Save the Planet? What Happened to These Two Old World Homes!?
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- The Grass is Always Greener
This incredible Italianate home which was built in 1872 was known as the Van Patter Home after the family that lived there for most of the 20th century. The house was named "Rhude" after the family's ancestral home in England and was built for Matthew Gilbert and his family. There is also another very similar house just down the street named "Gilbert Hall" that was built for William Gilbert. This house was a listed heritage property before its recent demolition. The home was a great example of the houses built in the area of Yarmouth during the 1870s and 1880s and reflect the affluence of this period of settlement.
This second house located across the street from the Van Patter Home was built for Lewis Gilbert in 1915. The two-storey red brick Foursquare house had an addition added to the north side of the home. It also featured a more modern single-storey addition to the front of the home and had been almost completely renovated inside.
Both of these homes along with many others in the area were recently demolished to make way for a brand new Volkswagen gigafactory. The plant which will be the size of 210 football fields will manufacture battery cells for the Volkswagen plants in both Tennessee and North Carolina.
In 2011 the St Thomas Assembly plant closed its doors for good, it was a 2.5 million square foot manufacturing plant owned by Ford with more than 1500 employees. It was producing Ford Crown Victorias, Mercury Grand Marquis and even Lincoln Town Cars for a short period before its closure. The last car on the line was a Crown Vic that was sent to Saudi Arabia. After the plant's demolition the site was purchased by Amazon to build a fulfillment centre. It may not be as large but maybe this new 2 million square foot gigafactory can bring manufacturing jobs back to a struggling small town.
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Such beautiful homes! Unfortunately no builder today makes homes like these. It is so unfortunate that these old homes are being torn down. Thank you for showing them to us!
Oh I agree, we will never see homes like this built again. Labour has just become far too expensive for that. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for your comment!!
These houses were way too nice to demolish! Yet another piece of history erased in the name of progress..... 😢
The wood doors and curved trim surrounding them were incredibly beautiful. I was relieved to see the written sign saying that the stairway and carved Newell post were to be saved! Thank you so much for documenting these beautiful pieces of history! We also really enjoyed the pictures of the Ford plant! I wish you were doing videos at the time you explored it, but your photos did a fantastic job capturing the different parts of the plant. Thanks again for sharing. You rock!!!! 👍
I agree!! He does an amazing job!! All that beautiful wood!! I’m glad they are saving some of it❤
Ya, these were some really nice homes, especially that first one. Wish I had been doing video at the time of my visit to the Ford plant as well but glad you enjoyed the photos. Thank you very much for your comment!!
@@StaticSpaces you are very welcome!!
I love the older homes and in my opinion find the craftsmanship excellent 👍 and have such history and quality. We want have them much longer in the world sadly they are a dying breed 😢
Thanks for the video ❤😊
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Yes, eventually we will run out of older homes to demolish, it's sad to think about. Thank you very much for your comment!!
Oh I know where these are. So many are getting demolished for that project it is unreal. An awesome explore JH. Amazing work as always. Big Hugs 😊😊
Glad you enjoyed it Kimmy and thanks a lot for your comment!!
What a beautiful house, the woodwork and craftsmanship is incredible 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Agreed. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks a lot for your comment!!
It would have been so cool to be able to go back in time and see both of these houses in their prime, such beautiful woodwork, big windows, all the staircases, just so much..... one great thing to know is a lot was salvaged to use again, lucky persons who would get to use that trim wow. Thanks James, hope the premier was a fun one for all who were there for you. Great photos BTW!
Ya, it's good that they salvaged a lot of those materials...I did find it interesting that they spent so much time salvaging items from the second farmhouse that was so modern. Glad you enjoyed it Polly and thanks so much for your comment!!
This place was gorgeous in it’s prime! Awesome video as always! 👍👍❤️✊🤘
It sure was. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks a lot for your comment!!
Great premier video James and I really enjoyed it and thank you for sharing 👍❤️😎
Really glad you enjoyed it Fawn and thanks a lot for coming to the premiere!!
You are so welcome James ❤️
Appreciate you exploring and posting videos of places like these. At least they will survive on youtube for future generations to see.
It's a shame that that's the only way they will survive, but I guess it's a step above demolishing a home and replacing it with a plaque.
I really like all these Old Farm Houses! Super cool stuff!👍
Glad you are enjoying them and thanks a lot for your comment!!
thanks for sharing this video with me i really enjoyed it abd i gave you a thumbs up and you out on my community tab abd God Bless.
Glad you enjoyed it CSP and thanks a lot for sharing and your comment!!
Bonjour James !
The first house is truly magnificent !
And your industriel photos too !
Merci beaucoup 😊
Oui la première maison été incroyable. Glad you enjoyed the photos from the Ford plant too. Merçi beaucoup pour votre commentaire Xavier!!
Great explore. Beautiful staircase in the first house. ❤
Ya, that staircase in the first house was pretty incredible. Thank you very much for your comment!!
Thumbs up on the video James 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much Fawn!!
You are so welcome James 😁
What a great video tour! Loved this one, so sad that demolition happens but people need jobs and places to live. The Architecture is wonderful. Love the wood work and trim! Quality and design doesn't happen like this anymore, sadly. As always, Thank you for sharing
Oh I agree, it's always too bad to see these places go but I am not sure what other solutions we can come up with. With that said, the first house was initially protected and maybe they should have come up with a better plan to save it. Glad you enjoyed the tour and thanks a lot for your comment!!
Hi James! Came back to catch the rest of the video that I missed during the live broadcast. So worth coming back for. I do love these old farm houses. Such a sin to demolish them, but obviously the countryside has more space to build on and these places are sitting empty. At least there seems to be some salvage going on, in that first one at least because the woodwork is incredible. Sad (but very interesting!) to see places like this being torn down, especially when you see what’s happening in Los Angeles at the minute! Thanks very much for the video and photos!
Ya, I mean these houses were lived in before the properties were purchased. But it does make far more sense to demolish a few farmhouses as opposed to hundreds of homes in a city...plus land value comes into play as well. Yes, what's happening in LA is absolutely insane, I hope they get things under control!! Glad you enjoyed it Stephanie and thanks a lot for your comment!!
The first house had a beautiful entryway, beautiful doors and stairs. It was very strange, it was part demolition and new construction that was never completed. I think I like the first house the best, it had more character. It’s a shame to see them being demolished but I guess out with the old in with the new. Great video James. ❤
Ya, that entryway and the upper hallway were just incredible. I get the feeling they were in the middle of finishing that addition when they got word about the home being bought. That back porch was brand new concrete. Glad you enjoyed it Harriet and thanks a lot for your comment!!
Hello James i hope you had a good Christmas and other good Video
Glad you enjoyed it John and thanks a lot for your comment!!
So sad!😢
Thanks very much for your comment!!
Too bad the houses are not moved to another location. Think of the carbon footprint to tear them down, build an enormous factory to build batteries to ironically save the planet.
Yes, I completely agree and it was kind of the underlying theme of this video. Thank you very much for your comment!!
@@StaticSpaceshow do you move a big stone house from the 1800s to another location???
Same way they move any large building I suppose, I really don't know how that would work. But they could have just saved it where it was, it was on the edge of the property
@@StaticSpaces how do you do that??? I never seen it down around here. Here in Ga they either fix them up or leave them as is. Esp where I live.
Have you ever traveled South?happy to have you!!!
I could show you around and be your navigator?
Haven't been to the US in many years but would like to go back one day
It's so sad that heritage house being demolish .old houses aren't supposed to unless the was extentive remolds repairs. It didn't look like anything was done. Which doesn't matter it's still a shame .!!!
Yup, it was a pretty nice house. Thanks very much for your comment!!
@StaticSpaces your welcome!!!
I would just like to add. Do you think it's possible to let me know when they build the battery building. So, this would say if, when and how they are going to be doing it. And it's not just a story on their part? Thanks!!!
I will try to remember to give an update if I'm in the area
This genuinely pains me. Italianate is one of my favorite architectural styles. The house shown would be one of my dream homes. I hope it gets salvaged at least so that it can be used to restore other old homes. Demolishing it outright is so wasteful. The craftsmanship that can’t be replicated easily shouldn’t be thrown away. If I could I would take the entire building to a new place.
Ya, I was happy to see they were salvaging a lot of the home but still disappointed to see it go in the first place. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks a lot for your comment!!
I 💯 agree
It's kinda hard to move a big house to another place vrs smaller homes . I just don't know if it's possible.
You would think they could find other land to build a stupid plant that didn't have to destroy such beautiful homes. I'll never own an electric car. I don't travel far but I still wouldn't like having to to along time to charge my vehicle.
Yup, charging times as well as frequency is a big issue with those vehicles. Imagine coming back from a trip on a long weekend and having to charge your car and then standing in line for a charger...it could take hours. Lol Thank you very much for your comment!!
GM started building a battery factory here in new Carlisle .. then stopped ..no one buying evs ..here
I believe we have had 1-2 new EV manufacturing projects in this province that were cancelled as well. I don't blame people at all for not wanting those things. Thank you very much for your comment!!
@StaticSpaces 👋🏼👋🏼👍🏼
This is just crazy. Were the houses bought through emenent domain? Why would these owners have sold? It looked like the one house was in the middle of a major addition? Both houses appeared to have had some historical sugnificance to tthe area. It is such a shame that the city want to protect them instead of just see the dollars that the factory has the potential to bring in. Which seems ify at this point with the waining of EV's.
Not sure if the government forced them to sell or if a company offered them a boat load of money for the property. Either way, I would be surprised if you could say no to either scenario. The first home was designated but for whatever reason, they still allowed it to be demolished. I agree about the EV thing, there has already been one or two other plant cancellations in the same province. Thanks very much for your comment!!
Are these homes in Oklahoma? I'm asking because it was on the news this morning that they are going to build something like that in Oklahoma. It is supposed to employ several thousand people.
Ontario Canada
Nope, not in the US...I think there are a lot of projects like this going on right now. Thank you very much for your comment!!
In the USA if a house or building is put on the historic list you can't destroy those houses and buildings once they get put on that list in the USA
That is usually the case here too, so I am really not too sure what happened with this house...maybe there were some under the table dealings
Warum wurde es nicht umgestellt
What do you mean?
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Thank you very much for your comment!!
So sad to demolish so nice houses. They don't build houses like this anymore. Thank you for a great video.
Oh I agree, they really don't build them like this anymore, unfortunately. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks a lot for your comment!!
I always cringe when I hear the term "renovation". It usually means, open, bland, and painted white trim.
And what's wrong with that? I mean that's what everyone wants, so it must be the best option, right. 😂 In all seriousness though, I completely agree with you. Thanks a lot for your comment!!
Are you sure they're going to buildingb battery factory . For what it seems like a false oretense to demo. And take what they can get.out of it . Can you please give the quotes as to what they are saying or not???
100% sure they are planning a giga factory, along with other industrial buildings on the large parcel of land
@@StaticSpaces ok but do you really think that will save the planet or anything to that effect especially when global warming has already done insurmountable damage to the ozone layer? And is going to change the inhabitants of this earth?!! C'mon
@@StaticSpaces do you really think that this will 'save the planet ' when there already insurmountable damage already done to the ozone layer and the inhabitants of the earth? Or do you think it's possible that the govt again is telling lies???
It was a sarcastic title
@@StaticSpaces oh okay, still a shame!!!!
Muss man nicht wirklich verstehen..
VW geht es nicht gut und Elektroautos sind rückläufig...
Warum diese Zerstörung
Yes, I watched a short documentary on VW recently and they are not doing well at all. I am now convinced that our government just likes to waste our money. 😆 Thank you very much for your comment!!