What a sweet man Chuck is. It’s so nice to hear someone say that they get along with all their neighbors and how they all look out for one another. We could all learn from Mr. Chuck.
I would’ve rather sat there and talked with Chuck all day than to walk through the house. Lol. Whoever buys that house is going to get a good neighbor.
You are so right when you say that some of us can not get out and explore places like this. I am home-bound, and I live vicariously through you and the other great explorers and their videos. I absolutely love this house! And Chuck's commentary was awesome. I felt I was right there with you. Great job! Thank you so much for sharing!
That foyer is amazing! Thanks for sharing Chuck with us. His story of the neighborhood added so much. So glad it’s not trashed. Needs some tlc but don’t all old houses. Thanks for the tour.
OMG.. I bet you could sit on that porch with Chuck for hours listening to him tell stories.. What a great man. I just loved those big tall wooden sliding doors.. The front foyer was awesome, especially that beautiful stained glass window at the first landing of the staircase.
I like neighbors like Chuck. They'll tell you a 20 word story in 115 words. I could have sat and listened to him all day. I lived in a house like that that was converted into an apartment house which could explain the stove in the bathroom.
It's good to have a "prior engagement" when you visit a talker. I'm a talker. Let that person know at noon that you have to be someplace at 3:00 or you'll never get away lol.
Love hearing this sweet old man tell the history of the house. I love history and that’s my dream house. To bad I’m not rich because I would love to own a house like that!!!
Loved the story telling by Chuck, it's always one that know the neighborhood and know the neighbors, which is great, continue to look out for one another, hv each others back, yes indeed Chuck.
They are so beautiful we've got plenty in georgia and despite the history they carry I would also have a mini one built and customized forcthenew era with solar panels etc but the architecture would be in that gothic southern style if I had the cash of course.
@@nygrl6102 What the heck does it matter about living in Alabama? I happen to live in Alabama and it is beautiful here. We have bathrooms here also, which might be to your surprise. I know what you mean though. I can not imagine living in New York.
@@nygrl6102 Are you kidding me? You have all that in every state. I live in a great new neighborhood. I am white. Most of my neighbors are black, have families and are wonderful people. I live alone and so many have offered to help me if I should need them. Just because we live in the south does not mean we are all racist. My niece married a black man and my granddaughter dates a black guy. Our family loves them both so it’s people like you that get the message out that all of us in the south are poor, live in poverty, don’t have jobs and are racist. You are part of the problem and where I live they can’t build enough new homes for the work force, we have so many jobs here, like the FBI, 2 car manufacturers and others. So just because you didn’t like living here doesn’t mean we fit your description of us. If you teach your kids the description you put out about people in Alabama. Then you just pass your racism on to generations to come.
My goodness that lady in the stained glass window Is a picture of the original owners wife. Man she is keeping an eye on her house i feel. Just stunningly beautiful my dream home. I loved Mr. CHUCK was awesome. Staircase movie worthy and the beautiful floors doors and windows incredible. Amazing find. Can you imagine this place really restored. Wow. That women in the stained glass was powerful and magnificent you can just feel it in your bones. Her soul is around that home forsure. Great find and good job showing. Please all of you stay safe. Blessings. ❣🥰🙋♀️🤗😊
I am amazed at the interior. The staircase is a smaller version of Twelve Oaks in Gone With the Wind ! Just FYI, this house was probably built 50- 100 years after most Plantation mansions, yet it IS built in Classical Revival style. Since the great majority of Plantation homes were burned down by Union Forces, many people longed to rebuilt the homes of opulent past. This is one of them.
I love these houses. And thank you for taking me along. 😉 I'm older now and disabled but how i wish I'd been able to explore some of those houses myself. I get to see so many places I'd never be able to see without your posts.
This was a lovely house thank you for sharing. And Chuck was such a nice man and he educated us about the neighborhood. You should go back and interviewing him maybe he could tell us more about the neighborhood and town ,seemed like such a fascinating man.😉
I love how you’re not trying hard, you’re just informative, explorative, respectful and very easy to listen to. Choice content and great shots, dude 👌🏻👌🏻
Its in town, in the middle of nowhere!!! if you love small towns this is a great house, as was the one next door, I'm just trying to remember the location!!!
Thank you for taking me on your tour! The house is not ante-bellum (before the civil war): the back is Queen Anne, and the front is a victorian version of classical revival. Definitely not earlier than 1880. So sad what's been done to the interiors. She's so pretty from the outside and so missing her original interior character. You've done a great service: despite my love for old houses, now I know that I can't judge a book by its cover.
The reason that the bathroom had the stove and sink build with the small fridge is because like Chuck explained it had been used for boarding at some point and most boarders prefer a separate and private space for their food so no one snacks on their groceries or swarms the kitchen when they smell food cooking.
For people who are interested in renovating and restoring these houses, if you see stuff that has fallen on the floor, show us the ceilings and the things that require serious repairs. Also, it would be nice to know if the state/city would contribute money for the restoration of an historical home. Some do.
This was a beautiful house. Thank you for taking me along for the house tour. It is very sad these grand old homes aren’t appreciated and left to deteriorate, because they can never be replaced. Looking forward to your next grand old lady house tour. Keep up the good work and stay safe. 🙋♀️
Hi from Canada. This house is stunning. Love it. I really hope that someone does something with it. What a beautiful staircase. Nice to see Steve. Local people know lots of helpful info. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
Such a friendly & likable gentleman Mr. Chuck is...I bet his family & friends really treasure him...He must be a very engaging or captivating man with a lifetime of really interesting stories to share ...I'm so glad you included him in this video, & I sure hope he's been able to watch it...God bless you all...
Chuck and hi commentary of the neighborhood is awesome ! This house is so beautiful. Its so nice to see that it has not been vandalized , covered with graffiti and stripped of its amazing architectural elements. This is truly a grand house that needs to be saved while it is still in good condition.. Thank you so much for the tour of this amazing property! Keep healthy and safe in your travels and explores!
I sure hope a wealthy person or family who values old architecture buys it and gives it lots of TLC! BTW - Chuck described a very nice community, sort of like my neighborhood. Long life and happiness to him!
I would absolutely love to bring some sweet tea and sit on that gentleman's porch and just talk for hours.I bet he knows good history on everything in that town and have wonderful stories to share
Just found your videos. What a gem. That staircase! The stain glass window was breathtaking! The fireplaces. What a shame it’s just sitting. How wonderful that it isn’t tagged.
Whoever bought it lived in it, but neglected to restore it. The roof needs to be replaced or repaired immediately or leaks will occur and once mold enters the premises forget about it. You have to be caretakers of these beautiful mansions and it requires serious money to restore so be willing to step up to the plate and restore it, or let someone else buy it who will.
You should talk to the lovely couple from "our restoration nation" channel ! She is super knowledgeable and I believe around that area in the south. She can tell you how to get all the background info and it would be such a great collab!
Would check about the back taxes before buying it. Plumbing, electricity, roof all need to be checked out well first. The price should stay at $92,000. It will cost alot to fix it unless you can do it yourself with your family or some other way? I would love it if younger. Great opportunity but outside of home would need repainting too and you may even be able to get a Plaque even as it is a historical home? Needs to be brought back with furnishing etc to the same era is started but also brought up to the modern times and comfortable for family. What a great Bed and Breakfast even if the right family should purchase it? It was a place for people to live in but think it ruined it when it was a Boarding home? Was not taken care of at all. Am sure it will be purchased and fixed up. With a new large modern to some degree, kitchen it would be lovely! Needs a Utility place too for laundry, sort of out of the way from the main areas. Can just see it all with sweeping to the floor curtains!.
It’s easy to get in over your head with an old house. Seems like a good deal but then the actual cost of restoration adds up to be significantly more than you can afford and the resale value once restored is often much less than the restoration investment. Before you know it, abandoning it is the only option.
Would like to have seen the main kitchen & which room would be considered the dining room. Felt like the tour was skimmed over. No fruit cellar. No attic or maybe 3rd floor bedrooms. And what about the surrounding grounds if it was considered a plantation to begin with.
I want to see EVERYTHING on these video tours, also. I have some debilitating health issues and can't run around. I love it when they show us all the goodies.
@Joy Soyo Oh but it was 200 years ago, no city life anywhere around it. Just like they said in video. Plantations were there to supply crops of foods not beautiful gardens. Not a city house either. 200 years ago these mansions were built for the slave owners while slaves lived in disgusting cabins.
@@dhtisme7034 R u a long life native Southerner? I bet u don't know Jack Squat about the real South. My documented heritage goes back to 1699 n Tidewater VA. U r coming across like one of those pompous liberal Northern liberals who believes the Southerners had only 1 way of life. P.S. I've been a historian for 56 years so I'm not blowing blue smoke.
@@whicker59 So, so wrong. Born & raised in the south. Family is from a large plantation like this. Use to visit grandparents all the time there. I’m now 75. Don’t agree with what ancestors did, but have learned to accept it.
The interview with Chuck was an added bonus. What a sage. When he gave the demographics and then said, " We get along fine, " I knew he was good man. I ' d love to be his neighbor. I hear church bells in the background. This whole outside scene , the community, church bells, beautiful day and Chuck is like something out of a southern novel.
Having lived in one very similar - they often sell cheap but are money pits. Ours was made of stucco over brick with walls 18 inches thick. Gorgeous house - when we moved in since 1879 only 3 families lived there we were the 4th. The lady who bought from us lived there 30 years until she died. The owners after that made a renovation or two. You can see the house used in series The Walking Dead. It was the funeral home. The kitchen from what I could see had same original cabinets its had since the 20s. Thick pine planks with handmade iron hinges etc. Nice tile floor though. Kitchen was separate from rest of the house by a screened breezeway porch. The door was really something - 8 by 2 inch planks and a cross bar. I did consider it an honor to live there. We were always finding stuff in the walls and attic and basement. Found a 1900 coke bottle and old plaster bust plus a 5 by 6 original painting from 1885 they used in attic as a cover for a closet. House was magnificent though and STILL is.
I was in Florida for a year and made the best friend ever and his name too was chuck(lived right across the street) it was Charles of course he went by CHIP but I called him Chuck because he freaking hated it lol hes still my BFF and is battling stage four cancer right now... I’m old and ignorant & I wish I could tag him somehow in this (you can’t do that, like you can on Facebook right lol???) Oh he’d freak he hates being called Chuck😝 I can’t get enough of it must be something in the name wonderful people for sure! Thanks forThe laughs guys! Also he reminds me of the guy in the videos who says over n over “ look at it””would you just look at it” “just look at it!” I’m laughing so damn hard right now lol
The stove in the bathroom situation was probably from when it was a boarding house.. Maybe one of the staff stayed in there? But also the house appears as if someone has been living in it more RECENTLY... With toilet paper out , and what not.
I also noticed those dark colors in the rooms upstairs (purple, yellow and blue) are more modern colors. And they do look recently painted. I wonder if the people who bought the house in 2012 started to redo it but realized it was to expensive to do everything, were limited by laws governing it's use or repairs or there may have laws of what can be done due to historical significance. What I wish those who make those laws realize that it would be better not to make those laws so strict than to have the house sit and deteriorate. There has to be an opening into the house from the attic and one into the attic from the roof with all the bird stuff on the floor. And I thought the same thing. If it was a boarding house someone had that area as theirs and it was where they had to put their stove.
Winning lottery numbers, why do you run from me? Absolutely gorgeous! I would buy it in a heartbeat, fix it up, and live out the rest of my days there. This is definitely a great find. ❤️
We just purchased a home like this one and are putting it back to original. It was very nice to see that no one has really changed it! It's lovely! Really takes your breath away. I'm more excited to finish our home now!
@BigBankz, the doors that pull out from inside the walls are called 'pocket doors', the bathtub that you love is called a 'claw-foot' tub. In older southern houses like this one, a fine example, the rooms upstairs all connected by extra doorways to allow for better cross ventilation during the warmer months. You would be surprised at how comfortable a house like that can be in high July.
I love it when the locals are friendly and will give you a little history on a place. Chuck seems like an interesting fellow. And all the houses around that one look old. They would be interesting to see inside also. The kitchen the the bathrooms were so odd. I know a bathroom was not original to the house. But that setup was super weird. And, with all the renos it's had over the years, some obviously more successful than others. It's just an odd choppy layout, especially it seems at the back of the house. And, as I am writing this I have not seen the upstairs, so who knows about what is going on up there. The front bedrooms are huge. I feel like the back part upstairs was the servant, staff housing. Love all the different bright colors. Also glad the place is not tagged or trashed. Probably because of the neighbors Chuck was talking about. The purpose for all the rooms having two or more doors was a practical one. It was so that heat could more easily move through the house. And also in the summer if you opened all the doors and windows the air could circulate more freely. I'm wondering what that front room was upstairs, when it was built. It seems like it would have been a sitting room or maybe a library. But, it was converted into closet space. Very weird. But, I guess it was not needed as a bedroom. The doors downstairs are called pocket doors. Loved the purple room. That would be my room. And I loved the couch and chairs in the living room downstairs. The fireplace mantles were just magnificent. That front hall is probably the grandest front hall I have ever seen. This place was an amazing find. Glad your friend showed it to you. Sorry, Friend, I forgot your name.
God Bless Chuck, and you all too! The bathroom leading to tiny stove/sink is likely some part of left over boarding house, or left there for the hired help to have their own space when the rich people owned it after that.
Thank you so much for allowing us to travel with you on this adventure. I'm home bound and always loved traveling and I'm going to join into you channel. Again Thank you!!😊
Hiya BB. I just found you yesterday. I'm a fan of history. Walking through with you is exactly what I dig. I live in Ohio. I have visited the Biltmore in Asheville, NC twice. I can't get enough of history & ways they lived. Stories are what keep me interested. Neato tour today my friend. I subbed. See you soon.
Subscribed a couple days ago. Love your videos. You have a naturally great voice for narration. Chuck can teach many people how to get along in the world, just talk to each other. Great house.
@@ITInLoveWUJAlways Agreed. Even homes that are on the National Register of Historic Places can have alterations done - it’s a voluntary designation. If a home is in a historic district, however, there may be specific local regulations about what can be done to the exterior of the home.
Mr. Chuck was super nice to you guys. This home is beautiful I don’t remember seeing a kitchen might have missed it I’ll rewatch it. Love those tubs and glad it’s not trashed . I hope they can save it. Have a great day.
The Union Springs home, built in 1800, was listed for sale back in 2011 for $175,000. By 2012, the property’s value was slashed by half, and listed at only $70,000. But without any offers, the home was taken off the market and has remained in limbo since.
@@weeglk They're wrong about that; there was an article in the Union Springs Herald in 2013 about the family who'd recently bought it (after 2012) and did some work on it. They also have the date wrong -- according to the local historical society, it was built in the 1910s, as evidenced by the neoclassical architecture.
This beautiful mansion reminds me of Elvis's Graceland home in Memphis...the big pillars and hallway...wow!!! Thank you for sharing this amazing house...so sad it's been abandoned...I hope someone buys it and makes it look stunning again...xxx
When I did home health in Virginia, I met a lot of sweet old men like Chuck.....I've always loved talking to older people even when I was in my early twenties, such interesting lives they led, and many more appreciative than the younger generations.
I lived a block from that house growing up and at that time it was solid white. It has always been a beautiful house and I wish someone would give it that love that it needs.
Thank you but where in AL I want to see if it's for sale to purchase I am very much interested in the house and restoring it I have a large family and it's perfect for me
You got a new subscriber in me 👍. That stairwell was beyond beautiful , but Even more beautiful was the genuine charming southern soul of Chuck . I enjoyed listening to him remanence, as much as I enjoyed the house💖
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What a sweet man Chuck is. It’s so nice to hear someone say that they get along with all their neighbors and how they all look out for one another. We could all learn from Mr. Chuck.
Only 120 years old. Probably a George Barber house. Glad no one has trashed it, but time and the elements are in danger of doing so.
@@johnrogers9481 Given the architectural elements of the home, that is not accurate. Still more than 110 years old, though.
Great to know the neighbors are friendly.and knows a lot of the mansion ❤️❤️👍👍.what's the address ?😊😊😊
Chuck is Historical!!!!! His way of speaking reminds me of my Grandma,,, those old Southern people are Special ..,
Yep reminds me of my Granny 😘
I love people like him good-spirited just talked to anybody
He's probably lonely af. Only a really lonely human would holler at other people to get them over. Nice old dude.
That is normal in the south!
I would’ve rather sat there and talked with Chuck all day than to walk through the house. Lol. Whoever buys that house is going to get a good neighbor.
@Tallulah James I thought the same thing. Dying breed.
Day three of living in the house:
Hey, come over here for the morning talk...
Sorry, running late 🤣
Yeah I felt the same, I’d would buy the house just to have neighbours like him 👍👍
You are so right when you say that some of us can not get out and explore places like this. I am home-bound, and I live vicariously through you and the other great explorers and their videos. I absolutely love this house! And Chuck's commentary was awesome. I felt I was right there with you. Great job! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you for watching!
@@BigBankz You are most welcome! :-)
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I'm bedridden right now also and enjoy watching also. Where Is this house??
Gorgeous.
That foyer is amazing! Thanks for sharing Chuck with us. His story of the neighborhood added so much. So glad it’s not trashed. Needs some tlc but don’t all old houses. Thanks for the tour.
Thank you for watching! Chuck made my day when I met him!
Southerners took care.
He's 70?! No way! Love friendly ppl like him that have seen a lot & more then happy to share. GOD Bless him w/many more.
The house is beautiful. Sliding doors at that time are called "pocket doors". I love them.
Pocket doors and sliding doors are different. Pocket doors are built in the walls. Sliders are not.
The history and commentary from Chuck is great.
Chuck is an awesome guy!
I'd pay money to listen to Chuck talk about his life.
He is a TREASURE!
Oh yes, would love to sit down and listen to some of his stir of life!!
It just beautifully
He is still sharp as a tack!!!! This is real America!!! We get along fine.
Oh wasn't he the best!?
As if 70 is old. I am almost 70 and he is too old for me. Lol!
Yes, detractors want to push the narrative that races hate each other. Nope. We all get along. THE HUMAN RACE!
He’s only 70, that is looking younger every day😬
Amen 🇺🇸
Very nice man. Nice that the neighbors look after each other. You don't see that much these days. Bless him.
This is beautiful..the historical society in this state should save this gorgeous home.
The stained glass window is amazing... I wish you had shown it straight on for a good look
No, then no one can really own it. What needs to happen is someone who really wants to live in the south in a beautiful home should buy it.
@@cynziaself7585 I wonder how much it would cost? It seems in great shape.
It’s so sad to see a beauty like that sitting in ruins!
Chuck is a treasure!
Yes, he is, isn't he?
The salt of the earth
@@bevolson7619 Prolly the most beautiful thing is that he actually loves those houses and has an appreciation for them.
Yes he is ❤️
I would buy that house just to have a neighbor like Chuck.
OMG.. I bet you could sit on that porch with Chuck for hours listening to him tell stories.. What a great man. I just loved those big tall wooden sliding doors.. The front foyer was awesome, especially that beautiful stained glass window at the first landing of the staircase.
I like neighbors like Chuck. They'll tell you a 20 word story in 115 words. I could have sat and listened to him all day. I lived in a house like that that was converted into an apartment house which could explain the stove in the bathroom.
It's good to have a "prior engagement" when you visit a talker. I'm a talker. Let that person know at noon that you have to be someplace at 3:00 or you'll never get away lol.
We Southerners are gifted with with the ability to make any short story long. Mr. Chuck is a treasure.
@@Traci59 I had a supervisor in Kentucky that often said "to make a short story long " and I would cringe.
The senior gentleman across the road telling him about the mansion really made my morning!!!
So good you talked to Chuck on his porch, He's great!!! Beautiful home!
Love hearing this sweet old man tell the history of the house. I love history and that’s my dream house. To bad I’m not rich because I would love to own a house like that!!!
Loved the story telling by Chuck, it's always one that know the neighborhood and know the neighbors, which is great, continue to look out for one another, hv each others back, yes indeed Chuck.
This house must be in Alabama. I love old homes like this. Wish I could afford to buy it and restore it. It is so beautiful.
They are so beautiful we've got plenty in georgia and despite the history they carry I would also have a mini one built and customized forcthenew era with solar panels etc but the architecture would be in that gothic southern style if I had the cash of course.
But then you'd have to live in Alabama....
@@nygrl6102 What the heck does it matter about living in Alabama? I happen to live in Alabama and it is beautiful here. We have bathrooms here also, which might be to your surprise. I know what you mean though. I can not imagine living in New York.
@@sandrabrown2132 I escaped Alabama years ago. Don't regret it. Poverty. Racism. Ignorance. Alabama has it all.
@@nygrl6102 Are you kidding me? You have all that in every state. I live in a great new neighborhood. I am white. Most of my neighbors are black, have families and are wonderful people. I live alone and so many have offered to help me if I should need them. Just because we live in the south does not mean we are all racist. My niece married a black man and my granddaughter dates a black guy. Our family loves them both so it’s people like you that get the message out that all of us in the south are poor, live in poverty, don’t have jobs and are racist. You are part of the problem and where I live they can’t build enough new homes for the work force, we have so many jobs here, like the FBI, 2 car manufacturers and others. So just because you didn’t like living here doesn’t mean we fit your description of us. If you teach your kids the description you put out about people in Alabama. Then you just pass your racism on to generations to come.
Mr. Chuck sitting on his porch, listening to his blues, drinking his beer and minding his own business! I love his kind spirit!!!!
My goodness that lady in the stained glass window Is a picture of the original owners wife. Man she is keeping an eye on her house i feel. Just stunningly beautiful my dream home. I loved Mr. CHUCK was awesome. Staircase movie worthy and the beautiful floors doors and windows incredible. Amazing find. Can you imagine this place really restored. Wow. That women in the stained glass was powerful and magnificent you can just feel it in your bones. Her soul is around that home forsure. Great find and good job showing. Please all of you stay safe. Blessings. ❣🥰🙋♀️🤗😊
That entrance up the stairs is amazing
I am amazed at the interior. The staircase is a smaller version of Twelve Oaks in Gone With the Wind ! Just FYI, this house was probably built 50- 100 years after most Plantation mansions, yet it IS built in Classical Revival style. Since the great majority of Plantation homes were burned down by Union Forces, many people longed to rebuilt the homes of opulent past. This is one of them.
Yep, this one dates to 1905-1910.
I love these houses. And thank you for taking me along. 😉 I'm older now and disabled but how i wish I'd been able to explore some of those houses myself. I get to see so many places I'd never be able to see without your posts.
This was a lovely house thank you for sharing. And Chuck was such a nice man and he educated us about the neighborhood. You should go back and interviewing him maybe he could tell us more about the neighborhood and town ,seemed like such a fascinating man.😉
I love how you’re not trying hard, you’re just informative, explorative, respectful and very easy to listen to. Choice content and great shots, dude 👌🏻👌🏻
For that kind of money, it would have made one hell of an historical bed and breakfast
So true hello from Australia
That’s a really good idea for a bed and breakfast!
Its in town, in the middle of nowhere!!! if you love small towns this is a great house, as was the one next door, I'm just trying to remember the location!!!
Or winery/ restaraunt!
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Thank you for taking me on your tour! The house is not ante-bellum (before the civil war): the back is Queen Anne, and the front is a victorian version of classical revival. Definitely not earlier than 1880. So sad what's been done to the interiors. She's so pretty from the outside and so missing her original interior character. You've done a great service: despite my love for old houses, now I know that I can't judge a book by its cover.
The reason that the bathroom had the stove and sink build with the small fridge is because like Chuck explained it had been used for boarding at some point and most boarders prefer a separate and private space for their food so no one snacks on their groceries or swarms the kitchen when they smell food cooking.
Thanks for sharing Chuck and his stories with us too such a beautiful historic home
Beautiful southern mansion. I could live in that beauty. So glad it is not vandalized. Thanks for the video I loved it! ! ! ! !
Oh wow pocket doors, those are rare to find in structures ! Nice find , this place is gorgeous, hope something good will become of it!
Oh my that stained glass at the top of the stair is spectacular 🧐😳
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For people who are interested in renovating and restoring these houses, if you see stuff that has fallen on the floor, show us the ceilings and the things that require serious repairs. Also, it would be nice to know if the state/city would contribute money for the restoration of an historical home. Some do.
Good information 😎
@Jessica Sommer Definitely!
What they normally do is provide a low interest loan to historically restore it to their exact specifications.
This was a beautiful house. Thank you for taking me along for the house tour. It is very sad these grand old homes aren’t appreciated and left to deteriorate, because they can never be replaced. Looking forward to your next grand old lady house tour. Keep up the good work and stay safe. 🙋♀️
Hi from Canada. This house is stunning. Love it. I really hope that someone does something with it. What a beautiful staircase. Nice to see Steve. Local people know lots of helpful info. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
Thank you for watching!
Such a friendly & likable gentleman Mr. Chuck is...I bet his family & friends really treasure him...He must be a very engaging or captivating man with a lifetime of really interesting stories to share ...I'm so glad you included him in this video, & I sure hope he's been able to watch it...God bless you all...
So very absolutely, beautiful, and Chuck, was a special gift, and true soul 💝Thank you so much!!!💌
Chuck and hi commentary of the neighborhood is awesome ! This house is so beautiful. Its so nice to see that it has not been vandalized , covered with graffiti and stripped of its amazing architectural elements. This is truly a grand house that needs to be saved while it is still in good condition.. Thank you so much for the tour of this amazing property! Keep healthy and safe in your travels and explores!
I sure hope a wealthy person or family who values old architecture buys it and gives it lots of TLC! BTW - Chuck described a very nice community, sort of like my neighborhood. Long life and happiness to him!
I would absolutely love to bring some sweet tea and sit on that gentleman's porch and just talk for hours.I bet he knows good history on everything in that town and have wonderful stories to share
Just found your videos. What a gem. That staircase! The stain glass window was breathtaking! The fireplaces. What a shame it’s just sitting. How wonderful that it isn’t tagged.
I love chuck! He reminds me of my grandfather! I bet he has lots of great stories to tell. Gorgeous house wowww
Whoever bought it lived in it, but neglected to restore it. The roof needs to be replaced or repaired immediately or leaks will occur and once mold enters the premises forget about it. You have to be caretakers of these beautiful mansions and it requires serious money to restore so be willing to step up to the plate and restore it, or let someone else buy it who will.
You should talk to the lovely couple from "our restoration nation" channel ! She is super knowledgeable and I believe around that area in the south. She can tell you how to get all the background info and it would be such a great collab!
Why in the world would you spend that kind of money on a mansion and leave it sit to rot. Beautiful house.
People with money don't care.
They probably do it for loss tax write off
Would check about the back taxes before buying it. Plumbing, electricity, roof all need to be checked out well first. The price should stay at $92,000. It will cost alot to fix it unless you can do it yourself with your family or some other way? I would love it if younger. Great opportunity but outside of home would need repainting too and you may even be able to get a Plaque even as it is a historical home? Needs to be brought back with furnishing etc to the same era is started but also brought up to the modern times and comfortable for family. What a great Bed and Breakfast even if the right family should purchase it? It was a place for people to live in but think it ruined it when it was a Boarding home? Was not taken care of at all. Am sure it will be purchased and fixed up. With a new large modern to some degree, kitchen it would be lovely! Needs a Utility place too for laundry, sort of out of the way from the main areas. Can just see it all with sweeping to the floor curtains!.
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It’s easy to get in over your head with an old house. Seems like a good deal but then the actual cost of restoration adds up to be significantly more than you can afford and the resale value once restored is often much less than the restoration investment. Before you know it, abandoning it is the only option.
This house is Gorgeous, #1 on RUclips.
Can you imagine it in all its glory. What a house why would you just leave it to rot? Another awesome vid stay safe x
Would like to have seen the main kitchen & which room would be considered the dining room. Felt like the tour was skimmed over. No fruit cellar. No attic or maybe 3rd floor bedrooms. And what about the surrounding grounds if it was considered a plantation to begin with.
It wasn't a plantation, this is a city house can't you tell?
I want to see EVERYTHING on these video tours, also. I have some debilitating health issues and can't run around. I love it when they show us all the goodies.
@Joy Soyo Oh but it was 200 years ago, no city life anywhere around it. Just like they said in video. Plantations were there to supply crops of foods not beautiful gardens. Not a city house either. 200 years ago these mansions were built for the slave owners while slaves lived in disgusting cabins.
@@dhtisme7034 R u a long life native Southerner? I bet u don't know Jack Squat about the real South. My documented heritage goes back to 1699 n Tidewater VA. U r coming across like one of those pompous liberal Northern liberals who believes the Southerners had only 1 way of life. P.S. I've been a historian for 56 years so I'm not blowing blue smoke.
@@whicker59 So, so wrong. Born & raised in the south. Family is from a large plantation like this. Use to visit grandparents all the time there. I’m now 75. Don’t agree with what ancestors did, but have learned to accept it.
The interview with Chuck was an added bonus. What a sage. When he gave the demographics and then said, " We get along fine, " I knew he was good man. I ' d love to be his neighbor. I hear church bells in the background. This whole outside scene , the community, church bells, beautiful day and Chuck is like something out of a southern novel.
Please keep us updated on this house. It's very beautiful.
Chuck was everything. Great history.💜💜 The house is WOW!!!
That man Chuck is a great interview, I could listen to him all day
Forget the house, I want to listen to "everybody calls me Chuck" some more.
Me too lol you know he has some good stories
I love the gentleman on the porch. He's quite the character. I enjoyed listening to him. He knows a lot of history.
Having lived in one very similar - they often sell cheap but are money pits. Ours was made of stucco over brick with walls 18 inches thick. Gorgeous house - when we moved in since 1879 only 3 families lived there we were the 4th. The lady who bought from us lived there 30 years until she died. The owners after that made a renovation or two. You can see the house used in series The Walking Dead. It was the funeral home. The kitchen from what I could see had same original cabinets its had since the 20s. Thick pine planks with handmade iron hinges etc. Nice tile floor though. Kitchen was separate from rest of the house by a screened breezeway porch. The door was really something - 8 by 2 inch planks and a cross bar. I did consider it an honor to live there. We were always finding stuff in the walls and attic and basement. Found a 1900 coke bottle and old plaster bust plus a 5 by 6 original painting from 1885 they used in attic as a cover for a closet. House was magnificent though and STILL is.
One of the best kept old houses I've ever seen. I love it. Thank you for finding it. Stunning.
What a nice gentleman. OMG what a beautiful house. Thank you so much for the amazing video👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍 I do appreciate it🤨
Thank you for sharing these videos, love exploring with you and your crew!
I miss having a neighbor like chuck
amen
I was in Florida for a year and made the best friend ever and his name too was chuck(lived right across the street) it was Charles of course he went by CHIP but I called him Chuck because he freaking hated it lol hes still my BFF and is battling stage four cancer right now... I’m old and ignorant & I wish I could tag him somehow in this (you can’t do that, like you can on Facebook right lol???) Oh he’d freak he hates being called Chuck😝 I can’t get enough of it must be something in the name wonderful people for sure! Thanks forThe laughs guys! Also he reminds me of the guy in the videos who says over n over “ look at it””would you just look at it”
“just look at it!”
I’m laughing so damn hard right now lol
The stove in the bathroom situation was probably from when it was a boarding house.. Maybe one of the staff stayed in there? But also the house appears as if someone has been living in it more RECENTLY... With toilet paper out , and what not.
I also noticed those dark colors in the rooms upstairs (purple, yellow and blue) are more modern colors. And they do look recently painted. I wonder if the people who bought the house in 2012 started to redo it but realized it was to expensive to do everything, were limited by laws governing it's use or repairs or there may have laws of what can be done due to historical significance. What I wish those who make those laws realize that it would be better not to make those laws so strict than to have the house sit and deteriorate. There has to be an opening into the house from the attic and one into the attic from the roof with all the bird stuff on the floor. And I thought the same thing. If it was a boarding house someone had that area as theirs and it was where they had to put their stove.
Ruing it!
Winning lottery numbers, why do you run from me? Absolutely gorgeous! I would buy it in a heartbeat, fix it up, and live out the rest of my days there. This is definitely a great find. ❤️
I would loved to have seen this home at its prime wow beautiful
We just purchased a home like this one and are putting it back to original. It was very nice to see that no one has really changed it! It's lovely! Really takes your breath away. I'm more excited to finish our home now!
Mr. Chuck sharing history with Johnny Taylor singing “Soul Heaven” in the background. Love this!
Thank you for the tour ... there are no houses like that where I live!
@BigBankz, the doors that pull out from inside the walls are called 'pocket doors', the bathtub that you love is called a 'claw-foot' tub. In older southern houses like this one, a fine example, the rooms upstairs all connected by extra doorways to allow for better cross ventilation during the warmer months. You would be surprised at how comfortable a house like that can be in high July.
I love it when the locals are friendly and will give you a little history on a place. Chuck seems like an interesting fellow. And all the houses around that one look old. They would be interesting to see inside also. The kitchen the the bathrooms were so odd. I know a bathroom was not original to the house. But that setup was super weird. And, with all the renos it's had over the years, some obviously more successful than others. It's just an odd choppy layout, especially it seems at the back of the house. And, as I am writing this I have not seen the upstairs, so who knows about what is going on up there. The front bedrooms are huge. I feel like the back part upstairs was the servant, staff housing. Love all the different bright colors. Also glad the place is not tagged or trashed. Probably because of the neighbors Chuck was talking about. The purpose for all the rooms having two or more doors was a practical one. It was so that heat could more easily move through the house. And also in the summer if you opened all the doors and windows the air could circulate more freely. I'm wondering what that front room was upstairs, when it was built. It seems like it would have been a sitting room or maybe a library. But, it was converted into closet space. Very weird. But, I guess it was not needed as a bedroom. The doors downstairs are called pocket doors. Loved the purple room. That would be my room. And I loved the couch and chairs in the living room downstairs. The fireplace mantles were just magnificent. That front hall is probably the grandest front hall I have ever seen. This place was an amazing find. Glad your friend showed it to you. Sorry, Friend, I forgot your name.
God Bless Chuck, and you all too! The bathroom leading to tiny stove/sink is likely some part of left over boarding house, or left there for the hired help to have their own space when the rich people owned it after that.
Breathtaking! I love it! You make the best videos. I love all your mansions that you show.
Thank you!
I really would of liked to see more of the house. It was a rush rush video. I’m glad you got your enjoyment out of it.
Thank you so much for allowing us to travel with you on this adventure. I'm home bound and always loved traveling and I'm going to join into you channel. Again Thank you!!😊
Hiya BB. I just found you yesterday. I'm a fan of history. Walking through with you is exactly what I dig. I live in Ohio. I have visited the Biltmore in Asheville, NC twice. I can't get enough of history & ways they lived. Stories are what keep me interested. Neato tour today my friend. I subbed. See you soon.
An Excellent Job Viewing this Video and Love to get full details of this property ...also Like Mr Chuck being so informative concerning this home
Subscribed a couple days ago. Love your videos. You have a naturally great voice for narration. Chuck can teach many people how to get along in the world, just talk to each other. Great house.
From what I understand, houses with historical status are a real pain in the ass because of the rules and regulations.
Yes they are but that is not to say they cannot be remodeled or restored to their former glory it just takes more time and money.
@@ITInLoveWUJAlways Agreed. Even homes that are on the National Register of Historic Places can have alterations done - it’s a voluntary designation. If a home is in a historic district, however, there may be specific local regulations about what can be done to the exterior of the home.
So in a round about way historic preservation causes people to abandon historic homes so they fall into disrepair.
The stained glass window on the stairs,wow., Thank You for sharing this beautiful plantation style mansion.
❤❤❤ what a great find..the foyer is stunning..I wonder how old that stained glass is?
Mr. Chuck was super nice to you guys. This home is beautiful I don’t remember seeing a kitchen might have missed it I’ll rewatch it. Love those tubs and glad it’s not trashed . I hope they can save it. Have a great day.
Absolutely Amazing!!..... I Love this house.. Thx for sharing. 👍👍👍
If you listen to the initial conversation with Chuck, it seems like this house is somewhere in or around Birmingham, AL.
It is on Powell Street in Union Springs, Alabama
@@cherylspringer8097 That's an hour half north of me. It needs saving.
The Union Springs home, built in 1800, was listed for sale back in 2011 for $175,000. By 2012, the property’s value was slashed by half, and listed at only $70,000. But without any offers, the home was taken off the market and has remained in limbo since.
@@weeglk They're wrong about that; there was an article in the Union Springs Herald in 2013 about the family who'd recently bought it (after 2012) and did some work on it. They also have the date wrong -- according to the local historical society, it was built in the 1910s, as evidenced by the neoclassical architecture.
The home kind of reminds me of the movie Django.
Gorgeous architecture
Love the colab with Ronin! You guy's are awesome! TY👍👍👍🍾🍾🥂🌈🌈😎
This beautiful mansion reminds me of Elvis's Graceland home in Memphis...the big pillars and hallway...wow!!! Thank you for sharing this amazing house...so sad it's been abandoned...I hope someone buys it and makes it look stunning again...xxx
When I did home health in Virginia, I met a lot of sweet old men like Chuck.....I've always loved talking to older people even when I was in my early twenties, such interesting lives they led, and many more appreciative than the younger generations.
Thank god for chuck or that beautiful house would of been vandalized by criminals no doubt
I have to have more! Please! I love this. Thank you for finding it.🤩
It’s gorgeous!! I’d love love love to see it given another life for as long as it stands !! It’s just beautiful ❤
Thank you for sharing. Loved the tour.
I lived a block from that house growing up and at that time it was solid white. It has always been a beautiful house and I wish someone would give it that love that it needs.
Where is this house located anyone know 🤔
@@dianeyeldell8019 Alabama
Thank you but where in AL I want to see if it's for sale to purchase I am very much interested in the house and restoring it I have a large family and it's perfect for me
I was watching your TikTok and now I’ve subscribed to your channel!! Yes I love your content
Thank you!
Wow.... what a beauty!
You got a new subscriber in me 👍. That stairwell was beyond beautiful , but Even more beautiful was the genuine charming southern soul of Chuck . I enjoyed listening to him remanence, as much as I enjoyed the house💖
I'm done I know the song he is listening to. My dad plays that son every Sunday and sit out in the porch like this man. ❤ he reminds me of my dad
Just so beautiful. Thank you!
I love Chuck! What a knowledgeable, sweet man.
So beautiful!!!!! I would interior design that place so beautiful 🤩
I would buy this house now if I knew where it was. Amazing. I want to see the one next to it too