Stunning Grand Forgotten 150 year old Doctors Mansion Up North in New Jersey
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- čas přidán 22. 02. 2023
- Beautiful Italianate Mansion built in the late 1800’s around 1865-1870 towards the end of the Civil War. The house has lived many lives and was actually a funeral home in the early 1900’s then eventually became a doctors office which closed its doors around 2007. Sadly this house has some major roof damage and will most likely end up torn down. Sad fate for a beautiful house. Glad to have documented it on film and pictures so it can live on in some way. Thanks for watching
It hurts my heart to see this gorgeous home in such a deteriorating state.
Awwww, I love that Ruby was so concerned with the cat. I would be the same way. ☺️. I also share her love of old wallpaper 😂
WOW What a stunner. I cannot believe this one has been left to decay. What an absolute shame. Thank you Kappy
I have a feeling this Doctor was an OBGYN. Back in the day people had to pay out of pocket. I get a feeling he did everything there. Explains all the rooms and bathrooms. It must have been a beautiful family home before it was redone. Stay safe.
Hey Kappy and Ruby! What a massive place! Would love to see the original layout before it got chopped up. Still many awesome features. Be careful on those sketchy floors. Thanks for the look at this amazing place. Stay safe! ✌️
I wish we could have seen this before the doctors got to it. She was once magnificent.
2007 isn't very long ago. It's amazing how quickly the house has deteriorated.
Cats can fall from pretty high heights and they still land on their feet. Thank you both for showing us this wonderful house!
Some may not like it, but I love it when old houses are used for doctors’ offices. My old doctor’s was one. Just enough changed to be functional. The waiting room was in the front parlor with a fireplace. The kitchen was actually their lab. The bathroom was 1940s still with the tub. Old creaky hardwood floors. It was awesome. He passed but the building is still being used. Prob from 1880s or 90s. Check your DM. ❤
I can tell you from experience that it will take a VERY LARGE pile of money to fix that house. The house we bought was not in that bad of shape but it has taken lots of money to fix it AND we bought the old stuff to fix it the way it was. We couldn't afford to pay someone so it has been 13 years and we are still not done. Good job on finding this one Kappy !!!!
That must have been a beautiful home! I have heard that homes on the coast that would have those towers, they were called widows peaks. After the wife’s husband went to sea, she would go there and watch for his return! Thanks Ruby and Kappy!
It's such a shame to see a beautiful house go to waste it was still active in 2007 why didn't they keep up the maintenance it's a beautiful house it could have became a beautiful apartment building or somebody is nice mansion beautiful
Poor house, water in the basement is a death knell. The grey stuff on the upstairs floor where the ceiling collapsed is old insulation. Great video, hi Ruby!
Kappy & Ruby, I am afraid the black mold, fungus, fetid water, and blackish grey asbestos would have left me in severe anaphylactic shock. Beautiful bones, but man that house is headed straight for eventual destruction. Honestly it reminds me of a Spanish Revival Medical Clinic I went to when I was between the ages of 6 to 17 in Long Beach, California. It was built sometime around 1910 to 1925, and was torn down decades ago. It had areally primitve intercom system, and eletrical system, but it was a cool old place. When I was around 6 we used to go to this huge mansion in Buena Park, Calfornia that was called Murray Manor, where the enire mansion and grounds were converted from a sprawling mansion near Beach Blvd, into a showcase furniture store. It was insane how beautiful that place must have been when it was built sometime around 1910 in the middle of the orange groves and dairy farms that existed prior to 1959. Love Ya Both, and thank you so much Kappy & Ruby. Tell ya what, you both got guts!
Thank you Kappy and Ms. Ruby for another awesome tour. When are you guys getting married ? You seem to make a great team.
What an awesome house. Bet it was absolutely beautiful once upon a time.
Oh Wow! What a beauty 🫶before the remodeling. The outside looks humongous 😮. It would be so cool to hang out in the widow’s peak during a thunderstorm.
Wow, what a mysterious beauty. It's a shame it had to get to this condition.
The town should save this house!!💜
That was some scarey infrastructure in that basement (and elsewhere). Says it all why that once beautiful old house was abandoned. The cost of retrofitting a house that large, plus the maintenance, would be staggering. Shame though, before it was butchered, then neglected, it must've been a grand place. Thanks for the tour. Nicely done.