House Tour: 1897 Victorian Mansion
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We are so excited to share this treasure with you! The Pillow Thompson House 1897 is an amazing example of Victorian Queen Anne design.
This exquisite home is one of the finest examples of George Barber architecture in Arkansas. The plans were purchased from the Sears and Roebuck catalog, but the materials were sourced from the builders own lumber mills. The materials inside are gorgeous examples of Arkansas pine, oak and poplar. The transoms over the pocket doors have always contained burled wood, never glass.
This home stayed in the Thompson family until it was donated to the University of Arkansas Community College of Phillips county. The historic home has undergone an extensive restoration thanks to generous donations from donors, and now serves as a community event center and is open for tours Wednesday-Saturday from 10-4.
Hopefully if you ever come to see our Helen in Helena you'll stop in and say hello to tour guide Raymond and let him show you the splendor of the Pillow-Thompson historic home! www.pccua.edu/community/pillo...
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What a beautiful 😍 house!
An absolutely gorgeous house !
This house is gorgeous! Love the Queen Anne style. It is utterly amazing how they crafted these homes back in the day. They had style back then and things were meant to stand the test of time. Today's style is ordinary and boring. Give me the old days and an eye for detail any day over the modern styling! Love the show!
I totally agree. Homes were works of art back then. Now they are so cookie cuttwr
You're right about houses these days being boring compared to the way some houses were built back then. I loved a the woodwork in this house!
Well, the post WW2 " Baby Boom " and influx of soldiers returning to the US triggered an era of mass produced, cheaper housing. Ever since the 1950s, the standard "American dream" has been owning a cookie cutter suburban house with the white picket fencing, etc and the advent of the thirty year mortgage encouraged people to go into debt.
I so agree with you. You would love the little town of Ferndale in, California.
Totally agree
The house was built for $6,500 in the late 1800s economy. Today, you couldn't paint the front porch for $6,500.
That was probably like $6 million today lol!
@@shelynaemerald4676 type shi
Sadly, I doubt $1.2 million would get you anywhere close to the level of craftsmanship and quality materials that makes this house the stunner that it is. What an absolute GEM!!!💎
$6.500. Can you imagine? Sadly that wouldn't even be a down-payment on a house like this today ! Such elegance from a time long gone. Great tour! Cheers ✌ ❤
Well, money was worth more before the Fed.
$120,000.oo might replace that roof today.
Adjusted for inflation $6,500 USD in 1897 is worth $239,396.57 USD in 2023.
Still a great deal considering that today $239,396.57 in the San Francisco Bay Area would get you a 1,700 sq. ft empty lot, or part of a condo, or a collapsed 2 story home all in a neighborhood built over a former toxic waste dump with high crime rates.
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive but that 6.5k amount was hard to make. Easier to make 250k in modern times
@@mubaraksonaike Well, it depends.
I truly have been born in the wrong Era. My heart leaps every time I see something Victorian. I love all the videos you guys post and love all the restoration you do on your own houses. This house is truly where my spirit originated. Thank you again. Hope to see many more❤
I can't tell you how many times I've told people that I live in the wrong era as well. Queen Anne Victorian's just make me so happy!!
I think that sometimes, and then I remember about the bathroom situation and how terribly uncomfortable the clothes are. :)
Me too!!! I love everything about Victorian type homes!!
You know that certain paints would kill you right? Lol, I love the handiwork of the Victorian era as well, but I can't say I'm brave enough to live in that era.
Raymond did an informative tour of this house and brought up things about that specific time I wouldn't have known. Thank you Mr. Willy.
Hello Sylvia how are you doing today
It takes great patience and 💰 to restore a historical home. My hat goes off to those that embark on this journey.❤
I am really digging the lighter woodwork!! Gives off a much warmer vibe.
Finally, a beautiful house with rooms, hallways, and doors. Not just another warehouse.
Wow I don't think I've ever seen a more spectacular home than this one!! . . . Pretty sad that homes are no longer build with such craftsmanship anymore . . . That gold mirror 😍🔥 . . I need it ASAP 😂😂
I could listen to that man tell me stories of history for days lol
In really olden days, a fortress had a narrow entrance to keep out the enemy. This house is a fortress for the family. The interior is open and huge rooms are very inviting for the family and their invited guests.
That explains the somewhat lackluster entry through the front door. Thanks, did not know this!
Hello Evelyn how are you doing today
Victorian is not my personal taste, but this is beautiful. It is one of the few Victorian homes that did not creep me out. Maybe because the woodwork was a warm caramel instead of the dark mahogany you usually see. Also, the wallpaper was not overwhelming and was confined to a few rooms. Most of the walls were solid color and very calming and cozy. The tour and narration was excellent and made the whole place seem alive.
Oh my goodness this house is BEAUTIFUL!! As soon as I saw the outside I gasped and then the beauty continued on the inside! I'm not usually a fan of wallpaper but most of it in this house was really pretty. Especially in the parlor. I enjoyed the history of the house as much as the tour. I just wish we could've seen the bathrooms. Unless I just blacked out for a minute and missed it.
I liked the wallpaper at 15:00 little stars and wreaths I guess they are.
Very pretty. Not too keen on dark colors on walls.
I was hoping to see a bathroom as well, but only saw a sink/toilet... 🙄 21:26 😅
Of you want to see this house try going to West Helena Arkansas but be careful very dangerous city I'm from there but the historic homes are beautiful
Loved this tour. I had no idea Arkansas had such wealthy historic areas. Good to see restoration and continued use of an historic beauty.
Arkansas?! I'm from there!
Arkansas is where the wealthy traveled to for so called health resorts, Hot Springs, etc.
This house looks like half the houses in my town which are mostly now apartment buildings. Such a pleasure to see one intact and restored 🤗
I really like the exterior color scheme of this house. It’s very austere compared some other period color schemes. It really lets you focus on how all the decorative parts work together
I do too. Its lovely 👍
Exactly. It looks clean and new.
This Place is pure class. Just a stunning masterpiece. Back in these days, the builders were true craftsmen. How they did what they did is truly mind boggling. LOVE IT !!!!!
The importance of saving this historically, beautiful homes goes beyond words. This restored home is filled with magic that can't be truly reproduced now a days. Thanks for sharing it with all of us.
Wow, this one has all the bells and whistles. Loving these victorian home tours.
What a beautiful house!! He gives such a great tour too!
Thank you Phillips County College for this restoration. Having grown up in Helena, Arkansas, I know there are many more historic homes that need restoration. This was done with so much love.
How beautiful.... such a majestic home 🏡.... if only I could afford a lovely home of that magnitude... I adore Victorian homes ...
Such a grand place! I'm amazed that so much was the original items and craftmanship!! Just takes you back in time 💞🥰
Hello Sheila how are you doing today
The Beauty of Victorian Home's! No word's can describe its glory.
Amen
I grew up 1/2 block from the PT House and loved Francis and Josephine Thompson. This was a great tour of this beautiful home and Raymond is wonderful and did a fantastic job as tour guide with his wide knowledge of not only the house but also historic Helena. Love you Raymond.
Another fantastic home and tour. Can I just say, the chandelier wallpaper! 😍 I'm amazed at the amount of original pieces still in the home. Brilliant 👏 ❤🤍💙
We had the same exact piano when I was growing up and it is actually called an “upright baby grand“ because it is truly a baby grand that has been originally built as an upright piano.
Fabulous look at a home from our past, beautifully preserved/restored! Excellent guide provided much invaluable information.
When i was a teenager we lived near Bloomington IN and Bloomington had a lot of historical homes like these. I don't know really if they were victorian homes or what kinds of homes they were but i always wanted to live in one. I always thought they were beautiful! Also, so does some of the nice neighborhoods near Greenville South Carolina. They have similar designs and the round castle like rooms and rooftops. ❤
Holy smokes! Talk about love at first sight! 😍 That is one gorgeous house.
This home is absolutely beautiful. I would have liked to see a little more detail in the tour though.
Hello Vanessa how are you doing today
Raymond,
Thank you and you did a great job at keeping history alive. God bless bless you, Sir.
It's nice to get a historical snapshot of a upper-middle class[well-to-do] lifestyle. They weren't crazy-rich, like Vanderbilt rich.
Oh, you’re living my dream! I believe to have an old soul, and this Victorian mansion is just everything! Thank you for this incredible tour.
Thank you, Raymond, for sharing your knowledge with the public.
Love the house, the story and narration. It's all amazing.
Hello Sharon how are you doing today
So so beautiful.... To think it only cost $6,500 and was a kit home from Sears.... I'm in love with history and old homes....
It actually isn’t a Sears Kit house. This is a George Barber pattern book house. Sears sold the entire housing components beginning around 1912. George Barber mostly sold house plans.
In today’s money that would be $215,739.64
@@tylerbhumphries That's still pretty inexpensive.
@@VioletJoy Pretty Expensive??? I'd like to see anybody build that home today for under $12 million.
@@chrisgraham2904 I said "inexpensive".
Excellent tour. The gentleman from the College was very knowledgeable and interesting. Thank you.
Nice, loved it. Knowing the history and the people who lived in the house, and how and what they did in the past. It like stepping back in time and placing yourself there. 👍🙂
That light in the upstairs landing and the pink/reddish light in the sitting room, gorgeous!
This house is beautiful. I love hearing the history of the house, that made if even more special.
Hello Vicky how's the weather over there
Thank you Raymond Willie for the wonderful tour!
absolutely stunning!! so much History to this home.. I bet their spirits remain in this home..
It’s so neat, it looks like a doll house. Hard to believe it’s a real house in the beginning of the video!
Absolutely stunning. Only in my dreams 😍
Omg. This hour is beautiful. I love all the details. The funiture
What gorgeous house! So glad it was donated to the college so it can be kept up. Some of us can't understand why George would give up this house but each to their own taste.
They did mention there was restoration that happened after he donated it. So maybe he couldn’t afford the upkeep on the house. But that’s just a theory on my part
Wow, I absolutely love old homes 🙌🏻☀️
Beyond words ! Elegance,detailed,the carved wood, fireplaces,light fixtures , just breathtaking,l had to watch this 2 times in a row , and still didn’t see all the details, what a beautiful home to be renovated,how times have changed. I really enjoyed the video, and have an appreciation for the craftsmanship of this lovely home and property.
What a treat! From the exterior architecture to the interior architecture, to the history of the family and the history of the items in the house, this was a homerun!
Hello Heather how are you doing today
I think it was very well maintained👍👍👍
Absolutely STUNNING!
This is simply stunning.
Gorgeous! Very well maintained, the wallpaper is just beautiful❤
Now that’s beautiful
Thank you once again Laine & Kevin for bringing us this tour. Thank you Raymond Willy for guiding us on this tour, truly enjoyable. And thank you Phillips Community College and the community of Helena for restoring and caring for this wonderful structure that is a piece of our history. Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful home! It’s my favorite so far! This gentleman was the best with all his knowledge and facts of this home. Who knew they taxed closets?
I always watch on my tv but came to subscribe so I could comment.
Thanks again!
This is absolutely breathtaking!
What a stunningly beautiful home!!!
Oh my gosh! This is my dream home! It is just exquisite!! There is no other way to describe it!! Such beautiful details everywhere!! I’d love to see it in person some day! I’m so glad that they are maintaining it! Laine and Kevin, this has to be your best video yet! I learn so much from you! Thank you for sharing this beautiful home!!!
Love, love, love this house
Love the radiator food warmer!
Could have used those in the house I grew up in.
I drove by this house everyday when I worked in Helena, 1970-1985. I was born in Helena and lived there til 1990. Love these old homes.
I loved the tour through the house. When the gentleman opened the closet door and showed the lady of the houses clothes I cried thinking about her. It must have been wonderful growing up in that beautiful house. I loved her bedroom the most. It looked just like a bedroom that I would love to sleep in if I lived there. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful house. Thanks to the people who donated to restore it.
What a beautiful treat! Thank you so much! I get so excited each time I get a notification from you guys!
Exquisite example of Queen Anne architecture so beautifully restored! Thanks for sharing!
I love Victorian homes, furniture, decor! This home is gorgeous! 💖
There is a gorgeous George Barber house in Knoxville not far from us, it was almost lost but fortunately I think it has been saved.
Thank you so much ! Beautiful home with a great tour guide. Curiosity Stream sounds awesome. Going to check it out.
Thank you Julie! And yes, seriously Curiosity Stream is literally all we watch these days!
Gorgeous, they don't make house's like they use to.Wow this house is so lovely, who wouldn't want to live there!
That wooden door❤😮
What an exquisite work of art this home presents. Thanks so much for sharing these beautiful homes with us.
Hello Dianes how are you doing today
I am in love with it!!❤
I Love this house it is a beautiful example of the time period and it is so light and airy, just cozy like a warm hug.
Victorian house always have a special place in my heart
Beyond my dream house!!!!!!
Beautiful house; thanks for sharing! And I'm glad it's one we can visit in person--I've added it to my bucket list.
Let me try to get this straight. This is a Sears house? Or at least a Sears house plan? Four bedrooms upstairs? And was the attic space for storage, or were there functioning rooms up there as well? It truly is a beautiful home!
No. The attic had no additional rooms.
It is a George Franklin Barber home.
It's one of George F. Barber's plans from what I know
George Barber sold his plans through a catalog. Just like today, you got detailed floorplans and a materials list but you (or your contractor) had to buy the materials. I have a reproduction book of many of his plans and almost always recognize a Barber house here or on Instagram. I really love the Barber houses, they are gorgeous!
@@christinef7739 yeah Barber is definitely one of my favorite architects from that era
What a beautiful house
Well renovated. I can see this home being used as a movie set.
Great tour & bits of history!!! Thank you!
Thank you so much, Raymond for an insightful tour!
It was incredibly generous to donate this beautiful home but I have to say, I don’t think I could have done that
Wow what a beautiful home, just stunning!!!
I know the past was not all fantastic.
But is it now ???
With some positive changes I will with my eyes closed go back in those times and live there .
I'm in a era that I cannot relate too.
Sure being poor is tough in any era but with some money not much ill live in the past any any Day.
The poetry, the laces ,florals , balls , writing letters, Fountain pens, Tea times ...take me to those days.
Thank God someone is covering these beautiful houses.
It breaks my heart in other channels when they breakdown these vintage homes to.make boring museum like contemporary houses which has no class ,dignity Or style....
Wow what an amazing house, and a big thank you to Raymond for a very knowledgeable tour.
Gorgeous Lady she is! I love the tortes (?) Beautiful woodwork. Saddened by the stained glass windows upstairs missing I take it not keep to restore. Josephine and well the whole family seem quite the people of their time! Great tour
I grew up going to Helena, AR for the summer to visit my grandparents. Helena is gorgeous for sure. I’m thinking of buying a home there.
Happy to see that a treasure of a property survived. Bravo 👏🏿
I love you two, I say it every time and I mean it every time❣
I don't have cable TV because I can no longer afford, but Curiosity Stream sounds like the perfect solution! As always, thank you!
And Arkansas is definitely inching up to the top of my list!! This is just fantastic!
We seriously LOVE IT!!!!!! I can ALWAYS find something fascinating to watch
For so much house every space seems warm and cozy and inviting. The wallpaper is choice and the honey brown moulding is superb. Gorgeous abode and Nice tour.
What a great tour and tour guide! Can we talk about the light fixtures? Lord have mercy. Were the bathrooms gorgeous, too? So great of the community to come together to restore such a beautiful home and for the family to donate it to the college. Isn't Helen part of the Pillow family? Aren't you, Laine, related to the pillow family? I feel like that was something you discovered when you were going through the process of getting Helen.
Oh my God what a lovely this house..what a very smart people there at the time..they build this house..complex and very beautiful house design🌹❤️
The millwork inside is stunning thank God its not painted.
I thoroughly enjoy all of your wonderful videos, and this one is absolutely exquisite! The fantastic tour guide, beautiful matching background music, and most of all, the camera work is creative and stunning at the same time. What a wonderful presentation! Thank you!
What a wonderful compliment! Thank you!
Beautiful. I did miss your architectureal descriptions for this one.
What a beautiful home! Thanks for sharing.
We stayed in such a home in Augusta ga a Queen Ann style home we had the entire house to ourselves. And it was so nice. The furniture and wallpaper and stairs case were beautiful the beds in the house details if the past the fire place. It was simply an enchanting atmospheric.