Sad Beautiful Ghost Town in South Carolina & Abandoned House w/ Last Person To Live There
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Beautiful old town from the early 1800’s. I list as much history as I could find out on the town in the video! Hope you enjoy! Also in the video an old farm house with a member of the last family who lived in the house. He lived in the house during the 1980’s and said it’s been empty for the last 20 some years after a large old tree fell on the roof and destroyed half the house. Incredible historic old architecture and history from the final owner. Thanks for watching!
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There's something mysterious and sad yet romantic about abandoned buildings.
And Kappy excels capturing the ambience of these places through his photography. I've always enjoyed his explores.
Too kind of you too say! :)
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 Not at all. You're really good at this! So many are not.
Agree so much. Wonder what the scene would have been like back in the day.
Really!! What's your purpose!!!
I just love old southern small towns. Beautiful storefront glass and dental molding. It's SO REFRESHING to NOT see everything covered in graffiti, too. Wonderful to see and hear first hand about the old house. I love this video!
Thank you for the kind words and watching! Much appreciated! :)
You got the recorded memories of an actual resident of the town! That's awesome. When this town is completely gone, but someone in the future wants to know about it--they can refer to this video. You're now a part of its history.
Yes they are. What a wonderful thing to do for future generations.
Its so sad when the main agricultural base and factories of a town disappear,, and businesses fail, or move away. Loved the house and personalized tour-such a pretty place once. Hope he wasn't too sad. Thanks, Kappy, and hi, Ruby! 🌻
The patients to place one brick at a time to form a building truly amazes me. I love this channel!😊
Thank you very much! :)
Watching master brick-layers is like watching an intricate dance.
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How great that you met and spoke with an actual home owner that could tell you his history with the house. The fireplace cover is BEAUTIFUL! Such a great video Kappy!! Loves this one! As always, stay safe and can’t wait till the next amazing find. 😊
Agreed! Thank ya always Melissa for the kind words and watching! Much appreciated! :)
That’s the best way, and only way, to get the walls to talk.
Born and raised in N.C. all my sixty years. Family has been on Black River a couple a hundred years. My granddaddy had friends and family in all these little forgotten towns and would carry me thru them visiting. Most are gone now for a couple of reasons, with only a couple of buildings left if that. If you ever get to come to Wilmington N.C. you should. Right on the coast with two beaches- Carolina Beach and Wrightsville beach. Wilmington has a large historic district and first dates back to 1720's. would love to tell you about all the little old ghost town around here but like most back woods southerners, I dislike spelling and writing.Will say, I think most old southern houses have lots of doors and windows because it's damn well hot down here an that's how you stayed cool before A.C.
I used to live about 3 hours from Wilmington and I used to have family live there behind Figure 8 Island. Wilmington offer's a Ghost Walk Tour & the Pub Crawl, been on both, investigated a few places (including the USSNC) with my old group. That was years back.
How about doing a video about why ghost towns exist I would love to hear about it.
Isn't this about SOUTH CAROLINA ?
Yes, it is.@@jacklynnmjackson2383
I love your channel! You’re the first person I’ve seen who does what I always wished I could do while growing up in Georgia/Florida. Since I found you, I’ve tried watching other channels but yours is by far the best made. Thank you for sharing with us!
So sad. I live not too far from Maysville in Sumter, South Carolina. The first thought I had when this started, was I wonder how many other small booming towns are going to look like this in the coming years. It makes me think there will be many if our nation continues down the current path we are now allowing "them" to take us "down". Just being real.
Quite a few small towns like this all across the nation in rural areas where folks can no longer survive. I used to watch a youtuber that traveled through many of them, plus have seen many myself traveling alternate routes to avoid expressways, which I despise.
Hey Kappy! I'm back and ready to go exploring again. It's been a hard recovery and I've still got a way to go, but every day I'm a little stronger.
Thanks for the opening shot of cotton fields. As a girl, my cousins and I gleaned the cotton fields and learned from my grandfather's aunt to process it into threads we wove on little looms. Thanks for the memory, Aunt Mary Sue, and Kappy, too!
It would appear the the roof of these connected buildings burned a very long time ago. It's amazing that these remnants of a town long gone are standing at all.
The glass storefront of that old store is amazing. The penny tile is beautiful and it's a wonder that someone hasn't felt the need to destroy its beauty.
Thank you so much for exploring this old town, Kappy. It should serve as a reminder to us of what can happen when a highway is moved and a town dies.
What a treat to talk to the gentleman who could tell you about the house he grew up in. His memories now are part of our lives and because of your curious and intrepid nature, Maysville, South Carolina will live forever. As a Southern girl, I thank you, dear explorer.
Glad the recovery has been going well! Thank you always for the insightful comment! And thank you for watching and the kind words! :)
I grew up in the small town of Caraway Arkansas surrounded by cotton fields. My grandparents were sharecroppers and they raised 7 kids. When I was a little boy we would go into town and I remember all of main street being lined with businesses. Shoes, clothing, hardware, appliances, gas stations, barber shops, grocery stores, furniture stores, feed store, the old train station, the theater, auto and farm parts, the bank..... it's all gone now thanks to people moving away and through the years the buildings deteriorated and were torn down. Only one of the buildings remain now and it's been turned into a senior citizens center so it will be maintained. I really enjoy Kappy's videos.
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Hey Kappy. Cool old "skeleton" town. Dr Bradley's door was classic! Loved all the entry tile works. The old farmhouse and history were great as well. Sad its about gone! Thanks for the awesome explore! Stay safe! ✌️
Much appreciated thank you for watching! :)
Too bad it’s not under the historical Society and up cycle the town
Well, you make me want to tear my hair and cry every time I see what American life was like...because I remember those towns and feel sorry for people that never experienced it. Your videos are the very best and such important documentation of 'what was'
I'd do anything to experience a day in the past back in this little town.
What a great tour- that was fascinating. It was nice hearing the owner talking about it.
Agreed always love to hear extra history! Thank you for watching! :)
The brick work was so beautiful. 3D or whatever the correct description is. What a shame that metal fireplace cover was left. Thanks Kappy. Its a sad reminder we loosing our beautiful little towns to big business, highways, etc.
Thanks to corporate "capitalism" and our love affair with the Walmart and Amazon's of the world...we watched our little towns and Mom and Pop stores go away. Sad. Greed destroys all.
A wonderful tour, but I feel so anxious when you walk through these old places hoping that nothing collapses, stay safe and thanks.
This is what I love ! 💘
Just incredible to view and all I can do is think what life then was like . How many people and families grew up here , just amazing ! Thank you very much !
It's amazing the detail they put into these old buildings the brick work on the front the little tiles in front of the doorways the Dental moldings I just love it !! Sad to see this old town in the state that it's in . Cool you could talk to one of the people that actually lived in one of the houses !! Thanks for taking me along with you Kappy !!👍👍
Agreed! Love too hear that extra insight from a person who once lived in the house! Things I’d never know! Thank you for watching and the kind words!! :)
Really cool place! that really pretty glass is leaded glass. I wish you would have gone in the back of that old store.
Another great video Kappy. Thank you for taking us on your adventure. Looks like it would have been a nice little town in its day.
No doubt! Thank you for the kind words and watching! :)
That old town was pretty interesting. The detail on old brick buildings always amazes me. I liked that old house too, as falling down as it was. I bet it was really nice when that gentleman lived there. How lucky to have a couple of fireplaces still intact and a cover for one of them still there. Great explore! Thanks, Kappy
Interesting that the facades are still there but the backs all seem to be gone. Wonder if that tornado he mention did some of the strange damage. Nice adventure. Thanks for sharing. ❤
I’m sure storms have done a number over the years! Thank you for the kind words and watching! :)
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 The storm of capitalism gone wild with names like Walmart, Amazon etc. that is what has done the real damage. Greed...the worst disease of all-time.
Fascinating and profoundly sad. Thanks, as always, for documenting this.
strange how a town is bustling with people and cars or buggy's and horses at one time.....and time goes by, the people die, then families die and all that is left is the remnants of what used to be. Parts of someone's life and death....and then one by one, the stores close down, until the final days.....and then it's just a shell of life.
So many small towns are closing down. Highways, storms, ect have taken the people put of them, never to return. There's lots of these towns around me. You can take the people from the town, but the charm is still there! So awesome finding someone who actually lived in the house. Mother nature is taking it back. Nice finds as usual young man! Till next time! Thanks for taking me along!
Every time I watch your videos I can just imagine how these homes looked Iike back then. It's like I have a visual pop into my head how the owners would decorate them, etc.
I know. There is so much wonder...
I live in northern PA and our business district is very similar to this, except the buildings here are still in use. A couple of the businesses still have the penny tile doorways with the name of the original shop spelled out with the tiles. I think 2 or 3 of the 3-story buildings have the date on the center peak. If memory serves, the dates are all about 1888 or 1889. The was a downtown fire in the 1880's that burned all of the shops on the main street as they were all built of wood, which is why they rebuilt them all of brick. The few fires that have hit downtown have been confined to just that building as there are double thick walls between each one. It was fascinating to see how sturdy this type of building is by seeing these stores you have photographed here. Wooden buildings would have fallen into piles of rotted boards by now. The little farmhouse was an extra added bonus, surprising to see a couple of the fireplaces still intact. Interesting bit of history you have preserved there.
I love your videos ( you don't jerk the camera around) the images are easy to follow. And I appreciate the history you give of each site at the beginning....
What an awesome find. Thank-you Kappy
Thank you for watching! :)
Mother Nature soon reclaims her forgotten children. We are only borrowing that which we 'own' in human society. Mother Nature has biblical patience, waiting for us to finish the drama of our lives. Nice capture and TY, Kappy.
Nicely said 👍
Dr. Bradley was probably the only doctor in town. With his office on the top floor and maybe the pharmacy / general store was on the 1st floor 🤷♀️
Love that old tile!
The wife and I continue to enjoy your awesome videos. This one was a nice departure from the norm!
Thank y’all for watching! I tried too switch it up a lil! As long as it’s old architecture I love too document it! All part of our history! :)
The brick facades are nicely done in scallops across the top. And those penny tiles at the entrance were beautiful.
I love the greenery against the fading and decrepit walls of the brick buildings. Nature helps soften the harsh reality of the buildings as they slowly dissolve into history.
You can see how lovely the bones of this house are. Great looking from the outside too. Interesting town, too - ripe for a creative miracle.
'Bones' of the house...Once full of life. So much wonder here. Great historic find.👻👻👻👻💜💜
What a great video! So cool to talk withsomeone who actually lived in this house,would love to see more of these type videos. I know they are far and fe!
Thank you so much for bringing these historical homes to your viewers to see I am always looking forward to your content thank you very much sir I really enjoyed this video👍😊
Great video, old dude stole the show with his thick country accent, I've been thru some old cool places and I love talking with the old folks living in them.
They have so much history to share..🙂
Anyone else hear that guy's story and think of Boomhauer from King of the Hill? "We played dang ol' baseball over here, that's where (indecipherable), blowed away in a hurricane, man." 😆
I have family there. You can hear the cotton gin in the background humming away. Love it!
Very cool explore, one of your best! I was totally transported for twenty minutes. So good to get some history from a former owner of that beautiful old house. Now I'm going down the rabbit hole looking for more information on this wonderful old town. As always, thanks for all you do!
Could you share what you find?
@@carolmay5168 if you’re interested just google about mayesville South Carolina! Thanks for watching! :)
I won't say how sad it is to see a whole town being left to decay 😂 But, I will say how much I loved that old house at the end. Those fireplaces!! Thank you Kappy for another great find-- or finds in this case.
That building was a local drug store that was owned by a Dr. W. M. Bradley as you see on the upstairs doors. It was called, "the Bradley Store" according to old newspaper records i found online. It was built in 1907. The building at the end which has a time stamp of 9:57 housed two businesses. The diner was the left most door while the laundry mat was the door on the right. You walked by both doors while commenting that the business didn't look operational anymore. That exact building at the end is currently up for sale on a commercial properties website.
'Sad' is exactly right word. Huge change for Kappy, whole town, Love it, double checked I'm Subscribed, & yes..
Been nice house, love, love the bay.
Wow. There is a Maysville, NC as well. It’s where my mom was born and raised. It’s a beautiful small town but not a ghost town yet. Lol.
I wish these old towns could be revitalized. Those old buildings are so beautiful and they'd make such cute little shops before they fell apart
I would have asked to buy that fireplace cover. Love the video.
Wow! Thanks for a fascinating look at the last remnants of this old town. Sad to see it crumbling away, but I love the old storefronts with the beautiful glasswork and tiled entrances. The old house must have been nice in it's day- great to hear the last resident talk about it! Wonder if the tornado he mentioned was what finally did for the town? Such a shame to see these little communities vanish. Cool tour, Kappy! Cheers!
Those bricks that are still there are so beautiful.
That oxidized fireplace cover, with the super unusual Mayan or Aztec design. With the headdress..how fabulous ..always love your vids bro!! Be safe , and keep em coming!
Kappy, I live in Greenwood, South Carolina and you can find so much history and old homes in our state.
Many old houses had two front doors because one door opened to the living room and the other door opened to a bedroom so you could exit through it to go to the outhouse at night.
What a great tour on such a lovely little abandoned town. These little places are always so intriguing. I can imagine Dr. Bradley looking very much like Doc from Gunsmoke, a kind, gentle little man with a heart of gold for everyone in town. Thanks for the tour Kappy, this was really a special one. Have a great weekend :o)
Loved this video! Thanks for taking us along!
That was a very interesting video! It was wonderful to see what a town looked like in the past, even though there were just shells. From the beautiful tile at the entrances, the shop owners cared about how their places looked! Thank you Kappy!
I love that old fireplace cover! I am amazed at how these old places pull on me. I'm not quite sure what it is. I love the old textures, and nostalgia, and trying to think of and imagine what it was like when everything was new and who was living in these places, what the people were like. I also think that the fact that everything goes back to the earth, like we all will at some point. It reminds me that life is short and we need to give it all we got while we have the chance. Good work!
Businesses are gone but this town is not abandoned. My family has been there at least a century. I recall the glass block that used to be on the post office and the beautiful detailed metal PO Boxes inside. I used to like touching as a child. My mother can tell you some history if you’re interested. ..
I live in S.C. and me and my husband came here on a Sunday ride. It was very interesting as i love history. Thank u for taking this, and the man was well sweet. It is sad to see the towns go down, but that is life. Please be safe when ya go into places like this. you are great.
Great video Kappy. Keep up the good work.
Much appreciated! :)
I would say the tree claimed that one,😊. Great to find someone who could tell you about each room. Ty for the tour, love the old towns like this. Tc and stay safe always.
that fireplace door cover is stunning!
Urban Exploring With Kappy thanks for sharing with me my friend this video about Sad Beautiful Ghost Town in South Carolina & Abandoned House w/ Last Person To Live There this house was once a nice home way back in the day it is sad the shape that it is in now and kappy thanks again for sharing this with me i really enjoyed it and God Bless.
Thank you for watching! :)
One block over is Hwy 378 where there are stores, one block up to the left is a housing apartment. Two blocks in the other direction are houses, churches, funeral home, childcare center, ect.
That green fireplace is incredible
Right! Too cool! Thank you for watching! :)
Thank you Kappy for this amazing vedio you shared with us !! They s was my first tour of a Ghost Town !!
And the visit with the home owner was neat... I enjoyed hearing the information on the building and the house...
I absolutely loved,, loved this video !!! It was so awesome and cool !!!
I felt like I was right there with you and your were our guide.... Thanks again for taking the time to vedio this , find information on the buildings , meeting the home owner and taking us through what is left of the old house...
What an awesome, cool vedio !!
Thanks again Kappy !!
Stay safe out there and God bless !! Until next time ,,, we'll be waiting for another great find !!!!
Cool town. The last living resident has quite possibly the thickest southern drawl I've ever heard.
Thanks for the tours Kappy!
Quite ballsey of you to go on the upper floors of that first building and those tilted stairs!
Stayin tuned! 👍👍👍
Great historical video thanks for taking us along with you on this great adventure!
Just Wish, You COULD GO BACK IN TIME.. I LOVED THIS!
Thank you for sharing Kappy! I will have to check this one out. We are always searching for places to explore in South Carolina.
Thank you Kappy for sharing this. Sad but, time marches on. This was so different than showing videos of old homes. I love all that you have to share with us. GOD BLESS AND STAY SAFE! CATHY,OHIO. U.S.A.
Very cool. Love that the gentleman was willing to give you a tour and talk about his old family home. No guessing on anything. The businesses reminded me of some that were down the road in Millsap. They looked like those buildings. One of the walls collapsed a few years ago so they tour down the whole thing. very nice.
Agreed always nice to hear from someone who can offer more up then me on a place! Thank you for watching and the kind words! :)
I loved this video. Nice change to see a town too. I hope somebody salvages those doors in the first building with Dr. Bradley's name on them before they are gone for good.
Beautiful house. I love old houses.As always, I wish to be a millionare and restore houses like this.
The remnants of towns like this are sad, but not unusual. The financial base disappears and so do the residents and towns.
My Great Uncle was a Doctor and had a office upstairs above a Drug Store / Soda Shop in a small town mid 50’s to late 80’s
I live in South Carolina and have never heard of this town
We have a building like the Dr. Bradley building here in Columbus, Ohio and I believe it has that marble flooring too its on N High Street and has engraved 1800's I can't remember the year its still being used by Shreiner Ace Hardware Store. Anna In Ohio
Maysville is right down the road from me. I enjoy getting away from all the traffic and cruising around towns like these.
Wow to step back in time. So much character back then. Great video! So much enjoyment seeing the history here THANK YOU.👻👻👻👻
Thank u Kappy 4 another great vid!! This was awesome but sad.
Awesome video one of your best, loved the old town at the start and remnants of a century gone by, fabulous.
What a fresh video only 9 minutes ago!
kappy i can remember shop front windows like those back in Utah old America,
one was a dress shop the other general store,,,,,magic Ed
"last remnants of the old America."
A very sad, but accurate statement.
"... history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening."
- Ronald Reagan
Great presentation of the history and current state of this place. 👍
Great explore! I loved it! What history!
Great explore. I'm love ghost towns sounds like it was a prosperous town @ one time wonder why it failed. Civil war didn't kill it but modern times did. So glad u got to document this place. Thx 4 sharing. Stay safe. Much luv
80s does not seem that long ago but i guess when you invite rain water you speed up dekay..nice vid thanks Kappy,,:)
Hi! When you show the wide timbers could you place your hand on it so we see the scale compared to your hand?
This has happen to a lot of old towns, it's called ' Walmart'
Love this video. Thanks for sharing
Another GREAT one! Thank you Kappy! ❤
The details in the old buildings is beautiful.
Something that seems odd to me is the 1990-2000 Census the population grew 44% to its peak. But then lost 27% over the 2000-2010 census.
I noticed that too on the census records! Very strange! Thank you for watching good research!!
Wow that awesome that this man could tell you all about this house. It's amazing how nature takes over a place when its not kept up. Very cool old place and the brick shells of the towns stores is amazing as well. Too bad no pictures were posted so we could see what it looked like in his hey day! Stay safe Kappy! And thanks for the awesome explore of this old town! Peace, Kim ~
I loved Dr. Bradley’s door!
Was that a square nail in the railing at the 5:20 mark? Love the sound of the crickets at Dr Bradley's room.
People need to get this town back to life such beautiful places, some might be able to save, just wishful thinking,
Happy if you could research before you go to abandoned towns and houses and try to find photos of what it looked like in their hay day it would be so great to see.
That fireplace cover is beautiful!