Abandoned Collapsing 1970's Mansion - Multiple Classic Cars left
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- čas přidán 7. 05. 2020
- Vacated in 1973, sits a property first inhibited in the 1800's . Scattered across the vast property are tokens of the past, old American cars, and outdated technology. Most places that become abandoned are simply forgotten , but today we document the history as it still stands to tell a story. Other than that, there's simply no other clues how this magnificent mansion was left behind. Use the video as a guide and comment what you think may have happened here! If you enjoy leave a thumbs up and subscribe for more exploring videos! and most importantly, have a good day.
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I live really close to Winderbourne Mansion. From what I gathered from it, it was built in 1884 by a union civil war veteran who was a DC lawyer who built the house for his family. The house was painted bright pink with a dark rose trimming for the family’s love for flowers and gardening. The family was made up of the father, mother, and three children. All three of the children caught typhoid fever and 2 of them died. The mother committed suicide in the stairwell. Later on, a new family moved in, and they hired a babysitter for their child. The child died after sliding down the wooden railing and died when they hit the floor. The place has a tragic history
Btw it’s in Germantown, Maryland
Get this comment up to the top because everyone wants to know this info. House looks the part.
Thank you so much for sharing the tragic story of this incredible house... I felt right away how much it was loved, the colors you said it was validated my knowing. It did for the deep sorrow I felt that came rushing in immediately after that...
This house and history need to be saved honored and remembered so it can feel proud and loved once again. Together and healed 🙏💔🌹💒
Thank you for sharing
That's so sad....do you know anything about the most recent family?
Thanks for the info !!
Those cars were once someone's pride and joy. The Impala's stood out right away.
I was once someone's pride and joy.
The black impala with the red interior was an awesome car my grandfather had one like it except it was 63 with red interior and white on the outside
Obviously they weren't...lol
@Crystina Walls; Time marches on. Time is neither a friend to anything nor anybody.
@Crystina Walls don't you know a tongue in cheek remark when you read one.
Apparently, this house was abandoned in 2004, someone lived here until they died that year. Some of the things left behind date to as late as the early 1990s. But although this house may have only been officially abandoned for 16 years, it was probably decaying long before that. A historic building survey said it was in "fair" condition in 1974, on a scale of "excellent", "good", "fair", "deteriorated", and "ruins". Today it would be considered "ruins".
If the building had still been in good shape at the time of its abandonment, chances are it would still be structurally intact - and restorable with some significant effort, maybe on the good end of "deteriorated". I've seen numerous buildings abandoned far longer than 16 years that were of similar build quality to this one and were in much better shape.
Here's what I think happened, and this is a common theme that happens to far too many houses. The house becomes aged and "worn out". With significant restoration, it can be brought back to its like-new condition. But with this house, that clearly never happened. All the while the owner was aging, and with age comes much less energy you can put into the upkeep of your house. Sad, really. Only the essential maintenance is done, and the house is sometimes in nearly in an unlivable state by the time the owner passes. Add 16 years of no maintenance at all and no climate control and you see what we have here.
February 28, 2021 3:50 am
Several ppl died in it.!! 3 children and the mother
Whoa I see you all over because of you I bought an 8th gen Accord and it saved my life so thank you!
The literal textbook defnition of what people think most abandoned things look like:
lmao yes
4 rag top cars, the two Impala's side by side are manual shift, a 4 spd and a 3 on the tree! Someone loved their top down cars!
Life is too short to be riding around in a hard top
That 4 speed is worth restoration
And the one he said was a pontiac, kis a 1973 Buick
I seen that to I would love to own them rare manual rag top I wonder what motor that have big block maybe would be really nice
drfalcon4102 yep looks like a a Buick centurions
Imagine having to leave your entire life behind like this.. I can’t even throw away my toys I had when I was a child, I can’t even think about having to rush out my house and never come back. I hope the owners did good and their souls are at peace.
Agreed i have a doll my mom gave me when i was 9 or 10
Well your lucky.
I got 2 burgled, a d what they didnt want they destroyed!
Probably an older couple that simply passed away. No kids or none than wanted the place.
It’s easy to throw your husband away🤣🤣
Bill L Not precisely. The State has a special right that states that any inheritance that is unwanted or can’t be passed to succesors becomes the State’s property. So the State would take care of these by maintaining or selling the properties.
It's nice to look around when the presenter has such a nice vibe happening, and he lets you look around.
John Watt 🙂👍
That WAS a gorgeous house at one time.
i felt very sad after seeing abandoned houses..😔.
once upon a time they are dream homes for those who lived there
Likewise
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Everything that exists will be gone someday.
The perfume is called Wind Song by Prince Matchabelli and dates to around 1970-71.. I remember seeing those heart shaped bottles when I was a little girl. I vaguely remember the TV commercial also.
Great info!
That's my mom's favorite perfume!
@@urbexwithkat9422 my Mom also
I was thinking that was a Wind Song bottle! My mother wore that perfume. I remember the ads on TV: "Your Wind Song stays on my mind". That perfume really did have a nice fragrance.
Reese Daniel I remember the commercials as late as the early 80’s. As I was only born in ‘78, I can recite the commercial still. So I know they ran as I was a kid.
Definitely gives me resident evil 7 vibes, I was half expecting Jack to pop up and chase you around haha 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
You have a great eye for cinematography. I also really appreciate that you don't try to be like the annoying CZcams culture like "Hey guys what's up!" So thanks for being genuine and just showing us around. I look forward to watching your other vids
Caminhar nas casas com esse piso assoalho muito perigoso muito velho pode machucar gravimente
@Chandros Evans It's not saying it, it's the cloned shrill: HEY GUYS! WHATS UP! ______ HERE. It's cool to have an intro, but I'm saying everyone does the saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame thing and they all sound the same and it instantly bores me when I hear that intro. The unoriginality is drab, that's why I appreciate this. :)
Yes, I couldn't agree with you more.
But a terrible eye for cars! I bet he drives a Prius 🤣.
Deloria hey I actually enjoy watching Ethan Minnie I Videos I don't think it really matters what they say and I think I just mainly watch videos such as these for the content everybody does their videos different doesn't mean that they're not good at what they do
Such a sad state to see this in. What a beautiful area to have a home.
Found your channel recently and have been on a serious watching binge. I love how you don't yell at the audience, have click bait, aren't overly talkative and don't make more of the video than it is. You show each location you visit in it's raw and true state. You are a breath of fresh air. Thank you for your videos.
This is my favorite "abandoned " type of channels
Seconded. Some of these exploration channels I think cater towards kids and are super loud & obviously fake. Love that I found this guy. Along with Proper People.
I bet that pool table was on the second floor, and caused the collapse as that slate is ridiculously heavy.
That could also explain why it's on its side.
This place was incredible, one of my top five favorite places I've ever been. I even have this as my profile picture LOL.
I wanted to do the attic, but I just didn't trust walking across it. The floor was bowing too far so I didn't chance it.
Awesome video man, and like you said always trust your gut. Better to be safe than to have something happen
Such a shame we let these beauties rot.
it's really sad letting these beautiful places go to waste, but there's a strange beauty in decay
People vandalizing those old houses certainly doesn't help either. At one point that place probably could have been saved, it's too far gone now.
heyoka walker n
You absolutely right....the people must preserve the memory of those unfortunate. ....who lost their daughters . before them ....so sad
@@heyokawalker197 When we do New Wave Urbex smash genre exploring, we bust the absolute crap out of places like this. It's an artform. Our signature move is taking toilets and sinks and smashing them in the stairwell.
Such A Beautiful Place
Urbex And Chill cool to see you here friend small world lol
@ Urbex and Chill 💯
What state are you in? And the nearest town near by? Chat with the locals, they probably can give you some history. Would love to know the history.
To think that the cars, the house and everything in it was once something desirable. It's hard to imagine when it was new but I'm sure it was a home that people looked at and fantasized about.
3 of the cars are still highly sought after especially in the lowrider world, the first car shown is a 63 impala, the black with red is a 62 impala, and the blue one is a 65 impala.
What a place that once was! I am a car guy and what an utter shame that so many classics were left to rot like that. Great video dude
The question I have - why would all those cars be scattered about the property like that ? Surely the home's owners would
not have scattered them about but what could be a plausible explanation ?
I bet this house was gorgeous during it's time, cool find
Heidi Allen agreed
Great footage, it took guts though. I was scared for you with every step, glad you didn't get hurt.
Rebecca Lucas - yes...sometimes your touring scares me more than the video itself.
Please take someone with you on these excursions, and wear a hard hat and protective boots.
Love these old places too!
Val Identity I also love exploring old places.
I love exploring abandoned buildings, especially houses.
The people who lived there apparently loved their Chevy IMPALAS!!!!!!! The red car was a BUICK Centurion.
Pardon me but could someone please pass me the Gray Poupon!!!!
That 65 is still pretty straight.
Jeeves, pass the man in the Bentley the Grey Poupon!
I wouldn't want Gray Poupon, or any other color poupon my sandwich.
Actually,I believe it was a Pontiac Catalina.
I'd sure love to haul off all those cars, and salvage what I could off them. Engines, transmissions, chrome, etc.
Very fitting to find a Grey Poupon jar outside of an abandoned mansion.
I would love to know the backstory of this.
@ericj305 you don't have to watch it, read the comments
@@sarahcraver6513 Crazy, after watching that video from 4 years ago, I saw a bunch of stuff that had been moved around to different spots in this video, like the gunpowder solution bottle and the typewriter.
@@Ty-fc7ml thanks for this!
Those first 3 cars are Chevy Impalas!!! Two of them are 62’ or 63’ and the other one is a 65’.
Tyce dude you got the hook up, i may go nibble and make an offer.... with these times negotiating is getting easier
The overall look of this exceptional design, makes me think it was someone of “power” that originally owned this. On the water, acreage, and extreme close to train tracks. All of which point towards big money. Fantastic explore my friend, thank you so much for taking us on this epic journey 💯🤘
I love the outside American porches I think they have simelour in canada as I have old family pucturez of Canadian relatives
Omg is it all made of wood? Not good in hurricane weather or a fire 😮
Close to the train tracks is a big negative. At least it is nowadays. You can't sell a house if it's too close the train tracks. Nobody wants to hear the noise.
Reese Daniel it’s actually not that noticeable. My parents live next to the highway and next to the highway is loading trains. You really don’t notice after a while. Until someone points it out then we notice. Haven’t lived with them in years and I still don’t notice the noise.
@@rubyaceves5122 My parents lived next to a major road, everything I would visit I could still switch off to the noise. You literally didn't notice it anymore.
it must have been a beautiful home at one time a truly wonderful old place . On a lake and just wonderful design why did not someone come and save it. Thank you for showing us.
I can never get enough of the naked weathered wood houses and this one's a real beauty. The Good Housekeeping magazines were ironic considering the condition of the house. Nicely shown.
Magazine? What's that🤔. I only vaguely remember what those are 😄
At 4:27 my Grandpa owned this type of vehicle. It looks like a 73' Buick Centurion.
Awesome video too. Lots of cool history in this one. :)
Wish we could have explored this about ten years ago. What magnificent home it once was.
Saw this house from clopper Rd a couple of weeks ago, and read an article about it. Looks like it's actually being resurrected. Having been in it, this is stunning. The house looked all but collapsed a year ago.
Thanks for always showing us the furnitures and actually focusing on them for a few seconds
The home looks early 1900 to me, and it looks to me like perhaps the elderly inhabitants passed away and family got what had sentimental value and left the remainder. The perfume bottle was a perfume called White Shoulders. My grandmother only wore that scent and to this day when I smell someone wearing I get a little teary.. I would LOVE to seen this home before it fell into such disrepair. I bet it was a stunning home especially on the hill overlooking the lake below. Without being able to actually see the farm equipment I can’t tell you for certain what it was. It was not a yard mower. It was likely either a hay rake or cultivator from the mid to late 1800’s. I grew up playing in my grandparents old barn in the midst of tons of old equipment enjoyed your video it was my first of yours. I have subbed and look forward to more
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I love how the sound of the breeze and the birds have taken over. Great explore! Love your stuff 👏
It looks like a giant put his hand through it. I love the tower! What a great place to live as a child! Can you imagine the games we would play? ♥️
Yeah, like "Take your pills and cough up a lung".
who else saw that person walking after talking about mowing the lawn around 4 mins
I figured he was with him.
@zehvz explorers always have someone with them. He was with him
Eevee usually, yes it is a good thing to have at least two people or more. 🙂
Yeah he was the gardener.🤣
Your stills are incredible and get better in each video . Thankyou for all you do and all of the hard work that goes into producing these films. Keep traveling and inspiring us all!!!
helmet and steel toe boots. Let me say that again, helmet and steel toe boots. Serve as an example. With that sad, extraordinarily beautiful awesome priceless videos.
Imagin how nice it was about 40 years ago and it probly needed lots of work back then
Must have been a really beautiful house back in the 1970’s. Would love to know what happened. Thank you for sharing this
Check this out, you might find a bit of what you’re looking for in the link.
mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Montgomery/M;%2018-10.pdf
There is a link in another person comment which leads to the history of this house. Very interesting
Adrians Ideas link has accurate documentation of this home.
insane. watched this channel grow and grow from almost the beginning and what i see now is mind blowing. always loved your work dude and i always will! by far my favourite and don’t stop doing what you’re doing! love from the uk 🇬🇧
HockeyHorns UK 👋
Seems like they left in a hurry , creepy
Nah, got old, got tired, family abandoned.
Need a drone to go into the unsafe upstairs if possible would be cool.
Thanks for trespassing and bringing us this awesome content.
Very cool! You find the best places to explore! I would loved to have seen this gorgeous house back in it's day.
Cheri Gibson me too! 🙂
The wheel that was buried by nature was more than likely what I call a hay rake.
LOVE these old abandoned dwellings....if walls could talk! You do an amazing job with the exploration. Stay safe and keep exploring!
Keep it up man!
Your videos have a very original style
5:52 the grey mower is late 80's or early 90's. Blue one is early to mid 80's. One on the far left has to be late 70's. 3 Impala Convertibles of different years and a Buick convertible... betting this person worked for or managed/owned a dealership.
Or just had an interest in old cars??
Gray Olsen Those cars would’ve been new at the time someone lived there... oddly specific, 3 full size GM convertibles, is guess dealership worker or maybe GM employee.
Would love to look through some of those old magazines,be nice to see the styles of the time.
There are some scans of these magazines available online and also physical copies on ebay. Price: $5 to $15
Lady Tron same here
I'd guess this place was abondoned in rhe 80's. The small TV(not the one in a wooden cabinet)in one of the rooms looked straight from the 80's. Such a shame that place was left to rot away. Good vid 👍
This is a perfect example of we can only enjoy we don't take nothing with us once we pass on 😊
I love your videos man, makes my freakin day!❤️
i loved ur dp baby..so sexy
Thank you for another breathtaking Video 🖤 I'm not quite sure, but the mansion looks familiar to me. Maybe I've seen it on another Channel. But it's interesting to see how it looks today.
But still I'm sad that such a gorgeous house is left behind. Must have been looked so beautiful in the 70's.
In my opinion, it's a farm house of wealthy people.
Thank you Devin 🙏you're awesome
I have scene it to on another channel.
There is something familiar about this house. I've seen it before or one remarkably similar in one and maybe two other videos. The house I'm thinking of had on one side of the structure what appeared to be a barn door or a door that might have been used on a commercial building such as a garage or warehouse. The door looked very much out of place on the side of a house. I wonder if that door was part of this house but in a section that has since collapsed.
It was actually a summer/getaway home for a couple in Washington
What an amazing place. I love the old 1960s TV in the living room and the missing wall. Super neat!
Terrific video-loved seeing all the stuff.Cant wait till next month,in a couple weeks,when I order more tabloids and magazines and memorabilia for my collection.
If this house was built in the 70's, I'll eat my shoe. Maybe that was the last time anyone lived there, but I'd ballpark its birth around 1910
You can tell by how the walls were constructed. In the 70s they started using 2x4 and drywall. Not those small wooden pieces behind the plaster.
You can tell by the doors it was built in the 1900s
He said it was built in the 1800s.
it always astonishes me how things like this happen. especially with houses that were abandoned as early as the 1970s like- if it were still the 1800s and the whole family died or something okay then yeah maybe but in the 70s???? why didnt any family friends come and clean it out, why wasn’t it resold/rented. what happened to the family???? why was everything just left like that. it’s so fascinating. one day there was breakfast freshly made on that table, children running around, the dad working on a car out back. and the next day boom everyone was gone????? bruh- idky i love this kinda stuff so much but i do 😭
CZcamsRS OUT OF CONTEXT 🙂👍 I agree
CZcamsRS OUT OF CONTEXT n
Can't get enough of your vids man!
Awesome video dude 😎
Greetings from the uk 🍻
You could use one of the address labels on the magazine's to research the owners and what happened to them
I can smell it! In my imagination, that is. I absolutely love to explore old places. But, please stay safe, and don't go alone, just in case. Thanks for sharing that cool house!
Coffee Holic - same here, love exploring old houses!!! I just filmed one today, but couldn’t go in... there was a No trespassing sign. 😕 Love your channel name! 👍
Wonderful job! Thanks for bringing the past to us!🙌😎
My grandparents bought a mid 1800s Victorian home here in Nor Cal in the late 1970s. While renovating the home my grandpa found 8 old jars of gold nuggets & flakes that had been stashed into a false floor . The gold weighed over 230 oz in total and he sold it in 1980 when gold spiked to almost $600 per oz. and it was over $ 120,000 . And $120,000 was big bucks in 1980
This place must have been really impressive at one time, it's still pretty cool.
randi I agree 🙂👍
Before this video started, there was an advertisement about ball hair trimmers lol. Anyways, I loved the video. Going to places, it really makes you wonder on why they're abandoned and how they came to be.
That was a BEAUTIFUL house in it's day. Sad to see it so far gone. Cool exploration. Thanks for bringing us along.
Know what i like about this channel. This guy has respect and class.
Beautiful American Cars 👍🇺🇸👍
Looks like norman bates mansion
Almost exactly.
NO looks like King Diamonds album cover of them
I was thinking Herman Munster and family would of used it for a vacation home
True
His mother's ye mean, the rockin chair still creeks..
Just found your channel tonight I love these kind of videos and you have a very calming nature and vibe just figured I’d let you know to keep up the good work!
What A Find ! An Impala Jack Pot ! Looks like A Couple 62 Impalas and A 65! WoW !
Wow amazing find
Red car is a 73 Buick Centurion the first 2 are a 65 Chevy Impala convert and a 62 Impala, all very valuable cars
went it restore not like that still interested look at 65 impala not bad shape the first impala look ok
and buick take one restore it cost
80 thousand don't know it far gone
Has a 70's vibe to this place. Old houses are so much work. I spent 4 1/2 years working on my last one, built 1900. Moved into a more modern 1905 now 😄.
Great filming! This property has got to be the creepiest. Music is so beautifully haunting.
Nice explore... glad you didn't risk ur safety keep exploring and stay safe ✌️
He’s doing a good work, so beautiful. Hope you are doing great with your family Nadine?
@@richardwilliam9944 im great thank you...hope you are as well!
4:12 Really feels like Resident Evil 7’s Baker family farm lol
Tanner George lol
2 Chevy impala's , one Chevy Chevelle and a Buick century! All classics left behind to deteriorate like the house. What a crying 😢 shame. Thanks for sharing!.
Thanks dude. Its amazing.
Need to know more
great explore, must've been a beautiful place back in its day, would 've loved to have seen the upstairs but yeah, follow your gut,,, catch ya on the next one
Jeff Semancik , I would have loved to see it before.
I would love to have that house and fix it back up.it would take a lot of work. Good video buddy 👍
Your channel and videos are well done. Thank you!
Great video! Cool , calm and collective video work.
Wow! That would have been a fab beautiful house back in the day. It would have made a fortune as an hotel. Cant you find out some background history on it please and post it here ? Love your video, thankyou 🇬🇧
It makes me so mad that beautiful houses like this are just left to ruin
I feel the same way about the cars.
A great find, & thanks 👍.
Incredible! "Shut up train" LOL!! Love the stairs and magazines.
Excellent content, as always!
One of the coolest exploration video's I've seen so far.. Can't really pin-point why.. The style probably though.. Good that you did not go further. I was worried already.. I have fallen through a wooden floor once into the foundation spaces of an old wearhouse and was lucky to land on my feet. Someone had to hack away the remaining rotten floor to get me out safely. Take care!
I Love - wow
@@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 Yeah it was a really weird experience: One second your talking to someone's face, the next your talking to their feet, "still" standing. Feels pretty vulnreble too when someone is standing there above you with an axe after you dropped through the floor.. I didn't really realize what his plan was at first when he came back with an axe.. Haha.. I had a slight internal panic for a moment I can tell you!!
If you see a floor that is rotten or looks like it is shifting from water damage or termites - don't walk right across the middle. Hug the wall and skirt around the perimeter (BUT DO NOT LEAN ON THE WALL EITHER - especially if it's brick!). Floor joists are strongest at the point they are connected to the exterior or load bearing walls, and the wall is being held by the entire framework of the house. The walls usually always stay standing after the floor has long rotted away.
Those cars are from the sixties. Except for maybe the reddish one that's near the house that looks like it's from the 70s. It's a shame that a big old lovely house like that would just fall to ruins. And that staircase was absolutely beautiful . The rooms were huge in that house. You know if you have the address to this place you can go to Historical Aerials and put the address in and sometimes the date goes back as far as 1957 and you can actually see the property. And I loved the red velvet patterned chair, the furniture reminds me of stuff from the 60s and 70s from when I was growing up. Even the product containers. And those cars were brand-new at one time. Makes me feel old. And it is definitely good idea to be very careful I'm glad you did not proceed further. Oh yeah and that perfume is definitely from the seventies called Windsong and there was a commercial " I can't seem to forget you-your Windsong stays on my mind."
The old Chevys were classic. Wonderful to see the old yard and home and think about the people whose lives it touched. As for short, your video got to the point, many only waste time. I give it ten thumbs up!
3:58 HOLY GUACAMOLE SASQUATCH!!
A hoard of "good housekeeping" magazines and a mountain of dirty dishes.
Can you say "irony"?
I hope that you wear work boots when walking in such littered old areas. Love your work.
I think he knows how to do is work, so cool. Hope you are doing great with your family Linda?
That was an awesome adventure. Thanks for sharing
Good Housekeeping magazines, it looks like somebody quit keeping house.
That looked like it was a great property. Who was there and why they left is a strange mystery
Wow..that's one big old house. (view from outside)
I remember having the old floor model TVs. ( I'm old)
Imagine it was a beautiful place back in the day, would be great to see pictures of it.
A great video..thanks for sharing it. Be careful & stay safe.
Awesome video sir, cool cars and old artifacts looks like house was probably left in early 70s , the old late 60s floor model Tv etc. love the video , love seeing old homes