Victoria Mansion Tour (recorded 10/28/20)
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- čas přidán 29. 10. 2020
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Victoria Mansion, A National Historic Landmark in Portland, Maine, USA
victoriamansion.org/
Victoria Mansion is a much-loved Portland landmark, but its significance extends far beyond Maine. Distinguished for its architecture and its extraordinary original interiors, it is among the most important historic homes of the nineteenth century anywhere in the nation. As an organization, our mission is to conserve, maintain, and restore this one-of-a-kind property and share its history with the public.
Thank you for a nice tour and wonderful stories of this home and it’s occupants. I am so HAPPY, that this glorious home was not demolished for a gas station to be built. This happen way to often here in America, they demolish to many BEAUTIFUL homes with such craftsmanship and history.. it makes me sick that so many do not care about preserving these spectacular homes. ❤️
thank you for the great tour, always wanted to see the house. Grandfather took me by in the 60's before it was open to the public. My family has been in Maine since early 1700 if not before, i think before. We are all from the Winthrop area. grandpa had a potato farm and worked on the railroad, he retired in about 1965 or so. Long time residents of Maine.
Loved this. I'm from the UK and I love seeing the old houses in the US.
I've seen this home a number of times while visiting Portland.. The photos simply don't do it justice. It is truly a well-preserved work of art. Class act gift shop too. See if it you can.. it's worth the trip!
90% original furnishings! Amazing. I do so love old homes. I'm so pleased it's mostly all original to it's time
To think an architectural masterpiece such as this was almost demolished. Salute to all the people conserving this gem. Thank you Mr Thomas Johnson and Dr Meuser for transporting me back to an era gone by and learned so much from this one video than many other videos I've watched regarding Victorian homes. Keep educating us 👍
Excellent tour. This gentleman explains the history of this home beautifully. Definitely on my bucket list.
This is TRULY incredible! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this! I’m just blown away! Thank you!
I love the history of this beautiful home and that you are breathing new life into this historical treasure.
I live next door! You should see it all decked at Christmas! Maybe they can make a video to share next year??
you so lucky to live so close to a beautiful piece of architectural history.
@@elisecooper1942 The mirror they have covered for room renovations is a diamond dust backed mirror, a process where silver was melted and used to cover the backside of a piece of glass. ... In this process the mercury evaporated leaving the silver. So gorgeous!
Here is a pic!
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@@foots-qt4pk omg I saw the Christmas photos online.. so stunning and breathtaking!
@@JessikaJay16 Every year they have a different decor done by local artisans. They each get a room to decorate so it is always a new experience!
@@foots-qt4pk wow! Awesome!! Hope it reopens soon so I can visit! 😍
I enjoyed the tour and lecture. I just wish they’d used photographic equipment that allowed for better close-ups. It was kinda like trying to see things up close without your glasses on.
Plus there was so much excessive motion of the camera, that I was lightly sea sick by the end of this otherwise fabulous video....
So glad to see this jewel house well restored for the future generations to see and appreciate... The beauty of true art!
What a gorgeous piece of architectural history . I was amazed at the beautiful craftsmanship in each room . So glad it is being beautifully restored.
I’m no historical academician by any means but this is truly truly extraordinary. Thank you for sharing!
What a fabulous video tour! I own an 1889 Victorian home (in California) and am enthralled with the magnificence of the Victorian Museum/home you shared.
This is a wonderful tour. I love seeing these old buildings and hearing the storied pasts they hold!
I can’t believe this beautiful piece of history was almost demolished for a gas station!!
This is such a great video, thank you
Magnificent home and a fabulous presentation but this really should be re-filmed in high definition
Been a while since I've visited - can not wait untill it opens again !💕
Thank you !
Absolutely great tour of a priceless gorgeous house. Thank you!
I would have loved to have been there watching these victorian houses getting built. It's a true art form.
Wow! A Carriage stepping stone is still on the street.
This was an amazing tour. Great encapsulation of the home's unique qualities/architecture along with the history of the estate. Ninety per cent is an admirable amount when
considering the original furnishings as part of the collection. That is very rare nowadays when it comes to preserving historical residences. Thanks so very much! Cheers,
Darryl
I love mansion tours, and you give a most fantastic one! It is a really authentic house. what a delicious gem, and a really great house to tour. Thank you!
The home is incredible...the story even more so...leaving much to the imagination. Thank you.
A stunning home and superbly informative narration by Executive Director Thomas Johnson. His expertise, enthusiasm, and reverence regarding his stewardship of this important and unique American landmark home will help ensure that it continues to educate and impress visitors well into the future. Our American heritage is worth honoring and preserving indeed.
Well said!
Thank You very much Michael Bergstein for providing the name of our guide.. Mr. Johnsons name should be included in description. He is an excellent guide!
I love history. I love seeing old homes preserved.
Very beautiful home. Thanks for sharing blessings
I'm impressed with the house and with Mr. Toms vocabulary and descriptors of the house he used. This was a fascinating tour. Thank you!
WOW. What a fantastic home Thanks for the tour
This house is amazing. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing! 😊
Thank you for sharing the history of the home and the people that live there. The home is very beautiful . I love every minute of this video.
Thank you! We missed our annual trip to Maine this year. Definitely would love to visit the house in September 2021. Portland is a city we have not explored much of. Looking forward to new adventures 😊.
Amazingly beautiful house. So very glad it has survived and is being restored. Wonderful detailed presentation and camera work. Thank you for sharing this with us.
How absolutely wonderful lunch the house but the renovation project and how meticulous now thorough it's been in the fact that it's such a rare surviving relic of the past is just incredible I'm horribly impressed at everything that's being done and the house itself and would love to participate and restoring it with such an meticulous I it's wonderful to see something like that happening!!
This is really wonderfully done. You’ve got a great delivery style and you’ve hit all the interesting highlights that I enjoy seeing. Please do more videos!
This was such an EXCELLENT experience!
While my daughter was attending UNE Dental School I took a tour of this incredible house with my granddaughter’s school class. It was a wonderful tour for the children, but I wanted to know SO much more and to spend time perusing detail. Alas, that did not happen. One day, I hope to attend an event there during the holidays, or perhaps just take a tour with more time allotted as experienced here. As mentioned in the tour, the visual environment is so rich it is difficult to notice particulars in just one visit, or even during several years of restoration efforts. Thank you so much for taking the time to create this video, all who were involved. I would like to know where Olive went when she left the house. I don’t think that was mentioned. I share the opinion of the gentleman, he was likely spot on about the reasons she left the house ‘as is’ once her husband died. She did not appear remotely contented in the image shown, nothing like the painting.
When Olive sold the house, she moved to the Falmouth Hotel in downtown Portland.
Just watched this fantastic documentary. Well done Victoria House and a huge thank you sir for your excellent guided tour. I am so grateful everything is not being torn down or vandalized in our country.
Wow wow wow! What a treasure, thank you for saving her!
What a fantastic snapshot in time!! Love it
I believe and thank the Lord GOD in heaven above for orchestrating the preservation of these gilded mansions organizations and chosen individuals to preserve and teach this generation of these wonderful mansions. May the Lord bless you and continue to teach and preserve this classic American Historic wonder thank You and God the restorations
Thank you. This was lovely, but I can't help be disappointed that you didn't show us the kitchen. I love seeing old kitchens.
The ceiling is amazing. You explain everything so well.
Wow. Your command over the language and the way you present... wonderful, Sir.
Thank you for making this video. It was so comprehensive! I loved it.
Absolutely beautiful!
I Applaud you Ryan for the excellent job of Camera work in getting all the details not of just the large but of the small Graphics of the Designs and Details.. I just loved this Tour ..I sure hope there will be more to come !!!! Thank you Ryan
Thanks for the positive comment, Deborah. My name is Tom not Ryan, however. This video was a joy to make. We are lucky to have this amazing gem in Portland.
Thank you, I really enjoyed this video. I'll be watching it again.
AWESOME JOB!! What a treasure.
Excellent! Very enjoyable tour.
Fantastic video, we cannot thank you enough for sharing this historical information. God bless 🙏
TRUE Craftsman 💖
EXCELLENT!!!😍THANK YOU!!!
I absolutely loved this tour/video. I would love to visit this mansion. The history is amazing. This gentleman is so knowledgeable and makes you feel the history.
I thoroughly enjoyed this it is a beautiful beautiful home you are doing such a great job I really appreciate you for that well God bless and stay safe and thank you for showing us the very very top I also really loved your stories
Amazing! I watched the whole thing! What a wonderful tour 😍! Thank you!
I would love to visit this mansion some day!
Awesome video! Very informative. I hope you release more videos Sir.
You just gotta love these Italianate mansions. I took some ideas from this one for mine!
What a wonderful presentation!
Where's the rest of the video? Beautiful restoration, and our tour guide was very informative, and interesting. I hope the second video arrives soon.
Loved this video tour, Dr. Meuser. You are so very knowledgeable regarding the architecture & furnishings of the time. Also sympathetic to Olive's position in her marriage. I do wonder where the children slept as you said the home only has 2 bedrooms. Or did I misunderstand?
Thats a soul home with all the warmth dressed with good taste.
This was great and informative. As an Artist I eat up all the details that you mentioned.
Thank you so much for this very detailed tour, especially during COVID. Amazing historical home, real palace quality!
What a lovely tour, thank you!
Very well done Bravo!!
Bless conservationists like you. Thank you for your dedication.
Excellent tour.
I really enjoyes this, thank you
Absolutely amazing. Thank you!
Victorian houses are unique. No replica!
Wonderful tour, thank you
Beauitful Home, Wonderfully Narrative. Unscripted an if it was Scripted He told it Beauitfully. Forgive my rustic back woods sayings but I absoutly Loved his way of telling us about the House and Passion he has for helping Restore the Place is fabulous. Thank you Sir for giving us this Wonderful tour.
It's such a phantastic video and narration. A bit sad that it'snot uploaded in better quality. The details sadly get lost a bit. But again: Great video!
Absolutely fantastic!!
I love these videos.
Fantastic !!! Thank you very much !!!
Well done! Very interesting. Thank you.
Thank you for saving the history!
Me ha gustado mucho el video. Una edificación muy interesante y muy bien explicado en el tour de visita. Enhorabuena por la labor de preservación y recuperación que están haciendo. Soy un fan de la epica victoriana. Saludos desde España.
What a great video! Thanks!
Great.... very enjoyable viewing thankyou.
Wonderful.
I stopped the video because of the poor quality of the video, the presenter Tom Johnson did a marvelous job that alone deserves better video quality.
I almost stopped watching, as I felt sea sick..... but I was compelled to watch it any way.....
Superb, thank you so much!
Very good and informative video!
I appreciate the presentors expertise and knowledge throughout this tour. The camera work and lighting makes it feel like this was taken on an old vhs recorder. Should have had a professional film this.
Beautiful! Thanks
Wonderful, thank you.
when he's talking about the broken skylight the pillar to his right looks broken & glued back together
This is so beautiful haunted Manson,I love IT😉I d like so much to live here
Wow, so interesting, excellent!
fracking amazing windows. Greetings from Denmark
I want more !!!
Truly lovely and breathtaking! Where did the children sleep i wonder? Maybe the 3rd floor. That staircase to the tower! Wow that is where i would love to spend time looking out over the town.
Lovely. Liked & subscribed.
Nice to see a carpet from Glasgow (it's pronounced Glas-go, I'm Glaswegian 😊) wonderful tour
Thank you.
My home city, I love this beautiful home, I now live in Cincinnati Ohio