I didn't know they invented windows back in the 1600's. They were really advanced back then. My grandparents were from Laos. They live in huts with stilts in 1940's. No windows because the heat is tropical.
@@LaoSoftware I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that the windows aren't original and that there would originally have been shutters. Glass was scarce in the colonies.
@@LaoSoftware If you look at old windows you can tell they are old. The patina is different with the old windows and you can see small bubbles in them.
I built my first saltbox from old blueprints of a New England house. It looks so much like this one. I loved that house. Used old wide oak for the floor in the living room & dining room. Have made the stairs to second floor along with the squeaky stairs. It was a standing joke with my two daughters when they would come home after 11pm. Next morning I would ask them what time they came home, reminding them 11pm. Of course they would say yes dad we were home by 11. When it fact the squeaky stairs told be it was later. They still talk about those days. I’m now over 80 and they are grown ladies and mom’s. Such memories!!
I saw a newer house that was built to look like a 1600s house. It was beautiful and looked similar to this house. The inside was old looking and had numerous antiques.
That's because they just finished massacring the Massachusetts and New England Indians during King Phillip's War.....so they dulled their conscience to steal all commodities.....this house is a shame.
God forbid anyone from PAINTING that house! I am originally from Lexington Massachusetts. The house I grew up in ( my dad built, 2 story reproduction colonial); was maybe a 15 min. walk to the battle green where the first battle of the American Revolutionary War started (not Concord). Certain homes had to be kept exact color as when they were built, upkeep of stonewalls, all kinds of laws if you owed a home from the 1700's. New England is the BEST place to live. Full of history,literary history as well and BEAUTY. Had no choice in moving but always regretted it. At least I will be buried back in Lexington!😋
@@reesedaniel5835-- Those "big greedy corporations" stripping the earth are doing so because the product is wanted by consumers. If we didn't have so much population and consumer demand they wouldn't be "stripping the earth" as you say. Imagine if you went to Home Depot or the lumber store and nothing was available, or you wanted a home of your own. What then? Ever think of that? It's like people complaining of the cattle industry while walking around in leather shoes, eating steak, or using glue on a project. Think about it !!
Wow! My house is 110 years old and I thought THAT was old. I wish my house was this beautiful. Mine is just OLD. I DO have the heart shaped rug beater that I found out back where the garbage was burned. It survived. ❤. Thank you.
The majority of the early houses were built by the family , with simple tools, and they were sturdy and well made. Also the furniture, rugs , candles and kitchen supplies. My grandparents mattress was stuffed with horse hair and comfortable . Seeing the old original things is a treat and develops respect for our early generations.
I was so utterly immersed in the photos, imagining what everyday life would have been like in that home when it was first built that I have to admit that suddenly seeing that *very modern* toaster and electric socket @5:55 _really_ threw me for a loop!
So true. A great contrast in how great we really have it. Every day life back then was no picnic. 40% death rate for infants and a life expectancy of only 40 years! Even the homeless in our modern world have an easier life than kings did only 200 years ago! Hard to imagine. Thank God for oil.
Imagine the smells of the evening meal being cooked over an open flame in one of those massive fireplaces! A chicken or some kind of meat and breads and a pie for dessert! YUM!
Nothing in the kitchen is original, not even the cabinets to the right (although they predate the left). I can’t believe they obstructed the lower part of the window and sill when the lower cabinets and sink were added in the 1900’s. There would’ve been no plumbing, no electricity, no cabinets or countertops. There would’ve been open shelving above and individual pieces of furniture (but not tall cabinets because the tops served as work space-such as a dry sink with a water basin. The whole kitchen is glaringly out of place for the 1600-1700’s (even the right side which is maybe late 1800’s). I’m shocked pictures of it are included without explanation of approximately when each update was made.
My father lived for 5 years in a huge house constructed in 1600's in one part, with two parts added on which I don't remember the exact years so I won't guess. It even had a name The Baliff House. I remember the exact same fireplace in the living room and one bedroom. The large wood floors. Magnificent staircase. Hiden spaces. Nice wide. windowsills to sit things on. I lived there too. In between moving out. It sat on the most gorgeous land. There was a barn too. In the original condition. Old wood etc. Last. In an area to the right of the property lay a cemetery of colonial graves. Its located in Muncy, PA smack dab in the historic Underground Railroad activity. Marvelous.
In 1975, my family bought a 300 year old house and farmhouse near Northampton, Mass. Looking at this gives me perspective on just how old it really was. From the outside, it looks very similar to our house, but it was quite modernized (for 1975) inside. My maternal ancestry goes back to the 1620s in New England and New York. Again, looking at this house gives me some perspective on just how long ago that was. I've lived most of my life in Vancouver, Canada, where European contact was *much* later, and my city is very young. It's a very different culture and feel here as a result. I often forget where I started out.
I'm like you in that I could spend an hour in each room focusing on the floors alone! It slays me that new homes these days are going for the "wood look" using vinyl composite that look nothing like real wood. You can only imagine the activity 300 years of families living in the home that brought about that incomparable beauty of the natural wearing down of the wood. Thank you for the tour what a lovely home.❤
@@lorirogers9304 Plus, ruined by water from a busted dishwasher, plugged up toilet, busted pipe. The new vinyl flooring is water safe and looks very real. These houses also went up in flames regularly, with all that wood and any faulty construction on a chimney, which can explode if it doesn't off gas properly.
This is awesome, I’m a RI native and been through many of these old beauties. Nothing built today can remotely compare to the workmanship of the era. Love the fireplaces, and if you get to view the cellar and see the foundation of the fireplaces it’s unbelievable.❤
This is so wonderful. You will not see anything of this in the deep south at all. Thanks so much. The stories, oh my, if all the walls, floors, etc. could talk. In Joy
Yes!, I definitely would not paint the exterior of the house. Looking old with its original boards is what makes it a treasure. I sometimes wonder how much of a very old dwelling hasn't been replaced though. You know, many years and lifestyles can take a toll.
A friend of mine lives near this house. I went in one time. I'm always amazed at how large these homes are/were. By today's standards they are fairly large - especially when compared to the ubiquitous Cape Cod style homes in the area. To think they were building single family homes this large in a new land with limited tools is really quite amazing. BTW - reading the bio info in the link, it says that when Haskell died his estate was worth 548 pounds. I found a conversion chart and in today's dollars that would be roughly $131,000.00.
Look at some of the ancient roman architecture, 300 + year old mansions in Europe and even 200 year old Victorian mansions with all the elaborate woodwork and detail, super high ceilings, huge doorways with stained glass transoms, giant stone columns, etc and we are supposed to believe these were all constructed using crude hand tools and horse and buggy. I'm not buying it. We have been lied to about a lot of things from birth.
@@reesedaniel5835parts of Notre Dame had to be reconstructed using 13th century implements and techniques. It's documented. It is possible to build something so spectacular as this house using period technology. It just takes an awful lot of muscle, ingenuity and sweat.
I totally love this house! You mentioned the ropes on the bed frame. I was told that the saying "sleep tight" comes from the need to tighten the ropes often to keep it from "bowing" inward. It was more comfortable to sleep on a feather mattress when the ropes were tight for support.
@@rebeccamehochko3039 Hate to tell you but that’s not where the saying comes from. “Tight” was just a 19th century colloquialism meaning “good.” The first known use of the saying was in 1864, when spring mattresses were already replacing rope beds.
Beautiful . My grandfather had a table he made & had 12 kids , every time 2 left he chopped off that section of table . Guess that was their way of saying you’re not coming back . 🤣 hard working people & never heard much complaining about nothing .
Great tour of this old beauty! If you haven't visited the 1677 Whipple House in Ipswich, MA you might want to consider it. It was built by my 10th great-grandfather, John.
great craftsmanship, integrity, uniform beams. Love the candle-stand, chairs set up before the fireplace. Some old places had deep cellars and natural cooling.
This house is part of my Heritage, I am happy to run into it! There is a William Sr. and a William Jr. who may be connected to this House! William Sr. married Mary Tybbot (or Tibbetts) in Beverly Mass and had 4 children. They moved to Gloucester in 1653, and then they had 4 more children! :) William Jr. was the oldest, he was born in 1644- died 1780, then this house would be 100-year's old! He would have been 36-year's old in 1680, spry enough to build a House to support such a clan! Ron Haskell, 13th Generation, from Mark Haskell, Deer Isle, ME, 1635. Thank you for sharing this house! I knew the Pilgrams Inn on Deer Isle was the House of Ignatius Haskell, 1793 still stands today, he was 7th Generation. William Jr. would be 2nd Generation! Wow, he had 12 children, 8 were Boys! :)
In the Beverly days prior, one of the Haskell boys got in trouble for not collecting his cow from the village green. They'd herd them along what's now Cabot Street to forage on the green. As they'd herd them back in the evening, each cow would peel off from the herd, into its own respective yard. One evening, it looks like his cow decided to stay. Kinda cool. In 1692, some of them went northward to the Maine territory (part of Massachusetts until the Missouri Compromise of 1820) I kinda wonder if the societal upheavals of the Salem witch trials of 1690 didn't prod folks into just getting away from it all to resettle elsewhere.
For America, yes. In the UK, this is not even middle-aged. Brits appreciate, we obliterate. This house is rare and special in a place where even 100 years is a big deal.
Lots of inbreeding occurring in those days. Unless one had a horse to trot 6+ hrs or more away from their town or was willing to walk 3 or more days to the towns 2-3 towns away their was a high risk of marrying a close relative. You two chaps are likely products of a lazy relative unwilling to trot or walk the proper distance to reduce inbreeding risk. Lol
Here in the uk, houses of great age or importance are legally protected to stop owners making any inappropriate changes inside or out.owners are considered only temporary caretakers and one does not buy such a house wighout totally respecting it.
Here in the Netherlands only the outside counts. Inside those old houses are totally modernised and unlogical because of all the changes through the years. Some homeowners simply don't respect old characteristics.
It’s like that in historic houses here in the US (more sepeciffically, Madison, Indiana. I can’t speak for every state/city.) Even if you own the building you have to get permission from the Historic Committee to make changes.
Hi , im in England and we have buildings still in use or lived in from the 11th century. Old medieval cities with great cathedrals the architecture is stunning how they built them with no machinery just craftsmanship is mind blowing 😊
The size of the interior boards is amazing... all hand hewn too. Have to think some of the widest boards in the floor and walls were 300, 400 maybe 500 years old in 1680. 600- or 700-year-old wood, crazy. White pine wasn't on the Massachusetts coinage for nothing!
Love love love this house!!! I live in Massachusetts so I’ll have to look into finding this beautiful home and see it for myself… thanks for sharing this beautiful home with us 🌻🙏☺️
I have worked on two Andover houses of similar age. Few of the floors are original, they may indeed be 200 years old. Painted floors were normal, and IF they had a carpet, the perimeter of the room may still be painted. One chimney with fireplaces on three sides downstairs and two or three fireplaces into the same brick structure up stairs. Once the central masonry mass was warmed, the house stayed mostly warm. More efficient fireplaces are dated to the time of Franklin,, and Rumsford 100 year later. Walls,, exterior walls commonly 'double plastered' The wood exterior, with then the lap siding or white cedar shingles nailed to that The better homes had ship lap sheathing under the siding. Double plaster refers to the backside of the exterior sheathing, between the 'studs' a thick rough plaster,, frequently mixed with straw to seal the outer walls from wind penetration.. The the inner finish walls either wood in decorative patterns or plaster and often the plaster had faux wood painted on to it. Studs , smaller trees trimmed flat on two sides, bark usually, not always removed. 20 to 48 inches on center. Interior walls random width but just a single plank thickness. A ground at the floor and perhaps similar at the top dividing walls had no studs just the tongue and groove or shiplap [anels,, Total wall thickness of 3/4 to 1 inch. Flooring,, especially softwoods, feet grind patterns grooves and cups into the floor,, All or your floors are too flat and the floors have lots of knots.. 1680 most trees are standing clear tall growth, clear wood,, random wide widths cupping, thinning of the floor in worn areas. Face nailed, or pegged, square cut nails. The beam work shown in your ceilings looks original. the one center carry timber looks replaced. AND I could be wrong as all heck. There were no Architectural Graphic Standards of the day. Interesting,, you can at times recognize the carpenter's hand, even tool use. A million ways to do it,, and some marks are as clear as if the man had signed his work. Where a wall stud has been flattened by a hatchet, you might well find the same mark made by a defect in the blade,,, a smallish notch where he hit a nail the week before. You could recreate the cutting edge, angle of sharpening, curve of the cutting edge, off set of the axe head. Very distinctive in the work. It was all done by hand.
Beautiful! I would imagine those chairs etc would have been decorated by the hand sewing of the ladies of the house, patchwork, tatting, weaving, bedspreads, embroidered pictures, even oil rugs! It would have been so colourful and cosy.
Thank you for showing this stunning home, and especially thank you for the link to the house's history! While I too prefer the natural weathered wood look, actual homeowners of the time frequently painted their interiors, because they loved color, but also to show that they were doing well and no longer living in frontier cabins. At first they used homemade paints, then as trade opened up and their status improved they used imported European paints. They also paneled and plastered over the stunning hand hewn beams too, for insulation, but also to enhance their status in the eyes of their neighbors (keeping up with the Jones's is not a new behavior) They were fond of surprisingly strong (if somewhat muted) colors - Prussian blue, deep reds, ochre, deep greens, occasionally with some cream, so the beautiful all natural wood look is actually a modern touch and not authentic. Some even painted those gorgeous wide plank floors!
Thank you for explaining about the painting of that era. I was especially surprised when I learned that the interior walls of old stone castles were originally plastered and painted rather than the beautiful exposed stone we’re accustomed to seeing. The entire kitchen is anachronistic and caught my eye much like the lack of paint for you. There would’ve been no cabinetry. The left side is obvious but not even the right side of the kitchen is original. There would’ve been a dry sink, open shelving, and a table. I’m surprised they haven’t restored it.
I'm digging the 1680's era toaster and bottle of Maker's Mark in the kitchen. I think that's the same faucet I have in my kitchen. Beautifully preserved and authentic!
Wow ! 100 years before America was America. You were right, it is fantastic. It is in such great shape. I loved the floors. I was surprised at how nice the kitchen was. I didn't see fireplaces in any of the bedrooms. That seemed odd due to the location of the home. Great video!
Loved the house. Thanks for the tour. It's hard to believe people didn't think of a more comfortable style for furniture back then. Or maybe they did and it's just not in this house.
What a gorgeous home! Love the kitchen cabinets with the natural patina. The rope beds are amazing and the floors, fireplaces etc are so well cared for. I would never paint this house. Keep it all natural. Unbelievable, 1680. My old 1885 farm house with 13 ft ceilings, 4 fireplaces and all b board walls and ceilings, I just fell in love when I saw my home. I thought my home had age. At almost 140 yrs old. What a treat to see this video!; Thank you ❤👍
My great uncle had an 8 foot wide, 8 foot high, 10 foot deep fireplace in his home build in the late 1930s. Us kids called it the den bonfire. Many fine memories. When it was loaded you could not get close to it at all the heat was so intense. Once the stones warmed, they radiated heat for days. We did everything you could ever imagine doing around a campfire in front of that fire place. That includes staring for hours and hours at the colored flames because when it was desired you could fix different kinds of metal rods to create a rainbow or what I’m sure were toxic colored flames.
The 1920s house where I grew up has a massive stone fireplace, deep for a big fire. Same as what you say - very hot. I inherited the house and love the fireplace.
Absolutely incredible and thank you for sharing!! What a beautiful old home!! New England colonial history is so important and to have an example like this is amazing!!
Thanks for the very interesting tour! I'm a lifelong Yankee New Englander born in old historic beautiful Boston and spent my childhood summers at my late grandmother's house built in 1776 on Cape Cod so I love old New England homes! Have toured many other old historic homes in New England as well. I would say this lovely rustic old house was built and owned by a rather affluent family in the late 1600s for that era given the size of it and the furnishings, even if not all of the furnishings are originally there? Gloucester sea captain, ship builder, doctor, lawyer? Is this house on the National Registry with the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington DC? Noticed the electric outlet and toaster in the kitchen! Someone modernized that kitchen because it has a soapstone deep sink with a gooseneck faucet and electricity! Also, they normaly wouldn't have had upper kitchen cabinets in the 1600s/1700s so they must have been put in later. The sink would have had a hand pump. Also, a white chimney usually meant they were loyalists, but it lacks the black border at the top like other loyalist chimneys on the Cape.
I'm a 9x great-granddaughter of William Haskell and his wife Mary. Yes, it seems that Grandpa did well.. . I don't think most 17th century New Englanders lived in such nice homes, much less had so many beds. Beds like these were incredibly expensive and were sort of a status symbol , with about 1/3 of your wealth tied up in them-- getting bequeathed your father's bed was a big deal.
@@kck9742 Thank you, I hope this beautiful historic home gets on the National Registry to protect it from the wrecking ball as many old places across the country get torn down needlessly! I'm still pissed off that they closed down historic famous Durgin Park in Boston which had a great atmosphere and wonderful Yankee New England fare! Thankfully, my children, husband and I got to eat there a couple of times, but not my grandchildren. Once the past is destroyed there's no getting it back! I'm always grateful when I see historic homes, landmark hotels, inns and restaurants saved from the wrecking ball! We have a tendency to take these iconic places down and don't save and keep things from the past our precious history the way they do in Europe! In the UK, they still have the palace of King Henry the 8th and his kitchen is still in use today for demonstrations and I once ate at a famous restaurant in Paris Le Tour D'Argent which is 400 years old! I read about a chocolate candy and coffee shop in Vienna that is 600 years old and still owned by the same family! If they can do it , so can we! Love Williamsburg and old Sturbridge Village that preserves the past as well! ♥♥♥♥
Love these olde homes. Any ghosts? Ingenuity.. Love it. I'd be happy living here in this day and age! Simple and only what you need. No extras. Love it💚
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing. This one very much looks like a museum. I love old houses but this isn't one I would want to live in as it doesn't seem to have any modern comforts looks very much its age. Terrific job to all the people having kept up with the house since 1680 wow.
I would love to visit these old historical houses in the New England area and hopefully soon as I love history. Hardly any old historical houses are left here where I live in the South, after getting burned down and ruined after the war between the states left us Destitute. Thanks for sharing
I guess in the middle 1600s when a lot of people worked all day, in the freezing cold and usually slept on the floor next to the fireplace. Sitting on a nice sturdy chair in front of a great fire is all you could ask for.
Amazingly enough those chairs are quite comfy! But no relaxing by the fire in 1680. They would be huddled very close to the fire to stay warm or be working (to stay warm.)
Amazing and beautiful to see. Every detail from 300 years ago is fascinating to look at. You can see in kitchen they upgraded with kitchen faucet, dishwasher, and electricity, possibly someone had stayed there occasionally to oversee the property. Anyway you look at it, this house was well crafted, loved and I can only imagine how many stories could be told in the 300 years it’s been standing. It’s so refreshing to be able to enjoy seeing American history such gravely preserved. Thank You Kindly For Sharing With Us All.
I heard somewhere along my journeys of life that the rope on the bed. They used to tighten it at night when it started to sag and that is where the saying, " sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite" because they had bed bugs from the hay and whatever else they used😮😮
I just found your channel and I'm loving it. There's a 1788 house near me that was just sold and I looked at the real estate listing. I wanted to weep. The inside was "updated," but basically gutted and replaced with IKEA everything. Very depressing. I'm glad some people see the value in keeping these homes as close to the original as possible.
Beautiful… soooo nice to see !! Yes, as much as possible, these type of homes should be preserved shown in the style and ways of living from the past ! Truly awesome thankyou
I do so appreciate these older homes. The house I grew up in in Massachusetts was built in 1740 and has remained in the family for over 75 years. Colonial Homes are the best.
I so appreciate these also! Grew up in tiny old town Washington NH now live in a 1780 house in MA. Love seeing these houses in Gloucester go there every year to look at them😊
How wonderful to step back into the 1680s. wood, nothing but wood it seems. how simple homes were then. Iooking at it I aciually feel I am there.God, how times have changed.
As a teenager in 1970, I had a friend who's home was built in 1895, and the interior was almost completely original, with the wall paper, flooring windows, etc. and original period furnishings. I really liked stepping into that place, as it was like a "time machine" to me, and it was quite "cool" to spend time in.
Thanks for this fantastic tour of my dream home! I like the simple curtains on string, too, but this house was upscale and they likely used curtain rods. The furnishings give it a museum value and are very well done, cleverly showing a great deal more than what you most likely would have seen in the actual era, but still giving the feel of a real home. The folks responsible for this are truly gifted and deserve big kudos imo. 👏 👏
A truly beautiful home, so evocative of simpler times when "cozy" meant pulling your chair up to the fireplace, tugging off your shoes and warming your feet by the fire with a loved one or close friend by your side. I was born into the wrong era 😟.
I couldn't be more delighted to have come across this presentation. I absolutely loved being able to "visit" this home and the narration was great. I've subscribed and look forward to enjoying more tours.
Simplicity of Talents ! In the Construction of Necessities is Always , what stands ; the Test of Time ! And this , Is the proof ! That if this Mindset was Preserved ; so can Future Generations 🙂😊🤗🤔
Thanks for noticing the abundance of chairs! We bought the home a couple years ago and while there are still plenty of chairs, the previous owners took what they wanted to keep, we moved 7 to another location…we still sold 27!
The boxes being slapped up now pale in comparison in every way. The cul-de-sacs, the HOAs, the developments, the gated communities with names like Bentley Farms or Horse Trot Chase) will all crumble and fall before this one, despite its age. This has charm, warmth, and character. It exudes homeycozy vibes. Where is that in a black/grey/white glass-and-steel palace?
Very nice, I live in an 1806 federal in NH. These old houses need to be properly preserved, so important to our history and local architecture. Very expensive to maintain though! If you want to buy one, be prepared!!!
I worked on a old home just like this for almost 12 years it was for mister Miles Standish it was built in 1742 I had to do everything just like it was done in 1742
Oh wow! William Haskell and his wife Mary (Tybott) were my ancestors -- 9x great-grandparents. So cool to see this! 🙂
I didn't know they invented windows back in the 1600's. They were really advanced back then. My grandparents were from Laos. They live in huts with stilts in 1940's. No windows because the heat is tropical.
@@LaoSoftware I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that the windows aren't original and that there would originally have been shutters. Glass was scarce in the colonies.
@@LaoSoftware If you look at old windows you can tell they are old. The patina is different with the old windows and you can see small bubbles in them.
@@kck9742 Somebody with a house like this probably had windows in it. They had to have had a decent amount of money.
@@LaoSoftware Windows were invented over 2,000 years ago 😂
I built my first saltbox from old blueprints of a New England house. It looks so much like this one. I loved that house. Used old wide oak for the floor in the living room & dining room. Have made the stairs to second floor along with the squeaky stairs. It was a standing joke with my two daughters when they would come home after 11pm. Next morning I would ask them what time they came home, reminding them 11pm. Of course they would say yes dad we were home by 11. When it fact the squeaky stairs told be it was later. They still talk about those days. I’m now over 80 and they are grown ladies and mom’s. Such memories!!
Incredible!!!!! These homes are our architectural heritage. Thank you for spreading the awareness of how important it is to cherish these survivors.
I saw a newer house that was built to look like a 1600s house. It was beautiful and looked similar to this house. The inside was old looking and had numerous antiques.
That's because they just finished massacring the Massachusetts and New England Indians during King Phillip's War.....so they dulled their conscience to steal all commodities.....this house is a shame.
God forbid anyone from PAINTING that house! I am originally from Lexington Massachusetts. The house I grew up in ( my dad built, 2 story reproduction colonial); was maybe a 15 min. walk to the battle green where the first battle of the American Revolutionary War started (not Concord). Certain homes had to be kept exact color as when they were built, upkeep of stonewalls, all kinds of laws if you owed a home from the 1700's. New England is the BEST place to live. Full of history,literary history as well and BEAUTY. Had no choice in moving but always regretted it. At least I will be buried back in Lexington!😋
Hope you'll get the chance to move back!
Massive old trees made those WIDE planks . Incredible
Because they were plentiful back then. No big, greedy corporations stripping the earth of its resources....
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@@vickileonard72 I try to imagine the forests with those giants. Beautiful.
@@reesedaniel5835-- Those "big greedy corporations" stripping the earth are doing so because the product is wanted by consumers. If we didn't have so much population and consumer demand they wouldn't be "stripping the earth" as you say. Imagine if you went to Home Depot or the lumber store and nothing was available, or you wanted a home of your own. What then? Ever think of that? It's like people complaining of the cattle industry while walking around in leather shoes, eating steak, or using glue on a project. Think about it !!
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I love seeing inside these old homes. You can just imagine the quality time families spent together.
Back then many of these homes were built with a safe room to run to if Indians attacked.
Wow! My house is 110 years old and I thought THAT was old. I wish my house was this beautiful. Mine is just OLD. I DO have the heart shaped rug beater that I found out back where the garbage was burned. It survived. ❤. Thank you.
The majority of the early houses were built by the family , with simple tools, and they were sturdy and well made. Also the furniture, rugs , candles and kitchen supplies. My grandparents mattress was stuffed with horse hair and comfortable . Seeing the old original things is a treat and develops respect for our early generations.
Patina galore and thank GOD NO ONE painted the wood walls and floors!
You know everyone wants to paint things white!!! 😢 Omg
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The reason the house stayed the same for so long was because after William died many poor people owned it who could not afford to change it.
Fantastic old house! I love old colonial houses.
I was so utterly immersed in the photos, imagining what everyday life would have been like in that home when it was first built that I have to admit that suddenly seeing that *very modern* toaster and electric socket @5:55 _really_ threw me for a loop!
I was distracted by the sink and countertop
@@Nightbird1914 not to mention the ...dishwasher? And a mini-fridge? It's like the whole lower left side of this photo is copy-pasted "modernity." 😁
So true. A great contrast in how great we really have it. Every day life back then was no picnic. 40% death rate for infants and a life expectancy of only 40 years! Even the homeless in our modern world have an easier life than kings did only 200 years ago! Hard to imagine. Thank God for oil.
Imagine the smells of the evening meal being cooked over an open flame in one of those massive fireplaces! A chicken or some kind of meat and breads and a pie for dessert! YUM!
Nothing in the kitchen is original, not even the cabinets to the right (although they predate the left). I can’t believe they obstructed the lower part of the window and sill when the lower cabinets and sink were added in the 1900’s. There would’ve been no plumbing, no electricity, no cabinets or countertops. There would’ve been open shelving above and individual pieces of furniture (but not tall cabinets because the tops served as work space-such as a dry sink with a water basin. The whole kitchen is glaringly out of place for the 1600-1700’s (even the right side which is maybe late 1800’s). I’m shocked pictures of it are included without explanation of approximately when each update was made.
Makes me so happy and feel at home! Native New Englander here!
Me too! grew up in tiny town Washington NH. Now live in MA house built in 1780. Love looking at these old houses in Gloucester go there every year
Me also, reminds me of an old house in Yarmouth port. 1640? I think.
My father lived for 5 years in a huge house constructed in 1600's in one part, with two parts added on which I don't remember the exact years so I won't guess. It even had a name The Baliff House. I remember the exact same fireplace in the living room and one bedroom. The large wood floors. Magnificent staircase. Hiden spaces. Nice wide. windowsills to sit things on. I lived there too. In between moving out. It sat on the most gorgeous land. There was a barn too. In the original condition. Old wood etc. Last. In an area to the right of the property lay a cemetery of colonial graves. Its located in Muncy, PA smack dab in the historic Underground Railroad activity. Marvelous.
In 1975, my family bought a 300 year old house and farmhouse near Northampton, Mass. Looking at this gives me perspective on just how old it really was. From the outside, it looks very similar to our house, but it was quite modernized (for 1975) inside. My maternal ancestry goes back to the 1620s in New England and New York. Again, looking at this house gives me some perspective on just how long ago that was. I've lived most of my life in Vancouver, Canada, where European contact was *much* later, and my city is very young. It's a very different culture and feel here as a result. I often forget where I started out.
I'm like you in that I could spend an hour in each room focusing on the floors alone! It slays me that new homes these days are going for the "wood look" using vinyl composite that look nothing like real wood. You can only imagine the activity 300 years of families living in the home that brought about that incomparable beauty of the natural wearing down of the wood. Thank you for the tour what a lovely home.❤
Yep. The more we "progress", the more we regress (except for the top 1% of globalist "elite"....of course!!! Nothing but the very best for THEM! ).
Hardwoods are $$$
@@lorirogers9304 Plus, ruined by water from a busted dishwasher, plugged up toilet, busted pipe. The new vinyl flooring is water safe and looks very real. These houses also went up in flames regularly, with all that wood and any faulty construction on a chimney, which can explode if it doesn't off gas properly.
This is awesome, I’m a RI native and been through many of these old beauties. Nothing built today can remotely compare to the workmanship of the era. Love the fireplaces, and if you get to view the cellar and see the foundation of the fireplaces it’s unbelievable.❤
Beautiful home. I love the way they designed the walls. They put a lot of love into that home!
Anything New England Colonial speaks to me. I was born in CT and love the architecture from way back when. Thank you for taking me back in time!
Before machines in the West is the best! The craftsmanship, sturdy designs, artistry and detail… just awesome!
Wow!! A priceless treasure!
This is so wonderful. You will not see anything of this in the deep south at all. Thanks so much. The stories, oh my, if all the walls, floors, etc. could talk. In Joy
It looks huge for the day. Really does give a glimpse of the times it was built and lived in. Loved it all!
Can’t get enough of these beautiful old homes.
I grew up in colonial ladderback chairs. That was how we sat around the dining table for family dinners. My Dad thought they encouraged good posture.
Yes!, I definitely would not paint the exterior of the house. Looking old with its original boards is what makes it a treasure. I sometimes wonder how much of a very old dwelling hasn't been replaced though. You know, many years and lifestyles can take a toll.
A friend of mine lives near this house. I went in one time. I'm always amazed at how large these homes are/were. By today's standards they are fairly large - especially when compared to the ubiquitous Cape Cod style homes in the area. To think they were building single family homes this large in a new land with limited tools is really quite amazing.
BTW - reading the bio info in the link, it says that when Haskell died his estate was worth 548 pounds. I found a conversion chart and in today's dollars that would be roughly $131,000.00.
Look at some of the ancient roman architecture, 300 + year old mansions in Europe and even 200 year old Victorian mansions with all the elaborate woodwork and detail, super high ceilings, huge doorways with stained glass transoms, giant stone columns, etc and we are supposed to believe these were all constructed using crude hand tools and horse and buggy. I'm not buying it. We have been lied to about a lot of things from birth.
@@reesedaniel5835parts of Notre Dame had to be reconstructed using 13th century implements and techniques. It's documented. It is possible to build something so spectacular as this house using period technology. It just takes an awful lot of muscle, ingenuity and sweat.
That isn't very much for what is there.
@@reesedaniel5835 WRONG
@@billwilson2160 Please do enlighten us lowly peasants with your special knowledge. I'm waiting...
I totally love this house! You mentioned the ropes on the bed frame. I was told that the saying "sleep tight" comes from the need to tighten the ropes often to keep it from "bowing" inward. It was more comfortable to sleep on a feather mattress when the ropes were tight for support.
@@rebeccamehochko3039 Hate to tell you but that’s not where the saying comes from. “Tight” was just a 19th century colloquialism meaning “good.” The first known use of the saying was in 1864, when spring mattresses were already replacing rope beds.
Beautiful . My grandfather had a table he made & had 12 kids , every time 2 left he chopped off that section of table . Guess that was their way of saying you’re not coming back . 🤣 hard working people & never heard much complaining about nothing .
This is like a living museum!
I can smell the fire places just looking at them!
Great tour of this old beauty! If you haven't visited the 1677 Whipple House in Ipswich, MA you might want to consider it. It was built by my 10th great-grandfather, John.
Wow!…I love everything about it! The huge rope beds..the floors…the patina on everything…truly a time capsule! Thanks so much for sharing
Can u imagine the amount of wood it would take to heat a house that large with no modern day insulation..beautiful home
Definitely a beautiful home. So glad it has been preserved !!!
great craftsmanship, integrity, uniform beams. Love the candle-stand, chairs set up before the fireplace. Some old places had deep cellars and natural cooling.
This house is part of my Heritage, I am happy to run into it! There is a William Sr. and a William Jr. who may be connected to this House! William Sr. married Mary Tybbot (or Tibbetts) in Beverly Mass and had 4 children. They moved to Gloucester in 1653, and then they had 4 more children! :) William Jr. was the oldest, he was born in 1644- died 1780, then this house would be 100-year's old! He would have been 36-year's old in 1680, spry enough to build a House to support such a clan!
Ron Haskell, 13th Generation, from Mark Haskell, Deer Isle, ME, 1635. Thank you for sharing this house! I knew the Pilgrams Inn on Deer Isle was the House of Ignatius Haskell, 1793 still stands today, he was 7th Generation.
William Jr. would be 2nd Generation! Wow, he had 12 children, 8 were Boys! :)
Something is wrong with your numbers, are you saying William Jr got to live 136y?!
@@aramisortsbottcher8201 I caught that too.
incredible to think on that! amazing reflections!
In the Beverly days prior, one of the Haskell boys got in trouble for not collecting his cow from the village green. They'd herd them along what's now Cabot Street to forage on the green. As they'd herd them back in the evening, each cow would peel off from the herd, into its own respective yard. One evening, it looks like his cow decided to stay. Kinda cool.
In 1692, some of them went northward to the Maine territory (part of Massachusetts until the Missouri Compromise of 1820)
I kinda wonder if the societal upheavals of the Salem witch trials of 1690 didn't prod folks into just getting away from it all to resettle elsewhere.
@@jonhaskell9630 Truly, such ideas were so deeply imbedded into their Worlds....
My mom's name was Beverly (12 Generation).
Fantastic. Very interesting. Amazing one that old is still standing 2024.
For America, yes. In the UK, this is not even middle-aged. Brits appreciate, we obliterate. This house is rare and special in a place where even 100 years is a big deal.
I love this! I live in Illinois and old here is 1840s, I think we tend to forget there are much older homes on the East Coast. 😅
In England we call those large fireplaces “ inglenook “ fireplaces. They often have bread ovens built inside to the left or right.
They often do in New England as well.
Beehive ovens sometimes.
I have lived in Gloucester for 56 hears and have never seen or been aware of this house. Haskell was an ancestor or mine.
I'm descended from him too... hi, cousin!
You and apparently half the other commenters here....😂
@@reesedaniel5835 Why do you find that funny?
@@kck9742it is funny 😆
Lots of inbreeding occurring in those days. Unless one had a horse to trot 6+ hrs or more away from their town or was willing to walk 3 or more days to the towns 2-3 towns away their was a high risk of marrying a close relative. You two chaps are likely products of a lazy relative unwilling to trot or walk the proper distance to reduce inbreeding risk. Lol
Here in the uk, houses of great age or importance are legally protected to stop owners making any inappropriate changes inside or out.owners are considered only temporary caretakers and one does not buy such a house wighout totally respecting it.
Here in the Netherlands only the outside counts. Inside those old houses are totally modernised and unlogical because of all the changes through the years. Some homeowners simply don't respect old characteristics.
Old homes of a certain date or importance are protected here in the USA also and are on The Historical Society list.
It’s like that in historic houses here in the US (more sepeciffically, Madison, Indiana. I can’t speak for every state/city.) Even if you own the building you have to get permission from the Historic Committee to make changes.
exact same in the US. "Historical Buildings" cannot be altered
my hometown is from mid 1600's and there are still people living in the houses from that era, but ours are mostly made of stones and clay
Hi , im in England and we have buildings still in use or lived in from the 11th century. Old medieval cities with great cathedrals the architecture is stunning how they built them with no machinery just craftsmanship is mind blowing 😊
I would happily and without a moment's hesitation live in this place.
Beautiful old home with beautiful things inside just beautiful
The size of the interior boards is amazing... all hand hewn too. Have to think some of the widest boards in the floor and walls were 300, 400 maybe 500 years old in 1680. 600- or 700-year-old wood, crazy. White pine wasn't on the Massachusetts coinage for nothing!
Love love love this house!!! I live in Massachusetts so I’ll have to look into finding this beautiful home and see it for myself… thanks for sharing this beautiful home with us 🌻🙏☺️
I have worked on two Andover houses of similar age. Few of the floors are original, they may indeed be 200 years old. Painted floors were normal, and IF they had a carpet, the perimeter of the room may still be painted. One chimney with fireplaces on three sides downstairs and two or three fireplaces into the same brick structure up stairs. Once the central masonry mass was warmed, the house stayed mostly warm. More efficient fireplaces are dated to the time of Franklin,, and Rumsford 100 year later. Walls,, exterior walls commonly 'double plastered' The wood exterior, with then the lap siding or white cedar shingles nailed to that The better homes had ship lap sheathing under the siding. Double plaster refers to the backside of the exterior sheathing, between the 'studs' a thick rough plaster,, frequently mixed with straw to seal the outer walls from wind penetration.. The the inner finish walls either wood in decorative patterns or plaster and often the plaster had faux wood painted on to it. Studs , smaller trees trimmed flat on two sides, bark usually, not always removed. 20 to 48 inches on center. Interior walls random width but just a single plank thickness. A ground at the floor and perhaps similar at the top dividing walls had no studs just the tongue and groove or shiplap [anels,, Total wall thickness of 3/4 to 1 inch.
Flooring,, especially softwoods, feet grind patterns grooves and cups into the floor,, All or your floors are too flat and the floors have lots of knots.. 1680 most trees are standing clear tall growth, clear wood,, random wide widths cupping, thinning of the floor in worn areas. Face nailed, or pegged, square cut nails. The beam work shown in your ceilings looks original. the one center carry timber looks replaced.
AND I could be wrong as all heck. There were no Architectural Graphic Standards of the day. Interesting,, you can at times recognize the carpenter's hand, even tool use. A million ways to do it,, and some marks are as clear as if the man had signed his work. Where a wall stud has been flattened by a hatchet, you might well find the same mark made by a defect in the blade,,, a smallish notch where he hit a nail the week before. You could recreate the cutting edge, angle of sharpening, curve of the cutting edge, off set of the axe head. Very distinctive in the work. It was all done by hand.
your description indicates your level of craftsmanship as well...i applaud you
Thank you for taking us with you into this lovely home. Loved the old beds!
thanks for sharing. the bedrooms , what the hay, almost as big as my 2 bedroom home . bet a little chilly in the winter
Beautiful! I would imagine those chairs etc would have been decorated by the hand sewing of the ladies of the house, patchwork, tatting, weaving, bedspreads, embroidered pictures, even oil rugs! It would have been so colourful and cosy.
Thank you for showing this stunning home, and especially thank you for the link to the house's history!
While I too prefer the natural weathered wood look, actual homeowners of the time frequently painted their interiors, because they loved color, but also to show that they were doing well and no longer living in frontier cabins. At first they used homemade paints, then as trade opened up and their status improved they used imported European paints. They also paneled and plastered over the stunning hand hewn beams too, for insulation, but also to enhance their status in the eyes of their neighbors (keeping up with the Jones's is not a new behavior)
They were fond of surprisingly strong (if somewhat muted) colors - Prussian blue, deep reds, ochre, deep greens, occasionally with some cream, so the beautiful all natural wood look is actually a modern touch and not authentic. Some even painted those gorgeous wide plank floors!
Thank you for explaining about the painting of that era. I was especially surprised when I learned that the interior walls of old stone castles were originally plastered and painted rather than the beautiful exposed stone we’re accustomed to seeing.
The entire kitchen is anachronistic and caught my eye much like the lack of paint for you. There would’ve been no cabinetry. The left side is obvious but not even the right side of the kitchen is original. There would’ve been a dry sink, open shelving, and a table. I’m surprised they haven’t restored it.
I'm digging the 1680's era toaster and bottle of Maker's Mark in the kitchen. I think that's the same faucet I have in my kitchen. Beautifully preserved and authentic!
There’s nothing like a little Maker’s Mark. Seeing it there sure did make me chuckle.
Wow ! 100 years before America was America. You were right, it is fantastic. It is in such great shape. I loved the floors. I was surprised at how nice the kitchen was. I didn't see fireplaces in any of the bedrooms. That seemed odd due to the location of the home. Great video!
I lived in Gloucester! Loved it there.
I toured this house many years ago, it is wonderful!
The toaster on the counterplugged into the wall socket kinda blows the mood.
It is beautiful and has been immaculately kept!
Loved the house. Thanks for the tour.
It's hard to believe people didn't think of a more comfortable style for furniture back then. Or maybe they did and it's just not in this house.
What a gorgeous home! Love the kitchen cabinets with the natural patina. The rope beds are amazing and the floors, fireplaces etc are so well cared for. I would never paint this house. Keep it all natural. Unbelievable, 1680.
My old 1885 farm house with 13 ft ceilings, 4 fireplaces and all b board walls and ceilings, I just fell in love when I saw my home. I thought my home had age. At almost 140 yrs old.
What a treat to see this video!; Thank you ❤👍
Thank you for this video. I love it. Gloucester is one of my favorite places! Patricia Gambino Harrington
The carved walls are beautiful.
My great uncle had an 8 foot wide, 8 foot high, 10 foot deep fireplace in his home build in the late 1930s. Us kids called it the den bonfire. Many fine memories. When it was loaded you could not get close to it at all the heat was so intense. Once the stones warmed, they radiated heat for days. We did everything you could ever imagine doing around a campfire in front of that fire place. That includes staring for hours and hours at the colored flames because when it was desired you could fix different kinds of metal rods to create a rainbow or what I’m sure were toxic colored flames.
The 1920s house where I grew up has a massive stone fireplace, deep for a big fire. Same as what you say - very hot. I inherited the house and love the fireplace.
Absolutely incredible and thank you for sharing!! What a beautiful old home!! New England colonial history is so important and to have an example like this is amazing!!
Thanks for the very interesting tour! I'm a lifelong Yankee New Englander born in old historic beautiful Boston and spent my childhood summers at my late grandmother's house built in 1776 on Cape Cod so I love old New England homes! Have toured many other old historic homes in New England as well. I would say this lovely rustic old house was built and owned by a rather affluent family in the late 1600s for that era given the size of it and the furnishings, even if not all of the furnishings are originally there? Gloucester sea captain, ship builder, doctor, lawyer? Is this house on the National Registry with the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington DC? Noticed the electric outlet and toaster in the kitchen! Someone modernized that kitchen because it has a soapstone deep sink with a gooseneck faucet and electricity! Also, they normaly wouldn't have had upper kitchen cabinets in the 1600s/1700s so they must have been put in later. The sink would have had a hand pump. Also, a white chimney usually meant they were loyalists, but it lacks the black border at the top like other loyalist chimneys on the Cape.
I'm a 9x great-granddaughter of William Haskell and his wife Mary. Yes, it seems that Grandpa did well.. . I don't think most 17th century New Englanders lived in such nice homes, much less had so many beds. Beds like these were incredibly expensive and were sort of a status symbol , with about 1/3 of your wealth tied up in them-- getting bequeathed your father's bed was a big deal.
@@kck9742 Thank you, I hope this beautiful historic home gets on the National Registry to protect it from the wrecking ball as many old places across the country get torn down needlessly! I'm still pissed off that they closed down historic famous Durgin Park in Boston which had a great atmosphere and wonderful Yankee New England fare! Thankfully, my children, husband and I got to eat there a couple of times, but not my grandchildren. Once the past is destroyed there's no getting it back! I'm always grateful when I see historic homes, landmark hotels, inns and restaurants saved from the wrecking ball! We have a tendency to take these iconic places down and don't save and keep things from the past our precious history the way they do in Europe! In the UK, they still have the palace of King Henry the 8th and his kitchen is still in use today for demonstrations and I once ate at a famous restaurant in Paris Le Tour D'Argent which is 400 years old! I read about a chocolate candy and coffee shop in Vienna that is 600 years old and still owned by the same family! If they can do it , so can we! Love Williamsburg and old Sturbridge Village that preserves the past as well! ♥♥♥♥
I LOVE old houses and imagining what the owners may have been like, Thanks for posting !
Makes you realise that building style may change - but improve ?? Wow - what a place !!
Love these olde homes. Any ghosts?
Ingenuity..
Love it. I'd be happy living here in this day and age! Simple and only what you need. No extras. Love it💚
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Fantastic! Thank you for sharing. This one very much looks like a museum. I love old houses but this isn't one I would want to live in as it doesn't seem to have any modern comforts looks very much its age. Terrific job to all the people having kept up with the house since 1680 wow.
I would love to visit these old historical houses in the New England area and hopefully soon as I love history. Hardly any old historical houses are left here where I live in the South, after getting burned down and ruined after the war between the states left us Destitute. Thanks for sharing
You really should visit! Grew up in tiny old town Washington NH. Now live in a 1780 house in MA. Gloucester many beautiful older houses
I would take the house in a heartbeat.including furnitures Soo beautiful.
At 3:50, you say you can imagine sitting and relaxing. Those ladderback chairs are not at all comfortable.
I guess in the middle 1600s when a lot of people worked all day, in the freezing cold and usually slept on the floor next to the fireplace. Sitting on a nice sturdy chair in front of a great fire is all you could ask for.
Amazingly enough those chairs are quite comfy! But no relaxing by the fire in 1680. They would be huddled very close to the fire to stay warm or be working (to stay warm.)
@@Amy-iq7dd I don’t think they had much time for relaxing anyway.
Amazing and beautiful to see. Every detail from 300 years ago is fascinating to look at. You can see in kitchen they upgraded with kitchen faucet, dishwasher, and electricity, possibly someone had stayed there occasionally to oversee the property. Anyway you look at it, this house was well crafted, loved and I can only imagine how many stories could be told in the 300 years it’s been standing. It’s so refreshing to be able to enjoy seeing American history such gravely preserved. Thank You Kindly For Sharing With Us All.
I heard somewhere along my journeys of life that the rope on the bed. They used to tighten it at night when it started to sag and that is where the saying, " sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite" because they had bed bugs from the hay and whatever else they used😮😮
I just found your channel and I'm loving it. There's a 1788 house near me that was just sold and I looked at the real estate listing. I wanted to weep. The inside was "updated," but basically gutted and replaced with IKEA everything. Very depressing. I'm glad some people see the value in keeping these homes as close to the original as possible.
Such a cozy house..I'm quite sure it was appreciated and loved! Ty for a lovely video.
Beautiful… soooo nice to see !! Yes, as much as possible, these type of homes should be preserved shown in the style and ways of living from the past ! Truly awesome thankyou
I do so appreciate these older homes. The house I grew up in in Massachusetts was built in 1740 and has remained in the family for over 75 years. Colonial Homes are the best.
I so appreciate these also! Grew up in tiny old town Washington NH now live in a 1780 house in MA. Love seeing these houses in Gloucester go there every year to look at them😊
How wonderful to step back into the 1680s. wood, nothing but wood it seems. how simple homes were then. Iooking at it I aciually feel I am there.God, how times have changed.
As a teenager in 1970, I had a friend who's home was built in 1895, and the interior was almost completely original, with the wall paper, flooring windows, etc.
and original period furnishings. I really liked stepping into that place, as it was like a "time machine" to me, and it was quite "cool" to spend time in.
Thanks for this fantastic tour of my dream home! I like the simple curtains on string, too, but this house was upscale and they likely used curtain rods. The furnishings give it a museum value and are very well done, cleverly showing a great deal more than what you most likely would have seen in the actual era, but still giving the feel of a real home. The folks responsible for this are truly gifted and deserve big kudos imo. 👏 👏
A truly beautiful home, so evocative of simpler times when "cozy" meant pulling your chair up to the fireplace, tugging off your shoes and warming your feet by the fire with a loved one or close friend by your side. I was born into the wrong era 😟.
Sadly the home would be very cold in the late 1600’s and 1700’s. No kicking off shoes to warm by the fire.
We saw the more modern kitchen (toaster) would have loved to see the bathroom. If they updated the kitchen I'm sure they did a bathroom as well!
Very cool. so thankful they have kept it as original as they can. Thanks for sharing.
I couldn't be more delighted to have come across this presentation. I absolutely loved being able to "visit" this home and the narration was great. I've subscribed and look forward to enjoying more tours.
Simplicity of Talents ! In the Construction of Necessities is Always , what stands ; the Test of Time ! And this , Is the proof ! That if this Mindset was Preserved ; so can Future Generations 🙂😊🤗🤔
Beautiful house, love the simplicity. Certainly no shortage of places to sit!
Thanks for noticing the abundance of chairs! We bought the home a couple years ago and while there are still plenty of chairs, the previous owners took what they wanted to keep, we moved 7 to another location…we still sold 27!
The boxes being slapped up now pale in comparison in every way. The cul-de-sacs, the HOAs, the developments, the gated communities with names like Bentley Farms or Horse Trot Chase) will all crumble and fall before this one, despite its age.
This has charm, warmth, and character. It exudes homeycozy vibes. Where is that in a black/grey/white glass-and-steel palace?
Absolutely gorgeous. Those floors are beautiful.
The ropes instead of the box spring is where the saying sleep tight came from.
@@stevenkaskus6173 Actually it’s not. The saying originated in 1864, and “tight” was just a 19th century way of saying “good” or “well.”
Look how wide the floor planks are. They came from huge trees.
What an amazing house. In such great shape. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌹
I love them old houses.
This is by far my most favorite house I have seen on your channel. Thank you!!!
That is amazing detail in the furniture. I didn't expect to see that for this time period in the USA.
Looks like they just cleaned everything . Amazing
I ❤ everything about that house. Makes me appreciate what I have. Beautiful rooms.
Very nice, I live in an 1806 federal in NH. These old houses need to be properly preserved, so important to our history and local architecture. Very expensive to maintain though! If you want to buy one, be prepared!!!
I worked on a old home just like this for almost 12 years it was for mister Miles Standish it was built in 1742 I had to do everything just like it was done in 1742
Amazing home.
Beautiful! Thank you for posting and sharing! 👏👏👏