Former West Virginia Governor’s ABANDONED MANSION! *It was unbelievable inside*
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- čas přidán 5. 01. 2024
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Welcome to 2024! For our first video of the new year we explored the home of former West Virginia state governor Hulett C. Smith.
Smith and his family lived in a four-story Colonial Revival-style residence that was built in 1953. Smith was the second Beckley-area resident to be elected governor serving a four-year term 1964-1968.
Following Smith’s death in 2012, the property was acquired by West Virginia’s current governor Jim Justice. The mansion continues to sit vacant deteriorating with time to this day. - Zábava
Why do people (aka punks) feel the need to destroy and graffiti these houses. What a waste of a once beautiful house. 😔
They have no manners and no pride about themselves and no self respect, and no respect for others belongings.
Because they are punks
funny you made this comment. My wife and I were watching this video and I said the same thing several times.
Well let's see. So mom and dad now have to work full time just to pay taxes and regulations to a corrupt system, so dad is no longer around because mom found somebody else that makes more money and divorced dad because he was always working. But you assholes want to fight each other instead of overthrowing your oppressors. So here we are and here we'll stay....
See how that works????
I'm from Spencer WV. I was at that house about 40 years ago. It was beautiful back then. I'm so disappointed seeing this place ran down like this
I wish I could have seen it back then
This is heartbreaking. I’m from WV I don’t understand why the state or the county didn’t restore this place before this happened and turn it into a museum or community center and really restore it for the greater good and had grants coming into this place and for the property it truly upsets and disgust me seeing this and the house really isn’t all that old a true shame seeing this. So horrible 😢 thanks for sharing this ❤️👍👍
You’re welcome! And I can’t believe that it is only 70 something years old so it did not last long
I had been in that house 1 million times when Governor Smith lived there. It was beautiful and very well maintained. It’s a shame what these people have done to it.
Makes me so sad :(
It's more of a shame that it's his surviving family let the house deteriorate the way it has. I've been in the house as well, I was a friend of his 2 sons (sorta). I remember this beautiful Hammond organ ( it was the console version of the B3, IIRC) in the lower level. I don't think anyone played it.
this house is right up the street from me and ive always wondered what it looked like inside. thanks so much for the video 🤘🏻
@@abbiegreen817 we are so glad you enjoyed our video!! Thank you for watching!!
I have a hard time wandering why these houses are abandoned,no relatives,state won't step in🤔
What a dirty shame to destroy something so big and beautiful.
I went to school with his grandson, idk why this home was abandoned, he has family here. It was my uncle's orange house that sat right across from there that they moved to Dry Hill Rd, where cracker barrel is now. When I was little I used to hear my uncle talking about Mr. Smith, they had been friends.
Any backstory as to why the house was never sold or restored before vandals took over?
im born in Bluefield wv, if i ever got a million dollars ima definitely getting this place, in beckly
You really don't need the beats bro.😊
There is someone that was living there a little before you filmed this he was arrested not long ago for it. He’s one of the homeless people I know here In Beckley. We use to see him all the time at the gomart across the street. We live not far from that house
That is wild, I’m not surprised that someone was living there. It definitely makes sense
If that's the house that sits next to Harper Road in Beckley, I've driven by it many times. It's sad that it's empty and in that shape.
@@tracilynn3 that’s the same house for sure
Yes. This sits on Harper road. Shame it's gotten in such a state of disrepair
Great video, I added to my WV list 😃
You need to go soon before they tear it down!
@@AmericanXplorers Uh oh they are demolishing Duval pk-8 now you for got to visit 😮😢
@@user-ec8yk4iy6w where is that at?
@@AmericanXplorers oh no…I’m in New England 🙁 If you guys ever come up this way I can throw you some spots.
@@TheBlindPhotographer1 we sure will! We plan to visit there possibly this year
I will never understand why people feel compelled to demolish things.
I hate it because we lose all of the history and memories that come with it.
I feel they destroyed because it's of hate and it's definitely self-gratification for the wicked
Unfortunately it's actually because there's copper in the walls with the piping and everything else that will sell as "scrap" to get them money. It's not a hate thing, it's an opportunity at "free" money. Still sad, such a beautifully designed home.
j'adore
Its really not too far gone its just noone wants to save it
I agree! It would be a lot of work to get it going but would be absolutely worth it
IM A LIMEY IN THE UK . IM SURE CANADA & USA HAVE THE SAME HOMELESS PERSON PROBLEM AS US . WHY DONT GOVERNMENTS TAKE DERELICT BUILDINGS REFURBISH THEM TO A VERY BASIC STANDARD (DRY w POSS HEAT COMING FROM SOLAR PANELS) . SURELY THIS WOULD TAKE BODIES OFF THE STREETS ?
I have lived in homes built in 1920’s that looked better than that in WV’s coal fields.
We could not believe how poor of condition this place was in. We were very surprised
Williamson was furnace/a.c. unit cover
If it was built in 1954, it's 70 years old. That's the year I was born
Wow, you’re right!
What happened that they abandoned it?
How long has it been abandoned?
Several years now, possibly over a decade
im 10 min away lol
I got footage of this place from 3 years ago and never did anything with it it's a old house nothing special..and it wasn't that bad of shape .but obviously the local scumbuckets have destroyed it..
With the number of homeless people these days I'm surprised you don't run into more squatters
I know! We’ve only dealt with that a couple of times surprisingly
copper pipe for drugs!
It's a beautiful home. But I don't know how a governor could spend so much money on a house while his town is rotting. It's telling why the front of his house is facing away from the town below. He didn't even wanna look at his town. All that money could have been spent on a humble home and the rest towards funding the community and rebuilding and revitalizing the place. It explains why the house has been vandalized, probably a bunch of angry locals fed up with this hilltop monstrosity, a reminder of where their taxes went.
When he was Governor, the town was booming. The house was always surrounded by trees and noone could see it.
Don’t add your own graffiti!!!!
Would love to see this place restored to its former glory.
Great video yall.
Hope a great team comes through with some talented contractors and fixes it completely. Prayers 🙏👌 for the entire state of West Virginia actually.
Needs attention from the think tank specialists in America. Asap.
Prayers 🙏 really are important for the changes to begin. .in Jesus Christ Holy Name Amen immediately lift up West Virginia residents and families somehow amen 🙏 Lord God Almighty REBUKE SATAN OCCULT MEMBERS and REFRESH THE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO DEFINITELY TRYING TO HOLD IT DOWN.
AMEN YES MA'AM YES IMMEDIATELY AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.❤👌🙏😇🦁🇺🇸🐦⬛💯🆗😊⚡🤷🗣️🔨
Whats sad is taxpayer money more than likely funded this home and it sits empty.
Nothing extraordinary, landscape is NOT even pretty.
I disagree but everyone is entitled to their opinion. I think it’s a beautiful house.
Landscape lol???
Yeah and the driveway sucks too huh.
@@AmericanXplorers Was at 1 time, before the developers came in & offered big bux for land, to build malls, fast food places, stores & gas stations.
The landscape can be fixed so that it would be beautiful. Plant an orchard in the back of the home with maple and pine trees in the front of the house.
@@judypierce7028 so much potential with it