Real Deadwood History | The Adams House
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Take a glimpse of some real Deadwood history. Step inside the Adams House and join Kevin Hicks on a tour of this beautiful time capsule as he explores the ornate rooms and corridors of the Adams House in Deadwood, delving into the rich stories that echo within the walls.
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Thank you Kevin for the great little tour. Sharing some of our American history with the same passion you show in your British tours is wonderful. I do love history, thank you very much. Cheers from San Angelo, Tx.
My pleasure! Thanks David 👍🏻. One of these days' I'd like to visit Texas
Hi Kevin! really enjoyed this video, as much as your castle ones, all of your videos are so interesting! I enjoy your American videos as much as your English ones, what a lovely charming house, from a very interesting time in History, such lovely features with stunning craftsmanship my Dad was a Carpenter in his younger years, I think I inherited his love of wood, hope this video finds you and Julie well, plus love to your lovely Doggy!😍💜 love from Natalie a fan from UK England xxx 👍🤗💜
Hi Natalie, thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed this little slice of US history 👍🏻
Duly noted, thanks for the tip 👍🏻@@osakarose5612
Welcome to the USA. Those radiators look, like steam ones low pressure but wonderful even today on a real cold night. I grew up in a house built in the 1920s much less grand, with those radiators
Hi Kevin, great tour. You and I are about the same age, I was born in 1956. My grandparents, who lived in central Louisiana, didn't get running water, gas(from a large tank outdoors), or electricity until the mid 50s. They didn't get a bathroom or telephone until the mid 70s. It wasn't because of poverty, it was simply because they were in a rural area, and the utilities hadn't quite reached them yet. It was only about a mile from the nearest power lines, but they would have had to have poles erected and wires strung at their own expense. I remember having to bathe in a large wash tub in the kitchen. Prior to getting the gas tank installed, my grandmother cooked on a wood fired stove. They never did have air-conditioning or central heat, and only got a TV in the early 60s.
I made my living building and restoring custom furniture. I did a lot of carving and custom finish work to match existing fixtures on old mansions that our shop contracted to restore. In fact, while we would build for anyone, almost all of our clients were very rich. They were easy to work for as long as you gave them 100% what they wanted. Not 99.9, but 100%!
Gosh, I can imagine 👍🏻
This home is nothing short of EXQUISITE!!!❤ The opulence is simply breathtaking! It was unique to have such amenities as electric lighting, running hot and cold water and a full bathroom with flushing toilet and bathtub, many sinks throughout the home, a telephone, gas heating, gorgeous fireplaces, etc. etc, for that time period. What a gem! So glad it was preserved and the water-damaged room was renovated perfectly.😊 Thank you so much Kevin, for this tour!
P.S. I ❤❤❤ your little dog, so obedient!👍
Yes, I think Rupert stole the show again 😜
@@thehistorysquadIf this place has really piqued your interest in 19th century America, you should also consider visiting a company town from that era, as these company towns have a lot to teach about the lives of typical factory workers baci then.
Your tours Kevin are very interesting and informative. Your little cavalier pup is just the cutest 😍
I love the way they made things back then, like the door handle so much detail usually not because it was expected but because that was a way of displaying pride in their skills. There is so much lovely workmanship through out the house. Wish you could still order things from a place like Sears, seen catalog from them where you could order a full house shipped in sections as you progressed.
Wish your buddy happy holidays to your companion.
Your love of history, art, and craftsmanship is always apparent! You have such a talent for bringing the past to life. I really enjoy the creativeness and attention to detail in all of your content! Thank you Kevin, for allowing us to share in your passions ❤
It's my pleasure, thank you.
What an extraordinary home and really a wonderful Man to take such special care for his household staff! I just love your Beautiful Dog 🐶🐾🐾
The Adams House is really beautiful. It looks very modern. If people didn’t know the history of the place, it looks like a regular home.
So awesome. Looks like you are having a load of fun.
I was 👍🏻, it's a beautiful home. Hope life is still good for you down under
Thanks for sharing your tour of this stunning house. It's amazing the amount of detailing that went into this private house, like a small version of one of our stately homes. I can relate to your story about how different it was from your first home. I was born in 1950, and until I was 7, we lived in a two up, two down terraced house with one cold water tap, a tin bath and an outside lavvy. To think people in the "Wild West" had central heating and hot and cold running water in the late 19th Century.
😂 yeah, something to get your head around isn't it.
Mr. Kevin, you have a real talent. Thank you
Haha I can believe it. When we were there our camera kept shutting off. Julie would start recording and it would just stop of it's own accord. 😳
Welcome to America!! Absolutely love your show!
Thank you!
@@thehistorysquad 😊🫶
What a stunningly beautiful house. Thanks for the tour.
THANK YOU KEVIN, FOR A GOOD INFORMATIVE TOUR. GOD BLESS🙏
Absolutely beautiful. The house.. and the way you presented it . Thankyou from Kylie in Brisbane Australia.
Glad you enjoyed it Kylie, thanks for watching 👍🏻
Thank you!! I really enjoy your travels and story telling!! Thanks so much for your service and career as as a policeman!! Really enjoy the castle and archer tales! God Bless!! ❤
You are so welcome
Wish I had known you were here!!! May I say thank you for showing a little piece of the history we are so very proud of here in Deadwood. There is more of course, and I encourage all to visit one of the truly magnificent places in the USA. I call it 80 square miles of heaven, beauty, and history . The Black Hills. (I happen to live across the street from the Adams house) Myself and all in our tiny towns throughout the hills welcome you all.😊❤
How love, Deadwood is a fabulous town and as you say, the Black Hills are simply stunning 👍
As a woman, I knew what that little dip was for, I never wash my hands with rings on. Thank you for the tour.
Thanks for bringing this to us Kevin
My pleasure
This was lovely to watch! I’ve found a new channel to enjoy, yay! Also, your pup is adorable.
How lovely, thank you! I hope you enjoy catching up on some of our other videos and visits. 👍🏻
My wife and I were in Deadwood South Dakota last August. It was awesome!
Always wanted a house like this. They always make me feel at home, yet under dressed at the same time
What a beautiful house. I love historic homes from the early 20th/late 19th century.
What a beautiful home. You and the missus instantly took us right back to the days when it was occupied by the family. Wonderful storytelling!
Cheers mate 👍🏻
What a lovely house. Thank you for the tour, so interesting 😊
Heyo Kevin, really glad your in the states. A lot of interesting places to visit, well not as old as your used to but beautiful nonetheless. When I saw your new video on my feed I instantly got excited and clicked on it immediately. Keep on makin the videos and I’ll keep on watching, liking and commenting. You the man KEV🤙
Ah, cheers mate I really appreciate that. Have a great weekend 👍🏻
Thanks, Kevin, for this excellent film. You seem to be at home wherever you find yourself.
Cheers James 👍🏻
I’ve watched so many of your videos and I must say, to have a tour from you in literally any historical structure would be an absolute honor! My wife and I will be headed to Scotland next year. I’m not sure if you’re still doing tours but I would love to hear your take on the historical events and places in Scotland and Northern Ireland. You are truly a wonderful and inspiring human being, Kevin! Stay well and keep safe!
How lovely of you, thank you. I actually live in Canada now, but will be going back to the UK again myself this coming year.
@@thehistorysquad sounds great! Depending on the timing, maybe I’ll run into you. Until then, be well and thank you for your content!
I absolutely love your videos thank you so much I have always been drawn to midevil times since a child im 42 now and found your videos by chance and can't stop, just wanted to say thank you for sharing your knowledge. It's always been a dream of mine to visit Europe one day I hope to do it before its to late
Thank you for this. I particularly liked about the use of textiles but also the craftsmanship. It puzzles me greatly how amazing things were produced with the level of understanding yet now, many consider we’re better off, I think the opposite. Locally there’s houses less than 10 years old developing cracks. Says it all.
Best wishes
I have been to Deadwood, but this house was not open to visitors then. I grew up in a house that was built only 15 years after this one. Many of my grandmother's and great-grandmother's friends lived in houses very similar to it. I have always thought houses built about that time were very comfortable to live in and very attractive. I had not seen the faucets with the built-in ring holders before, though! Something that did look very familiar was the round button light switches. Those things make a loud snap when a light is turned on, and will break a girl's fingernails off if they possibly can!
I've heard you say a lot of things, but hearing you say there's gold in them there hills was fantastic. Thank you as always for the great videos.
Thank you, Kevin. Wonderful tour!
What a splendid 'walk and talk', Kevin. I so enjoyed viewing the property with you and your wee dog. I too have a music room though sadly not circular. I've the entire room decorated in the Edwardian era (my favourite) so I've a very similar gramophone player and a delightful German Grand piano. Tucked away and well out of sight, there's my rather old Bang & Olufsen stereo (1989 model). So, that's where the similarities stop, alas! I loved the local craftsman's work above the doors and as for the decorative sinks with the 'ring keepers', well, that's all news to me. What a great idea. Thank you for the video, Kevin, it's left me with some fresh ideas and I've the pen and paper at the ready as I plan on writing to Santa Claus! A belated Happy Thanksgiving Day to you and yours. Kind regards, from Scotland.
How lovely, thank you.
What a lovely home! i love the dining room!
For the time period, the house is lovely.
Excellent tour😊
Great video. I love seeing others passionate about history like me. It's great that there are channels like this as well.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Such a wonderful view into the past, thank you :)
She is a beautiful old home. I absolutely love seeing the workmanship. Thank you for sharing.
They really had a sense of style in those days!
Kevin, Cheers from Lubbock, Texas ! I love this type of stuff ,no matter where. Boy do I miss those old Sears catalogs. They came in handy back in the day in my family. In the Outhouse
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What an amazing house!
This was a cool tour of this lovely house. It does have a warmth to it and looks homey!
I live in south Dakota and I loved this tour!
Thanks Gina!
Another super interesting tour with Kevin, the greatest tour guide this side of the milky-way 😋✌😊
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What a marvelous place!!!😍
Such an opulent home, and what's amazing is that it's in what was once a rough "Wild West" town. So glad the home has been preserved and taken care of!
Excellent as always!! I remember going to Deadwood when I was young, but I don't remember seeing that house!! Thank you for this special tour!! Have a wonderful day!!🙏💖🪶💞
You are so welcome!
Thank you for your reverence and keen knowledge of history, Kevin! Your passion for the human experiences of the past and your retelling of history is always extremely engaging. It’s very exciting to see you state side and visiting these historical locations. I grew up in northern Iowa and visited the Black Hills many times on family trips and camping trips with my Boy Scout Troop. Very cool to know I’ve walked those same streets as you have in Deadwood. If you find it piques your interest, you should take a look into the Glensheen Mansion in Duluth Minnesota, if you don’t already have knowledge of the place. My wife and I visit there virtually every time we find ourselves on the north shore. The history of the founding, the lives lived there, the influence in Minnesota politics, and the tragedy and murders that occurred there is nothing short of incredibly fascinating. Not to mention the beauty and opulence of the property and house themselves. I hope you’re doing well, Kevin, and I look forward to your next video!
Hi Gabe, thanks for the recommendation, I'll be sure to keep it in mind. Cheers 👍🏻
What a beautiful house
Next time your back home Kev , make a film from the jewellery museum in Hockley
Lovely informal tour and chat
My brothers and I used to go through the Sears catalog at Christmas time looking for things we wanted, and this was the early 1990s. Wild to think the catalog was from the same company as all of those decades ago. It ceased being made withing the last 20 years I believe.
You always present us the facts you find to be remarkable and encourage us to hypothesize about the history ourselves. Absolutely incredible! 🎉
Thank you!
Love the video. Thank you for sharing this with us!!!❤❤❤
Of course no castle and not medieval. But a piece of the Wild West, the frontier- my other love. Therefore many thanks for showing us around and giving us the opportunity to learn about what was possible on the frontier at that time.
Glad you enjoyed the tour Marco, as ever, thanks for watching 👍🏻
Such a wonderful video! Thank you!
Wasn't too long ago we were looking through that Sears catalogue to make a Christmas list for Santa.
Always love the tour, and find your interesting tour guide of regions near myself just as interesting as those back across the Atlantic.
Glad you like them, thank you.
Another fantastic video Kev!! Well done mate!!
Dave.
Cheers Dave 👍🏻
Just found this channel. Really enjoying Kevins style of presentation and fascinating content.
Thanks!
Welcome!
Excellent video sir. Enjoyable as always!
I am really glad you showed us this house ! To be honest I found the house and the people who lived in it to be quite modern for their time. The wood work in that place is Stunning ! 😊
My grandparents house (built about the same time) had very similar radiators. They still heated the house (and did a great job) until my family sold it about 10 tears ago
Thanks for the tour! Also thank you for treating the women who worked in the brothels with such respect. Some of those old photos I just found so arresting and haunting. What a hard life it was for women in the early days of western expansion.
I meant for this comment to be underneath the tour of the Deadwood brothel! Strange that it ended up here. Anyhow, this is also an interesting tour and what a surprising number of rather modern and posh details in the Adams home!
Great video👍 It's amazing the things you could buy through the Sears catalog, even a house.
This video is so awesome! I love the Deadwood television series and really would love to travel to this place someday. Also, your dog is very cute. :)
Very nice Kev thank you. With respect.
If you ever get a chance, visit the Stark House in Orange Texas. Town isn’t much, but the house is one of our local historical sites and it is beautiful. So much history, antiques and the lady of the house had it overly designed and decorated. Her story is a bit scandalous too, so that’s a plus.
Oh that sounds right up my street. I'd love to get down to Texas one of these days, so thanks for the tip
My moms family, what's left of them live in Orange. The town is sad, but there are some interesting things there. My cousin whorks at the Shangrala garden place.
The whole house is a canvas outside and in, how unusual for the time. Lucky but unlucky family. Enjoyed the tour and what a remarkably well behaved companion!
The flamboyancy and whimsy of many Queen Anne Victorian houses lies in stark contrast to how uptight and prudish those in the 19th century had a tendency to be. Though the Victorians were rather crazy about etiquette and doing everything by the book, you wouldn't think so judging by the fantastical palaces many upper middle class 19th century Americans dolled their houses up as!
An architectural and history lesson in one ! Fantastic on a frosty Thursday morning at minus 3 in the UK (*_*)
What a fantastic tour! I get to see places I probably won't see in real life, but through the eyes of a great teacher!
Thank you 👍🏻
Lovely video. Thank you.
Wow!! Thank you! You are the best!😂🎉❤
You're welcome 😊
So my grandparents house in Southern Ohio, was built in 1901 by a wealthy German American, the porch floor was done with those small tiles and they made intricate patterns. The foundation of the house is granite blocks, and the entrance/living rooms floor has a star made out if wood.
Wow, that sounds beautiful 👍🏻
Awesome, I was just in Deadwood a few weeks ago!
Oooo RUclips Grandpa has another bedtime story!:D Time for a listen as I go to sleep! :)
10:26 that fireplace ❤️
Deadwood is my birthplace. I miss the Black Hills!
...thank you Sir Scholar...top notch per usual...much much appreciated. 😐
Thank you kindly
So exceedingly interesting, thank you Kevin,....if you're ever in London,go and see "Kenwood house (originally Cainwood )
In Hampstead ,on the Heath ,...its pure Adams brothers....you'll love it.
Sounds great!
Great little tour, as always. My house would be full of interesting little bits like that if I had more money than sense.
you'll enjoy visiting the American Swedish institute in Minnesota
Great tour,I work in the hvac trade so I have hade the privilege of working in alot of old mansion and one of my favorites is in the town of bethany wv . The mansion belonged to Alexander Campbell the founder of bethany college ,in the music room the walls are painted telling a story .if you want to know the story please pay a visit.
Rupert listening and watching attentively, thinking all of your presentation is specifically for his benefit :D
🐶 he steels the show 😜
Love the video!! I agree on the train room 🤩!!
A beautiful piece of history ❤ love the house
Castles are fascinating but I wouldn't want to live in one! I could certainly live in this house though. Mr Adams seems to have been a good soul. Despite his grief over his wife and daughters he didn't become bitter. I'm glad he had a happy marriage for his last 7 years. His wife must have loved him a lot if she couldnt bear to live in the house without him.
Haha, nice one, if only 😜
Love that molding and stenciling the dinning room has in it!!! The shad over the table looks like Tiffney as well. I'd love to check it out but it's a long way from Florida
I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thanks so much!!
i lived in houses that are eight and 15 years younger than that house and see a lot of my old apartments in that: the big cast iron heaters was becoming the norm by then in most cities because it was cheaper and safer than coal and could heat more area with less…even though the owners had money, it was still expensive and annoying for the servants to shovel coal into the furnace in the basement
and a train set? Kevin, you really know how to impress!
Oh yeah 😜
@@thehistorysquad that’s a hobby i hope you take up: painting model trains as there’s so many amazing liveries for them especially the early diesels of the US and Canada
Ah, not painting them, but I do have several model trains and am trying to build, if only time would let me, another layout. I wasn't happy with the last one, but I love putting together and making the model buildings and such. @@bostonrailfan2427
@@thehistorysquad thank you for sharing and thank you for the interesting trop. and an ear pat to Rupert for being such a great companion that we never would have notice him at all!
Great content. Your presentation style and enthusiasm really draws in the viewer.
I guessed they were for rings. I impressed myself!😂 Good to see Rupert again. They just don't build homes with this quality and craftsmanship anymore.
You got that right!
That pinkish red stone on the outside of the house is Sioux Quartzite which was quarried near Sioux Falls, SD on the eastern side of the state. If you want to see another amazing house checkout the Pettigrew House & Museum located in Sioux Falls. Pettigrew was South Dakota’s 1st full-time U.S. Senator.
Thanks for the info! 👍🏻
Don't forget the Sears-Roebuck catalog also served as a convenient source of toilet paper. Old issues were found in nearly every outhouse. My grandpa told me you could order a pre-fabricated house from Sears that would come in to your local rail depot on a flatcar complete with instructions. Some people even wrote to Sears-Roebuck asking who the model was that posed for a sketch in various sold clothing wanting to court them. The West could be a lonely place.
Haha, I'd never thought of that - good one!
The heavy curtains between the rooms must have been a thing in the late 19th century. I remember the house built by great-great grandfather had a giant curtain rod between the two main rooms. My grandmother said it held up a dark heavy curtain to close off the parlor from the living room, (which is for company only, stay out!) which my grandmother said had a big library table with huge carved feet and 'uncomfortable' furniture.
It’s absolutely gorgeous Kev!! 😊
My Grandma sometimes called Faucets "Taps".
Wonderful house.
I would either like to have a servants button...but i have no servants😢
Even Rupes seems to be very impressed.
Would he have had a own servant?
Aah, doesn' matter. He has you.
That's for sure! 🐶