Inside Abandoned Titanic Owners Mansion - Full Lynnewood Hall Tour (Found Rolls Royce & Treasures)
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Hey everyone todays video I do a in depth tour of every single room inside Lynnwood hall mansion. I made a video on this spot years ago and got a ton of views, so now im back to go inside and show you everything! Lynnewood hall is an 110 room neoclassical revival mansion built over 100 years ago for Peter A.B. weidner an investor of the titanic, his family even ended up dying in titanic's sinking. We found so many treasures inside this once $256 million dollar mansion including rolls Royce keys, handcuffs from Alcatraz, vintage watches and more!
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After watching this video before bed made me dream about it all night! It made a great impact on me. Good to see you haven't lost your touch at filming. GB
I saw no Rolls in the video thx
Were the tunnels used for human trafficking?
You swing your camera around to fast and talk to much. I heard three times how tall you are. Where's the Rolls Royce at?
At -- 15:12 -- I have a ghost shot of ghosts looking into that bathroom. There was weird stuff in the tub also.
I have the ghost pic as a screen saver on my phone. 🤘👻💖
I live a few blocks from this home and they are currently renovating it. They’ve been keeping all the residents in the area updated about the renovations. I’m excited to see what it will look like after they finish the renovations. I will go visit it.
I am so happy to hear this. This would of been a crying shame to see it let go.
I would love to see it after the renovations. It will probably be a masterpiece.
I just read that Lynnwood is going to be saved. I'm so happy
Who owns the house and property?
That’s awesome that they are renovating it. I hope we get to see it after it’s finished.
I read that they had 37 House Helpers, maids and butlers etc. but then they also had 60 gardeners. All of them were year round workers. So they had to accommodate almost 100 workers. Insane! Also sadly a Church who had bought it sold over 350 acres of the 400 acre Estate this home is on. So the home now only has 33 acres. They had purchased the mansion for only a little over $100,000. They then sold much of the beautiful architectural décor pieces on the ceilings, walls etc and even sold the solid walnut walls and extremely rare outdoor bronze fountains now worth a small fortune. Just one smaller piece sold in a 2006 auction for $395,000. That plays a large part to why the place is so gutted. A family member donated 2,000 paintings to the national Art Gallery. With endless Rembrandts, Van Gogh’s and every Italian and French artist desired by any art collector. Most of the art is from the 1400-1500’s. You can view most those pieces online. When the Widener’s had it all in their home, it was known as the Most Important Private Art Collection in the world.
Now it is known as the abandoned and dust to dust. Desolate.
thank you for sharing this history:)
@@lynettewebb6874 your welcome :-) I did some research on the family and found these details very interesting :-)
I don’t understand why they had to strip pieces off unless they were selling them to recoup the purchase price but they could have sold one painting and did that. Such a shame and all the land they sold just sickening. It would be nice if someone restored it. So sad..
Where is this located?
My thoughts and "aaawww's" during this entire video is the fact ALL that detail & insane handy work was done all by hand and even in today's world with all the technology and machinery it could never be recreated as well as the men did back in the day with nothing but pure brut strength and hours upon hours of hard labor. Absolutely stunning!
True. The various skills and craftsmanship are largely gone w/ the wind!
I can’t tell you how sad I feel watching this. It’s a tragedy that such an amazing piece of heritage has been left to fall apart like that when it could have been so much more.
Excactly I wish I could afford to bring it back! Could you imagine I'd be the full time gardener and housekeeper and still never keep up lol
Agree. Very sad.
The tragedy of the sheeple thinking we can Tax our way to Utopia
The amount of money needed to restore it and modernize it probably outcosts the value of the house itself sadly.thats why places like this are usuallu left to rot
Totally agree. The house is truly magnificent and filled with architectural history. It should be saved and protected as a museum like Biltmore
The school room you initially entered was the originally the "gentleman's smoking room". The bare walls were originally covered with leather wallpaper originally. IIRC, this was replaced at some point with mahogany paneling.
The chapel was the original ballroom. It became the library when it was found to be too small and the gallery wing was added on. The original library books were donated to Harvard, along with a building to house them, in honor of the son who died on the Titanic. Above the front door on the outside of the building is/was a sculpture depicting the loss of the Titanic.
The room with the the dining stuff was the original formal dining room. It originally had marble panels, which were sold by the prior owner (the seminary) to raise money.
The next room was the "breakfast room".
The "small" first floor kitchen was originally the butler's pantry, where the dishes would have been stored and prepared for use.
The first floor safe was for the silverware.
The elevator goes down to the original kitchen.
The area with the numbered wall panels, leading into a room with no wall panels, shows the extent to which the prior owner was selling the interior fittings to raise money.
The room that is full of bookshelves was the main art gallery. The original house's library is one of the rooms on the first floor, before being later moved to the ballroom (which became the chapel).
The special collection (Van Dyk) art gallery is the area beyond the main art gallery. Another example of where the paneling was sold.
The bedrooms off the art gallery are from when the gallery, wing was built in the 1920's. The original house was built in the 1890's. The art deco details of the bathrooms are pure 1920's. The desk with the watch is likely original to the area.
The area where the sitting room, kitchen, and bedroom is today was probably the housekeeper's apartment from the seminary. it would have been bedrooms originally. The sofa and love seat were probably original to the house.
The fourth floor was for the house servants. One side was for the men, the other for the women. The fourth floor lockers were for linen. The maids kept linen for each room separated, and the maid for a particular room kept the key for the lockers she was responsible for.
One of the big wooden rooms in the "basement" is the pool table room. The others are for single male guests. The room you said looked like a bathroom was originally a bathroom.
There was a tunnel which went from the basement to a large ornamental fountain (sold by the prior owner) that was outside the front door. A fan inside the house drew the cool air off the fountain during the summer, giving a very rudimentary form of air conditioning. One of the other tunnels led off to the area with the high mound of dirt. On top of that was a windmill. It provided power to the building initially, but fell from favor after the gallery addition was done. The electrical service from the windmill came through that tunnel.
The "doctors" office is from the seminary, not original. Those were originally the offices of the butler and head house maid. There was also a room for the servants to have meals, and a lounge, which might have been the office spaces you saw.
The huge empty rooms were storage rooms.
The pool and badminton court are very close to the the port-a-cochere entrance. i.e., they are beneath the Van Dyk gallery.
I didn't see the original kitchen in your video, nor did I see the boiler room. These are on the same level, one story down from the first floor.
They had, at one time, a separate building for the 30 gardeners who worked there. Sadly, that building was taken down.
There is a gate house, faced in Indiana limestone, that was lived in by the gatekeeper's family. It's quite large for a servant's house.
Also on the property is the original massive carriage house with upstairs rooms for the stable boys, grooms, and drivers (pre-automobile). When PAB Widener died, his son made the original house into a total art gallery and entertaining building, and had the carriage house renovated into his home. It's massive, and supposedly impressive. After the seminary acquired the property, they used it as a dormitory. When their enrollment dropped, it was used by the caretaker. It would be awesome to see inside that building, as there are no pictures of it (unlike the main house).
Overall, a great video!
She's probably rolling over in her grave, this is absolutely unfortunate and unacceptable the church should be ashamed but then again that's what it seems there about $$$$ this should of been kept up n used for tours
Your knowledge of this place is obviously very impressive. Please tell us how you know so much about it! ✨
@@digestivewarrior4188 I have, literally, every book that mentions Horace Trumbauer's work. I've committed many of the floor plans to memory.
It's a sad reality that this property is undergoing "demolition by neglect". Once the buildings start to collapse, the historic designation falls away and the developer can build a neighborhood of modern houses on its 34 acres. If you look at the history of the Stotesbury estate, located in nearby Flourtown, you'll see where this will end up. I was able to see Stotesbury before they tore it down, and it was even more impressive than Lynnewood Hall despite decades of vandalism.
Sad indeed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This place takes my breath away ✨
@@craigtiano3455 OMG, thank you for the history! I was originally from the area, but don't remember these places, where, exactly, is Lynwood. I just don't remember these places, though I remember the area. Sorry. I didn't mean "exactly", just what town/area
It’s a piece of history frozen in time. Someone has to restore this mansion, it’s stunning
Thank you so much for making this video. Lynnwood Hall is probably my most favorite house in the world. I have visited this house so many times when I lived closer but alas, only the outside. I was always incredibly sad to see it abandoned and in such a state of disrepair. Shame on the local, state, federal governments for not placing it on the National Register of Historic Places or declaring it a Landmark so it could be preserved for posterity. This home was truly, America's treasure, it's Versailles. Unfortunately man's greed or ignorance or just plain shortsightedness got in the way of clear vision. It's sister home was Whitemarsh Hall, also built by Trumbaeur. It regrettably, was demolished and replaced with ugly, ugly single family homes. I have often visited Trumbaeur's grave in West Lauren Hill Cemetery just to thank him for the gifts of architectural magnificence he bestowed on America.
Of course and I agree me too!
Thank you for sharing that. I'm in Philadelphia..its rich in history
Very sad. The government should have turned it into a historical building. It has soooo much history. What a shame 😪
This would make an awesome hotel, imagine a wedding there
You’ve stated my thoughts exactly. Shame on America for allowing this to happen and amen to every word you posted!
Someone needs to restore this beyond beautiful MANSION!!! THIS IS HISTORY
it would cost hella money
Look at the upside down cross shape of the house
I am. Soon.
@@triston4560 Maybe have one of the big Hotel Chains should invest and turn it into a hotel. Give a building like this a new life.
They are trying but the township keeps interfering but things are looking up. The people who are doing it are super amazing
Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!I have seen hundreds of abandoned mansions and this is has got to be the most amazing of them all!!!!!Thank you so much for showing this!!!!!
Imagine this home at its prime! It’s magnificent!!
This house needs saving what a stunning house it would be to return it to its former glory
It really does, hopefully one day it’s saved!
Wayyyy 2 much $$$
3 years and a 100 million later
@@myballsitchsomethingfierce6319 you got that right that is a whopper of a bill to restore
Any one want to finance this property and renovation? Hit me up if you’re interested in joint venture.
This place is beyond words! Extraordinary! I wish someone would fix this place and preserve this lost treasure! It’s terrible to let this go to ruins!
Thanks for NOT showing the Rolls Royce that the video title clearly references. The house was impressive enough without the clickbait!
the proper people done a better video
It is an impressive work of art. I only wish the ones giving a tour would do a bit of research so to factually and properly use the correct information.
I little education goes a long way.
This video is on the Frantic side.
@urban_fox_cub_urbex who are the proper people who done a video?
HUGE CLICKBAIT !😢😢😢😢
I love how kids have no clue about the Dewey decimal system. You walk through any library and you'll see those multiple drawer chests which contain the archives of every book in numerical order.
I thought the same thing.
@@yourfuneraldirector6432 I also remember being tested on it, because how would you ever be able to acquire information without it?
Google says "hold my beer".
A lot of libraries won't even hire you unless you can pass the test still.
@@TotemoGaijin I would expect that to be true. Most librarians I know are resource professionals and the decimal system is trivial to their intelligence.
They also didn't know French from Italian or that a reel to reel tape recorder is not a movie projector. Man I feel old! Amazing glimpse... thanks for the video and being so respectful of the the building and it's contents!
Makes me wish I was a rich man. I don't think anyone could ever replace all the artwork. But to bring the beauty of arcature back to its glory.
Imagine what the house and gardens looked like 5 yrs after it was completed. A house like that on 400 heavily wooded acres. It would be like your own private world.
Holy Mackerel, just amazing. A house with its own school, church, and big safe. Everything so grand. Wow!!! 😱🙏❤
The ceilings, walls and house itself is a work of art! Just amazing and heartbreaking to see it left to the elements!
No other place deserves to be saved and restored than this place does.
Honestly, I'd love to see someone recreate that in virtual reality, and just have a bunch of people hang out there. Beautiful designs in everything!
Someone did it in Minecrafts. I have check it out thow. I'm trying to build in it Sims 4. But since we don't have a Hugh lot to build on. I had to make everything smaller. And bot so many rooms, but it still holds the charm. Its a long labor of love
Bla bla bla... then do it..!!
@ 29:31 those were vtg alcatraz leg irons they used on prisoners. If you were to resell them they go between $63 to $153. Pretty cool find! Glad explorers live by a motto " take only photos, and leave only footprints".
I'm happy for this too, as that's how I explore as well. But I'm not going to lie...would have been hard to leave those lol.
Crap, if they're original they'd go for thousands. All the stuff online would be reproductions.
@@rachelynn3079 Those handcuffs are a reproduction, easily found online for less than $40.
@@rachelynn3079 I know the Josh guy did a mansion in the jungles of like Japan I think it was... and it was from a big time millionaire who was in prison for life I think..... and the house was all overgrown with vines coming through ... and It was just being left to TRASH... Well inside there were pieces worth SO SOOO mcuh money.. The place had not been touched by any explorers ... and in that case, I would of had to take some shit.. If not its gonna ROT OUT.. This was big money shit 2.
@@dodge33445 wonder if he took it
It was his son and grandson that died on the titanic. His wife also died in a boating accident I believe off the coast of Maine prior to the titanic.
Yes you’re right that sound good. Hi Tasha how are you doing with your family I hope you’re safe from the virus?
How very sad;(
Wow that’s sad!! 🥺
Actually it was the son,Harry Widenor and the butler..Eleanor survived and later married Dr Alexander Rice after the Titanic incident..I only know this because our family was part of theirs until one part split off for the oregon trail years prior and ended up in wa state and they were the wealthy side we had nothing to do with in no bad way. I grew up hearing stories of George and Eleanor at the family campfires when the adults would occasionally tell the story
Nice to hear your personal connection. Thanks. @@brandonw2757
This mansion still echoes GRANDEUR and breathing workmanship just beautiful
Someone needs to fully restore this mansion as a museum pay tribute to the whole titanic story on the inside of this truly beautiful piece of art
Great idea. Or a 1920s theme in general. It’s been 100 years someone needs to do it! Can’t believe a church bought it for less than $200,000…. what
It's currently being restored
The pool is in the very back of the House. You have to go through gallery(aka library) on the second floor. There are stairs on the right to take you down to the pool.
Where did they show the pool and rolls Royce?
@@peterdavies839 I don't think they showed the pool. They mentioned they saw it but it was all boarded off
@@peterdavies839 I was also patiently waiting for the Rolls Royce and disappointed too, only the RR key which was cool.
Key fob w/o the key. Or the car.....@@ianderksen1508
I'm totally blown away, I for one would love to see the garage and the grounds. Regardless of what isn't there now, every piece and item that is there is an antique and very much valuable! This is such a tragedy of time and events. So sad for the owners and all the people that lived there. Most or all have passed away by now, so there story will not be heard. For around 100 years now it seems remarkably clean and as if kept. I didn't see a single cobweb or dirt on mantles or floor.
I think you will find the pool in the end cap of the building. Also, there must be a gun room and a massive kitchen. Could be the pool is on the roof!
thats because it was never abandoned and currently still has a groundskeeper/custodian
And the pool is on the ground floor below the second floor, Van Dyke Gallery
Thank you for taking the time to show the whole house. It's a shame this house is abandoned. It's amazing. So beautiful. Once again, thank you. I wish I could save it.
I don't understand why no one restores places like this! This place is AWESOME!!!
Because to restore a place like that would cost close to 100 million dollars, if not more.
Have you heard of money?? Craftsmanship involved no longer exists in many respects making the original work virtually irreplaceable.
Why this beautiful mansion has not been maintained as a museum or historical place is beyond me.
FYI, FOR future videos. A LOBBY is in a hotel or a business building, a FOYER is in a home or GRAND FOYER in a huge spectacular home like this! Great video, i'm jealous!!! The "handcuffs" you found are most likely legcuffs, shackles, fetters, foot cuffs, leg irons because of the larger size for ankles plus the longer length of the chains which allowed the inmate to walk in short controlled strides.
So right!! Precise! He also left out the hyphen between the two gentlemen's names, Rolls and Royce!!. It's Rolls-Royce!!!!
I'm willing to bet that the chapel didn't come into play until the seminary purchased it in the 1950s as that room was designated at a ballroom in the original plans. Also, I've watched the first 12 1/2 minutes 4 times and I never saw you explore the hallways below the staircase, the right side designated as family space (billiard room, library, etc) and the left side for the servants. If you had explored the right side it should have ended with a door to the porte cochere and opposite that door would have been the building with the pool, squash court and what appears to be a utility area. It seems that a lot of the books were left behind by the seminary.
Please you make a video next please
Some one should buy it and turn it to a bed and breakfast/hotel and keep the historic look!
It cost 10-15 million to buy and 150 million to restore which doesn’t include the furnishings after it’s completed. You will have to charge 10k a night to do a hotel or bed and breakfast. I assure you won’t make any money. You will have to file for bankruptcy.
Jheez ...that'd be some b'n'b!! ..air or otherwise ;)
@@coronacrisis2.0 right!
Man, when I watch your videos, it's like I'm really in there with you, making me forget about my actual current surroundings, lol. I become fully engulfed when watching, as both curiosity and fear take over my emotions. Great job!!
This makes me appreciate The Preservation Society of Newport, RI so much more! They rescued our guilded age mansions from the same sad fate of this impressive piece of American history. The Society continues to preserve and maintain our guilded age beauties for everyone to enjoy. We have visitors from every corner of the globe and it's a great boon to our economy. It's a close call, but I think Lynnewood tops them all, with the exception of our spectacular oceanfront location.
Beautiful chevron floor, what a beautiful home! Can’t imagine living in such a massive home
My dogs would love it
Freemason floor
its Herringbone not chevron ;)
It would cost a fortune to heat this place, especially with everything going sky hi because of Biden shutting our energy off!!
@UCEFpQhKfiDirxp6ej_82Qug Biden never shut the energy off, just shut the fuck up
WOAH. The staircase at 12:48 reminds of the the Grand Staircase on the Titanic, so cool.
Thank you for taking us on an amazing tour of this magnificent mansion. I’m impressed with your integrity when you explore. You’re respectful and you leave things as you found them.
This place is absolutely amazing.
How is breaking and entering "respectful?"
@@morbidmanmusic Why do the birds go on singing? 🤗
OMG!! Its BEAUTIFUL!!
It's such a shame that houses are not built like that anymore.
The detail that went into building back in the 1900's is just unbelievable.
I hope this building is preserved. It would be such a loss and a shame to have this beautiful architecture destroyed.
Hope it will be preserved.
Its part of history.
Thank you for filming this beautiful building.
Best video yet. I started to research Linwood Hall and discovered the original owners actually summered in Bar Harbor when my distantly relatives also had. “Summer cottage, Small World. Thank you 😊
Bar Harbor/Seal Harbor was another world in its day. I stayed a few nights at the McComick's East Point in the mid -60s after Mrs. M died. Her son, Chauncey chose to donate it to Northwestern University.
This has the same layout as many of the old castles of Europe. I can't imagine horse and buggy people building this and getting all these materials to this spot. It would be interesting to see construction pictures of it.
The great hall's architectural design is virtually the same as Highclere Castle, aka Downton Abbey.
Cheers
Think of all the hidden servants access passages, stairways, etc.....
like he said, these are Neolithic Mansions. They havn't built estates like this in over 100 years, either because people forgot how to or that they are just too opulent and aren't allowed to be built anymore.
No camera's then
@@razatiger22 I imagine it's due to lack of money, need, and difference of lifestyle. How many people with the bank account to build something like this actually do?
Keep the faith burning for restoration. A Grand Old Lady, the Baker Hotel, in Mineral Wells, Tx, is finally being restored. Hope it happens here. 🤞💕
Huge improvement over the Toys R Us video. Unbelievable that a place like this could just be shutdown and left to rot. Thanks for sharing.
This is so sad to just let it all fall apart!
They should of fixed it and use it as a tour attraction? Or for a bed/breakfast? Just something? It's truly a beauty! I could just imagine how it looked like when it was livable? Thanks for sharing! Just so amazing! Please stay safe 🙏
I'm so surprised its not been turned into a museum as it has so much history.
i am thinking the same, it's some place I'd visit to enjoy history, more museums need to be in these classical buildings that are part of the story...history!
It breaks my heart completely to see gorgeous old homes like these falling into such a tragic state...too bad my family wasn't lucky enough to hold onto the silver spoon I was born with or I most definitely would make certain things like this never happened...a true shame.
I read recently that there is now a Lynnwood Preservation Society in 2023. I am not sure when it began.
Such a shame to leave such a beautiful, grand place like that to rot!! If I had the money I’d buy it!!
Agreed I wish I could buy this place!
Is that not me did I not say this to.
Down In these comments somewhere.
I would not have been able to walk in the lower tunnels - creepy but so fascinating at the same time.
It seems so strange that in a house of that size that entertained that many people that there was only one way to get to the pool area and it seemed like such a long walk for guest or family to reach it. Cool video though. It's always exciting to be able to see all the old designs and items from so long ago. Absolutely beautiful, a treasure. Hopefully it can be saved somehow. Every inch of it holds so much lost history. Great job you guys. Very much appreciated.
Hello I love this, just a note of a kind thought, when u pan around the room it makes for a dizzy feeling, just saying slower so we can see more details.
Love what u do, I am a abandoned lover❤
Yes! It can be nauseating at times. 🤢
Far out. Love history. Love the stories.
I worked in Elkins Park in 2006-07. I lived in Chestnut Hill at the time. I would drive by this property almost everyday. I actually did some research through public records and was able to locate a gentleman that was at the time a representative for the property. I do not know his exact title however he email me several pages of the history on the property. Great Find.
If I had a team of guys and a truck I'd come for that piano at 3:04. That's gonna be amazing quality and worth a lot after it's refinished and tuned.
Too bad he moved too fast to show the upright's brand name.
I would worry that others seeing that you got inside would chose to do the same but they might cause terrible destruction just because of immaturity or evil ways. Such beauty in its day. Such a shame someone can't restore it somewhat and use it for good.
I would be so creeped out walking through that place. Definitely looks like squatters were there at some point too. You guys are brave.
This Place is being restored. there are many videos on UA-cam showing parts they have done already and how much still needs to be done and it is absolutely beautiful. I saw it on some show just a few weeks ago. They are doing a beautiful job preserving this place.
So this place was owned and they are trespassing?
The Biltmore Mansion in North Carolina is still in great shape, and I think there are people still living in a part of it. The grounds are beautiful in late spring.
I went there as a kid and still was amazed with it
Biltmore estate in Asheville NC is in beautiful condition and is lager than Linwood Hall. Both are equally beautiful and impressive.
Think I would be wearing a mask or a respirator going through places like this due to all of the mold/asbestos
I certainly would wear a mask. Some of that mold could be the deadly kind. Maybe the black. Not a mold expert.
He’s sick of mask 😷
Definitely a respiratory protection should be used. Hope these young men don’t acquire any lung disease from this place!
You are extremely lucky to go and explore places / houses / mansions been abandoned for years / decades. Here in South Africa if place is abandoned for more than a week, within a month only the foundation will be left.
There should be a wine cellar in the basement under the east wing. Hope you can explore that sometime as well.
i had to look up lynnewood hall floor plans to see where you were in the house, the place is huge
They should turn it into a hotel or something. This looks like the ship did. Beautiful woodwork and architecture.
Imagine how many master craftsmen,from stone masons, to textile artists to iron workers this place employed in it's building. Craftsmen were definitely artists then.it would be impossible to begin to recreate such a work today.
The reality....
It's amazing how there is so many places going to waste with so many homeless people needing places to live and try to turn their lives around.
Home leads to job leads to better quality of life with just a little help
A huge place like this would be perfect for people trying to turn thier lives around.
@@melaniereuther4952 Not unless they could afford the electricity and gas bill. The cost value is to high to maintain. That's why nobody has tried to live in that place, I would assume. There's plenty of buildings in the city that could be turned into shelter's.
Yes
@@huerosantos7563 government and volunteers as well as the homeless helping it could happen. It was just a thought. If I had it trust I would be assisting.
@@huerosantos7563 what if they go solar
What Rolls Royce???
It is so sad that this mansion was never restored. It is so beautiful. Nothing like this will ever be built again that is so magnificent.
It's currently being restored
@@j.scottcaudill7543
Yeah, it is now managed by a heritage society, so it's the best possible fate this mansion can ever get
Thank you Kyle for taking time with details and how enthusiastic at the same things about the structure I like! Great video!
Take care! ☺️
Aww thanks so much I was so excited hahah
@@kylemcgran you need to stop saying that Peter Widener owned the Titanic, because he never did. The ONLY connections he had to the Titanic: 1.) He was on the board of directors of the IMM. He later owned a 20% stake in IMM.
2.) One of his sons and his grandson perished aboard the Titanic
But, other than that, Peter Widener never had anything to do with the Titanic
Do not thank him. He didn't do anything worth thanking him for. He is also uneducated about the history of this house and faked getting to it as some long treck. It sits in the middle of a town with a post office across the street. Also people still live on the property. So the guy was breaking and entering. This house isn't 100% abandoned. It is being looked after.
@@GrumpyKayWow! You truly are *Grumpy* huh?
I can walk there and I see it nearly every day. I would give my right arm to live in that house. Great video!! For awhile it was used by a seminary so I'm thinking that could be what the school room is for. I can't for the life of me figure out why they're just letting it rot. It's a terrible shame.
Join the homeless squatting there and you can!
I love how the mirrors are still intact
Yes all of them were pretty much!
And they don’t even look in bad shape. The backing still in tact
Like the Biltmore this is an American classic. Hopefully someone restores this beautiful place. I cannot believe the historical society in Pennsylvania doesn't restore this beautiful historic place.
I'm trying to build this in Minecraft and got floor plans, interior photos and the like off the internet... But it took your tour to show the relationship of the various places to each other, the relative deck and ceiling heights, and a LOT of places that didn't have photos. Thank you!
That’s dope. You should post it when ur done and comment back to me so I can see bro
Yeah I would also like to see that when completed.
Your video just popped up and I Watched it. Very impressive tour! The little chair table was for the phone, it's a Telephone Table Gossip Bench, you could put your phone books, address books under the table part and your desk phone (which I believe were called princess phones) on top and a chair part to sit on...
Those pillows are down-filled pillows meaning they are stuffed with goose feathers. I had one for many years. All of my family had at least one each.
Still use them, as bed pillows, but they 'leak' a bit, which is a bother.
Have one, but sleep w/o it. Have parka, also quilted down leather vest. Knobby! @@suzyqualcast6269
I remember many touches of the decor from a movie cannot recall the title. This would be a great set for a mini series. There are spots where it looks like a set up was done for a movie.
Thank you very much for filming this.I have been obsessed with this mansion for years,it's the last surviving jewel of American architecture.I am hoping to one day but and save it if I ever become rich enough.
The chances of you growing up to be in one of the 34 000 American households with over 100 million dollars is 0.01% and that percentage is considerably less if you do not inherit a good chunk of that amount from someone. So best of luck but if you are not already in a wealthy family then the odds are immeasurably stacked against you.
Back when electricity came to be, using the Edison model, you had to have a power plant at your home for it to work. Tesla's model you didn't and is why we use that model today. Not to mention Tesla gave away his patten to his system so it could be used main stream. Anyways, seeing how the owner of this mansion was in with JP Morgan, it's no surprise that this home was powered by the Edison model which is why it had it's own power plant. JP Morgan was the main investor in Edison.
Tesla's AC won out over Edison's DC as it was more easily distributed over the miles.
It makes my hair stand on end , I can’t believe people haven’t stolen bits from inside There’s no graffiti, it’s amazing
Knock on wood. With enough viewers and so many seeming to live nearby, it's bound to happen over time given the mentality of today's young people.
Thank you, Kyle! I really appreciate your willingness to point out details.Also your respect for History.
Hi Kyle! Love Lynnwood Hall. Even in the state it's in, it's still breathtaking. The hall in the mansion with the second floor spanning around the edge of the hall is almost exactly like the Breakers Mansion in Newport RI which belonged to the Vanderbilt family. The room that you refer to as the lobby was called the Great Hall at the Breakers. They're amazingly identical.
I totally agree!
Freemasons
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PAB Widener was not a member of the Freemasons, neither were his surviving family.
@@Ms_MalRkey the floor is
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So is every 1950's style diner in America Freemason because they all have checkerboard floors?
People install this flooring to the present day, they're all Freemasons right?
Yeah...nope.
Lol
I started watching someone else’s video of this but they were whipping the camera around too fast. Luckily he said others were there filming it and I found your video. Thank you for slowing things down and actually letting us see the details. Great camera work!
Is there any pictures of how this home once was?! What a shame for something so magnificent to be thrown away.
The Proper People made a video of it and showed period photos of it and it's history
@@Philip.Magnusson is that a you tube channel?
@@griffithracingteam2412 yes
Best explore, ever! I am just in awe. Someone needs to save it. I looked it up and it says a Korean church now owns it. It's absolutely stunning even in this condition.
No one will spend 15 million to purchase and an additional 150 million to restore. It’s a bad investment. We all want it restored but let’s be realistic
@@davidwilkinson3539 it's definitely unrealistic. Very sad
@@kcharmer2175 unfortunately. We can all hope. I’m not saying it’s impossible to restore, it’s just that if they do they will have to come in with the mindset of making $0 profit. If the state gave full tax credits for any money spent on restoration then I guarantee people would pay to restore it.
@@davidwilkinson3539 I also read that the church that owns or owned it was selling off a lot from the mansion. That's even more sad!
@@kcharmer2175 right the seminary bought it in the 50s and sold off most of everything. Then it was sold at auction in which the Korean church bought it hoping to get off with free taxes in the 90s. They were denied. So they never maintained the building which is another reason it continues to decay. I’m not sure if their was that much stuff left because the seminary sold a lot but I do believe the Korean church did possibly sell of interior and exterior pieces of the building. You have to think the Korean church came in and bought the place to get free taxes which is why they call themself a church. The town didn’t allow it because less than 50 people went to the church. It was more of a cult idea. So now they are stuck with paying the taxes which is 150k a year. It is defiantly sad but I think if they maintained the building then it would be in much better condition now. But they didn’t. Greedy people.
11:50 You done a good job showing us the house. Thank you very much. I am amazed that they could build it in only four years.
There is no furniture, books or papers in that house today that is original to the Wideners.
The only things original are what is fixed to the walls or floor, like; cabinets, mirrors, toilets and tubs, some light fixtures, etc.
Its a shame the 2 lobby, Van Dyke Gallery and Tea room skylight domes have been covered over, there would be so much more light in there. Though I'm sure they all leaked water.
I would still like to see more of the (sub) basement area under the gallery and main house and the squash court which no one has yet to venture into..
0ver 120 years old and it still all looks beautiful to this day!!
How different things would be today with this mansion if George and Harry hadn't perished on the Tinanic.......not to mention the business world and Philly area.............
Reminds, especially the chequered floored hall, a little bit, of Kedleston, Derbyshire, 🇬🇧.
This heritage should be repaired and restored I truly believe. Its so sad to see something so beautiful in this shape! It has soooo much potential!
It has no potential. It cost 10-15 million to purchase and restoration experts stated it would be 100-150 million to restore. This is on top of the 150k a year in taxes and 3-5 million in upkeep. No one is going to buy this property.
@@davidwilkinson3539 ............150.000 in taxes should be considered a crime.
@@mippim8765 😂🥴🤦
Make it like the Biltmore estate
@@mippim8765 it is defiantly horrible. Funny thing is their are other historical buildings that taxes go 250k a year.
That watch, it looked like diamonds and emeralds you should of looked at make and the inscription on the back and if it’s real gems 💎 that’s worth a mint - what a stunning place and I loved the handcuffs too 🌹
I should’ve maybe if I watched the footage back I can see if it says anything on it
I agree about the watch. Looked like emeralds to me to. I would certainly wear it today.
The whole time I watched you walk through, I just kept picturing in my mind of the excitement they must have felt the first day moving in and just walking through the house with everything gleaming and brand new. Oh I looked up that book you were looking at 28:03 mark. It translates into English as : Astrological Omens.
Wooow that book!!
The safe would have been for their silver tableware, and valuable decor. To keep the help from stealing it. the Small kitchen was likely for feeding the outdoor staff. Lynnewood Hall had nearly 100 full time servants, 60 of them were grounds keepers.
And not a dandelion in sight, I daresay!
The power plant isn’t on the existing grounds. The property used to be even more massive. The tunnels you guys started going to were likely the ones that went to the fountains. Also, the large safe I believe was where the silver was stored.
I watched the tour given by Bros of decay UA-cam channel. It’s very informative and gives accurate information. The chapel you speak of was in fact the ballroom but was turned into a place of worship by the religious people who inhabited the property at one time. The large locked safe has never been opened since the original owners left. The mansion was built to be a family home and incorporated 4 art galleries.
This place is outstanding!! 😮 Jyst imagine the people and the family who have walked there where you went. It blows my mind and I love history. So sad about the titanic and the link to the homes family 🙏🏻
The typewriter is similar to the one's used in my High School in 1970 when I took typing as a sophmore. Kept getting my fat fingers caught between the keys. Learned the keyboard but couldn't get the 30 (WPM) words per minute the teacher wanted with no mistakes. Got A"s in college on the electric.
Yup. It is is difficult to believe that when I went to school computers did not exist, and I am not that old.
Ha ha!!
The last of the Gilded Age, stunning. I can only imagine living in this stunning place back in the day
Unions killed the gilded age. As soon as workers were paid middle class wages it was the end. Now everyone wants to live in a gilded house. Unfortunately most people don't deserve that kind of money but they get it anyway.
I cannot imagine a family actually lived in this big house! It shows one more time no money in the world could save the life of the owners! It's a shameful this place cannot be restored!!!
What should it profit a man to gain that much money but at the end loses his soul...so sad
Wasn't just a single family living in this house lol. Probably over 60 people living in it at all times if we consider the maids, nannys, grounds keepers, chefs, guards.
What are you talking about? The owners lived to old age. Their child and grand child died on the Titanic. Not the owners.
@@GrumpyKay The owner of the property was in his mid 60s when he built the house in 1900. His son and grandson died on the titanic so he had no heirs, the original owner ended up dying only a few years after in 1915 a few years after his son died.
Oh you youngsters! Too young to know what a reel to reel tape recorder looked like. 51:10 They predated cassette tapes as a means of storing music. Also, the top 2 floors are servants' rooms. They had up to 40 indoor servants and 60 for the yard and gardens. And that basement wing was all kitchen, food stores, bakery, scullery and there was a big servants' dining room.
Did you ever find the pool? You would have to go through the art galleries and down the damaged stairs from there. That last art gallery is a separate building with the pool beneath. Thank you for the thorough tour. There are still some rooms nobody goes in. Maybe the doors are locked. So sad the the main kitchen is totally gutted and turned into a meeting room. I hope somebody restores this place before I die. (Not likely.)
@@OmaBike Unfortunately the chances of someone coming along with 10-15 million to purchase and an additional 100 million to restore the building is very slime. We can only hope.
Right! They needed an adult consultant along to ID various items.
This is probably the best piece of art I've ever seen
Reminds you of the staircase on the Titanic!
Incredibly Unimaginable Art!!!! Thank you so very much! Throughly enjoyed! I love how you respected this masterpiece and it’s energy! How wonderful it would be to see videos of back in the day when it once had life running through this estate housed with elaborate love, passion & gift from the hands & the mind of the creator Architect. Perfection Turning into dust which is so heartbreaking that somebody did not find value to preserve this work of art 😞 what a tremendous loss.
WOW! Isn't this incredible looking all the way around. We forget the op lance of times gone by. Thanks for the walk through. One way to preserve the Last vestiges of Life .
You keep calling it a lobby its the entry hall. Great explore Kyle thanks for taking us inside.
28:36 That book is not Italian, it's French. Les Présagés Astrologiques, The Astrological Omens (or presages). Apart from that, thank you for showing this magnificent mansion. Common people can only dream, but at least now we have the facts to feed our dreams with 😁 The coolest thing for me were the handcuffs. I will never forget those. Great video! 👍👍👍
I read the previous owners were selling paneling and mantels pierce meal trying to stay out of debt. That's probably why some room look so destroyed.
That`s true.
A real shame!