Incredible Packed Abandoned Frisco Mansion Along the Coast of Virginia
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- This beautiful old house was built by a union soldier veteran of the American civil war. He served in multiple large battles like Gettysburg and Antietam. The house was built in the late 1800’s around 1870 to 1880. Sadly this house is set to be torn down for a new shopping center. Glad to have documented this historic old house on film and video. Thank you for watching! Hope you enjoy!
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The door knocker saying “hurry” on the upstairs bathroom door was a first for me. That’s hysterical 😂
Once upon a time... somebody had big dreams about restoring this spacious home to its former glory! Sadly it looks like reality took over, and they realized what a big task they had taken on. SO many antiques, some look valuable/irreplaceable like the fireplace mantles with intact mirrors, and the huge mirror in the wooden "framing" A local historian may be able to save some of those antiques, I also spotted a like new telescope laying on the floor near a window. Thanks Ruby and Kappy, see you next time!
Good point! Really would take a large sum of money too save this place but it is a beautiful old place! Had a very nice feel inside as well! Thank ya very much for watching and the kind words! :)
It is not easy to bring a house back to life. Everything tore out and find just the right windows doors,jack back into place so stairs are right,took years slowly.
I believe this is the first time I have seen anyone begin gutting a house and leave the things they tore out in piles on the first floor. Lathe, beams, rolls of old carpet, very odd way to go about renovations. Very sad it didn't get as far as the restoration portion of the plans. I'm sure the original structure was beautiful and could have been remodeled into a very nice home. And that attic was crazy big. I wish this place had gotten its second chance. Thanks, Kappy
Agreed this place definitely deserved a second chance! Just glad I was able to document it in pictures and video at the least before it’s gone! Thank you very much for watching! :)
Someone even left the ladder! That must have been a beautiful house at one time. All that insulation left to rot! don't know if I've ever seen an attic that big. It's mind boggling to see the amount of lumber it took to build that house. All that furniture left to rot. So sad!! Those big mirrors are called Pier Mirrors and were popular in well to do homes. I would definitely say that would have been considered a well to do home!
Thank you for sharing the knowledge and information! I was shocked about the attic as well! Even had a few a small rooms! Thank you for watching!! :)
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 I am one of your "faithful" followers. I never miss an episode even though I don't comment all the time.
@@krislange1186 I appreciate it! Thank you! :)
Thanks Kappy for filming it before it's gone forever! Interesting floor plan, I liked the attic, made you realize how big the house actually was and it was spooky!!
Agreed it shocked me how large the attic was! Such a wide open space! Thanks for watching! :)
How sad that this was left to dust-again, what a fabulous B & B or antique shop it could have been. Those fireplaces, and that tall pier mirror you found are beautiful. Great find, Kappy! Thanks for the tour.
The mirror was crazy! I had no idea what that even was till saw the other side! Looked like a wall almost! Thank you for the kind words and watching! :)
There's nothing that can't be repaired. But only those who are able to see the real value of undertaking the task. The woodwork alone is worth more than some modern homes.
It's a shame ,such a beautiful place ,and that furniture that's left it's terrible,this is a good find ,,you are the only one I know that does these old houses ,I'm glad someone is
Wow! What a house. The renovation is already started, someone could finish it. There have been a lot of places far far worse off than this that have been saved. The attic alone would be worth it. That is one cool and useful attic. Another floor of living space. I know, I restored a house in MUCH worse shape than this. It had major fire damage and had been built in 1874. Over 3,500 square feet and it's still a great house to this day!
All I could picture in my mind was you standing on top of all that piled wood, the floor collapsing, and you would still be on the same level because of being on top of that wood. Weird thought, I know🤷🏻♀️😬I love the second floor landing. Huge. That attic. I wonder if it was used at one time or the couple doorways were put in for future use. Some of that furniture & that massive mirror-oh I hope it can be saved! Do you think that room you were in last was the kitchen? I don’t remember seeing anything resembling a kitchen. I love seeing “original “ things that are still there.( or extremely old) like the sink in that bedroom, the wallpaper in the closet. Things like that really gives you a scrapbook or photo album of the homes life. Of course the fireplaces & banister/staircase too. Thank again for a wonder step back in time Kappy. Stay safe!
What a lovely place this would have been in it's day. Looks like it's suffering from the beginning of an incompetent renovation, or worse, modernization. Stacking all that wood on that floor is a HUGE mistake. So many remaining details and hardware! Helluva restoration job, but I sure hope someone would tackle it. Another faded gem- thanks for the tour, Kappy!
That attic is awesome !!!
I'm so glad you are documenting these old places before they're demolished. It did look like the people who had it had had an auction. There's still the beauty and pride left there for now. Am hoping someone salvage what they can before it is taken down. Mz Ruby would be proud of you getting the wall paper. Another great video Mr Kappy! Thanks for taking me along!!!
Exactly the goal! I figure even if I can save a few compared too how many there probably are on video and pictures for future generations it’s a win! Thanks for watching and the kind words! Much appreciated! :)
That furniture was amazing!
No doubt she was a beauty in her flower stage. fascinating floorplan. that's some very charming wallpaper patterns left to tell the tale. thanks for sharing.
Why do friends and family members always leave awesome things to rot when it becomes vacant for what ever reason. So many like this. Don’t understand
Overwhelm, grief, disconnect, infighting (cases caught up in probate), and finally different taste/values. People often have distance and life demands that don't allow for the time required to deal with it all. It can be physically, legally, and energetically overwhelming.
Yeah, they’re probably rolling over in their grave!
The backdrops with perspective and the nature scenes that show at the end of your videos are really quite good. I think they show a talent. IMO their print or calender worthy.
That’s so nice of you too say! Thank you! Much appreciated! Maybe I’ll make a calendar of my favorite houses someday and do a giveaway!
Amazingly you got to film this one with some much life behind and nobody has trashed it great find .
Great explore, luv this house. So many antiques just rotting away. What is wrong with families?
U r still my favorite explorer.
Much luv
Stay safe
Waiting 4 the next
Someone started a big renovation. Wonder what happened that made them leave it unfinished. I think people often underestimate how much work it actually is to fix a place up and how much money it takes so they give up. What a shame. Great video Kappy. I appreciate your time and camera work.
Health, finances, death, so many things can derail a dream.
Maybe it's haunted
Possibly it got rezoned since it is being demolished to build a shopping center. That's what happened to my grandparents house in Lynchburg, Va.
That 2008 housing bubble burst, and the investors found themselves underwater on this house I'm pretty sure! 🤦♀️ When they bought it it was probably still halfway livable! 😒 But 15 plus years of neglect can wreak havoc on a place! 🥺
I enjoy your videos so much, they are so professionally done..I really enjoyed the end of the video also, sharing outdoors and other homes..thank you ❤
Always try and put some nature shots and upcoming/ past videos at the end! Glad to hear you enjoyed! Thank ya for the kind words and watching!! :)
The attic seems like it's in the best shape. Poor old girl needs some love!
What a great find kappy,the beautiful lady speaks volumes!! You can feel the history of so many things all throughout this house. Great craftsmanship in the attic beams, it's a shame that some cheaply made shopping center is to take it place, nothing could ever take it's place,to bad the owners gave up,thanks kappy 👍💯
Nice entrance. You can find the copyright of all books on the second or third page towards the bottom. Baffled over all that wood stacked up in that room downstairs. Ruby will appreciate you showing the wallpaper. Nice home at one time. Thanks for your videos! Always interesting.
I hope they can save/sell off all of the antique furnishings. That can still be enjoyed by some person. All in the name of progress tear down the old and build new, what a shame. Have a great day
Hey Kappy. Wow! So many awesome antiques left in that place. Looks like someone tried to bring it back to life and got overwhelmed. Loved all the different wallpapers. This was an amazing explore. Thanks. Stay safe. ✌️
Thank you very much for watching!! :)
Kappy tell Ruby hello and once again great home
Thank you for watching will do! :)
Love that wall paper in the kitchen.
The "Hurry" door knocker on the bathroom!!!! 🤣😂 Brilliant!!
Thought that was a clever touch as well! Lol thanks for watching! :)
Thank you for preserving this poor house on video before she was taken down!
Kappy you are my favorite urban explorer, love your videos. Some of those houses really look haunted.
Glad you like them! Thank you very much for watching! :)
One would think that salvage/pickers companies could be called to come purchase some of the beautiful woodwork, fixtures, etc. I love the door knocker on the door of the upstairs bathroom! What a lovely old place.
I was conceived in the basement of this house. 🎉
Wow, that's a trip! Related to residence or teens hanging out while abandoned?
luckily this house had no basement, maybe a 2-3 ft crawl space! How tall are your parents lol
Kappy, you are the very best at finding these old abandons, . please keep it up.
This was one of the most beautiful with that center sqaure stairwell. Do you ever feel ghosts around on your explorations? This house struck me as one that would harbor few.
Have had a few weird things happen in places but this one gave me a fairly good feeling! Hard to describe unless in a place! Good question! Thank you for watching! :)
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 Thanks for the opportunity 💜 I'm not young enough to brave those type of structures anymore, but LOVE old craftsmanship and architecture/design. This house definitely had a lighter feeling, though I definitely felt disembodied energy (positive). There have been others you've explored which had lots of sadness/loss energy present. Thank you for your respect of the property and documentation of what may soon be unavailable for the younger generations to see.
I’ve wondered about the vibes in different places you film too, I felt very homey feelings in this one.
Must have been so beautiful
Thank you, as always, for sharing Kappy! Awesome place!! 😊 Was it cold that day? I saw a mist when you were in the attic.
It was very chilly! Right below freezing out that day! Thanks for watching! :)
I would love to clear the brush and mow some of the yards at these places just to highlight the beauty and architecture.
Love the Staircase❤
Whoever it was that owned this house was at the process of restoring this house. The sagging floors is caused by moisture content in the basement. My house is built in 1860 and it too is being restored. I would love to have the trim in that house.
thanks kappy for uploading this its amazing u did it again hey question were will all those things furnitre etc go to a auction i sure hope so it would be a waste it would be awesome for people who to makeovers and such great watching you bud keeep on keepin on
A salvage company needs to get in there and salvage as much as possible I hope that mantle can be saved. It's gorgeous. The upstairs mantles need saving too. Surely there is some organization that would love to have the contents in this house. The wallpaper was lovely. Someone once had hopes for this place, but was in too deep.
I bet that was a beautiful house at one time
So many goods there could be donated and refurbished. Disturbing to see items forgotten, devalued, and wasted. Shameful.
Awesome exploration bro. That cookbook was dated back to 1980 btw. Alot of history in that house.
Always see what looks like orbs in your videos
Looks like it was last decorated in the 1980s with those patterned paper borders.
😢 Beautifully Sad.
I love this house. Too bad it’s beyond repair. Or at least not budget wise. 😒I love watching your videos Kappy.
I don't know how you can resist rescuing some of the remants in some of these houses slated for demolition, like door knobs, because at some point it is rescue as no one is interested or cares about these artifacts.
Wish I had the money to restore this! ❤
I truly hope someone like Black Dog Salvage rescues as much as possible before the house is demolished! 💔
Peer mirror probably in the original entrance hall. Somebody ran out of money for restoration of that old place. Hundreds of dollars in supplies left on site.
Awesome!
Thanks for watching!!! :)
Love the furniture
Looks like they were in the process of restoring it.
Wallpaper covered a lot of problems with older homes.
20:32, that book was first published in 1976.
@21:00 that's a mantle piece 😍
I don’t understand how people can just leave everything behind. They could’ve at least sold it for lot value if they couldn’t restore it. They just let it rot and lost everything- including all those antiques. Sad
First place to start renovation is the roof! Then have engineer check basement structure
As if we need more shopping centers! Hopefully the developer 💩will go bankrupt before he can destroy anything else and the house can possibly be saved!
I wonder if that giant mirror came from an even older place? I have a feeling about it.
It's a shame all that furniture and that really cool vintage window fan is all going to fall in on itself and all will be lost.
To bad somebody couldn’t buy it tear it down and reuse the beams and doors and hardware and anything else that can be sanded down and rebuild something smaller and save the antiques and the history
I always look for spooks in these videos.
Bad as I hate it she is too far gone!
Why didn't they repair the bad section of roof first?? And why remove SO MUch plaster and lathe? The house looked like it was still solid, except for piling lumber inn the rooms downstairs. Whoevrr started this remodel was totally clueless. IMO. Then they probably ran out of money and walked away
Sad waste of a good house and contents
Thanks! It’s sad it has to be torn down like a lot of other ones. A week ago I went into a small cabin house that was abandoned in 1963, and it still had everything!
That’s fascinating! Would love to see pictures! Sounds neat! Thanks for watching! :)
So beautiful and has such a peaceful feel about it. Kappy you do an amazing job bringing us these gems. I can imagine this home was an absolute stunner in its day. You find the most beautifully and interesting homes! Thanks so much for your hard work and dedication. As always, stay safe and can’t wait till the next one.😊
I really appreciate the kind words! I have some pretty neat ones on the way as well! From down south and up north! Thank you very much for watching!! :)
My guess is someone was gutting it with the intention of renovating and discovered issues that was way beyond what they could fix or afford to fix. Very sad because it is a beautiful place. Thank you Kappy. You made my day.
Totally agree with you.
Right on the money! Thank you very much for watching! Glad you enjoyed! :)
That newspaper from the 2008 era says ALOT about what might have happened here. A lot of folks were investing in and renovating and flipping homes around that time because there were big profits to be made. But once the housing bubble burst in 2008.... A lot of investors and house flippers found themselves upside down in the market with houses that they would never be able to recoup the funds that they had put into them. So a lot of projects were just abandoned.🥺 It's a real shame...... Because those of us who would have loved and cherished a house like this and would have put in the effort and money to fix them up no matter how much the cost weren't able to buy them at that time because the house flippers were inflating the prices so high that none of us could afford to get one anyway. 🤦♀️ And since it was about profits for them and not about love for an old house..... They just walked away and left them abandoned with no love lost.🥺
who knows,crisis,tragedy, death besets us all.😮
Amazing house! It seems as if it is literally on a teetering point of life and death. So much effort has gone into starting a renovation, yet so far to go. Too bad they had to give up. I can picture all the wonder it could have... I wish it could be saved.
Thanks Kappy
What a huge house! Loved all the antique furniture so sad it’s left hopefully someone will at least save the furniture! Thanks Kappy
Can only hope! Furniture was pretty neat! Thanks for watching! :)
Maybe the owners intend to continue rehabbing the house at some point. I can’t believe they’d leave all of that insulation.
OMG OMG OMG!!!! I had that Suzy Homemaker stove as a little girl!!!! I actually learned to bake in it. I would pull it into the kitchen when my mom was baking and she would always give me a little bit of whatever she was making and she would tech me how to make it in that oven. It took a 100 watt bulb and the stove burners would glow when it was plugged in. I'm actually quite a good cook/baker now, if I say so myself. I owe it all to Suzy and my Mom! That toy is worth alot of money now. I pray someone goes in there and rescues the furniture. It breaks my heart to think of the contents of that house just rotting away. Somebody had big plans for it. But the rule of thumb of restorations is to start with the foundation and roof before you tear anything out.
Someone started a restoration process but seems they lost hope in how costly and time consuming it would be. Sad I bet this was a grand old beauty in it's day. Thanks for taking us through it Kappy, take care, stay safe and God bless.🙏🏼
Much appreciated for watching and the kind words! :)
Thanks Kappy, I could just imagine living there in its prime, love the floor plan, it’s so unique on the second floor, I would have loved calling it home. One of your best.
Well this one has seen her glory days for sure. Our hot humid summers in Virginia can really bring on mold and wood rot. Storms damage roofs. Sad but inevitable. Someone actually did a lot of work removing the plaster. I think you’re right about the structural issues. Still enjoyed you showing us around. Take care!
True that! Especially being so close too the coast extra storms added! Thank you for the kind words and watching! Much appreciated always! :)
That is one big beautiful home. It had to be amazing in its prime. To bad the person who was going to restore it couldn’t finish it. Thanks Kappy for taking us with you!
The houses you explore and film are beautiful and fascinating💝I just fell in love with this “home.” The atmosphere was nice. Thank you so much for archiving them. 💕💐
I just wondered if the project got abandoned right around the last big stock market crash. That was in 2008 2009
Hello Kappy and all you explorers!
From the exterior, this appears to be a very interesting house, with all its angles and gables. I can hardly wait to see what's inside!
The people who built this house really cared about the details of its construction and decoration. The millwork surrounding the doors and windows, as well as the fireplace surround and the pocket doors, is very well executed. No shortcuts were taken in this house!
That doorknob and its faceplate look almost like they did when they were installed. I'll bet they were polished until they shined!
I wonder if that green stone on the mantel is marble or maybe soapstone. Whatever it is, I hope it's preserved or salvaged. It's much too lovely to smash to bits! Oh, the staircase is just beautiful and it's in great condition!
This whole house has a proud bearing befitting a hero of that terrible, needless War. How proud he must have been of the home he built. I wonder if he had a family. I should think he did, to build a house so large and comfortable as this one must have been.
Kappy, you mentioned in the description that this house is going to be torn down. Obviously, someone at least attempted to save it once, judging from the sheetrock and the mud on the walls and the piles of boards they took down. Perhaps they planned to move walls as was done in the large room at the end of the house.
They must have given up on what they felt was a monumental task or maybe something was discovered to change their minds.
Kappy, the microwave book you discovered was published in the early to mid seventies. My Mom had an Amana Radarange and that same cookbook came with the appliance.
Now it seems the house is about to be emptied of everything useful. That would explain the piles of boards and furniture and the walls being stripped. It's obvious that the interior demolition has already begun, especially upstairs.
The rooms up there are good-sized, but what awful water damage has occurred in that one room! That black mold may have rendered this house uninhabitable. Maybe that's why the homeowner gave up his attempts at renovation.
What an interesting closure on that closet! I don't believe we've seen one like it before. Hmmm.
I've seen other houses of this period which were renovated to become boarding houses. They all had sinks in the bedrooms like this one. Apparently, water closets were communal, but sinks allowed boarders to bathe in private.
Ah, the boxes of household goods are sad, somehow, as the small goods of the long gone homeowners are nothing but junk now, bound for some secondhand store or, worse, for the county landfill. It's difficult to see, for their sakes.
That fireplace surround is, I believe, late Victorian, like the green one downstairs. They are very similar, if not identical. This must be the bedroom belonging to the owner, the veteran of so many battles, who rested his head in this room.
Well, what do you know? A door knocker on a bathroom door! This must have been a boarding house, as the assortment of objects in the last room attest. The door knocker helped to ensure privacy when the bathroom was in use, I suppose.
You're right, Kappy. This is a large bathroom. They must have given up a corner bedroom to provide a bathroom. Perhaps that was an enticement to potential boarders.
We can only hope that the finer parts of the millwork in this lovely old home will be saved for future use and that the beautiful antique furniture will grace someone else's homes.
This was once a grand home, as the large mirrored mantel in the last room shows us. Sadly, though, this house is almost beyond saving. That black mold may be the death blow for this whole building. It attests to a badly failed roof system and that would take many thousands to repair. Considering the state of the remainder of the building, it may not be profitable.
Your video may well be the last evidence of this lovely house's existence, Kappy. It does provide enough visual evidence to allow us to imagine what this mansion looked like a hundred years ago. It must have been very beautiful.
Thank you very much for this explore, intrepid explorer. Though there have been many changes and much damage to this building, it stands proudly, wounded but still sound, much like the veteran her walls sheltered.
I hope that, should you pass this way again, you will show us that this grand beauty has been saved, her terrible wounds healed and that she is made beautiful once more.
Take good care of yourself and drive safely. Happy trails, my friend.
Fantastic observations as always! Thank you for sharing and much appreciated for watching!! :)
You have such a way with words that your comments were like reading a book full of detail and emotion. Lovely. Thank you!
Wow Kappy what a house that was, awesome. 2 bad no one saved it😢. Attic was strange with little rooms in it. Stay safe out there. Hi 2 Ruby!
Muy lindo tus videos bien mostrado todo 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏💓
Everytime you say a place is going to be torn down my 1st thought is I hope they salvage everything they can. Hardware and doors. Lumber and anything handcrafted. Then you show some beautiful old furniture and I'm like yes save that too.
It's a beautiful old place that someone needs to save and finish restoring. Not tear down.
Maybe the renovation was stopped cause the owner was offered a large sum of money for the property.
This place is amazing!
The antiques had my heart racing…and the architectural details (that doorknob😳♥️) I’m glad you were careful making your way through all of that!Thank you, Kappy. I enjoyed the tour!
Always try and be fairly careful! Atleast as careful as can be in these crumbling old places! Thank you for the kind words and watching! :)
Your eye for architecture is amazing. That’s why I watch your channel
I am in the process of selling what we own in New Mexico. I am heading home to Virginia and I pray I can find a place like that to redo. I am so ancious I can hardly wait to walk barefoot again in the hills.
Did ya notice the door knocker on the bathroom door "Hurry" 😅
There was probably a wrap around porch and was patched with more modern siding. It was a beauty in it's day!
It appears someone bit off more than they could chew in this house.
Looks like someone was in the process of redoing the house over and stopped for some reason. Sad
Wow! So many amazing structures!
On the second floor, where the water damaged area is i can actually see an outline of an older woman, close to the corner and about four feet up. This place looks as if someone had intentions of remodeling and making this awesome place, but time, money, or maybe even both came in between their doing so.
11:59. I saw it too.
My grandma had a house that had that fake back siding and years later after she sold it the current owners took it all off to reveal the original wood siding underneath. The house looked sooo much better.
Looks like it was gonna be remodeled maybe. That doorknob was gorgeous.
Good morning. I’m just reaching out to let you know how much I appreciate your videos and all the hard work you put into them. Watching these videos is sentimental to me as well because during the pandemic, my mother is the one that turned me onto watching abandoned properties. We used to watch them together. She passed away last week, but this is a memory her and I shared that I will cherish. So thank you again for all your hard work.
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss! I can’t even imagine losing my mom! I’m sorry! Thank you so much for the kind words and watching I really appreciate it! Thank you! Hope you are doing well!