170 Year Old Abandoned House in Dayton Ohio | Greek Revival | Urbex 4K
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Today we explored this abandoned house in Dayton Ohio. This 170 year old greek revival is frozen in time. Not your average Ohio house. Abandoned places in Ohio of this age have always been a favorite. What makes it better is that it is a time capsule with everything left inside. There is even an abandoned VW Beetle with a beautiful patina in the barn. This Greek Rivival was built between 1850 and 1875. Originally this was 1 of 2 home on 160 acre farm. The other home believed to have been built in the 1930s sat abandoned for years and burnt down in 2016. The 160 acre was owned by the 2 Kennedy Brothers. This homes latest resident was Nancy Breen. Nancy was a Harrison Township, near the City of Dayton, resident for much of her adult life she owed this home. Nancy purchased the property from original family. Nancy was a true Daytonian. She had a 32 year career as a Dayton Police officer and retired as the first woman to retire with a full pension.
Since our visit the house has been emptied and prepared for sale. It was weird finding the house completely full of stuff with the front door wide open. The house may be purchased to be demolished, house salvage, or hopefully to be saved. A gem for salvage hunters everywhere. An Ohio diy dream.
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Growing up and living in Dayton I often feel sad seeing some of the absolutely beautiful architecture that's just fading away due to neglect. Especially while in the meantime they keep building new developments. 🙁
i feel you. videos like this make me so happy. seeing people preserving the memory of these beautiful structures that are forgotten to time or construction makes me so unspeakably happy.
as a dayton local I really want to find this place, and want to go explore it and spend some time within these walls
There's a beauty in that feeling too. One of passing time.
@@renaissent same here. I just can't believe how they leave all that furniture and garbage behind. It makes it worse.
I’m from Dayton too and yes, I agree-so sad driving through some of the older neighborhoods and seeing these once stately beautiful homes just left to decay
good thing we let all these urban apes run amoc and ruin everything right
R.I.P. Nancy, she sounded like a Great lady. Just sad to see house now in such horrid shape. Please be safe, you are one Brave guy to venture on that upstairs floor.
There are many thousands of these beautiful, forgotten houses all over the country. Seeing them in ruins is painful. It’s like seeing an elderly person who had lived a full life, fading away and knowing they will soon be gone.
I drive past this house every day!!! That's so crazy!
That hole in the second floor is probably the location of the old chimney
There is a gate up now, and it looks like someone is trying to clean I up
@@OGclasshole Yes it's for sale. I was wanting to buy it to remodel
@@OGclasshole Great news I hope they remodel and move in or sell it..
Where is it ? Life long Dayton resident !
Ms. Breen worked on the police force with my grandfather way back in the day.... I love this video and would love to have the property to remodel and restore. So much potential...
I just came to the comments to see how many of my fellow Daytonians were here. 💕
Todays homes are made of pressed wood with plastic siding and a little insulation in the walls and plaster board over that for walls absolute trash and garbage there was a time when people took pride in their work and what they built unfortunately that time has passed
Exactly! You can’t get real craftsmanship anymore. We can only hope that houses like these are saved.
I really miss old houses, and how insanely secure one feels within them. My mom lives in a Fairborn Victorian near town.
I don't really think "pride in workmanship" has as much to do with that fact. Rather it's driven by affordability and builder profit margins.
Absolutely not true!!!
I agree now people out live their house .
As a former long time Greene and Montgomery county resident I love watching your videos. Dayton and surrounding areas have such a rich history and many of the locals don’t realize. I love see these old Victorian era homes
What a lovely lovely home. So sad it's rotting away. I would love to "recycle" those bookcases downstairs. I get so melancholy seeing these once-loved homes abandoned. Thanks for a wonderful video. I am a Montgomery County resident and always look forward to your videos. Thanks again.
Pass the word to the new owners that I’ll be happy to help them clear this wonderful piece of history. So many of Ms Breens belongings!! She must not have had relatives to take her house. So sad to see it like this but just imagine how beautiful it will be restored. Please new owners, don’t demolish this house and build a subdivision on the property
This house is just down the street from me. The hole in the center was the original chimney. I believe it did sell, hopefully they bring it back. Thank you for the video and background!
Did it? I kept seeing it on zillow, but I think the description basically implied it was unsaveable
Can you please tell me where it is! I have seen it before. I live in Dayton!
@@jessiebutler627 its on Frederick near the intersection of Brantford.
@@colleenroberts8202 it did sell. New owners put up a gate and have covered the windows. Hopefully they will renovate it.
@@tvonhon thanks very much!Virginia.
I love the way you show the house and not yourself! And telling the history is so appreciated. Great Job!
Such a gorgeous home. Looks like Nancy could have been on an episode of hoarders. RIP
Definitely lol. But to be honest, I’d much rather wander an abandoned, hoarder house, then an empty one.
The cars driving past and the birds chirping outside give this a surreal almost creepy vibe.
I agree. I really enjoyed editing this one my brother does music production and told me to buy a professional sound recorder but I look forward to using in the near future. I was thinking about recording sounds of abandoned places as who knows maybe asleep soundtrack lol.
One of my friends urban explorers with you sometimes. You do a great job showing this history and sadness. Keep up the hard work. Sad too see such a beautiful home go to waste.
A shame to see all that yarn gone to waste! I'm hooked on crochet--do it every day.
What a lovely place. So sad it didn't find a new owner after she passed.
I agree. I think that anyone that owned a home that long would have loved passing it over to someone else to take care of it. A new family, with new kids, and new memories, adding to the character of the house.
It was bought last month for $35,500. Nancy died in 2021.
She literally passed away in 2021.. not 2001 as stated... she actually made several attempts to reclaim it and get it fixed up
@@deansusandylan That's so sad 😢
I wanted to go into both of these houses , I never found the time. The one that burnt was so intriguing because of it's age. I couldn't believe what happened to it. But I am so glad to run into this video. I finally got to see the Inside of this one. Amazing! Thank you.
I thought I saw a white sewing machine case. The tall ceilings and windows, plus thick walls, and transoms, kept those old homes cool in summer.
Spectacular! 😮😮😮 also hello Dayton friends 😊❤
Hello from Miamisburg..
This home had been beautiful at one time. So sad to see it fall away from lack of care. Thank you for the tour. be safe. Peace.
I love it. I hope someone will save it. If it's torn down I don't want to know. I have lived in 2 historic homes. The last one is in Xenia. It is 4k sq feet I miss it so much. As for older homes being smaller, just like now it was economics. I now live in a. 1930's Cape Cod, also in Xenia but the ceilings are higher and rooms larger than the modern cracker boxes.
I’m the same way. I hate finding out when they get demolished cause I just get frustrated.
Its to know about the history of the house u guys did a great job on your research
Thank you for sharing this home with us! I sincerely hope that they will save it… it’s a piece of history!
If I had the money I would love to restore it. The woodwork is stunning!
A beautiful home. Shame it was left to rot. Awesome video as always. Thanks
Thank you 🙏🏻
So sad to see what was once someone's dream home just rotting away. Lots of life was lived here and as they say, if walls could talk.
The other house (the one that burned) must have been so beautiful. The details of those front columns are so beautiful. My dad, God rest his soul, was so upset about the arson. I wish the structure could be preserved.
Was once a beautiful house back in the day!! Love the second floor porch, the tall ceilings, the beautiful woodwork and doors. Someone mentioned that she was a hoarder. That’s not necessarily true. She could have had all those papers packed in boxes and someone came in and dumped them all out!
I seen this house on the market before and never knew the potential it had inside! It's alot of very nice homes here in Dayton Ohio that just need some TLC...
Yeah, we explored it with everything inside and then a few weeks later we saw the house for sale and it had been completely cleared out. It just recently sold for 35,000 which is a steel if you’ve got the money to put into it.
@@OnceOccupied Good! I hope whoever bought, doesn't remove its original character.
Oh, awesome. I'm glad someone will make it beautiful again.❤️
Such a beautiful home and heartbreaking to see it like this. I always imagine the lives of those who lived there. The doors alone are worth a fortune!
Excellent presentation. Nature is gracefully taking her back. ;(
Hopefully someone comes and saves her
I love it could see it done I love that each room is a grand size...I do not like chopped up houses w little rooms
Can't bear to watch.... Hate seeing people's loved houses trashed as if they mean nothing 😢so sad 😔
No doubt Nancy would have been very upset to see her lovely home in this condition. I hope the new owners fix it up and make good use of it. I live in a house from that time period that was renovated into a duplex, and the doors and windows are shorter than these. We have an underground cellar that is separate from the house. It is so sad to see the decay and messes in these beautiful old homes!
What an elegant staircase!
Love the house, love the land and enjoy the tours inside. The only thing I hate is seeing how other people have destroyed her things.
Awesome find! I live in the Dayton area as well so I’ve been really captivated by your channel. Thank you for sharing! Also, I think that a lot of older houses were bigger, but they had a lot more walls/separation between rooms than we do now; but like you said, that’s just me
This house just sold 11/10/2022 for $35,500 and sits on .44 acres! I can remember coming home from work and seeing an older lady park her minivan in the drive and near the road and walk to the house and I'm sure she was the last resident.
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. (Thinking of the house as it was in its day.)
I hope whomever purchased this house restores her to her previous glory.
So hard 4 me to see that beautifully built house gone to shambles. A true loss.
The Kennedys obviously had the means and the profession to have constructed such large, prestigious homes. The upstairs fireplace mantel was hand carved beautifully and so delicately. I would have hugged that all the way to my house, along with the red dress, placed delicately in a dress box, with a card explaining it's owner. There must be family *somewhere.* There must be somebody responsible for that house. Oh, well. The biography was very appreciated. Seeing the face of the owner who lived there, even better. This is certainly a top-notch video! Love it!!!
Kennedy was the comptroller for NCR and their downtown home became the dayton Bicycle club. Their country home was Duncarrick, recently restored on the property where Salvation Army Kroc Center now stands.. this was built as the summer retreat
Nancy Breen bought the house.. but still lived in the area..until 2021 when she died.
Houses were bigger back in the day and very well built. NOTHING LIKE TODAY
Absolutely love this house. Hope it gets restored someday.
Such a shame people can't just look and not trash the place. My Aunt had a place in Michigan built in 1948 I think. I took care of it for about 45 years after she passed away. Was like going back in time. So sad in one way and great memories at the same time.
Please be careful, this looks structurally unsound👷 I agree, it's a grand old place!
Heartbreaking that it wasn't loved on grew up in 110yr old home that was breathtaking
The woodwork is absolutely stunning isn't it, Just how they would take the time to make every passage slightly arched even when it was more work in a time that was not as abundant as ours
I was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. I still live North of the city. Very nice historical home. My house is a 1939 brick Cape Cod. Now this house raises the hair on ma back thar. Seems a little haunted. Go there at midnight and 2 am. Put cameras up inside Watch, Wait, and see (((QQ))))))
It such a shame this house is falling apart because it a beautiful house I hope you are careful when you go into these abandoned homes.
That's Dayton Ohio for you. I live in Dayton Ohio and there are so many homes like this it's sad to see.
Hopefully someone will buy and restore many of them I know all of them won't be saved.. Dayton's historical home's were Gorgeous at one time the entire street of old homes.. I loved driving around looking at them..
I was going to go look at this house when it was first listed, but I'm guessing it has sold by now. Its such a beaut
Is this on Fredric pk ?
@@rickspurlock2940 yes
Excellent video - you are one of the better videographing explorers.
But I can always find something to complain about: When you asked about the big hole in the second floor, I was guessing that it was a chimney and fireplaces, but I don't know. If you would've panned up and shown what looked to be a hole in the ceiling/roof, I might've been able to tell if the void was for a chimney. Though an absence of bricks at the bottom might indicate otherwise. Floor might've just rotted from the roof leaking above it.
I was hoping that someone would buy it and restore it, since they're building up that area a bit. It's not in the best part of town, though, which really sucks. I'm still miffed about what happened to the other house.
Always great to have a look inside these places. Excellent video. Thanks a bunch!
If I won the lotto I’d do buy that house and have every doorway tagged anything I wanted reused in its exact spot then have pros come in clean stuff out after I went through stuff and then other pros come in and rehab it back to the way it originally was with those old doors everything ❤️ randomly found you and this video and love it!
I can't believe you blew past the player piano! Would have also loved to see the Life magazines' dates too.
Great find!
I live very close to these houses, and drive by them almost every day. I always wonder what they’re like inside, now I know, thanks!
Beautiful woodwork, door latches very old, old door knobs all destroyed by scavengers.
When people made their living from farming, they tended to have lots of children to help with the chores, so they had to have larger homes. After the Depression, people didn't have the money for larger homes, so they tended to cram their families into smaller homes. I grew up in a 960 square foot house with no basement or garage. There were my parents and three kids in that space
These kind of house was built to last and make it through a blast. Awesome house a shame it's in this shape but still way coil
This would be so beautiful to restore
No spiderwebs. It’s been a lovely old place. The wallpaper and the staircase were grand.
What a beauty
Fantastic. Ohio has a lot of these but each are remarkable.
Harrison TWP is, if I'm not mistaken, the northwest side of Dayton.
There used to be a chimney where that hole in the floor is. From the little research I just did looks like someone bought the house for $40000 this year so hopefully this place gets restored
Beautiful house ❤❤
There are many neighborhoods with beautiful houses empty. In 2012 so many homes were foreclosed on in my neighborhood it is now a wasteland. And this is all over the city, and other cities across America. I dont pretend to know any solutions, but we need them.😔
Has someone been to the Reibold gathering historical maps and deeds? It appears so. Keep up the good work.
Since when is reibold used for archiving? I used to work there and all I know that is currently there is health Dept and Family court
@@deansusandylan for quite some time. Early 1800s records. Pretty interesting.
Loved this
Thank you! The house did all the hard work
Amazing that people just left all that junk around when they abandoned the house...
I'm pretty positive I know what house this is, and I got to say that it's especially really sad what happened to the other house (if I'm right)
This home is now in the condition the other one was in 2016
Someone above mentioned the street this is on and another person said there's a gate up now..
So sad many people . Came and trashed it ..
My hometown Dayton Ohio yesssss
Oh I’ve driven by those two houses multiple times and saw it was for sale recently. I’ve wondered what was inside… now I know. So sad about the other house. 🙁 I really like old homes.
This is just so sad to see....i hate vandalism. This was someones home and they have no respect 🥺
It’s a shame no one ever was aloud to salvage the doors baseboards molding and anything else of value instead of just letting it sit there and rot away
Thanks for including some background, I love that. I wonder what would happen if you (or me) told no one anything and just started by removing the trash, repairing a few basics making the house semi inhabitable, Fixing the garden and gradually moving in. Is anyone the owner of this house right now and what would be their response.
It would be declared uninhabitable due to the structural damage and the city would perform a lock out..,
@@animaanimus8011 Not if I made it look like any other house right, How would they even know it was a different situation than any other house ;) Remember, it's abandoned for decades, No one in city counsil is even aware it exists
Another commenter said it sold about 2 months ago. Wonder why no one at least closed the existing doors etc? Hope the new owners restore it
@@mscurf8412 So it basically sits there abandoned for decades and suddenly while we watch tis video it has been sold two months ago. What a coincidence.
It was for sale on Zillow it's out on Frederick pike
Beautiful coverage sir 🙏
The VW Bug was most likely mid 70s. I can tell due to the front bumper and the amber running lights on the front. I live in an old house in Dayton. A lot of times the foundation walls are soft brick, that and or termites can exasperate sag like that.
It’s neat that they have the Fleur de Ali’s design on the stairs.
Sad how people just died and people like relatives just don't want anything to do with the property or the house and they just leave it like that with all the stuff in it and some of that stuff is like memories for people
I have tons of pictures of this house on my Instagram! It's for sale also and I was thinking about purchasing it to remodel! Love going here from time to time for awesome pictures 🙂
It would be awesome if someone was able to save it 👍👌
@@ohioyodertoter6827 Agreed! I have a few homes in Dayton and the one I currently reside has ties with Huffman himself and amazing wood work! Dayton has may hidden gems.
@@pizzola7319 these old homes are beautiful once they’re gone sadly that’s it the foundation on this one could like be braced with foundation jacks I hope you get it 👍
@@ohioyodertoter6827 I love Dayton and that's why I keep purchasing homes and remodeling them 🤣 it's a problem! And I just went to check and the home was sold less then a month ago so sadly I lost the chance with this one!
@@pizzola7319 sorry to hear hopefully they fix it and not demolish it
there's a crawl space attic, I'd bet anything that hole in the floor was stairs to the attic, collapsed by the elements through hole in the roof. also I saw laundry shoots, so there's probably a basement. it was modernized at some point, and there doesn't seem to be any sign of a laundry room or water heater on the first floor.
I agree. There was one door we couldn’t get into that looks like it could’ve been either a closet or a basement door but if there was a basement, it probably would’ve been much smaller than the diameter of the house or else we would’ve seen the signs from the outside.
@@OnceOccupied Could have been a hand-dug basement done at a later date. I have one of those myself :)
About one to two hundred thousand you could bring it back. The roof might take up too half of that. It would be a house worth growing old in. The only reason a lot of people don't is most people need it as close to their job as possible.
I have a home built in 1840 that looks similar to this one. Is there any way to contact the owner of this house? If they are going to raze this house in the future, I would like to buy the windows before the house is destroyed as we have those same old windows and could use some replacements.
Actually, back in the day there were many grand hoses like this,depending where you lived in the country! The south was well known form them, as well as the East oast. So sad to see such a betyfall to waste!
i live in the dayton area, its a shame how many nice big houses are now boarded up/ abandoned/ burnt down
Where abouts is this? I live in Dayton and this is gorgeous, wondering if I’ve ever seen it from afar ❣️
Someone needs to make an offer to the state and restore and preserve her
I’ve spent the last 15 years rehabilitating old homes with my husband. It’s been a bit of an addiction. These old homes were built extremely sturdy and the artistry, if you tried to reproduce it, would be exorbitant to place in a new home. With the current lifestyle that most of us live, having the time and money for a project like this would be difficult but not impossible. All I see here is what it could look like again but it’s running out of time. There are issues with the support beams that run across the floor in the basement. That’s why there is sagging and some of the doors are crooked. I’m surprised at how little water damage there is. I worked with some “old timers” that were willing to teach me how to restore and maintain old homes. There aren’t as many of those kind of guys left. What makes me angry is that people will remove beautiful old light fixtures, fire place mantles, banisters, and whatever else they can take out. I went to see an old home for sale, when the owner was there. She had the nerve to say she was taking a 200 year old corner cupboard (original to the house) with her (to her new condo) because it was worth some money. Maybe at the time this particular style of cupboard was worth $200.00 on a good day. It was such a turn off. Why on earth would you take an original piece of the house with you? Greed and ignorance I guess. Oh and I’m sure it blended in well with her brand new condo! She also lied about how flooded the home was during the last 500 year flood. I was a kid when it happened and I knew the water emersed the entire first floor of the home. My grandparents lived two blocks above this house and had three feet of water on the first floor. We walked away from that. She thought she was so smart. She was a University professor. Later on I would see her at one of the local cafes frequently practicing her French with a native speaker. My mom is a native French speaker. I know it’s petty, but my god she was horrendous! Yet she went to the cafe speaking “French” so loudly to impress everyone. I had to cover my mouth so she couldn’t hear me snickering. In my mature years, I no longer care what people think of me and I regret not walking up to her to tell her to stick with teaching history bc she obviously didn’t have the intellectual capacity to learn a foreign language.
Your wrong about that !
The wealthy are better than the poor as well !
That woman was smart greed is actually a good thing as well !
I have a crocheted watermelon slice just like that!
I would love to own the house and be able to have it restored!
such a shame great old places are left to rot
the bug in the garage is a 1973 super beetle much like the one parked in front of my house currently. as for the big hole in the middle of the house,i believe from what i saw and deduced to be where the main fireplace stood. i could only guess that it was made of something very desirable like cut stone
Are you guys from Dayton Oh?. I see you guys do a lot of places in Ohio
Yep! Check out my other videos! Many are Dayton.
This is James Barrow it's really sad 😭 and heartbreaking 💔
My hometown ♥️💯
Such a sad waste and I know there were collapses but shame on those who trashed it. Bad karma
Such a shame to see a place like that sit and go to waste.