Abandoned Grandmother's Home - W/ Secret Lookout Room
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2018
- This house was another find by driving around near a location that ended up being no good. Originally thinking this was a church, this big unique looking home didn't disappoint. With lots of items left behind and an odd lookout room in the attic, this house left us scratching our heads. So come along as we explore all THREE floors of this mysterious place. Enjoy
Please Note: Exploring Abandoned locations can be dangerous. I don't condone or encourage anyone to enter an Abandoned structure. Not only is safety a concern, but often times its illegal and when possible, i seek out permission. I simply go to document its history before it's gone and leave things the way I find them. I assume all the risks & responsibility in doing so. Please don't attempt to do this on your own.
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I know a lot of people are upset by he amount of stuff that was left behind... but coming from experience: sometimes there is circumstances where you can’t take everything and have to leave them behind. Some day soon, I know I will see my great aunts house on here. The mortgage company screwed her over in her last years. After she passed, we got everything that meant to us out and what we could sell and left everything else behind cause we had no room for it. It is the most heartbreaking thing we have ever had to do. The last time we drove past the house, we saw things had been messed around. I bet the family of that house did care and took what they could, but then people came through messing it up.
Speaking as an architect: The structure at the top of the house is called a cupola (a widow's walk would be open, not enclosed, and surrounded by a railing). This type of architectural feature dates primarily from the mid 19th century, as did the ornate gingerbread trim around the eaves and sun porch. It didn't really serve a normal function, but was more of an architectural flourish. Because the space is unheated (I didn't see any radiators), I assume the glazing compound that held the glass in the windows eventually dried out and the glass fell out due to wind. The sills also looked pretty chewed up; maybe due to squirrels.
The house was obviously remodeled - badly - probably more than once. Note the aluminum railing around the porch - not original - and the cheap Masonite paneling throughout the interior (dating from the 60's or 70's). Also, the suspended T-bar grid ceiling was installed below an older 12" x 12" acoustical tile ceiling that also was not original. Unfortunate, because I bet the interior originally had a lot of charm
This dude knows his stuff. Thanks for the learn, friend
This comment and information is underrated
Wow, thanks for the info!
Bravo. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
there were baseboard radiators on the second floor.
Hi....the room at the very top of the house that you are calling a "lookout tower" is actually called a Widows Walk or a Widows Watch. They were usually found in 19th Century coastal homes. I live on an island and they were a common sight. The history of them is that when a woman's husband, who would be a sailor left for sea, the wife would go up there and look out over the ocean to see if her husband's ship was returning. It was common for ships to be lost at sea and a grieving wife might keep watch for years(Widows Watch)...they were sometimes called a Widows Peak. I could not tell if the old home you searched was near water. So perhaps I am not correct but it was obviously built for a person who was watching or waiting for someone. I hope this was of some help. I find the Widow's Walk and the history behind them very interesting...in renovated homes, the Widow's Walk has been removed but there are a few of them still in existence in this area.
Hello dear how are you doing!!
I think its used by the granny to watch and wait for her grandchildrens to come home
Very informative of you dear!
Beautiful story.
Thank you...
The little room at the top of the house was a surprisingly effective way to cool the home. At night opening the windows would vent out the hot air while the downstairs windows would pull in cooler breezes. Closing all of them early in the morning would help keep the cool air longer.
Once this house was new and someone's pride and joy. It's a sad reminder that everything we have is only ours for a short time.
I agree life goes by like the blink of a eye
When the roof is replaced, and a house is taken care of even an old houses will last for hundreds of years.
+barbara lindemann true
Missy Franko As the Bible says “we are just a vapor” here on this earth, but there is eternal life in heaven for those that seek Him and His Ways. (Gods Ways my dear friend).
@@Susan-sn8fx In a way, Science agrees; we are carbon based life forms from the earth and of the earth ; (we are earth)and we must return to it when our expiration date is up; carbon cycle must go on for life to go on at all on earth.
I love the respect that is given to these old homes by not taking things, just documenting and sharing with the world. Thank you.
Where is the house at
I would love to buy it and restore it
@@ritaholmes6962 I am sure there would be many who would love to restore this great old house...such a shame it has gone to this condition...
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How are people not getting arrested by going on these properties?
These abandoned houses are really a nostalgic treat for people as old as i am . To see things I remember and maybe even had and used is amazing. Sometimes sad as well, but for the most part gratifying. And of course, im very grateful that i can still remember. That is a great blessing. This house must have at some point, accomodated a pretty big family. And imagine being able to go to the very top of it and watch the sun rise or set or the lights come on around the area. And somebody may have used it as an observatory by having a telescope. Great for meteor showers. Thanks for sharing.
As someone who enjoys genealogy and history, I love that you are documenting these homes. Thanks!
Love these older homes ❤
I’m this house I see a sweet loving Grandma. She loved her grandkids immensely, she showered them with toys and baked goods . She decorated her home with beautiful things like kitten pictures and plant holders . She stored away treasures seasonally and decorated for Christmas each year with glittery shiny things . What a sweet lady . I don’t know her but I miss her . Makes you realize the ones you love won’t be here for long . Please notice the tiny details in people and adore them for it . Each person so unique in their ways . Each one of us are Gods children and are beautiful .
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Amen to that sister!
Me I started genraitons way back in 1800s an 1900s I was the old ones
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What beautiful loving words you share
Such a shame that houses like this are sitting empty all over the place and left to rot. I love these old houses.
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NICE AND ROOMY, COMPARED TO OUR OVER TAXED LITTLE SHITTIES
Yeah I love these empty houses with so much precious things n memories
AMEN
Agree
I have seen videos of some abandoned houses that are still completely furnished, and have remained so for many, many years. It's creepy, but at the same time so nostalgic. As I look at these videos, I am brought back in time and try to imagine the family that lived there, etc. If walls could talk.
I see a lot of stuff in here that my own grandma had. I miss her so much.
Yes,me to,I sure miss my grandma to.Good video.
And it's the same for me you guys.So many of these houses remind me of my beautiful grandmother.Gram had many of these magnets and knicknacks too.
Me too!!! 🥹
Me too. I love that we can recognize that an abandoned house likely belonged to a grandma by the objects left inside that seem to be typical grandma belongings lol.
Am I the only one that can smell this house??? Like when it was still lived in... I can smell the time period. The comfort. Almost like the scent of an older, once cherished book. I can also feel the Christmases spent there...
I know what you mean - I sensed nostalgia right away, also. Smiled almost all the way through. Brought out real emotions (I grew up in 60s and 70s so I connected w much of it.
Sponge Bob lol Bob, I could smell that dead rat before they turned the corner to empty the room 🐀
@Sponge Bob lmao
K i can feel this too..
I thought I was weird for "smelling" this house, so glad to see I'm not weird for that.
However, I became so sick afterwards, I ran to the bathroom before this video ended because I thought I was going to throw up.
I'm the kind of person who can watch Hoarders one right after the other and Never get sick, so that experience was weird.
That's so sad, the reality is one day we go and we leave everything we ever worked hard for behind.
Yeah but it serves it's purpose and fulls us up so it's not in vain Fo Sho. Yup love Your perpective though Fo Sho !
True
The things left behind are only temporal items! They were once enjoyed and were never meant to be kept forever. What truly matters are the relationships we have with others (especially family) and the knowledge we gain in this life. Those things will last beyond the grave.
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@@hollytaylor7321 when we die we die,knowledge dies with us.
I can imagine the holidays that was spent here. The top is beautiful . Unique indeed.
Beautiful home, such a waste to let it go like that. ☹️
So we know she was a grandmother and liked cats. She liked to bake, bought toys for her grandkid(s) and loved them. She liked Bingo and knick knacks. She died in 2015 and had a daughter or grandchild named Tina. There was another kid named Sharon--or maybe that was Grandma's name. Very sad, really. There was a whole family who loved her. And all these memories in a house she loved and now, to someone else, it's merely trash. Maybe she comes back from time to time and visits the house--but she sees it as it used to be when she lived there, with the smell of cookies baking in the kitchen. :) RIP Grandma.
Awww. That was nice what you wrote. I kinda think so, too.
So sad that her family hasn't taken care of this fabulous family heritage. It makes no sense just letting it go to ruin. My heart goes out to Grandma.
What a sweet thing to say
Maybe here family passed first
Tina was grandma's daughter. Tina would have graduated in 1979 had it not been for her unplanned pregnancy, resulting in baby, Sharon. No men in this house. Grandma cared for Tina and Sharon until they moved out in the late '80s. Grandma was then alone with little to no resources and unable to keep the house up. In fact, grandma never went upstairs after Tina left.
The “room” on the roof is seen on many 19th century Victorian style homes and is called a “Cupola”, and on Itallianite style they are called a “Belvedere”. They were used to cool the home by opening its windows and pulling the air from the house. They were also used to enjoy the view, star gazing and/or to keep watch over the property. This house is cool with the pointed windows with the louvred tops. It was nice to see the Corningware with the lid. Many times the lid gets lost or broken. I have the same pattern, Cornflower Blue, which has been around for at least a half century. That Tupperware also looks to be from the late ‘60’s or early 1970’s. It’s like the house is frozen in time, waiting for it’s family to return. Thank you for sharing. It’s nice to see adventures in my neck of the woods, the northeast, for a change 🙂. Liked and subscribed.
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A lot of houses in my area near buffalo have those types of rooms also. They call them the widows watch. Wifes could sit there to watch for their husbands boat to come into shore.
Thanks for the informative reply.
Cupola - Belvedere! Thanx! I couldn't remember the proper words! I'll correct my "Widows Walk" comment earlier.
And I'm thinking of building a cupola on my 3rd floor attic... someday. ;-)
You should!!! It would look cool. My cousin and her husband built a house in the early 90’s and put a cupola on top. The stairs lead up from the second floor loft and looks really cool. They built window seats and their girls used to go up there and camp out 🙂
It makes me wanna clean the house
Gorgeous Home! I was Shocked to see things dated from 2015! The inside is a step back in time to the later 70's décor, stove in avocado green with the 70's flowers on the back panel; and 8 tracks etc. etc. It was nice to see the home NOT destroyed by vandals.
I was a teenager in the 70s and my mom was completely obsessed with avocado green. Sinks. Washer dryer. Stove. Fridge. Tableware. Glasses. Carpeting. I despised it. 😂 Even our travel trailer!
At least she didn’t go for harvest gold.
Boy, if ONLY that house could TALK? I've never seen SO MANY room in a house before........thanks for sharing it with us.
You're welcome
Wow, so fascinating! I'm a real estate agent, and one of the reasons I love my job is that I get to see the inside of many homes, of all ages. I especially love the historic homes in our town, and the distinction in craftsmanship from the early 1900's and now is amazing. They really don't design them with pride and love any more. I also loved that you took your time and showed us the trinkets and lamps and curtains. I am fascinated by all of it! Thank you!
Thanks so much
Like minds, I know as a Realtor you see the difference in the actual construction quality, and I like seeing someone else admired the findings.
Have you ever seen those old houses that has those old tunnels from the prohibition days. I know this one town had many of those houses that had tunnels but they were filled in.
I do remodeling and flip old houses I always love looking through them and finding old stuff in spots nobody thinks to look or they are scared to put their hand in lol I’ve found money, old Bullet, callanders and papers from the invasion of Normandy and many other war articles and all kinds of other articles and kids toys and old Christmas cards that fell between floor boards. I found old medicine still in bottles along with alcohol and beauty products for women, soap I found a check once from fifty years ago because flooring had gaps in it back then in the 1800s if you couldn’t afford a nice finish floor you got regular boards that would shrink and leave big gaps also found a few books a complete child’s clay set still in the box and cigarettes pipes and once a little satchel of Tobacco I know some of it sounds lame but to me the history of all that stuff and wondering who put it there and when is all intriguing
Same way I love old Historic Memphis homes here where I live in Tennessee
It’s so beautiful- would love to own and restore this place ! So sad it’s abandoned!
This house has early 1970's decor throughout: wagon wheel light fixture; wood paneling on the walls (knotty pine was the most popular), and the macmare (sp?) flower pot hangers, etc. The house looks like it was built in the early 1900's and later renovated in the 1970's. Wow, wouldn't I love to live here.
I am a carpenter , and that was a neat house and a lot of work went into building that a shame to see it just waste away
*Bob The Builder Can Fix it Right up! 😂 Have a Great Day!*
Send in Merry Maids!
I agree Raymond. That is a lot of work and a shame to let it go to waste. I do know of an old book on American homes and the design and building process. One book details to start as a one room building with a dirt basement. Then ad a room and some wood work, then another, and another, then a new floor, and so on. One of the mid way through to the giant home designs looks exactly like this home. I think this home is probably older than it appears and was renovated in the 70s, 80s or 90s. The book finishes with a giant mansion that started as a one room building. After that it then shows diverging plans for apartment buildings and even larger structures, again starting from one room dirt basement homes. The slat board with the lime mortar in that cupola is a sign of a much older building, or at the very least, much older building practices.
I know. A lot of work went into that house.
@@MrSaturdayNightSpecial Could have maybe started as an old one-room church with tall tall upper area?
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We had a lot of these on homes in Maine by the coast. We called them "widow's walks". Wives would use these rooms atop homes to watch for their sailor husband's ships returning from long sea voyages.
t4705mb6 I have one in my home. We live in Maine as well. Also have a Cooplah. I’m not sure if the spelling of that is correct, LOL.
Lol how sad
hi walking house Granny's house cuz my best friend really wants to go
*its me 23* It's a "cupola," like the ones atop old-time railroad cabooses, for the brakemen to sit and watch the trains for trouble. I think "widows' walks" were usually open, so they could walk up and down and worry about their men while watching for their return. I thought it was odd that the cupola windows were single sash, not double-hung so they could be opened for fresh, cool air. It must've gotten _hot_ up there in the summer!
I'm a great grma n it's very interesting! I have a wagon wheel light fixture. Our home was build 1971!! 😲 Pyrex n Tupperware bring back memories! I'm. 1962 high school grad!! We have the same wall panels. Double wall,to!! Wow amazing!! Thank you plenty!! 👏 ❤ ❤ ❤
That lookout tower room is amazing! I would love to have one of those on my house.
I can sit up there for hours. Especially with good company.
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Cool video.
I use to love going through old homes & one rm school houses.
Anyways at 19:25 was a camel saddle.
21:12 was a corn holio.
Wow what a neat house this is, love it you wouldn't believe how big each floor is just by looking at it, it's so quaint. Loved to have seen it when it was being used as a home, it's stunning. Thank you for another fab video.
I can just imagine how beautiful the house was when first built
What a charming old house. Ill bet the Grandma that lived there was just the sweetest lady. Im shocked that Corningware was still there! That stuff is collectible!!
Love watchin older home videos, can just imagion how much love was lived in these!! Just shows us nothings 4ever!!
I love these old homes, especially those decorated in a 70's motif! (Although I'd like to see an interior of an 1870-1880s house). I'm thinking I should watch this a couple more times, to make a "floor plan" showing the layout. Thanks for filming this, and keeping it as intact as possible!
Must have been quite some house back in the day ...love the porch actully 💝
Me too
That is an incredible house and still has great bones and a fairly decent roof. It could be salvaged easily. It has the extremely typical 70's remodel job. 10 to 1 it's got old canvas wallpaper in behind the paneling. Been there. Too expensive to strip the walls and repaper at that era and drywalling would be astronomical too. Paneling was dirt cheap and they were solid walls. You could drive a nail anywhere and not have to look for a stud. The acoustical tile on the original ceiling is a 70's thing too. The dropped ceiling would have been 80's to cut down on heating costs and lower the ceiling to 8 feet instead of 10 - 16 feet. I'm sure it has absolutely no insulation. It would take somebody with deep pockets to refurbish that old place but boy would it be a show piece! Sad to see it just rotting away.
I agree, I cringe when I see these potentially beautiful homes left to rot away with their memories, I have a desire to save every one.
Yeah, the "re-habber" in me was mentally calculating what it would cost to restore the house. i noticed the 70's and 80's era remodels too. Two rehabs ago I restored a house in Indiana that was built in 1860. Found a "Harper's Weekly" in the attic dated 15 Sept 1861. Had early reports of the Civil War in it.
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One of my fav houses I've ever seen. The interior, woodwork details, and secret room are amazing. And you could see an active city street right across the way. Kinda spooky and super cool!
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Oh I would so love you have this home. What a great place to rehab and live it. It was once someone’s pride and joy and it so could be that again. Those green cabinets are life!!!
What you're calling a steeple is a cupola. It's to a certain extent a decorative choice and consistent with that architecture but it also works as a great ventilation method. Hot air rises through it and pulls the air through the house. Open the first floor windows and you get a strong chimney effect pulling cool air through the windows and exhausting through the cupola.
wickedmessenger1 😎😉
wickedmessenger1 old houses had some ingenious cooling systems. The transoms above the doors were utilized to help disperse air. Many times double hung sashes opened on the top too and they could circulate air to keep it cooler. Btw, having plants by the foundation is a wonderful way to keep the house cooler. You just have to make sure you keep them maintained, otherwise they can invade and pry the foundation apart (ivy is famous for it). You'll see Lily of the Valley around old houses, along with ferns. Both are invasive plants tho. You simply cannot kill them when they have a foothold. I have a 136 year old Victorian and I've done a lot of research over the years.
Everything about the way the house was built was for ventilation, from the way the double hung windows go to the top of the tall ceilings, to the narrow central stairwell ,narrow hallways ,to the cupola. We generally think of it as a cooling method ,but you would often see wood stoves placed near the central stairwell to spread the heat throughout when the windows were cracked at the top. Beautiful old house, such a shame.
wickedmessenger1 neat thanx for sharing this info. I really appreciate it
Agreed. This was a working cooling system called a cupola. Several of the old homes in my old home town feature these. The windows usually had glass panes for winter and screens or slats of some kind for summer months. Usually they also have a trap door in the floor that is opened in the summer months to allow the heat to rise.
Such a beautiful house, it's a shame to see it all going to ruin. I always found it a little unsettling seeing things like the dish drainer full of dishes; someone washed those and put them in there to dry and then something happened and they were never put away or touched again. It often means the owner passed away and had no family to take over the place, or at least any who cared about it. So the last days of their life are are left as they were, frozen in time.
Raven Yeah, I had a problem with the dish drain. 😞
WOW!! I just went through an amazing time warp😍. Thank you for this upload, JUST STUNNING!
*that home is a huge smash of decades. i see 60's, 70's and 80's plus older stuff (like the house itself, duh). it's trippy to see so many things i recognize from such a long time ago. and SUPER trippy to see that gray wood when you first walked in. at the end of 2020 i was being invaded by willow (long story) but in the past month i'm now being invaded by GRAY WOOD. no kidding, all of a sudden gray wood is popping up all over the place in my world. i landed on this old abandoned house theme after watching a documentary about george westinghouse, go figure.*
Called a “widows walk” and is like a cupola that the wives of sea captains would use to look for the ships. Also used for ornamentation in old mid to late 19th Century Victorian homes and mansard style roofs also were know to have them - usually to show they were well to do.
Pretty sure the roof lookout is called a Bellevediere en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvedere_(structure) (my spelling sucks) the balcony which is usually on the second floor over the front door is the widows walk. Both are making a real comeback in construction.
Mark From Mountains in Southern California there is one at John muirs home in martinez Ca .
The other thing their used for is to cool the house by opening the windows and drawing hot air up the stairwell and out the top windows. Common on barns too, called coppola's
It was also used to see people coming to visit and to watch for the men coming home from hunting. Many years back it was a look out for Indians. It was also used to watch and wait for men to come home from the war. Hence the name WIDOW peak or walk. It was the closest thing to a telephone.
cupolas also would allow heat to rise and help cool the house in the summer which is probably the case here
A great old house crying out to be remodeled.
Sadly its gone
@@JPVideos81 Gone? They tore it down?
@@maryreynolds8568 yep
Yeah, that’s wayyyyyy too far gone to be remodeled anyways.
@@usa_dobson8967 It wasn't, though.
This is an amazing house.
I'm pleased to see that it hasn't been stripped of it's furnishings and personal touches.
This is the 2nd of two fantastic abandoned homes of many I've seen today.
The others one were on other video sites.
Thankyou.
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I wonder why almost everything was left behind.
Also, kind of curious about smaller, locked suitcase.
I had the same furniture in the 80s brings back memories! THANKS FOR SHARING !
My pleasure
Hello Amy
Hi there
I had the wood frame chairs, made the macrame hangers, and the avocado stove (that color as well as the gold was in vogue in the 70s)
@@LawnBunny777 Harvest gold, copper tone, and avocado green were the three common appliance colors in the 70s.
An old ladies house who passed away and the family took whatever had worth and left everything else to rot!
See people, when you die look what happens to your things?
Things are NOT important in this life!
True things are not important...but while this person was alive...I would imagine that a lot of those things gave her joy. I’m surprised that that house or any house is allowed be left abandoned. Who owns it? If it could not be sold, it needs to be torn down. Shouldn’t that be part of managing the estate?
The owner could very well still be alive.
Many expectation why they are not thier.
There is no such thing as abandon property. SOMEONE IS PAYING THE TAXES. SOMEONE OWNS THE PROPERTY.
Yes its true! My grandmother left so many things when she passed away and it makes my parent just left the things to someone who bought my grandmother's house
K M so sad but so true!! It’s too bad that they didn’t take a lot of that stuff out andGive it away to people, goodwill of some sort or some thrift stores. A lot of that stuff is antique and people would cherish it. Even the house is beautiful and could’ve been sold or pass down to someone and taken care of. It’s kind of crazy that just a few years, house can deteriorate so fast
Amen! Relationship with the LORD is!!!
It always amazes me to see what people leave behind!
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Many become rental property and because of non payment, leave 'junk' behind. And the 'updated' parts cover many trends.
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Looks like Electric Co kicked Granny & her cats out & then carelessly left her front door open. No $$ for rent/mortgage/utilities or movers - maybe no close relatives
RhettyforFun I agree!!!!
I love these nostalgic tours And yes I am into my 70s. Never owned a house. Still appreciating you showing us. Keep safe folks😂✅🇦🇺🪃💯
The architectural style of the home was outstanding. A great family home at one time I am sure.. thanks for the explore
That house can still be restored! It's absolutely awesome, the gingerbread trim is almost all there, enough to copy to replace what's missing. Wish someone would buy and restore. Gorgeous!
morningdewgarden if i ever become rich and design my own house, im going to make it something like this. Itd be awesome to have this many floors and also have a lookout.
Jeremy Absolutely! That top lookout thing is so gorgeous! I would do the same!
What a beautiful house. Even in its sadly decrepit state, it’s easy to see it is a wonderful space. I’d love to be able to restore this to its former glory, yes I know it would probably cost more than the building is worth, but what a project and think of what a glorious home this could become again. (I love the old kitchen too)
Hi Julie
Hello Julie
My husband and I just purchased a home that looks exactly like this, built in 1850! We are in the process of restoring it. I can't wait till it's complete. We paid 15k for it all together with the land.💜
God bless you in your new home 🙏
This one is semi-local to me and just listed for $49K and seems to be a little worse off than when this video was taken! 😳🤯
Aww this house would have been nice long ago..❤️thank you for sharing someone else’s home..lots of memories who ever once lived there.maybe the person has passed on that’s why it has gone to the mess it has..if it wasn’t for you guys we would never gotten to see this home💋👍🏼
Don't you just want to buy this house and bring it back to its former glory
Would love to
Yes, it has character!
same channel ? love ghost hunting
Deborah Fonner yessssssss!
That would be pretty hard though. And expensive.
the vintage tupperware and pyrex dishes just laying around collecting dust is killing me😩
Worth a pretty penny
It's just 😢that no one packed up all those things that were so special to her and at least take them to Good Will, so maybe someone else could enjoy them.
@@amiegreenwood6177 - Exactly! Most of this world has become "disposable!" Even my daughter told me 'she did not' want my old stuff! She wanted better stuff of her choice! WHAT A LEGACY to leave for future people to find.
and corning ware
@@patdax5432 -What a shame,....-and that's why there are so much garbage & pollution for us all to have to deal with, nowadays.
The outside door (1:18) with the arch design might well be a coffin door. Some older houses had an extra door to allow easy ingress for coffins when the remains of loved ones were once displayed in the parlor of the family home. The coffin door allowed a straight shot in without having to negotiate around walls, stairs and sharp corners and turns. Sometimes the door would be a double door sandwiched together. One of these doors would be removed and used to set the coffin on or to hold refreshments for mourners and guests.
I love old homes, they always have stories and histories and treasurable findings, the wallpaper was pretty cool for one and the old trimmings around those old glass cabinets. Glad you have shared with respect as well.
This looks like what was known as a "widows watch", often found in old homes near the water. The purpose was for the lady of the home to watch for her husbands return from a sea voyage.
thats right
I have always been told
It was used by the plantation owners. To be able to look out. To watch the workers in the field!!
Wow! Cool.
These rooms were also used to defend a home in pioneer days. Many home builders carried this feature over into the early 20's.
It was also just a good idea before a/c to have windows near the top of the house to let hot air escape during the Summer. So many reasons to incorporate widows watches.
It's sad -- someone's life apparently just 'stopped' 2014-2015 and the house, plus all belongings is completely forgotten. Very sad that whoever was here might not have had anyone at all ;-(
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I think those more recent stuff was from squaters
I'm wondering the same thing? A lot of the stuff I see lying around is sold in the Dollar Tree, and is very recent packaging. The house seems to be in bad shape to only have been abandoned for 4 years. Maybe it wasn't in great shape before, though.
@@gimongi77 That's what I think, too.
Yes, same. I think the squatters put the mattress in the entryway to the upstairs to keep heat from escaping and keep warm on the 1st floor or 2nd floor.
This is the first video I watched from your channel that got me hooked! Love the places you explore
The pointed windows" are referred to as carpenter gothic windows, because it was a more rustic interpretation of the gothic form, with a straight point instead of curved. The piece of furniture in the room on the third floor, where you said "Some sort of - I don't know what that is there" that is actually a camel saddle , or a reproduction of one. Kind of hard to tell with the dust and mildew. They were brought back from the Middle East and used for footstools. Then later, reproductions of them were made by some furniture companies. If the seat is real leather, it could possibly be a real saddle, if it's vinyl, then it's definitely a reproduction. (Some high end reproductions did have seats made from leather). I took a screenshot and blew it up - looks to me like the real deal! If the leather and stuffing aren't trashed, it could actually be worth some money - probably about $250. The extra tower on the top there is called a cupola. The ornate woodworking on victorian buildings is called "gingerbread". It really is a shame, such a magnificent home left to molder in the woods. Did you ever find out why all of these were abandoned about the same time?
The watch tower was used by wives waiting for their husbands to return home. It was also used in the underground rail road watcher's would be notified by lanterns that a group was coming to their home for safe haven. More then likely they were hidden in the basement.
My Grandpa had a small room on top of his home on a farm and I was told people went up there to signal to neighbors of a fire or someone was sick and needed help.
I've heard it referred to as a "widow's walk" I live near the coast and some of the older two story homes often have a small room on top surrounded with windows so ships returning from sea could be watched for.
Great interpretation. Maybe Granny needed a touch of brandy with all those kids.....
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Wow I didn’t know about the Underground Railroad part. That is interesting.
Also, can I just add that it’s weird how this house has so many vintage aspects and so many modern aspects at the same time. For example, the decor and the jackets in the closets look so old yet in the bathroom there’s hair products in packaging that is fairly new, definitely from within the past decade. There’s a bottle of Tresemme and a bottle of Garnier Fructis that both look brand new lol. It’s weird but fascinating.
22:07 now that's creepy. Several houses on the dame street abandoned at the same time. A blog would be great to find out more info on this.
Left behind series maybe ...
Just wondering why the owner had left? Or something happened?
@@sofiabenath6251 Yes it's a bit weird isn't it. Lots of abandoned places on youtube. Spain keeps popping up for me lately.
This reminds me of my grandmas home. It makes me reminisce. Thank JP for bringing us through . I'd love to do this !
Lets go
@@JPVideos81 yes!!! Let me know!
@@lisaweidner6330 this place isnt here anymore.
@@JPVideos81 well then another place ! I love this!
Thanks for educating us on that top Window. Someone stated that it was called a Widow's Peak and they also stated as to what it was used for.
It was a sure warm and comfortable home when grandma lived there.Grandma sure had great taste
when he was upstair talking about the mattress I was preparing myself for a jump scare!
Haha me too..
Thank you for showing us this beautiful old house!!
This is soooo sad to see what some Mama and Daddy worked so hard to provide as a home, and now it seems that no one cares enough to even want it. Makes me want to cry!!!!
The suspense of waiting to see "who" was upstairs behind the mattress. I almost had to pause and make popcorn for the full effect!😁
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I was waiting for someone to jump out of the closet. 😂
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Right I was so scared lol
I was freaking out.
wouldnt it be wonderful to think this place gets renovated and put back to its former glory xx
I would love to renovate that place! Does anyone know what city and state this is located?
I think it would be really expensive because they’d have to replace everything
loo loo-is. i thought the same thing
I'd love to get my hands on it!! What a glorious place!!!
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Is renovating or flipping houses your racquet?
I have a friend that is a hobbyist and goes to abandoned places to view (just as this video). He never takes or moves anything (I mean he picks it up to look but puts it back where it was). Anyway, he's a good kid and he always leaves a little picture of himself, about the size of a penny, to comfort anyone still "there" who needs it. To me, that's like inviting "things" in that I don't want any part of but he's never had a problem. Anyway, thanks for these videos. I love them!
Beautiful home! Thanks for the tour!
I was waiting for someone to walk out of a room and say "Hey what are you doing in my house?"
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Did that happen
@@JPVideos81 i have a legit interest in maybe buying that house and rehabbing it. find me on facebook same name and shoot me just the town this is so i can see if i like the area please. btw if you ever went through medfield state hospital or are interested in exploring an abandoned place ive been when they were active institutions, i would be happy to give guided tour or commentary
@@theimperialnerfherder6967 this has been demolished
@@JPVideos81 damn, ok well thank you for taking the time to reply and let me know, im still curious what town it was in though
This is one of my favorite videos. Really takes you back to a different time.
Thanks for checking it out chels
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That little room up high appears to be a cupalo. In upstate New York they were used to watch the boats come up the canal, to determine when to start dinner. Such is common around Sharon Springs, NewYork...
And looking through some of your older videos I rewatch this one again because I love this house so much. I love the architecture it is very cool. I agree that the upstairs is some thing like a widow walk. The other thing I would say is I believe the mattress at the top of the stairs was probably placed there at some point to conserve heat by blocking off the upper floors. Just a theory. Even though this is an old one I still love this video.
It is more sorrow than horror.
This is a lovely home. It just needs some TLC. I hope that someone purchases it and restores the outside but gives the inside a classic but a little modern make over. Really incredible place
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I would love to see it also. Before and after...a Chip and Joanna Gaines project, lol, but wow, that would be an extreme reno requiring a huge sums of money...hence the reason it is still sitting there.
As a real estate agent/property manager that's been in thousands of houses... I can assure you that nobody will restore that home unless it's a wealthy family member of the previous owner or someone with sentimental value attached to it. It would probably be cheaper to build a new house. Sad but that's the way it goes..
which is a shame because they do not build houses with character like that anymore.. all the new houses are little boxes made out of paper mache.. unless of course it is a log cabin
Such a neat old house, hope someone fixes it up in the future. Thank you for not disclosing the location, to prevent it from being further destroyed.
Thank you.
I loved the video and also the way you show and explained things about it.
Glad you enjoyed it
The room at the top was probably a prayer tower. They were popular in the 1880s. I bet if you researched the house it was built sometime near or shortly after that. I love wondering what the house could tell if the walls could talk. Continue exploring and sharing! Always in safety!!
I want to say thank you so much for going into and recording these abandoned homes! My family sees me as ‘insane’ for always wanting to know what abandon and run down homes look like in the inside or what they were previously for, you have guts I wish I had! Thank you for doing this!💕
I must be insane too haha
I am just like you Laura!
Lol mine too
Great video thanks for showing us!!
Oh wow,I love watching videos labeled Grandmas house cause they give me a happy feeling and warm memories of my Grams house. Bless you sir and be safe in your explores.
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I liked your perspective of this beautiful house.I think it's interesting to see different perspectives of the same abandoned Time capsule houses.
The cuppola at the top is called a Widows Walk. It's a lookout point for the house and a common feature for homes from the 1800‘s, primarily on coastal homes. The name widows walk comes from wives watching for their husband's ships to come home to port. As sailing was infinity more dangerous then, many ships did not return, and thus the wife would become a widow. It's a tragic moniker due to women, who's husbands were overdue, pacing the walk in vain hope of their return.
As a carpenter, I would LOVE to buy the house (contents and all if need be) and restore it to it's former glory. There's a part of me that can't stand to see a home empty and abandoned, it's like a child seeing a stray puppy.
You got that right re: Widows Walk, and I noticed a River or some water in the background. I am a woodworker and feel the same way, restore it, Replacing rotted wood is not difficult, just a dirty job. What a waste that no one restored it, beautiful setting. Wonder what State? If you do buy it and fix it up, please send me a refurbished image, Barbara in St. Louis, barbaralindemann@att.net
Do it!
That is not a widow's walk. A widow's walk is a feature of primarily New England, but coastal homes, usually 3 story, they are literally a walk, like a cat walk often wrought iron railing and the walk faces the SEA, and usually on a bluff, or quick rise!! The widow's of sailor's and fishermen would walk up there scanning the seas watching for their missing husband's boats to return. That is the story. It truly is a lookout walk!!
In Michigan we call it a widows peak. Same concept except the wife could look over the town and see if her husband was walking home from war.
On coastal homes you are correct but inland these were saftey features
That mattress was there to block off the upstairs so she didn't have to heat the whole house.
Very likely.
Also I remember a lot of times in the old days people would use heavy blankets over door frames to help keep heat or at least be or out of places that needs to be cooler as well as reduced crafts like down to Stairway Etc you and sometimes between a basement and the main living area if it gets really cold in the basement I've even seen him over attic doors to keep temperatures within check as well often people did that at the old apartment complexes where I used to live when I was a kid as well. Hi the same ideas with strips over freezers or in the winter like to keep the wind and cold out in warehouses excetera between sections especially when there's sections that are not heated but a little enough to keep freezing or not at all.
Either that or she was keeping a zombie up there
Also the drop ceilings for that
@@craigfamily9321 It sounds like Pyramid Head.
I love this house, it reminds me of a minaniture doll house, I used to see as a kid, I'm a week shy of my 55th birthday, thanks for sharing, the house told a story. So many nice antiques in there, I loved every light. Xoxo's
Glad you enjoyed the look inside
Hello Andrea
How are you spending your spare time?
What a great house. I wish we could have seen it back in the day. Looks like a it was filled with happiness
The picture frame tugged at my heart. It feels so lonely.
Yes. Broke my heart a bit
Makes me think grandma got it to put pictures of family in, and no one sent her photos
I liked it too . it showed innocence .
Maybe her family took the actual pictures out to keep for themselves and left the frame behind
I’m a new subscriber. Thank you for the beautiful house that was once loved. I can’t wrap my mind around how family members just walk away from their relatives houses and belongings. I have unfortunately lost many family members unexpectedly and it was so difficult going through and sorting, donating, etc., but I knew they weren’t coming back and I would never dishonor their memory by walking away.😔
I was thinking the same thing......
Often, the repairs and taxes are just to much for family members to take on so they have to walk away. It is a huge home. The children may not have had income to support it. Also, I’m sure the home was full of things like memorabilia, nick-knacks, etc., that were taken, but what was left was broken, ugly, out of date, unneeded.
That is an amazing looking house JP, I looked online for that tele-tone record player. Says it was from the 1970s. I loved seeing that old house, just amazing. I had cabbage patch kids, when I was growing up, man that's an old house. I thought that was interesting to see a magazine from 1996, I still think I was abandoned since 1996.
I believe that very top room was called a crow's nest room. The thing towards the end with the green cushion was a camel's saddle they were popular to use as a footstool back in the day. They still pop up at antique sales now and again. Fun tour, glad you work as a pair in case something happens...floor giving way or such. I'm 72 so I remember a lot of that stuff in the rooms. Thanks for being respectful as you tour.
What's sad is so many properties are left to rot and we have so many homeless and homeless veterans, why can't these abandoned homes become someone else's pride and joy before they become dilapidated??? More american greed
It's nothing to do with greed. Homelessness is a complex problem that can't be fixed just by throwing money at it. Most homeless people are homeless because they are mentally ill or addicted to drugs. They couldn't maintain a normal home, and certainly couldn't handle renovating one. In the old days these people were locked in asylums, but many abuses occurred, so now they roam the streets. Either solution is shitty.
Even if you give them a home, that does not mean they can pay the taxes and upkeep on it.
That is why many of these homes that were once beautiful are abandoned to begin with. At some point the upkeep and taxes were more than the occupant could handle. Maybe they got to a point where they had to choose whether to pay property taxes or fix the roof. Things start to fail apart bit by bit until it reaches a point where it would cost as much to build a new house as it would to fix the old one.
Also, a lot of these house are full of asbestos and lead paint. It costs A LOT of money to remove and bring up to current safety codes :(
Hello timeless metal person. I'm sorry I don't agree with that comment about people with drug or mental health problems, wouldn't be able to up keep the property. How do you no that? That is a arrogant attitude. You don't know what goes or went on in their lives to begin with. With a opportunity to have a place to call home and to feel safe in. Does help the person to regain some self respect back for them, and a chance to kick whatever habits they made have with treatment. Also mental health problems cannot be help. Again helping them to have a home, works wonders, on what you think is low life people. Do you ever have a day or two where you don't always wash up, or tidy, or get behind in washing your clothes etc. If you don't, then your most certainly perfect. Don't judge people when you haven't been in their shoes or the choices they had to make, especially when you can't help sum thing. Having a home means they can get help and medication because they have an address. Without one they are left unsafe and unstable within themselves.......😶
Probably not up to legal code. Maybe dangerous physically for inhabitants
Yeah take down the old and put up cheap ass apartments
This house was such a strange and interesting passing of time. It was almost surreal. The home looks Victorian, the decor hasn't been touched since the 70's, the drop ceiling in the 80's, magazines from the 90's, and prescriptions from 2015. I always wonder the story behind abandoned homes like this; wht left so quickly.
All of these old houses you'll notice that the ceilings are very high and they were built that way on purpose because of the heat during the summertime and back then we didn't have air conditioners available and so once the air conditioner started to arrive that is when the drop ceilings came in.
@@paulomaeney7324 yes agreed also the older homes that had friend some windows and doors between rooms as well same reason and also the Front Mission back Dr dollars places had gas light which made it even harder sometimes even before electricity with present it on homes that was a special II case later on there was gas electric wipe transition fixtures that you could use either gas or electric at that time Powers not really reliable and even in some large places where there was no Central Power you have to have an engineer during the day you can run and logical system boiler steam engine excetera in some places there was even battery power for some of it as well like on the farms and stuff a generator runs to keep batteries charged in some cases you be when you have 120 volts DC which at that time was fairly common anyways because the Edison system so it would be a problem to use DC instead of AC back then as well once someone call me out asking questions and they couldn't find power anywhere could not find any incoming power and they could not find a service entrance or meter or even any power coming in over head or above ground however there was overhead wiring and there was everything in place for power but no wait for you to get there checked it out with them and lo and behold the place had never had AC power ever it was the Old Farm Power Systems have been dcdal to it I think 48 phone setting it was the only sing other than a generator that powered it with batteries storage batteries were still glass celled storage batteries lead-acid of course also there was an old windmill as well that was connected to the system as well as I just remembered there's also a water pump in my mail as well but there was also some sort of home to Jack that was connected to some sort of electric motor as well I guess is that what the mechanism looks like it could be the switch between wind Power and Electric but then again in that area there was times when there was not a whole lot went for long periods that would at least substantially pump enough water for the property. It was an older Farm but it had been probably abandoned for years it was a fixer-upper but yet not really a fixer-upper everything was intact but old out-of-date as you can guess by the lack of AC power available.
Don't remember if you guys showed a downstairs bathroom?
One possibility is if this was a second bathroom it's possible because of like the kids room and stuff that the upstairs was used for children or grandkids or whatever and this was a second bathroom so you could possibly work when in that would have a lower ceiling height and have a second bathroom with a large ceiling of might as well it's just my thought but not sure but I've seen that before in other old homes where there will be a smaller bathroom for the kids and also in some old homes there was a servant's quarter as well which might have a an area with a lower ceiling height but I doubt this is this case spot yo where did might be probably a separate bath and even small kitchen in some cases and possibly a Stairway leading down to like two main living area and kitchen often behind a wall that's just a narrow staircase and sometimes we do cases the doors for both those passageways and the Roomba go to if you happen to go at the wrong time and the doors are swollen Just Right Way the door knobs you catch on each other and then you have to go all the way up and come back down to the main house to get through it done it before didn't know they didn't use the stairway much because of this oops
Also with that little area of top people looking thing that could have just been four baby just enjoyment of the environment it's possible that this might have served as sums overlooked out of some sort who knows what transpired in the lifetime of that house don't know how old it was racially either which might give you a clue if you could find or estimate how old the whole place was if it can side with something going on at that time you might have your answer for that.
Also with the upstairs pasta being for the kids it might be a place for they can go to just look in enjoying themselves and see the surrounding area is this a wooded area? Maybe observation of the surrounding environment you know if there were any animals Etc what day was just watching your incoming weather excetera just or possibly an area for reading or relaxing I noticed there was no lights up in the upper area either which could mean that it was meant for only daytime use as well someone may have had an easy chair or rock or up there that one time for that purpose and possibly a bookcase or something who knows and you did mention trapdoor as well I wish you would have showed that it possibly what's inside
18 hundreds very possible. I lost two lives when people would have family members that have gone away toward just see or others people would have a place where somebody could be watching for somebody coming from somewhere even though it may be too far away to see there's oftentimes a place like that somewhere I've heard stories about this I don't know what it's called or anyting or possibly a place for remembrance of that family member that would be gone or otherwise if anyone has any links to stuff like this or Wikipedia please let me know. It's also the kind of a long lines of The Widow's walk as well which was a little porch like thing around egg last in the area at the top of my house yo it was a way of looking off into the distance from what I understand but this is just for people that have been around a very long time much longer than I have so I don't know if this is true or not all this is from that and people that lived in Old homes that I've known so it's word of mouth so cannot confirm but just best guess on all of this include my previous comments as well. Hope this could shed some light on things as well.
At 7:23, I think the wallpaper is beyond hideous but I love the corner clock with the shelves. There's some amazing items in that place. The wagon wheel light fixture is absolutely beautiful. I was on eBay the other day looking for that exact type. Man, you find some awesome items left behind in the abandoned places. Thumbs up!!
Next time give me a ring, ill grab it for ya haha
Thank you so much for your adventurous channel, and thanks for taking us along subscribed !!👍
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The top (2nd floor stairway) was blocked by a mattress to keep heat downstairs in the winter. Many people do this- sometimes with a door or trapdoor on the stairway. When the 2nd floor is unused- no use heating the upstairs. The last person to live there was probably taken away in the winter, or did not have the strength to remove the mattress and only lived downstairs.
mrsgupta or trying to keep rats and cats out I am sure a cat got that rat.
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Assuming she was a grandmother, I just can't believe her children and grandchildren would let the memory decay like that. When my grandparents died, we all went through everything reverently and with dignity, not just left it there to rot.
TJ P I can believe it. My sister is that way. Our mom really loved grandma stuff and it meant a lot to her. As a result I ended up with pretty much everything. Like my nephees 2 year old handprint. He's in college now but his mom doesn't really want it back. So it's mine now.
I'm obviously keeping that but I would like to get rid of all the antique China that doesn't have sentimental value. Instead of shoving it into storage like my mom.
you obviously come from a good family which makes me jealous I would love to have a close-knit family who actually cared but my family is useless basically
TJP- That was wonderful for you to respect your Grandparents the way you did. I wish more people were like you.
Al Martini uummm I have a lot of my great grandmothers hand painted China. Obviously I'm keeping it but if it was worth enough I might sell a few pieces. My grandmother her daughter was a famous Western artist. Grandma had paintings in the Tulsa airport at one time. I believe her mother was also a professional. I wish I had gotten their painting talent but my talents lay in crafting things and drawing fishies that would suit only a toddler.
My grandmother was Eloise Schellstede and her mother was Carol Rees.
I really do need to go through my wall of boxes. I have things that while probably not worth too much but still too good to throw away or even give away.
A lot of the time you can't get what the glass pieces are actually worth because only a few people buy them. So just to get rid of things I'm usually willing to sell at a resellers price.
I'm disabled and unable to actually work so I'm starting to try to find ways to make just a little extra money when possible. I've recently bought 2 pairs of men's bearpaw work boots for 89¢. Maybe a few paint splatters. Nothing a construction guy would care about. I plan to resell around $20 give or take.
But unlike a lot of my family I'm unwilling to keep things just because they might make me money in ten years.
So if they don't sell then I will donate them. $80 shoes for 89¢ was too cheap to pass up.
The sentimental stuff stays though.
Oh and it was Half Off of Half Off Name Brand Clothing.
Wonderful store. Tons of sales every week and everything is at least 75% off. I plan to hit it up more often for stuff to resell.
You just have to watch for damage or stains or manufacturing errors.
But otherwise great. Including bigger sizes. I got my goose down long trenchcoat for $40 I stead of $180. Still working great years later. Although I could do without the feathers shedding.
Amazing house, very sad it's left in this state!!!! thank you for this video session, it's really cool!! cheer's!
This is my favorite thing to do, but I don't live in an area that has abandoned houses or buildings. I love your channel. This is a museum of a mid-century house and Americana.