makes sense, especially if there was someone in the house who was elderly and/or slightly disabled. If there isn't a bathroom on the first floor---and I don't remember seeing one---maybe the little "accomodation" was added for his or her use. I'm 80 and if I lived in a large house with the bathroom on the second floor I'd be like the joke book title, "One Mile to the Outhouse, by Willie Makit." Stay safe.
That house is gorgeous. Doesn't look to be too long abandoned. I'd put a bid on it tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!
This is a real beauty! It doesn’t seem like it would take much to fix it up and bring it back to life. The woodwork , hardware , fireplaces and built ins have so much character. This is a stunning home. This is a great find Kappy! Thanks so much for sharing. Can’t what for the next one! You’re the best!😊
Thank you very much for watching!
It is a beautiful house... agreed!
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 hi new subscriber here and I saw this house. Is there anyway you can tell me about this house. I'm interested in purchasing it . Thanks
I hope you keep tabs on this house and let us know if someone does restore it. What a beauty!
Absolutely beautiful place! Loved everything about that house! Hopefully someone will move in and restore it Thank you Kappy
Wow, beautiful solid place. Seems almost ready to move in! Hey Kappy just so you know UA-cam went in and changed your ad preference settings to “mid-roll” so your beautiful peaceful videos are interrupted by a bunch of blaring obnoxious ads (6 of ‘em in this video). They did it to everybody without asking but you can go into your settings and switch it back to the way you had it if you want.
One of my favorites you have explored. Beautiful house!
Beautiful character place ❤ Love the wooden designs. You hit the jackpot there Kappy. Love it 😀
GORGEOUS! My new favorite! 💖 The woodwork is amazing! This house reminds me of a hunting lodge lol. Really good find Kappy! Thanks so much. I cant wait for the next one! 😃
Wow, that's a spectacular old place. A little bit of heart and soul went into that one. The built in dresser at 9min 7sec is absolutely stunning. A true piece of art.
This is a beautiful house and definitely worth restoring. Thank you for sharing this video.
We had a kitchen sink like that growing up. Wow what an interesting house! The stone doesn’t feel down south. Wonder if it was brought in? Granite maybe? Loved the windows and trim. Very much feels turn of the century or bit before. Coal, oil or railroad wealth perhaps. This one def would be worth the money to restore. Thanks so much for sharing. ❤️
Thanks for watching more Southwest I should say!
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 Light bulb time: I think you're right, Kappy.
It is called an apron sink because of the flat wavy sides for drying the dishes on which makes the apron around the sink. Don't see them much anymore. Wonky bathrooms were pretty common when indoor plumbing & water came to town....closets, under the stairs or any place they could put them. Take Care.
@David Brown poor guy. I never think of those things. I comment to participate. I never go back & check likes...I guess because it doesn't matter to me.
Gorgeous bones. I would say a senior man lived here and either went into an old folks home or passed away. Looks like he had a work from home situation with the file cabinets. Either way, stunning home. Good work!
Well said!
Omgoodness another dream come true of a house!!!! I'm so in love with this one...the stairs, the top of the stairs with that gorgeous big window and nice open area...o the amazing built ins the woodwork the windows ahhhhhhhhh I'm going crazy ,this house is perfect...I can see me chillin in that upstairs sunporch on a cold winter's day with my coffee and my laptop n my blanky...man I want this house....great great find kappy!!!!!! Thnku for the tour!!!!!
Finally subscribed, after watching about 5 of your videos. Great job and thank you for showing us these houses.
This house was unbelievable I loved it all the old Butler servant quarters just the stairs up the back off the front door in the kitchen I mean this house is awesome loved it loved watching you go through it wish you had more background on it that would be really cool more background makes the place more real thank you
I love those old sinks
What a well built house.I love the beautiful wrap around stairs.The detailed workmanship of woodwork Windows are one of a kind. Those electric heaters reminds me of those in school rooms in the 60s.Whoever buys it should make it a landmark.So glad it wasn't vandalized.Must have been a big family with all the rooms.
wowwww beautiful house and old woodwork loved it thanks so much bud u rock
Yes, I love this house. It really needs to be restored! Btw, “your room” in that house had no radiator. You would freeze in the winter. Of course, I don’t know how cold it gets down south. Thanks for the tour!
I agree!
I'm hoping some one is restoring this as money and time allows. Its just to beautiful to go to waste. It is pretty clean so it hasn't been to long since someone was around. Great find Kappy
Stunning! Thanks for taking us along!
I love occasionally revisiting this video of one of my fave homes. The lovely upstairs landing and the sleeping porch ! Hope it has not been torn down.
I love a home that the big bad woof huffings & puffings, tornados, storms or lightning can't penetrate. A beauty. I wish you'd go back so we can see the attic. Great find 👏🏽💯
That home is one of the best that you've explored. I hope someone buys that place. Its so worth restoring. 💝
For being abandonned this house is ery clean and not destroyed at all, its a beauty!-!!!
I adore these solid beautiful mysterious old houses! Nothing built nowadays can compare. My first purchase was a 1 and a half story bungalow built in 1920s. Loved that place with it's stucco and dark wood walls and built ins. Secret exits. Archways and old coal shite. Milk delivery door and old mail slot in the front door. If I could have afforded to move it I would have. It was the neighborhood that was the issue. Gang tagging and peeping time and people breaking in and stealing from our garage. I'd give anything to have one like that again. So much fabulous character. Thanks for the vid.🙏🎄🧡 This one is in marvelous shape. Especially being abandoned. Why? My whole fam would love this place. And don't forget the fireplace! Such a beautiful setup. Stockings hung up. My daughter called it the Christmas House.
Breathtaking! Such a magnificent place.
This house right here is on my top 5 of all time! Thank you for sharing!
I’m in love 🥰 with this house! Love how it creaks when you walk!
Hello from Palm Springs! Now THAT was a really cool house! I would have loved for you to explore all its nooks and crannies! Really enjoyed this one!
Thanks for sharing ❤
I love this place! The kitchen is always my favorite room in these old homes.....