Was so very excited to see this. I'm a Kuykendall, a descendant of Abraham Kuykendall (1719-1812). He was awarded 600 acres by the state of NC in the late 1780's for his service during the American Revolution in Flat Rock NC, not far from where I live today in the Mtns of WNC. Don't know much of my heritage but long to know more. Just wish I knew how the families tied together! Thanks so much for sharing this!
Looks like "Edna" scratched into the stone, which was a common woman's name back in the day. That thing shown near the beginning with the 4 shallow impressions is an egg poacher, I believe. I have an old timey kitchen and use something similar to poach just one egg at a time. I sure vote for a museum, possibly with some living history. Was so very cool to have someone with you that has memories of the house.
I would lean towards a museum. Please don’t make new holes in anything or fill in any wood as in the floor boards. Love to see how everyday life effected the house’s components. What a national treasure and I hope it survives another several hundred years. Thanks to the max for taking us along from WA state 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
Todd, I am in awe. This was so interesting. When you have an opportunity to help save, and possibly restore a historic home and property as this, then it is a day's work well done. Amen.
This is so precious to the area and needs some archeological research to fully show the heritage of the area. Maybe build the restaurant next to the house?
It's not mud that joined the stones to build the barn. It was lime mortar, and the reason that the walls were so thick is that the crew who constructed it were from the British isles,where they would have been building castles 🏰 and churches ⛪️. I am a Historian, and as soon as I saw the architecture, I guessed who built it. This is my first time watching your channel and I will subscribe! ❤
I really enjoyed this. I think the home should be turned into a museum. There’s so much to learn from visiting this site. I think more people would have access to it as a museum. Thanks for posting this video.
The small clock is a carriage clock. Taken by people in the carriage if they traveled. The wooden piece in the kitchen you thought was a cradle was a bread mixing bowl.
Please continue to keep this place safe. Too many places in WV have been ruined by vandals. Enjoyed coming along on this adventure with you all the way from Texas!
Shared this on Facebook so friends and family at home can see this as well. One of the best tours I have seen on RUclips and it helped to alleviate the homesickness that sets in this time of year. Thanks again for obscuring the exact location to preserve its integrity.
I do believe this video tops any of your others. This is absolutely beautiful. I can only imagine what it was like back when it was occupied and the family was going about their daily lives. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful, huge home.
Very interesting! So much history should be preserved for posterity. A house museum with a restaurant would be ideal. Kuykendall is originally a Dutch name (from the Netherlands) it used to be ‘van Kuykendal’, meaning that the name signifies a place or district in the country. Kuyken means chick 🐥 and -dal means valley. In the Netherlands it is now spelled as Kuikendal. On the internet you can find a family tree of Pieter Jacobsen van Kuykendall, born 1698, in Ulster New York. That area was previously Nieuw Nederland and the city of New York used to be Nieuw Amsterdam, before the English decided it was theirs. I very much enjoyed this video. Keep up the good work.
so beautiful, trying to imagine the people that lived there and what their daily chores consisted of and what their lives were like all those years ago. what a wonderful trip back in time.
What a peaceful beautiful place. It is fortuitous that there is a tourist train route right by this place. Keeping a place like this even minimally maintained is far from free. It would be great if it could be shared with more people! Thank you for sharing with video with us!!!
Your background music was a perfect match to the scenery, both inside and out. The artifacts took you back in time as well as the music. Very well done.
Absolutely incredible amount of history that should be preserved!!! Thanks for this marvelous tour!! I hope something can be done to keep it as a museum.
Thank you very much Todd for showing me this old house! It is amazing how much has change over time and seeing how people used to live in colonial times! Me liking antiques and being in this old house with you is just, a blessing 😊🥹!
It’s an amazing old house! And as well preserved as any I’ve seen. It’s important to preserve all the out buildings and wells etc… so the train station does not need to go where the ice house was. I hope it can be saved. Thank you for showing it to us❤️🤗🐝
Oh goodness. Most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. Please, please preserve this home. There’s historical house museums but this is indeed a home. Beautiful. ❤
I'm so glad RUclips brought this up for me so randomly. I really enjoyed the video. WHAT a treasure that house is and filled with historical domestic treasures to boot! Thank you so much, Jeff, for making this possible. And kudos to the film crew. Perfectly chosen music and calm, warm presentation made this a relaxing journey to such an idyllic corner of WV. Thank you!
One of your best shows to date and love the 1780 K House. I wish these comments would allow photos, but since it doesn’t I will try a description. I own a book called “Practical Housekeeping” dated 1883, one of the chapters called “Kitchen Luxuries” page 481, shows that cooking utensil as an egg poacher. The book shows some small individual, low cups that fit into the dipped sections. Can’t guarantee it but the one you showed today is very similar. Hopefully this will help 😊
This reminds me of my uncle Rex’s house. It was wood but it was loaded with antiques from the 1700’s. He ended up allowing the Smithsonian to catalogue and use several pieces for their museum. Is this in West Virginia? That’s where my uncle Rex was. Edit: This channel was just recommended to me. My family has been in this country since the first ships for Europeans and Africans as well as the Native Americans. We’re the “Melungeon” of the Appalachia’s. If you want some more old places to explore, go to Logan or Wayne WV. I used to spend summers in a one room log home with my great great aunt. Zero modern amenities and I loved it!
Thanks for checking out my channel. I used to live in Huntington not far from Wayne and had a field office in Williamson...spent many days in Logan (Chapmanville).....beautiful part of the country.
I used to live on Kuykendall Road in Cookeville, TN. I wonder if perhaps the person the road was named for is a relative, perhaps a descendant of Isaac's. It's not a common surname, so it might just be possible. Thank you for sharing this. I have tears in my eyes - the stories those walls could tell!
Wow Todd, maybe one of your best videos yet. As far as for an old historical house an all of its belongings from so many years gone by. You just don't get to see many of these places anymore, especially it being in such great condition. It's in the right stages to be restored back to its former beauty. What an amazing homestead Todd. Such an amazing place. I'm sure you will find many unbelievable/amazing relics when you detect the grounds. It really does need to be brought back to its amazing glory for sure. Wish i had a couple million to give them to get started on it. Todd, another amazing video my friend. Have yourself an amazing weekend an we shall catch you on your next video. 😁👍👍
Stunning! Absolutely breathtaking this house is basically in original state! So many artifacts contained within for eons too! It's been untouched, and any improvements should be carefully undertaken. Hopefully it will be kept out of the way & remote for its own protection. It's just so lovely and intact, it should have controlled access, which only a railway could do. I could spend all day there! (The name looks like "Edna" to me.) PS Thank you for taking us along Todd!
I love the "Hollow at the end of Train Stop" idea. Not only would it bring tourists, it would make for a great day trip outing or longer with a place to stay and eat with the history and stories. It is in prestige condition and with the item's there, it add's to the time line of stories. What a great find...
Missouri. German side settled in Pocahontas Missouri. Farmers. Church built 1789. Still there. Beautiful . My Great Grandfather was one of I believe five/ six families that settled there. Thank you for showing how ppl lived . ❤️
It should be all three. Wow. This was wonderful. I’ll come take care of it. Todd, you never fail giving us the quality, videography, and content we want. Thanks for the adventure.
Thank you Todd for sharing this adventure with us!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! I definitely think that this place should be a museum!!! God Bless Us All!!!
Watching this was a joy. I grew up in a 1790s house and currently live in an 1812 house in Vermont. I was thrilled to see all of the marvelous items that have withstood time. I hope very much that the owners are able to get a nice (tasteful, to go along with the house) train station with a place for coffee or light lunch, and restroom facilities. This would allow the house to be made into a museum with the least amount of “damage.” Unlike a B & B, which would require the installation of modern facilities to pass inspection. Thank you so much for taking the time to film and post this!
Utterly breathtaking property and home. The treasures inside give us a rare view of family and home life in history. I pray this is preserved and shared with future generations ❤
Love this old house, so well preserved. I went to high school with a Kuykendall, but I can’t remember his first name. This was 45 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida. The last name is so unusual, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were their descendants. Hope it’s made into a museum. 😊
The round rock found on the windowsill was not handmade. They find them in a river where for some reason a stone or rock sits where it “bubbles” and they begin to roll around being polished or worn as they turn. I saw some in Virginia that had been collected. I think maybe they are found where a water wheel dumps water in one spot or at the base of waterfalls.
This is beautiful!! The doors and windows need refinished to match the original design and the house totally sealed so no one can get in. I know you said it is under video surveillance but there’s sooo much irreplaceable history there. It definitely needs to be made into an museum and registered as a monument with the national historic society. Thank you for sharing this amazing history with us all!! ❤️🤍💙 Laura from the Tristate of Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia
Coming from England, I found this a fascinating video. I love pioneer days of both America/Canada and Australia and how each country evolved, but more so how people survived, coped, birth and death and there are so many untold stories out there. For some reason, I have an affinity with West Virginia, even more so with all things Appalachian. Who knows, maybe an ancestor of mine went out there and it is in my genes! This house is amazing and all the artifacts left behind by inhabitants of years gone by and also, all your reactions of awe. Naturally subscribed and look forward to watching your other videos so many thanks for this upload.
I love this so much!! As a history major and a collector of antiques, this made my heart so happy to see. What a blessing to have this in the family! I must tell you though, I also collect very old books and if you guys don't get them out of the dryness of that home, they will be lost forever. Please see about pulling the important books out and have a little restoration done! (those are worth saving!!)...antique books can't be in this type of dryness and last. The other items can hang on but those important books can't. Get that little one out and the Washington one for sure. I have had to carefully do restoration work on many of mine to help them last. :) what a fun trip to travel on a train, and even better if it would stop there for a little tour! Tour guides should be in period clothing! fun!! thanks for sharing!
Im so excited! I am a Kuykendall and come through Isaac and Nathaniel!! The very ones who built that home!!! My direct ancestors! I could cry! If anyone is interested in seeing more information on these men and families we have the extensive genealogy on them!! Thank you so much!
What a beautiful home in excellent condition. Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately, I had no idea where and what state it's in until you started talking about the railroad. Not everyone automatically knows where these wonderful homes and locations are.
Wow! This history has got to be saved! This house, and its contents are amazing, I always said I was born in the wrong century. I would love to visit here!
I hope it's made into a museum! I'm amazed it has remained intact for so many years. Anything out west (where I am) would be destroyed very quickly once people knew it was empty. Even if it becomes a museum, someone should be there at all times to guard it.
Todd This is the creme de la creme for videos! I'm in total awe of that house and the view. That would make for a fantastic museum. Build a welcome center/ restaurant by the ice house for the train to stop by. House the artifacts in a place where they can be preserved and viewed by the public. True gem of a house and everything there. It needs to be saved and preserved for the future.
Wow! I could spend days there just looking. I think it would work best as a museum tied in with the train. I would love to stop by there and enjoy a meal or spend the night there. What a place. Great video.
Isaac Kuykendall is my 4th great grandfather and Nathaniel Kuykendall is my 5th great grandfather. Dan Waggoner, who owned the property and recently passed would not have wanted electricity, kitchen, bathrooms, etc added to the house. He was a stickler for authenticity and keeping the home as uniquely original as he could. It would be so very sad to see the house changed in those ways. A museum with day hours could work as long as electricity or public restrooms are not required. I do hope the current owners take this into consideration and do their best to preserve this rare untouched piece of history. Marsha Kuykendall Tomlin
We must be related. My grandfather Ron just moved out of Keyser last year. Personally I hope that the place is preserved in such a way that it makes enough money to keep it in good shape for future generations. The people who own it now seem to me to have good intentions with this place I won’t pitch a fit if they have to add plumbing and electricity in order for this place to survive
I hope this kind Gentleman will see his dreams come true. It would be so very much worth it. I liked the idea of a train coming, dropping folks off, even if they could have a sleep over or two, have a wonderful meal and just spend the rest of the time looking at all of the treasures in there. I think it would take more then one day for a person like myself who likes to take their time slowly, not missing on single item to admire, take a photo. I personally would love to love at all the things in the linen cabinet, both trunks we got to see. What a wonderful magical place this would be to me. Thank you ever so much for showing us such a well preserved home from the 1700's era.
It would be great as a museum but I would also love to stay there too. Maybe they could do a combination of both or build little cabins for people to stay on the property which looks beautiful!! Thank you for sharing
Wow. That was just amazing,such a beautiful kept place. I loved they way they lived so simply yet beautiful, I have always wanted a one if these old homes . Just gorgeous.
Hey Barry thanks!! I have a number of NZ fans over there and some from Tasmania in Australia across from you all. Back when I was in my 20's I looked into moving to NZ.....one day I hope to visit.
I'd love it to be a museum with a RUclips channel with unique finds of the catalogue of items. I imagine it would be impossible to display everything. God bless. Thanks for sharing this.
Wow. That's a beautiful time capsule. I do hope their plans for it happen. It's alr easy a museum. The possibilities are endless. I don't know if it's possible but an interactive BnB would be amazing. People could rent it for several days to experience how the people lived back then. Cooking in the fireplace using candles and oil lamps and using the outdoor faculties. There isn't a lot of us old People left that remember having houses like that. But just having it as a museum for people to visit would be awesome. A living history site.
Hello my friend. I think it’s amazing it should be a museum. I remember some of the things that were in my grandma house. Absolutely amazing. Stay safe my friend and say hello to the family for me.
This was built by my 4th Great Grandfather Isaac Kuykendall along with his brother. It is just so amazingly beautiful. Thank you so much for creating this video and showcasing the timeless construction and all the other historical items and buildings.
What a great video! I love seeing wonderful places like this honored and preserved! I hope it's turned into a museum! I'd sure pay to ride the train and visit it!❤❤❤
Wow! Thanks for the tour! Loved seeing this and would love to see it live. Please cover those painting and things with a dark heavy material to keep out the UV light. Those thin white cloths won't. I get my back tanned everytime I go swimming with a cotton t-shirt over my swimsuit.
I stumbled upon your channel by accident as I love anything that has to do with Appalachia. This old house has been lovingly preserved. Though it will take an army of volunteers to restore the property and other buildings, it Can be done! --I was a volunteer at an old Manor House in N.E. Ohio, built in 1834, for numerous years until the pandemic hit and we fell into hard times and with other under handed things that went on, eventually lost the Manor. While devastating, in the time that we had the Manor, were able to save her from falling down, and her Carriage House as well. This one video has prompted me to subscribe. Thank-you for gaining access to this old beauty and being permitted to film it. Do they have a Foundation where folks can support it financially? I certainly would like to contribute to her further preservation Thank-you!
Was so very excited to see this. I'm a Kuykendall, a descendant of Abraham Kuykendall (1719-1812). He was awarded 600 acres by the state of NC in the late 1780's for his service during the American Revolution in Flat Rock NC, not far from where I live today in the Mtns of WNC. Don't know much of my heritage but long to know more. Just wish I knew how the families tied together! Thanks so much for sharing this!
Me too....we're in Oklahoma
I'm a Kuykendall also I'm sure we are all family Abraham is down in my family line to
Hey cuz I put my email on here for her. We found more family yes
Hey Cousin! Are you a McMinn?
Cousin! Abraham is my 5th Great-grandfather. So cool!
The house and its contents are so well preserved that it would make sense to turn it into a museum. Thanks for sharing.
I agree a museum for sure
Absolutely 100% a museum. I think the train ticket idea is a great idea. What a remarkable piece of history.
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Looks like "Edna" scratched into the stone, which was a common woman's name back in the day. That thing shown near the beginning with the 4 shallow impressions is an egg poacher, I believe. I have an old timey kitchen and use something similar to poach just one egg at a time. I sure vote for a museum, possibly with some living history. Was so very cool to have someone with you that has memories of the house.
I agree. I think it's an egg steamer that you would lower into a pot.
I also agree, it looked like Edna to me.
I agree with both. Edna & poaching or steaming eggs
Either that, or a lid to a bed warmer, which they would put hot coals into, and insert under the mattress in the winter
I would lean towards a museum. Please don’t make new holes in anything or fill in any wood as in the floor boards. Love to see how everyday life effected the house’s components. What a national treasure and I hope it survives another several hundred years. Thanks to the max for taking us along from WA state 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
You messed up the bible! It was intact until you touched it and opened it... leave it alone..
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Could the state help with grants? This place is a rare gem. Incredible place. Fantastic video Todd
If the state helps with grants then they could have control over the house at some point.
Excellent thought. Oh to see it restored would be a miracle indeed.
Todd, I am in awe. This was so interesting. When you have an opportunity to help save, and possibly restore a historic home and property as this, then it is a day's work well done. Amen.
This is so precious to the area and needs some archeological research to fully show the heritage of the area. Maybe build the restaurant next to the house?
It's not mud that joined the stones to build the barn. It was lime mortar, and the reason that the walls were so thick is that the crew who constructed it were from the British isles,where they would have been building castles 🏰 and churches ⛪️. I am a Historian, and as soon as I saw the architecture, I guessed who built it. This is my first time watching your channel and I will subscribe! ❤
I really enjoyed this. I think the home should be turned into a museum. There’s so much to learn from visiting this site. I think more people would have access to it as a museum. Thanks for posting this video.
You had me at 'there arent any roads that lead to this house'. Mesmerizing stepping back in time!
This was amazing. Seeing the history in the house and stonework on the property was such a joy! Thanks for taking us along!
Such an amazing place, should definitely become a museum for its protection. It has so many stories to tell ❤
This house looks so well preserved. Like a 18th century time capsule.
The small clock is a carriage clock. Taken by people in the carriage if they traveled. The wooden piece in the kitchen you thought was a cradle was a bread mixing bowl.
Imagine waking up, having to go outside in harsh winter for the toilet, but then hot coffee ham, eggs, toast.
This is my family’s home. I am a descendant on these Kuykendalls😊
Hi I am also a Kuykendall several of us in Oklahoma. We don't call our name kookendall we call it kuy.-ken-dall. So are we distanct family?
Please continue to keep this place safe. Too many places in WV have been ruined by vandals. Enjoyed coming along on this adventure with you all the way from Texas!
Shared this on Facebook so friends and family at home can see this as well. One of the best tours I have seen on RUclips and it helped to alleviate the homesickness that sets in this time of year. Thanks again for obscuring the exact location to preserve its integrity.
I do believe this video tops any of your others. This is absolutely beautiful. I can only imagine what it was like back when it was occupied and the family was going about their daily lives.
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful, huge home.
Wow, thank you!
Very interesting! So much history should be preserved for posterity. A house museum with a restaurant would be ideal.
Kuykendall is originally a Dutch name (from the Netherlands) it used to be ‘van Kuykendal’, meaning that the name signifies a place or district in the country. Kuyken means chick 🐥 and -dal means valley.
In the Netherlands it is now spelled as Kuikendal. On the internet you can find a family tree of Pieter Jacobsen van Kuykendall, born 1698, in Ulster New York. That area was previously Nieuw Nederland and the city of New York used to be Nieuw Amsterdam, before the English decided it was theirs. I very much enjoyed this video. Keep up the good work.
Our ancestors actually trace it back to Van Juykendall.
This is Historic site and should be kept as a wonderful museum of the past History just the way it is like a time capsule to pst lives.
so beautiful, trying to imagine the people that lived there and what their daily chores consisted of and what their lives were like all those years ago. what a wonderful trip back in time.
What a peaceful beautiful place. It is fortuitous that there is a tourist train route right by this place. Keeping a place like this even minimally maintained is far from free. It would be great if it could be shared with more people! Thank you for sharing with video with us!!!
Your background music was a perfect match to the scenery, both inside and out. The artifacts took you back in time as well as the music. Very well done.
Its great to see this property with open pasture and no modern buildings, electrical or cell phone towers in sight.
Absolutely incredible amount of history that should be preserved!!!
Thanks for this marvelous tour!! I hope something can be done to keep it as a museum.
Thank you very much Todd for showing me this old house! It is amazing how much has change over time and seeing how people used to live in colonial times! Me liking antiques and being in this old house with you is just, a blessing 😊🥹!
Thanks for that historical, incredible, and exciting tour. I enjoy it to the fullest!!!
Thank you for this amazing video. What a gem of an old place. Hard to believe this place hasn’t been turned into something. I would love to visit it.
It’s an amazing old house! And as well preserved as any I’ve seen. It’s important to preserve all the out buildings and wells etc… so the train station does not need to go where the ice house was. I hope it can be saved. Thank you for showing it to us❤️🤗🐝
Oh goodness. Most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. Please, please preserve this home. There’s historical house museums but this is indeed a home. Beautiful. ❤
I'm so glad RUclips brought this up for me so randomly. I really enjoyed the video. WHAT a treasure that house is and filled with historical domestic treasures to boot! Thank you so much, Jeff, for making this possible. And kudos to the film crew. Perfectly chosen music and calm, warm presentation made this a relaxing journey to such an idyllic corner of WV. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment. Have a great day.
One of your best shows to date and love the 1780 K House. I wish these comments would allow photos, but since it doesn’t I will try a description. I own a book called “Practical Housekeeping” dated 1883, one of the chapters called “Kitchen Luxuries” page 481, shows that cooking utensil as an egg poacher. The book shows some small individual, low cups that fit into the dipped sections. Can’t guarantee it but the one you showed today is very similar. Hopefully this will help 😊
Wow, thank you!
That place is amazing! Needs to be a museum. That place is well preserved for its age
I think this house should be a museum so many people can see it possible!
This reminds me of my uncle Rex’s house. It was wood but it was loaded with antiques from the 1700’s. He ended up allowing the Smithsonian to catalogue and use several pieces for their museum. Is this in West Virginia? That’s where my uncle Rex was.
Edit: This channel was just recommended to me. My family has been in this country since the first ships for Europeans and Africans as well as the Native Americans. We’re the “Melungeon” of the Appalachia’s. If you want some more old places to explore, go to Logan or Wayne WV. I used to spend summers in a one room log home with my great great aunt. Zero modern amenities and I loved it!
Thanks for checking out my channel. I used to live in Huntington not far from Wayne and had a field office in Williamson...spent many days in Logan (Chapmanville).....beautiful part of the country.
I used to live on Kuykendall Road in Cookeville, TN. I wonder if perhaps the person the road was named for is a relative, perhaps a descendant of Isaac's. It's not a common surname, so it might just be possible. Thank you for sharing this. I have tears in my eyes - the stories those walls could tell!
Cool I'm a Kuykendall too
Wow Todd, maybe one of your best videos yet. As far as for an old historical house an all of its belongings from so many years gone by. You just don't get to see many of these places anymore, especially it being in such great condition. It's in the right stages to be restored back to its former beauty. What an amazing homestead Todd. Such an amazing place. I'm sure you will find many unbelievable/amazing relics when you detect the grounds. It really does need to be brought back to its amazing glory for sure. Wish i had a couple million to give them to get started on it. Todd, another amazing video my friend. Have yourself an amazing weekend an we shall catch you on your next video. 😁👍👍
Stunning! Absolutely breathtaking this house is basically in original state! So many artifacts contained within for eons too!
It's been untouched, and any improvements should be carefully undertaken.
Hopefully it will be kept out of the way & remote for its own protection.
It's just so lovely and intact, it should have controlled access, which only a railway could do.
I could spend all day there!
(The name looks like "Edna" to me.)
PS Thank you for taking us along Todd!
I can almost imagine living an 18th century lifestyle on that property. Thank you for sharing such a gem of our history.
I love the "Hollow at the end of Train Stop" idea. Not only would it bring tourists, it would make for a great day trip outing or longer with a place to stay and eat with the history and stories. It is in prestige condition and with the item's there, it add's to the time line of stories. What a great find...
Missouri. German side settled in Pocahontas Missouri. Farmers. Church built 1789. Still there. Beautiful . My Great Grandfather was one of I believe five/ six families that settled there. Thank you for showing how ppl lived . ❤️
Thank you for a wonderful video! And I’d like to thank Jeff as well, for the tour inside this historic property. Wow!
It's amazing the house is still standing, let alone all the treasures left inside.
It should be all three. Wow. This was wonderful. I’ll come take care of it. Todd, you never fail giving us the quality, videography, and content we want. Thanks for the adventure.
What a place. Incredible video Todd. So much history. The music the 🖼️ facts and everything just incredible. Thanks Jeff and Brayden!!!
Speechless on this one Todd. Holy Cow what a place. A museum tied into the train line. The Wayside idea is a good one. Tie it in with the train line.
Thank you Todd for sharing this adventure with us!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! I definitely think that this place should be a museum!!! God Bless Us All!!!
Watching this was a joy. I grew up in a 1790s house and currently live in an 1812 house in Vermont. I was thrilled to see all of the marvelous items that have withstood time. I hope very much that the owners are able to get a nice (tasteful, to go along with the house) train station with a place for coffee or light lunch, and restroom facilities. This would allow the house to be made into a museum with the least amount of “damage.” Unlike a B & B, which would require the installation of modern facilities to pass inspection.
Thank you so much for taking the time to film and post this!
Thanks...
Utterly breathtaking property and home. The treasures inside give us a rare view of family and home life in history. I pray this is preserved and shared with future generations ❤
This house deserves a whole series with historian’s , what a fascinating video!
Such a beautiful amazing treasure for sure. I believe the name in the porch is Edna. Thank you for sharing this. Definitely should be a museum!
This place deserves to be a museum with all those amazing antiques. Beautiful.
I really enjoyed this video
Thanks!
Love this old house, so well preserved. I went to high school with a Kuykendall, but I can’t remember his first name. This was 45 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida. The last name is so unusual, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were their descendants. Hope it’s made into a museum. 😊
I’m a Kuykendall! How cool is this?
Was it Ronald, Ron or Ronnie?
@@jonkarlkuykendall9444 I’m pretty sure it was not any of those, so sorry. 😞
@@avondalemama470thanks! I thought it might have been my dad. He was in Jax around that time
The round rock found on the windowsill was not handmade. They find them in a river where for some reason a stone or rock sits where it “bubbles” and they begin to roll around being polished or worn as they turn. I saw some in Virginia that had been collected. I think maybe they are found where a water wheel dumps water in one spot or at the base of waterfalls.
This is beautiful!! The doors and windows need refinished to match the original design and the house totally sealed so no one can get in. I know you said it is under video surveillance but there’s sooo much irreplaceable history there. It definitely needs to be made into an museum and registered as a monument with the national historic society. Thank you for sharing this amazing history with us all!! ❤️🤍💙 Laura from the Tristate of Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia
I was informed today that the Kuykendall's are my Granny's great grand parents, supper cool thanks for sharing this
Oh, that HAS to be a museum! It is amazing! ❤
Absolutely beautiful this place needs to become a museum!Please try to Save it! Thank you for showing this to me God bless Janet Sarlo
Amazing, thanks for the tour! Truly captivating!
Coming from England, I found this a fascinating video. I love pioneer days of both America/Canada and Australia and how each country evolved, but more so how people survived, coped, birth and death and there are so many untold stories out there. For some reason, I have an affinity with West Virginia, even more so with all things Appalachian. Who knows, maybe an ancestor of mine went out there and it is in my genes! This house is amazing and all the artifacts left behind by inhabitants of years gone by and also, all your reactions of awe. Naturally subscribed and look forward to watching your other videos so many thanks for this upload.
I love this so much!! As a history major and a collector of antiques, this made my heart so happy to see. What a blessing to have this in the family! I must tell you though, I also collect very old books and if you guys don't get them out of the dryness of that home, they will be lost forever. Please see about pulling the important books out and have a little restoration done! (those are worth saving!!)...antique books can't be in this type of dryness and last. The other items can hang on but those important books can't. Get that little one out and the Washington one for sure. I have had to carefully do restoration work on many of mine to help them last. :) what a fun trip to travel on a train, and even better if it would stop there for a little tour! Tour guides should be in period clothing! fun!! thanks for sharing!
I agree. Hopefully they take special care of the items and should move them off site and into a climate controlled location.
Im so excited! I am a Kuykendall and come through Isaac and Nathaniel!! The very ones who built that home!!! My direct ancestors! I could cry! If anyone is interested in seeing more information on these men and families we have the extensive genealogy on them!! Thank you so much!
What a beautiful home in excellent condition. Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately, I had no idea where and what state it's in until you started talking about the railroad. Not everyone automatically knows where these wonderful homes and locations are.
Wow! This history has got to be saved! This house, and its contents are amazing, I always said I was born in the wrong century. I would love to visit here!
Glad you enjoyed it
Hopefully this is preserved as a Historical site. Amazing that a home that this old is in such good condition
Thanks for the tour and history!! I truly hope this becomes an historical site to visit .
Wow buddy! This is by far the true exhibition of a fine architect and historical teacher. Ooohhh and film maker! Nailed it! This may be my favorite.
Definitely tour and dining.... Our old farm was not far from here.... Wasn't there a Capt Kuykendahl in Hanging Rock Rebel?
I does my heart good to know that there is still at least one place out there untouched by time.
It definitely needs to be a museum for all to enjoy.
Great Video. Enjoyed it and the histroy!! Beautiful home and and the location is Awesome!!
I hope it's made into a museum! I'm amazed it has remained intact for so many years. Anything out west (where I am) would be destroyed very quickly once people knew it was empty. Even if it becomes a museum, someone should be there at all times to guard it.
Incredible. So many things of value the house and its belongings is priceless
Todd This is the creme de la creme for videos! I'm in total awe of that house and the view. That would make for a fantastic museum. Build a welcome center/ restaurant by the ice house for the train to stop by. House the artifacts in a place where they can be preserved and viewed by the public. True gem of a house and everything there. It needs to be saved and preserved for the future.
Todd lets hope the owners see the gem they have on their hands and save it. @@AppalachianHistoryDetectives
Awesome video Todd . That looks like an awesome place to do some detecting. It was great to get a tour of a place so old. Thank you for what you do.
Wow! I could spend days there just looking. I think it would work best as a museum tied in with the train. I would love to stop by there and enjoy a meal or spend the night there. What a place. Great video.
Very interesting video! It’s nice to see a home as well taken care of as this one is. Just beautiful.
What an amazing video ,and amazing house ,and all the belongings !!! I love history so much !!!
I love the history inside the house. I think it would make a wonderful museum.
Isaac Kuykendall is my 4th great grandfather and Nathaniel Kuykendall is my 5th great grandfather. Dan Waggoner, who owned the property and recently passed would not have wanted electricity, kitchen, bathrooms, etc added to the house. He was a stickler for authenticity and keeping the home as uniquely original as he could. It would be so very sad to see the house changed in those ways. A museum with day hours could work as long as electricity or public restrooms are not required. I do hope the current owners take this into consideration and do their best to preserve this rare untouched piece of history. Marsha Kuykendall Tomlin
We must be related. My grandfather Ron just moved out of Keyser last year. Personally I hope that the place is preserved in such a way that it makes enough money to keep it in good shape for future generations. The people who own it now seem to me to have good intentions with this place I won’t pitch a fit if they have to add plumbing and electricity in order for this place to survive
I hope this kind Gentleman will see his dreams come true. It would be so very much worth it. I liked the idea of a train coming, dropping folks off, even if they could have a sleep over or two, have a wonderful meal and just spend the rest of the time looking at all of the treasures in there. I think it would take more then one day for a person like myself who likes to take their time slowly, not missing on single item to admire, take a photo. I personally would love to love at all the things in the linen cabinet, both trunks we got to see. What a wonderful magical place this would be to me. Thank you ever so much for showing us such a well preserved home from the 1700's era.
I was in awe just watching this video. So much beloved history.
My favorite part, was the little red photo album & Ms. Peters (Mt. Vernon) 1815 Bible.
Oh my, what a treat that was!!! Enjoyed immensely. Thank you for sharing!!! ❤
Mind blown! Definitely a museum.
Great video Todd 😊 I loved that boat and train ❤ so much history there 😁 HH and take care 🙂
It would be great as a museum but I would also love to stay there too. Maybe they could do a combination of both or build little cabins for people to stay on the property which looks beautiful!! Thank you for sharing
I have Kuykendall ancestors who appear in Sumner County Court minutes (future Tennessee) by 1787. Thanks for this video!
Thanks for this tour this place is gorgeous I love the paint colors in the interior just lovely
Wow. That was just amazing,such a beautiful kept place. I loved they way they lived so simply yet beautiful, I have always wanted a one if these old homes . Just gorgeous.
Very interesting, thank you guys for your time and work. Keep up the great work,.....Barry, New Zealand.
Hey Barry thanks!! I have a number of NZ fans over there and some from Tasmania in Australia across from you all. Back when I was in my 20's I looked into moving to NZ.....one day I hope to visit.
This is the most amazing video I've seen on RUclips.
I'd love it to be a museum with a RUclips channel with unique finds of the catalogue of items. I imagine it would be impossible to display everything. God bless. Thanks for sharing this.
Wow. That's a beautiful time capsule. I do hope their plans for it happen. It's alr easy a museum. The possibilities are endless. I don't know if it's possible but an interactive BnB would be amazing. People could rent it for several days to experience how the people lived back then. Cooking in the fireplace using candles and oil lamps and using the outdoor faculties. There isn't a lot of us old People left that remember having houses like that. But just having it as a museum for people to visit would be awesome. A living history site.
Hello my friend. I think it’s amazing it should be a museum. I remember some of the things that were in my grandma house. Absolutely amazing. Stay safe my friend and say hello to the family for me.
What a amazing house! People would love to tour that place! I wonder if they welcomed the railroad when it was built right beside their house?
This was built by my 4th Great Grandfather Isaac Kuykendall along with his brother. It is just so amazingly beautiful. Thank you so much for creating this video and showcasing the timeless construction and all the other historical items and buildings.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great video! I love seeing wonderful places like this honored and preserved! I hope it's turned into a museum! I'd sure pay to ride the train and visit it!❤❤❤
Thanks for making this video. Nice to see some history with my family name
Wow! Thanks for the tour! Loved seeing this and would love to see it live. Please cover those painting and things with a dark heavy material to keep out the UV light. Those thin white cloths won't. I get my back tanned everytime I go swimming with a cotton t-shirt over my swimsuit.
I stumbled upon your channel by accident as I love anything that has to do with Appalachia. This old house has been lovingly preserved. Though it will take an army of volunteers to restore the property and other buildings, it Can be done! --I was a volunteer at an old Manor House in N.E. Ohio, built in 1834, for numerous years until the pandemic hit and we fell into hard times and with other under handed things that went on, eventually lost the Manor. While devastating, in the time that we had the Manor, were able to save her from falling down, and her Carriage House as well.
This one video has prompted me to subscribe. Thank-you for gaining access to this old beauty and being permitted to film it. Do they have a Foundation where folks can support it financially? I certainly would like to contribute to her further preservation Thank-you!
This place is beautiful! And should be saved and preserved, ❤
Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of history. A muesum would be wonderful
I really enjoyed this video. Love old! This was truly awesome. Thank you so much !
Glad you enjoyed it