That hidden room with no entrance other than a punched hole in the dry wall was cool - and creepy! Listing link: www.zillow.com/homedetails/1881-Oak-Mountain-Rd-Shiloh-GA-31826/105294190_zpid/ Channel Donations: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Follow me on my old farm: ruclips.net/channel/UC56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg eBay Shop: ebay.com/usr/sidestep-adventures-official Join The Official Sidestep Adventures Fan Group: facebook.com/groups/561758371276581/?ref=share_group_link Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831
Hello,to all the gang at sidestep adventures into history!! This is Thomas again,and me and my girl Lorna Mae both wanna wish you all a very Merry Christmas,and a very joyous New Year!! Keep on doin what you’re doin....Cause you always make the day special,and more enjoyable every time we watch your shows!! May the good lord bless you and all your families!! Keep up the great work my friends!!
Back about 1980, 43 years ago, the state had a program to assist the elderly with home repair. My wife's Uncle John's old house was built sometime back in the early 1800s. I think 1848. Seeing the attic in that old house and the mud dobber remnant on the rafter remained me of his home. When they showed up, the attic was full of mud dobber nest. It took over a week to remove one and a half tons of mud from his attic. We really miss John. He was a character.
Wow! Such a cool house, and only $114,900!! Here in British Columbia we can’t buy a mobile house in a trailer park for under $200,00. Time to pack up the dogs and move south lol I would love to see someone buy that house and make it a home once again.
I'm a New Englander... my house is 120 years old and there are houses dating back to 1760 in the neighborhood. I guess age is very regional indeed! As someone who enjoys history I also try to envision things as they once were from remaining clues, and I enjoy watching you do same.
What a great old house! Someone, I hope, is going to enjoy living in it. I would love to live in the last remains of a town full of forgotten history. I'm weird that way, I guess. So much to explore and learn!
Great tour! Seems to be in pretty good shape. Discovering the changes over the years is always fun. The fireplaces were usually the first to go when a "new" heating method came along. Out with the old and in with the new! Now we all want the old to be in! 😊👍👍
We have in our 1880s Farmette a Hidden Bedroom too that you can only access through a small tiny door...The room is Huge and it's filled with old Military stuff and it had some Gorgeous Antique Carved Wooden Beds that I personally got out and gave them All away...
Considering the age of the house it has stood up pretty well over time. I hope someone comes along who can restore it as much as possible .Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
Very interesting that both you & Brian chose to post old-house tours up for sale, on the same day!---True to form, gotta check out the attic and crawl space!---I'm hoping to check out the listing to see how fast it sells! Very kool!
This place is so beautiful. I love old houses … I lived in one in Blair County here in Pennsylvania, ( a good 156 years old ) for most of my teenage life. The Italianate was I believe built by a German architect by the name of Andrew Meyers , the man built a lot of the homes on our block . I love seeing the alcoved ceilings and the seams where the old meets new . .
How cool that those mantles are still there. I hope you get a commission for selling this house! I need to go up in my attic. Haven't been there for 20 years.
How interesting n a bit confusing with this house. I liked it especially the porch. It would be great if someone would buy it n try to bring it back to its original plan. It was confusing as you walked around looking at the bedrooms n so on. Looks like it’s on a nice piece of property n rather large too. Im sure that there’s wooden floors as you could see from under the house. It would break a bit of my heart if no one buys it n they end up tearing it down. The younger generations today don’t give a dang about a part of history. This house has a history n it needs to be told n saved. Thanks Robert for a great video. ♥️😊👍👍👍👍🌟 PS. If I hadn’t promised my house to my son I’d sell it n move to Georgia. I always wanted to live there. ♥️
IT WOULD BE REAL NICE IF SOMEONE WITH THE MONEY TO DO IT ,COULD FIND THE PLAINS FOR THIS HOUSE AND RESTORE IT BACK TO IT’S ORIGINAL LOOK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE .
I am from WI and a couple I know always dreamed of buying this old farmhouse they saw riding the school bus as k8ds. The people died and they bought it. The house wasn't in good enough shape to rehab it, they found the plans and rebuilt it with the original way with modern updates
@John Last name If you don't think that it costs anything to repair an old house, you have not done one lately. I saw blue sky from the attic, We have done many in my lifetime and where we started with the roof and moved down. Have you priced a 2 X 4 or a 2 X 6 lately? Frankly, I loved this house. I am now 76 years old and I wouldn't tackle this for anything but you need to get with the times. 2023 times, I don't mean to be ugly to you but you need to understand today's prices are outrageous.
It could of originally been what is called a Dog Trod house . The kitchen and dining are on one side the bedrooms and living room on the other and a porch in the middle . There were two separate entrances to each side . Just a thought
Hi Robert 👋 you could make something really great of the house nice layout inside I hope some one buys it up all the best Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧
Robert, your like me. I like to poke around attics and basements. By the way, even though I was born and lived most of my life in Atlanta, I did live in Columbus for 14 years. Went to Columbus high school. I have always loved your channel.
I'd want a structural engineer to inspect the house for any and all repairs to the foundation and interior walls. Those fireplace mantels should be taken out of the crawl space and installed back in the house. This house will require lots of major work done to it to include possibly a whole new roof. Everything needs to be updated and replaced with wiring & plumbing. All this needs to be taken into consideration with respect to the asking price. With all this done though you could have a very nice place to live.
Very cool. But I've said this before. I find the farmhouses down there to be very strange, compared to what I'm used to up here in NJ. Ours are two story, wood or brick, either side hall or center hall, and with basements. My grandfather's farmhouse was built around 1900 and had a side hall with the living room next to the hall. It had a pretty high-pitch roof, so the attic was huge. The stairway to it was in the bedroom above the dining room, and was a full-size staircase, but fully enclosed. The basement was smaller than the footprint of the house, indicating that it replaced an earlier house. I shared pictures of that house with Walter, a while back. So maybe he'll share them with you. Anyway, hopefully the new buyer will be interested in history, and make that place really nice.
All you need for an old house is lots of $$$$$$$. You are looking at $200K putting it back to original with the modern conveniences. We have done many of these. When you take out the old HVAC and use split systems you have real attic access without the ducts.
In old southern homes sometimes the kitchen was like a separate house with a covered breezeway (under a common roof for the whole house) between the kitchen ‘house’ and the rest of the house. This was done as a fire precaution in case of a fire in the kitchen. From the attic tour that is what this house appears to have.
The kitchen was not in the house but was attached by floor and porch. This was to keep the home cooler. My son lives in a home that the porch is in a L shape. The porch goes across the main back of the house, the porch turns to go beside the house and the original kitchen is across the porch. The porch continues on the side of the kitchen. The home has been remodeled and the kitchen and bathroom has been added inside the back of the original house. The old kitchen is being used for storage purposes.
There was an old house being renovated in Pennsylvania in the 1990s. The contractors were finishing up the house when one of the helpers accidentally put the ladder through the wall. They stuck their flashlights through the wall and saw circles on the far wall with things in them. After getting the owners permission to tear down the wall, they entered the room and realized cans lined the back wall and there were envelopes inside. They blew off the dust and saw the envelopes were addressed to soldiers. The old house was being used as a post office during the Civil War. Most of the letters were delivered to the ancestors of the soldiers. The rest were donated to the Civil War museum. Someone I worked with had told me this story. He was the contractor who was working on the house.
I certainly do enjoy watching your videos, you have such a passion for preserving what is old. I do have to ask you one question that I would appreciate an answer on. Who are all the folks at the end of your videos. You always have an in memoriam, that would in my estimation make those people very special or dear to you, am I correct? Thank you for your answer, be well, be safe
Have you been to Dug Gap Mountain. It has some cool Civil War fortifications. Their are some less known about fortifications near there just off the Pinhoti Trail just over the other side of the mountain. There is an old grave there as well.
You're looking at a money pit in this old place! Even if you had all of the skills to rehabilitate the place yourself, it would take lots of cash to buy all the materials needed to restore this old puzzle. My hat is off to anyone willing to take on this project!
OMG, That one fireplace mantle, [ in what I am calling the green room ] is almost the same as the one we have here in our home, same sort of art deco style . except our " blocks" on either side are a bit longer. that poor house, looks like a whole lot of rooms and none of them make much sense, just a bunch of rooms added. Would love to see it stripped down and made back into what it used to be Originally, and reopen that one section of walled off storage space, and use that again. right now the house is really chopped up. would love seeing the original floors. nice piece of property just needs a clean up, and taken care off..
looking at the siding there where the blocked-off storage area is, it looks like the original siding may have had a Creasote finish. the heat over the years would have broken down the creosote and would have evaporated.
The two walls facing each other in the attic? Most likely that house was originally built with the kitchen separate from the main house. And there might have been a breezeway added between the 2 at some time to connect the rooms. Houses were built with kitchens separate back then in case of fire in the kitchen so you wouldnt lose the whole house.
Most likely the house was two sections. And then joined together. It was common to have the kitchen separate from the main house. Since the most likely location for a fire was the cooking area. This way the main section of the house could be saved from a fire. Also in a lot of the older houses you could see a steel loop stick out of the side of the chimney. This was so if there was a chimney fire, you could pull the chimney away from the house. Saving the main building.
That hidden room with no entrance other than a punched hole in the dry wall was cool - and creepy!
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Strange for sure.
Reminds me of the Thomas Jefferson secret room at Monticello.
so cool.. someone who loves attics ... so many channels dont do attics ... that was a cool attic..
Cool the house sold $59,000 in July!
Hello,to all the gang at sidestep adventures into history!! This is Thomas again,and me and my girl Lorna Mae both wanna wish you all a very Merry Christmas,and a very joyous New Year!! Keep on doin what you’re doin....Cause you always make the day special,and more enjoyable every time we watch your shows!! May the good lord bless you and all your families!! Keep up the great work my friends!!
Back about 1980, 43 years ago, the state had a program to assist the elderly with home repair. My wife's Uncle John's old house was built sometime back in the early 1800s. I think 1848. Seeing the attic in that old house and the mud dobber remnant on the rafter remained me of his home.
When they showed up, the attic was full of mud dobber nest. It took over a week to remove one and a half tons of mud from his attic. We really miss John. He was a character.
What is it a Mud Dobber?
@@traceym.8680 a mud dauber is a type of wasp that build their nests from mud.
@@joycecooper7654 Sounds Very Nasty, and I bet hard to kill..
@@traceym.8680 a wasp that I think makes their hives with mud.
Mud dauber like it daubs mud..
Wow! Such a cool house, and only $114,900!! Here in British Columbia we can’t buy a mobile house in a trailer park for under $200,00. Time to pack up the dogs and move south lol I would love to see someone buy that house and make it a home once again.
I'm a New Englander... my house is 120 years old and there are houses dating back to 1760 in the neighborhood. I guess age is very regional indeed! As someone who enjoys history I also try to envision things as they once were from remaining clues, and I enjoy watching you do same.
ty Mr Tucker for allowing us to see this old home. Cross fingers someone purchases it and it comes to be a great home once again.
Awesome house for the age. Lot of good items in the attic. Love the old kitchen cabinets. Has lots of potential
What a great old house! Someone, I hope, is going to enjoy living in it. I would love to live in the last remains of a town full of forgotten history. I'm weird that way, I guess. So much to explore and learn!
You and me both. I would love to live somewhere like that too.
Me too
Thanks Robert and mr Tucker really enjoyed the house tour
Great tour! Seems to be in pretty good shape. Discovering the changes over the years is always fun. The fireplaces were usually the first to go when a "new" heating method came along. Out with the old and in with the new! Now we all want the old to be in! 😊👍👍
Love these old farm houses, reminds me of Grandmas time.
A great old house. This was very enjoyable to see & try to imagine what it was like back when...oh if the walls could only talk
Such a beautiful old home with lots of History. That's awesome you got to get in there and check it out, thank you for sharing it with us
That's an amazing house and a lot of history involved. If only walls could talk!
We have in our 1880s Farmette a Hidden Bedroom too that you can only access through a small tiny door...The room is Huge and it's filled with old Military stuff and it had some Gorgeous Antique Carved Wooden Beds that I personally got out and gave them All away...
Appreciate you sharing this
I knew you were going to go under that house! LOL Great place!
The original home you described sounded a lot like my grandparents' home. Oh, the memories I treasure of those days in that old home.
A love project. First, rase it up with a new foundation and go from there. And, let the fun begin.
Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. Bringing out the past history. May the Lord bless and protect you
Man if history could truly talk , love this type history . Great job .!
I like it. I live in Grayson County VA. at the foot of the Iron Mountains, and my house is also 122 years old.
Nice place. I hope the next owners are kind to it. Thank you, Robertson
I love the front porch. I also like the layout of the inside.
enjoyed seeing this. This house probably has alot more secrets
That closed off room looks like a pantry. Kitchens didn t use to have cabinets. When it was updated, they probably closed off the old storage room.
Interesting exploration. You're getting good at "reading" old houses and puzzling out their histories!
Considering the age of the house it has stood up pretty well over time. I hope someone comes along who can restore it as much as possible .Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
If i had the money i would by that house in a heart beat its a beautiful home i would move down there
Another Cool old house!! I just love your videos! Even Under the house!! That’s the neatest attic I’ve ever heard! ✌️
Having completely gutted and renovated 5 houses for rentals, the interior of this one looks better than I expected!
Whst a lovely house.
Lovely place. Thanks for sharing
Very interesting that both you & Brian chose to post old-house tours up for sale, on the same day!---True to form, gotta check out the attic and crawl space!---I'm hoping to check out the listing to see how fast it sells! Very kool!
This place is so beautiful. I love old houses … I lived in one in Blair County here in Pennsylvania, ( a good 156 years old ) for most of my teenage life. The Italianate was I believe built by a German architect by the name of Andrew Meyers , the man built a lot of the homes on our block .
I love seeing the alcoved ceilings and the seams where the old meets new . .
Was it 156 yrs old when you lived in it or is it 156 yo now?
@@sheilam4964 as of this year , so “ now “ it’s 156 years.
Really nice house has lot of rooms, it's livable, it's a great price 🥰♥️👍
Thank you Robert. Really interesting. Why would they not clean out the hidden room. There was also a window. I got a chuckle seeing the bird cage.
How cool that those mantles are still there. I hope you get a commission for selling this house! I need to go up in my attic. Haven't been there for 20 years.
How interesting n a bit confusing with this house. I liked it especially the porch.
It would be great if someone would buy it n try to bring it back to its original plan. It was confusing as you walked around looking at the bedrooms n so on. Looks like it’s on a nice piece of property n rather large too. Im sure that there’s wooden floors as you could see from under the house. It would break a bit of my heart if no one buys it n they end up tearing it down. The younger generations today don’t give a dang about a part of history. This house has a history n it needs to be told n saved. Thanks Robert for a great video.
♥️😊👍👍👍👍🌟
PS. If I hadn’t promised my house to my son I’d sell it n move to Georgia. I always wanted to live there. ♥️
IT WOULD BE REAL NICE IF SOMEONE WITH THE MONEY TO DO IT ,COULD FIND THE PLAINS FOR THIS HOUSE AND RESTORE IT BACK TO IT’S ORIGINAL LOOK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE .
Yes
@John Last name That's always my reaction when people plead, "Someone needs to fix it up."
I am from WI and a couple I know always dreamed of buying this old farmhouse they saw riding the school bus as k8ds. The people died and they bought it. The house wasn't in good enough shape to rehab it, they found the plans and rebuilt it with the original way with modern updates
@@haroldcampbell3337 same
@John Last name If you don't think that it costs anything to repair an old house, you have not done one lately. I saw blue sky from the attic, We have done many in my lifetime and where we started with the roof and moved down. Have you priced a 2 X 4 or a 2 X 6 lately? Frankly, I loved this house. I am now 76 years old and I wouldn't tackle this for anything but you need to get with the times. 2023 times, I don't mean to be ugly to you but you need to understand today's prices are outrageous.
It could of originally been what is called a Dog Trod house . The kitchen and dining are on one side the bedrooms and living room on the other and a porch in the middle . There were two separate entrances to each side . Just a thought
Psst - It's dog TROT. ;-)
Interesting home
Great video I am house shopping but I am staying up here but that is a cool house
This is James Barrow it's a cool beautiful house it can be saved and restore and for sale
Loving your channel from Seattle 🙏🏽♥️
Hi Robert 👋 you could make something really great of the house nice layout inside I hope some one buys it up all the best Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧
I'm totally interested!!
To the new owner... please make a RUclips channel of your renovations! Or at least frequent photos of your progress. 😊
Robert, your like me. I like to poke around attics and basements. By the way, even though I was born and lived most of my life in Atlanta, I did live in Columbus for 14 years. Went to Columbus high school. I have always loved your channel.
This is beautiful I do hope so one will get it thank you God bless you 🙏❤️
Thanks for the tour. I hope someone fixes it up.
I'd want a structural engineer to inspect the house for any and all repairs to the foundation and interior walls. Those fireplace mantels should be taken out of the crawl space and installed back in the house. This house will require lots of major work done to it to include possibly a whole new roof. Everything needs to be updated and replaced with wiring & plumbing. All this needs to be taken into consideration with respect to the asking price. With all this done though you could have a very nice place to live.
Very cool. But I've said this before. I find the farmhouses down there to be very strange, compared to what I'm used to up here in NJ. Ours are two story, wood or brick, either side hall or center hall, and with basements. My grandfather's farmhouse was built around 1900 and had a side hall with the living room next to the hall. It had a pretty high-pitch roof, so the attic was huge. The stairway to it was in the bedroom above the dining room, and was a full-size staircase, but fully enclosed. The basement was smaller than the footprint of the house, indicating that it replaced an earlier house. I shared pictures of that house with Walter, a while back. So maybe he'll share them with you.
Anyway, hopefully the new buyer will be interested in history, and make that place really nice.
All you need for an old house is lots of $$$$$$$. You are looking at $200K putting it back to original with the modern conveniences. We have done many of these. When you take out the old HVAC and use split systems you have real attic access without the ducts.
The additions will take the brunt of the weather over the years
In old southern homes sometimes the kitchen was like a separate house with a covered breezeway (under a common roof for the whole house) between the kitchen ‘house’ and the rest of the house. This was done as a fire precaution in case of a fire in the kitchen. From the attic tour that is what this house appears to have.
Having a breezeway kept heat from the kitchen out of the main part of the house.
Interesting, will definitely need some stabilization done. Thanks Robert.
Central California watching.
My thinking is that the original home was a Dog Trot style home. Thank you for sharing with us!
Cool house to restore
Enchanting!
Lord if we didn't have So Many Grandchildren, I'd be Very Interested in just buying this place right now even though it doesn't have much land!
I would absolutely love to do a live-in restore and bring that house back to life.
Love the details of the front porch
Circa 1990
What a cool house!! I might have missed it, but how much land goes with it?
Thanks for taking us there!
The listing says 5.3 acres. See the link in the first comment.
I’ve heard the section between the main house and the kitchen called a Dog Trot.
so much fun to watch 8 minutes of B S so Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
It still looks good 😊
The kitchen was not in the house but was attached by floor and porch. This was to keep the home cooler. My son lives in a home that the porch is in a L shape. The porch goes across the main back of the house, the porch turns to go beside the house and the original kitchen is across the porch. The porch continues on the side of the kitchen. The home has been remodeled and the kitchen and bathroom has been added inside the back of the original house. The old kitchen is being used for storage purposes.
Dog Trot? Kitchen on one side and living quarters on the other side.
There was an old house being renovated in Pennsylvania in the 1990s. The contractors were finishing up the house when one of the helpers accidentally put the ladder through the wall. They stuck their flashlights through the wall and saw circles on the far wall with things in them. After getting the owners permission to tear down the wall, they entered the room and realized cans lined the back wall and there were envelopes inside. They blew off the dust and saw the envelopes were addressed to soldiers. The old house was being used as a post office during the Civil War. Most of the letters were delivered to the ancestors of the soldiers. The rest were donated to the Civil War museum. Someone I worked with had told me this story. He was the contractor who was working on the house.
I certainly do enjoy watching your videos, you have such a passion for preserving what is old. I do have to ask you one question that I would appreciate an answer on. Who are all the folks at the end of your videos. You always have an in memoriam, that would in my estimation make those people very special or dear to you, am I correct? Thank you for your answer, be well, be safe
Cool
Whoever buys that house is getting some cool stuff in the attic with it ! WOW ! Too bad its been altered so much and is in rough shape.
WOULD BE A GREAT FIXER UP BACK TO THE CHARACTER OF THIS OLD HOUSE!
I would open up more than one of those fireplaces.
That blocked off storage area could be a nice walk-n-closet. Fix, insulate and drywall it and tear out wall that is blocking it.
From 1901. It's interesting. A lot bigger than our old 1960s tiny dump. Someone could also make pretty gardens outside eventually too.
I saw dandelions blooming just today!
Have you been to Dug Gap Mountain. It has some cool Civil War fortifications. Their are some less known about fortifications near there just off the Pinhoti Trail just over the other side of the mountain. There is an old grave there as well.
The last few minutes with the flashlight are like an epileptic’s nightmare lol
Because of this i like youtube!!!!
Sad about the pictures left behind. What I wouldn't give for pictures of my grandparents, great grandparents..... Thanks for the tour
Maybe a Dog Trot at one time? The storage room???? WTH? Total time capsule.
This would be lovely to restore!
You can get Grants for Historical Home's and have them done as Retro Fitting 💕
Looks better inside than out
You're looking at a money pit in this old place! Even if you had all of the skills to rehabilitate the place yourself, it would take lots of cash to buy all the materials needed to restore this old puzzle. My hat is off to anyone willing to take on this project!
Be me I’d open that small room back up from the outside and use it for storage it definitely needs a bit of work though hopefully someone saves it
I wish I had the money to get this house 🏠
Don't we all, I love old houses, but I live in Michigan, so it's a bit of a drive
Me too
OMG, That one fireplace mantle, [ in what I am calling the green room ] is almost the same as the one we have here in our home, same sort of art deco style . except our " blocks" on either side are a bit longer. that poor house, looks like a whole lot of rooms and none of them make much sense, just a bunch of rooms added. Would love to see it stripped down and made back into what it used to be Originally, and reopen that one section of walled off storage space, and use that again. right now the house is really chopped up. would love seeing the original floors. nice piece of property just needs a clean up, and taken care off..
looking at the siding there where the blocked-off storage area is, it looks like the original siding may have had a Creasote finish. the heat over the years would have broken down the creosote and would have evaporated.
WHEN THE FRONT DOOR & BACK DOOR ARE STRAIGHT THROUGH IT'S CALLED A SHOTGUN HOUSE
Probably was two parts. Detached kitchen, separate from the house so that the house doesn’t get too hot. It was joined together later on.
The two walls facing each other in the attic? Most likely that house was originally built with the kitchen separate from the main house. And there might have been a breezeway added between the 2 at some time to connect the rooms. Houses were built with kitchens separate back then in case of fire in the kitchen so you wouldnt lose the whole house.
You need to mow the lawn make it presentable. Nice old home.
Interesting how names intertwine like Oak Mountain Estates at Waverly Hall, Georgia. Eaglegards...
Walls never have and never will talk - they don’t have the capability.😅
This is so strange to find the original part of the house. When you first showed I couldn't believe it was that old until you explained it
Most likely the house was two sections. And then joined together. It was common to have the kitchen separate from the main house. Since the most likely location for a fire was the cooking area. This way the main section of the house could be saved from a fire. Also in a lot of the older houses you could see a steel loop stick out of the side of the chimney. This was so if there was a chimney fire, you could pull the chimney away from the house. Saving the main building.
Oh my, the dreaded English ivy at the front door. As bad as your wisteria Robert!
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