My grandparents house had the log floor joist. Also the basement was dug in the mid to late 1940's but built prior to 1880's. Thus it also had a concrete floor and footers.
@@JPVideos81 yes there are a lot of those kind of houses in the tri-state area. I live in West Virginia and I recognized some places that you went to that I am familiar with. I can't remember which highway you were on but it was close to a place called Rio. Capon bridge and some other places. Right across in Maryland there's a really old Stone House that has no signs posted on it or anything and it's on my channel a short video. The thing looks to be about 200 years old. It's on a road called stottlemeyer road close to the intersection of highway 77 in Frederick county Maryland I believe.
Foundation was probably repaired by underpinning With concrete and additional mortar on one wall. Apparently someone cared for this building. BTW, the hand hewn timbers would have been rough finished with an adze (like an axe but with the blade turned 90°.
you beat me to the punch with discussing underpinning, I believe the house has always been located there and was repaired on site versus being relocated.
It's a pressure tank! Part of a well water system. Maintains water pressure in the system. When drops to a certain pressure, well pump turns on, the off when a high pressure is hit. Still used today...in modern well systems.
Your "dryer plug" was just a 220 volt outlet. Since that building appeared to be a workshop/garage type building, it was probably used to plug in a welder or some other 220 volt tool. And the thing you thought was a water softener is a pressure tank. The building it was in would have probably been called a pump house. Since it would have stayed fairly cool in there, all the shelves were most likely used to store home canned foods and preserves. Neat old site.
Welder plug in garage. Farmers worked on their own equipment back then. Did all their own oil changes and maintenance on vehicles and equipment. I used to work on a uncles farm. He did everything.
My favorite kind of explore..Lots to love about it ..Especially like the stacked stone in the basement and the old fashioned hardvvare latches . Once upon a time this old farm house and land vvas someone's pride and joy ..Glad Matt found it and thank you for sharing it vvith us .👍💙
the concrete is called benching it is done when grade of floor is dug lower than the walls to ensure walls don't get undermined and keep building from collapse
Wouldn't be surprised if the basement was the original house, and as the years moved on, family grew, new stories were built upon it, and modernized accordingly.
Late 1800's... Wow. Imagine the number of people that were living there... That house was also abandoned for a long ass time... I wonder how many years nobody lived inside... I also wonder how much time it took to build it originally and how many builders there was... Back in the day, probably not many...
Loved the video. I have an old farmhouse and barn that is made like this one. We have trees as the beams with no nails only wooden pegs. Some horse hair and newspaper as insulation in the walls (complete fire hazard). I was an insurance adjuster for about 9 yrs and I’ve seen the basement foundation like the one in this house before. They might have lifted the house up at some point and put concrete in to support failing stone work. Very interesting. If this house was built the modern way it probably would be nothing left by now. They don’t build them like they use to. 🤗
The first out building that you showed is called a "Summer Kitchen". They cooked in another building to keep the main house from getting to hot. Also, it was to keep everything from burning up in case there was a kitchen fire.
If walls could talk ....someone I think cared for this old home a lot at one time . To underpin that foundation and run that pipe for the fireplace in the basement . Cool old home for sure ....that blue tank in the pit in the building is a well pressure tank . Great video as always !! 👍👍
I really liked this video. That house was built very well and strong. It was very interesting to see this old farm house. Thank you for sharing. The still shots were awesome.
Excellent video JP, that is a very interesting house, and the concrete base is very interesting, for a house built in the 1800s, seeing that concrete base is very unusual. Its very neatly made. Does make me think how that was possible in the 1800s
A super old house that I rented was built much the same way. The kitchen was originally in the basement, where the fireplace is. That square pad that you suggested was a well was most likely the outhouse. Very cool place to have discovered.
Very cool exploration. Thanks for sharing with us! My bro's house on the farm had those tree beams in his basement too. With the bark on them still. His place was the great grandparents home. But we grew up in the tenant house on the farm, which was from the 1800's. Great memories. There are 2 houses on the farm. I miss that place so much. God Bless you Jay 🙏🙏🔍
That new foundation pad was some good proof that the house was definitely moved at some time there, Jay. They did make it pretty strong there with the way it was built. Very awesome find in my book.
This was definitely a fun day. I’m glad you came down and we were able to check this place out. I will definitely keep my eye out for more places along the rail trails down here in my area.
Wow JP, what an awesome exploration you and Matt had, it was great of him to bring you there. Beautiful home at one time for sure, cute little fireplace upstairs and the skylights were amazing as well as the basement and fireplace down there. Like it has been said before, if only the walls of the house and buildings could talk, I can just imagine the stories. The property is beautiful and the outline of the tools in the garage were cool to see. Gorgeous photos and an excellent video, thank you! 💙
My favorite; an abandoned house! Wonderful explore, JP. This was an incredible home and I think you are right about it being a log cabin when built. Such a shame to see it go into disrepair. I love the tiny fireplace; so cute! I think that was a cold water storage tank in the well house. Also, this house sits on a beautiful piece of property! Would love to see someone restore it, but it’s probably too far gone. Thank you for taking us; I loved it! Much appreciated also! ……🌝
A friend in Delaware had a house with two front doors built in 1813. The right door was for a doctor or lawyer's office or another business and the left door went into the living space. I've seen a lot of houses like it in the Lancaster, PA, area. Always assumed they were duplexes but maybe not.
Long time since you did an old house. Like all the videos you do. Always something interesting. Glad they capped the old well. The well house scared me when you opened the door and I saw square hole. I sucked my breath in. I definitely don’t like open holes like that. I just knew it was full of water. Glad it wasn’t. Also good to see you have a side kick with you on this adventure. Stay safe always and thank you
Love old buildings and houses. This one is really cool. Some features are quite old and some more recent. Very interesting! Thank you for showing us these places. I really enjoyed this video. ❤
The tank at 24:00 is a pressure tank for the well. The well head is likely in there and there appears to be an external pump that the pressure tank switch controls.
Definitely a strange foundation for that house. The stones in the foundation will be there forever. i wonder WHERE they all came from? The fireplace as well was awesome.
I wonder if the cement under the stone foundation was put there more recently to strengthen and sure up the stone foundation? Would have been such a beautiful house in its day. Looks like it was very well cared for! Interesting explore! Thank you for taking me along!!💙
I say it was built maybe late 1800s or 1900s i could be totally wrong i mean logs that were made for the main support for the walls and flooring and wiring is so werid it didnt have any closets what a cool old farm house l love old homes just something a bout them it gives you that feel of how it was to see and live a round that time when you go inside of a old home just something a bout them I'm shocked. No one has came a long and brought the property cause that's 💯 nice piece of land there 👌 i really enjoyed abandoned videos just something a bout them you want to know the story of the place and what they people were like that once lived there and what they did for living its so very interesting to me ......................
Basement that white stone looks like Milky Quartz. I have a big one from our old farm. I took to FL when we moved there then brought up to WI when we moved back to the Midwest. Our farm was in IL.
At 19:23 depending on how far away the main supports are from each other. There's a device called a Stonewall stacker prong. Perhaps they use this device to stabilize the portion of the wall between two main brackets to make enough room below the support of the prongs to lay the cement remove the support boards for the cement and then rest the stone prongs back down on the now solid cement. Lots of work but it's an idea of what they could have done if they had lots of time and didn't mind life-size Jenga.
From the looks of the "wellhouse" and the fireplace insert in the main house, I would guess the last major renovation was probably done in the 1970's or early 1980's. Could be someone was in the process of trying to make it liveable again, and as you said, something happened and the project was never finished.
I am certain someone with more knowledge than I, will, or has already replied. But my best guess is, that house could have been built in many stages over generations with repairs, additions, etc.... There are so many of these old houses over here in the Midwest as well, sad to see them withering away, they have so much character.👍
Cool old house, would love to metal detect the outside, could tell if the house had been moved. Not sure where in pa you are, I'm in Williamsport. Great video.
Part of my childhood we only had plumbing to the kitchen sink no bathroom we had to use the out house heat water on the stove for the round bath tub we had to basically bathe in the kitchen my grandmother's house next door same property had indoor plumbing
That’s a really cool farmhouse. Too bad it was left to rot. There’s some neat construction touches like the foundation and the axe cuts on the wood. Looks like it might have been in a family and they died out or moved away. I have questions about it too.
I would really like to know where this farmhouse is my mother lived on a farm, but it was in Lebanon, Pa I do not know if it was torn down or it's still standing. It was her childhood home. Just going off what she told me as a kid God rest her soul.
On account of yellow jackets, wasps and snakes I prefer to go to those places when the weather gets colder for that very reason and don't forget the chiggers in the deep grass!
That teeny fireplace is also where a pot belly stove would sit you can see the hole in the ceiling above where the fireplace is. So it's really just a place to put the stove. They sure did like the color turquoise.
no it does not make sense that the house was moved there onto concrete footings.. Concrete was added later because the dirt under the stone wall was eroding away, or they added it so the basement floor could be dug out to make more headroom. notice how eroded it is around the fireplace. Welder plug in the garage.
i have a feeling that house started as 1 floor in basement then expanded later on to 2 and 3 floors. as for the foundation, maybe someone was trying to renovate it later on but it took too much work and walked away or passed
Maybe they hired someone to restore the foundation so they had house movers jack it up but the pad foundation then lowered the house back the stones that weren’t able to withstand the move so they were concreted in.
And I grew up on a garden if something was to happen to me even though I'm 50 I have experienced more in my life time than a lot of people will never experience my grandmother raised me she was born 1918 so I grew up in that lifestyle I'm 50 on my own now I'm married raised my daughter
Have you ever seen a house with some of these features? If you have any input on what you've seen, share it with us!
There is one in my area like this but sadly I think its about to be took out because a big excavator is sitting in front of it.
My grandparents house had the log floor joist. Also the basement was dug in the mid to late 1940's but built prior to 1880's. Thus it also had a concrete floor and footers.
@@JPVideos81 yes there are a lot of those kind of houses in the tri-state area. I live in West Virginia and I recognized some places that you went to that I am familiar with. I can't remember which highway you were on but it was close to a place called Rio. Capon bridge and some other places. Right across in Maryland there's a really old Stone House that has no signs posted on it or anything and it's on my channel a short video. The thing looks to be about 200 years old. It's on a road called stottlemeyer road close to the intersection of highway 77 in Frederick county Maryland I believe.
Foundation was probably repaired by underpinning With concrete and additional mortar on one wall. Apparently someone cared for this building.
BTW, the hand hewn timbers would have been rough finished with an adze (like an axe but with the blade turned 90°.
you beat me to the punch with discussing underpinning, I believe the house has always been located there and was repaired on site versus being relocated.
It's a pressure tank! Part of a well water system. Maintains water pressure in the system. When drops to a certain pressure, well pump turns on, the off when a high pressure is hit. Still used today...in modern well systems.
Your "dryer plug" was just a 220 volt outlet. Since that building appeared to be a workshop/garage type building, it was probably used to plug in a welder or some other 220 volt tool. And the thing you thought was a water softener is a pressure tank. The building it was in would have probably been called a pump house. Since it would have stayed fairly cool in there, all the shelves were most likely used to store home canned foods and preserves. Neat old site.
I like it when you explore abandoned locations!
Thanks for what you do..
Welder plug in garage. Farmers worked on their own equipment back then. Did all their own oil changes and maintenance on vehicles and equipment. I used to work on a uncles farm. He did everything.
My favorite kind of explore..Lots to love about it ..Especially like the stacked stone in the basement and the old fashioned hardvvare latches . Once upon a time this old farm house and land vvas someone's pride and joy ..Glad Matt found it and thank you for sharing it vvith us .👍💙
It's a beautiful spot with lots to offer and hopefully it will become someone's home again, but if not atleast we documented it.
the concrete is called benching it is done when grade of floor is dug lower than the walls to ensure walls don't get undermined and keep building from collapse
My first time seeing and hearing of that. Thanks for sharing.
Wouldn't be surprised if the basement was the original house, and as the years moved on, family grew, new stories were built upon it, and modernized accordingly.
Love to know there story !
Lots of memories here !
What a cool old house! Homes aren’t made like they made them back in the day! Awesome video bro! 👍🤘❤️
You said it
Awesome old abandoned farm house adventure JP! That old cellar/ basement is beautiful! Thanks for bringing us along!👍
Late 1800's... Wow. Imagine the number of people that were living there... That house was also abandoned for a long ass time... I wonder how many years nobody lived inside... I also wonder how much time it took to build it originally and how many builders there was... Back in the day, probably not many...
Loved the video. I have an old farmhouse and barn that is made like this one. We have trees as the beams with no nails only wooden pegs. Some horse hair and newspaper as insulation in the walls (complete fire hazard). I was an insurance adjuster for about 9 yrs and I’ve seen the basement foundation like the one in this house before. They might have lifted the house up at some point and put concrete in to support failing stone work. Very interesting. If this house was built the modern way it probably would be nothing left by now. They don’t build them like they use to. 🤗
Very interesting and thanks for sharing
The first out building that you showed is called a "Summer Kitchen". They cooked in another building to keep the main house from getting to hot. Also, it was to keep everything from burning up in case there was a kitchen fire.
I actually was considering saying that it might be that, but thought I'd be completely off. Would make sense though.
That's what I thought immediately too. There aren't many of the old kitchens left, they saved many homes over the years from fire.
24:00 thats a well pressure tank
wow, what a cool place, this place could tell some stories...thanks for the cool find ! love old stuff like this
Thanks for checking it out
Very cool abandoned house adventure thanks Jay
Another great adventure. Thanks!
If walls could talk ....someone I think cared for this old home a lot at one time . To underpin that foundation and run that pipe for the fireplace in the basement . Cool old home for sure ....that blue tank in the pit in the building is a well pressure tank . Great video as always !! 👍👍
I would love to see these houses when they were in good shape.I bet they were nice.
Some more beautiful stunning pictures Jay! Always a pure pleasure to see them! Hope wife and daughter are doing well!
Great explore as always out of the park love these old properties so much history well done. Thanks for taking me along.
The pegboard with the tool outlines was really cool. It is a history board of tools. Thx ❤😊
I really liked this video. That house was built very well and strong. It was very interesting to see this old farm house. Thank you for sharing. The still shots were awesome.
Excellent video JP, that is a very interesting house, and the concrete base is very interesting, for a house built in the 1800s, seeing that concrete base is very unusual. Its very neatly made. Does make me think how that was possible in the 1800s
Strangely fascinating place. Thanks for bringing me along!
Hi jp great find it was cool to see old house ❤
Great video jp thanks for sharing this cool building with us :D
A super old house that I rented was built much the same way. The kitchen was originally in the basement, where the fireplace is. That square pad that you suggested was a well was most likely the outhouse. Very cool place to have discovered.
Ah yes, you may be correct
Outstanding find. Love the old construction.
Very cool exploration. Thanks for sharing with us! My bro's house on the farm had those tree beams in his basement too. With the bark on them still. His place was the great grandparents home. But we grew up in the tenant house on the farm, which was from the 1800's. Great memories. There are 2 houses on the farm. I miss that place so much. God Bless you Jay 🙏🙏🔍
Beautiful property. How lovely to live there. Fantastic weather. Fascinating old house. 🙏👍👍🙏
That new foundation pad was some good proof that the house was definitely moved at some time there, Jay. They did make it pretty strong there with the way it was built. Very awesome find in my book.
This was definitely a fun day. I’m glad you came down and we were able to check this place out. I will definitely keep my eye out for more places along the rail trails down here in my area.
It was an awesome day together and was grateful you shared this with me.
I don't even need to start watching I know it's gonna be a great video before I watched all you're vids.😃
and an update I love this video so stunning! I love abandoned place ive been watching vids like this for over 10 years now!
What a pretty place to have a house.
Wow JP, what an awesome exploration you and Matt had, it was great of him to bring you there. Beautiful home at one time for sure, cute little fireplace upstairs and the skylights were amazing as well as the basement and fireplace down there. Like it has been said before, if only the walls of the house and buildings could talk, I can just imagine the stories. The property is beautiful and the outline of the tools in the garage were cool to see. Gorgeous photos and an excellent video, thank you! 💙
This was unique and different for sure. That large attic with the sky lights would make a great train room.
@@JPVideos81I agree, the perfect place for a train room!
My favorite; an abandoned house! Wonderful explore, JP. This was an incredible home and I think you are right about it being a log cabin when built. Such a shame to see it go into disrepair. I love the tiny fireplace; so cute! I think that was a cold water storage tank in the well house. Also, this house sits on a beautiful piece of property! Would love to see someone restore it, but it’s probably too far gone. Thank you for taking us; I loved it! Much appreciated also! ……🌝
Would be a heck of a place to call home.
A friend in Delaware had a house with two front doors built in 1813. The right door was for a doctor or lawyer's office or another business and the left door went into the living space. I've seen a lot of houses like it in the Lancaster, PA, area. Always assumed they were duplexes but maybe not.
Long time since you did an old house. Like all the videos you do. Always something interesting. Glad they capped the old well. The well house scared me when you opened the door and I saw square hole. I sucked my breath in. I definitely don’t like open holes like that. I just knew it was full of water. Glad it wasn’t. Also good to see you have a side kick with you on this adventure. Stay safe always and thank you
If I take the house my dad was raised in. Built prior to 1880, the basement wasn't dug until the 1940-50s.
Love old houses. I wish the house could be saved. I wondered what it looked like after the house was build.
Me too. We get to see only the skeleton of the house but it was probably a beautiful, cozy house when it was done building back in the day !
wow think about what it looked like b4 . beautiful place . thanks for sharing . ❤ Stay safe love ya
Great find JP. Thank you for exploring
The tank in the well room was more than likely the pressure tank. Also, no bathroom or outhouse?
Most likely the existing outhouse is gone.
Beautiful fireplace in basement
Watched it all, loved it💙
Love old buildings and houses. This one is really cool. Some features are quite old and some more recent. Very interesting! Thank you for showing us these places. I really enjoyed this video. ❤
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The tank at 24:00 is a pressure tank for the well. The well head is likely in there and there appears to be an external pump that the pressure tank switch controls.
Yes! I just came here to say that👍🏼
That outlet in the garage is for welder which is 220 volt.
Definitely a strange foundation for that house. The stones in the foundation will be there forever. i wonder WHERE they all came from? The fireplace as well was awesome.
Very cool! 👍
Thank you again JPVideos
My pleasure Mel!
Wow Jason what a great find for you and Matt! Fun explore! I love when you do videos of abandoned houses! Enjoyed the tour! ❤️👍🥰
Been waiting for this one, let's goooooooo!!!!!😊😊😊
I really like that
The doors would make cool tables. The rocks/stones are beautiful! I am itchy watching you guys with bare arms and legs. lol Interesting tour. Thanks!
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I wonder if the cement under the stone foundation was put there more recently to strengthen and sure up the stone foundation? Would have been such a beautiful house in its day. Looks like it was very well cared for! Interesting explore! Thank you for taking me along!!💙
I say it was built maybe late 1800s or 1900s i could be totally wrong i mean logs that were made for the main support for the walls and flooring and wiring is so werid it didnt have any closets what a cool old farm house l love old homes just something a bout them it gives you that feel of how it was to see and live a round that time when you go inside of a old home just something a bout them I'm shocked. No one has came a long and brought the property cause that's 💯 nice piece of land there 👌 i really enjoyed abandoned videos just something a bout them you want to know the story of the place and what they people were like that once lived there and what they did for living its so very interesting to me ......................
I agree. I'm always curious about the location and situation.
Amazing house, and wow to have lived there!!!
Basement that white stone looks like Milky Quartz. I have a big one from our old farm. I took to FL when we moved there then brought up to WI when we moved back to the Midwest. Our farm was in IL.
this is a cool find, i liked the nice little fireplace, it must have had an outhouse too for a toilet, nice find jp
At 19:23 depending on how far away the main supports are from each other. There's a device called a Stonewall stacker prong. Perhaps they use this device to stabilize the portion of the wall between two main brackets to make enough room below the support of the prongs to lay the cement remove the support boards for the cement and then rest the stone prongs back down on the now solid cement. Lots of work but it's an idea of what they could have done if they had lots of time and didn't mind life-size Jenga.
I pray i can Find Aunt Paulines Farm in Schuykill Haven. A 250 acre parcel. Hand built with timbers from the Land. So impressive yet simple.
From the looks of the "wellhouse" and the fireplace insert in the main house, I would guess the last major renovation was probably done in the 1970's or early 1980's. Could be someone was in the process of trying to make it liveable again, and as you said, something happened and the project was never finished.
I am certain someone with more knowledge than I, will, or has already replied. But my best guess is, that house could have been built in many stages over generations with repairs, additions, etc.... There are so many of these old houses over here in the Midwest as well, sad to see them withering away, they have so much character.👍
Cool old house, would love to metal detect the outside, could tell if the house had been moved.
Not sure where in pa you are, I'm in Williamsport. Great video.
That in well house is the water storage/ pressure tank. Have to have it if you don't have city water.
Omg I love this video jp great find beautiful home BTW I heard a few evps too ❤❤
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Part of my childhood we only had plumbing to the kitchen sink no bathroom we had to use the out house heat water on the stove for the round bath tub we had to basically bathe in the kitchen my grandmother's house next door same property had indoor plumbing
Different lifestyle back then
That’s a really cool farmhouse. Too bad it was left to rot. There’s some neat construction touches like the foundation and the axe cuts on the wood. Looks like it might have been in a family and they died out or moved away. I have questions about it too.
I would really like to know where this farmhouse is my mother lived on a farm, but it was in Lebanon, Pa I do not know if it was torn down or it's still standing. It was her childhood home. Just going off what she told me as a kid God rest her soul.
That..place was cool .
On account of yellow jackets, wasps and snakes I prefer to go to those places when the weather gets colder for that very reason and don't forget the chiggers in the deep grass!
I have a similar situation where I boxed and poured onto an unstabie revetment wall.
Interesting 🤔 thanks 👍🏾
The skylights!!
That teeny fireplace is also where a pot belly stove would sit you can see the hole in the ceiling above where the fireplace is. So it's really just a place to put the stove. They sure did like the color turquoise.
4:01 that pipe is not aluminum.
That's a nice rock wall.
Interesting house .
Well house
Was a log home dryer plug may have been for welder
Thats a pressure tank for a well. Put water in it and air bags maintains water pressure
Awesome house and pictures but where is the bathroom thanks for the video
Would of had outhouse
Might be a hot water tank in the well pump room
The concrete was probably added because the original tembers used were rotting. Put the concrete in to live in home many years longer.
Do you ever go into green County
Not all wells have softeners..
If you fly me up there, I'll bring my metal detector :D Nice video and thanks for the tour!
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I'd bet that receptacle in the garage was used for a welder, same kind of plug.
no it does not make sense that the house was moved there onto concrete footings.. Concrete was added later because the dirt under the stone wall was eroding away, or they added it so the basement floor could be dug out to make more headroom. notice how eroded it is around the fireplace. Welder plug in the garage.
i have a feeling that house started as 1 floor in basement then expanded later on to 2 and 3 floors.
as for the foundation, maybe someone was trying to renovate it later on but it took too much work and walked away or passed
That plug in the garage is most likely for a welder
submersible pump and a pressure tank. even farms of today use that system
Maybe they hired someone to restore the foundation so they had house movers jack it up but the pad foundation then lowered the house back the stones that weren’t able to withstand the move so they were concreted in.
And I grew up on a garden if something was to happen to me even though I'm 50 I have experienced more in my life time than a lot of people will never experience my grandmother raised me she was born 1918 so I grew up in that lifestyle I'm 50 on my own now I'm married raised my daughter
Really enjoy your content, thanks! Wish I could explore with you
Thanks
Did anyone else notice that the bird's nest in the upstairs room had the number 3 in it?
No bathroom but skylights? That's odd. Did you come across the site of the outhouse?