I used to clean a plantation house built in the 1835 time frame. They had two rooms that had exterior doors. These rooms did not have interior access because they were gentlemen callers rooms. A man calling on a young woman if he did not live nearby, needed to stay over and the solution was his own room being part of the family but welcome only when summoned. This same house also had two travelers cabins, think Holliday Inn. They were out front of the house and separate one room dwellings equipped with fireplace. They faced each other across the brick path for buggy arrivals.
Geez I’m in love with that wrap around covered porch!! Oh my! This is one of the most character filled house I’ve seen in a long time! Bet it’s pricey!
I am truly in love!!! This house is a gem,I love the process, that it has a fireplace in every room. But the house could be absolutely beautiful inside and out . Someone just needs a whole lot of tlc and money. You could even do it room by room. I'm a dreamer, but I can see a summer breeze flowing through the lacey curtains in the bedroom and through out the house.❤❤❤😊
Have you ever been to West Virginia? It’s as southern in culture as any other place in Appalachia. I’m an east coast transplant to the region, and can definitely say that there’s no north in that area.
Half right they got the green from arsenic which in turn caused women and children to get very ill and even did in most cases. History channel or all about history tells u all about it called deadly homes. I love history and that era fascinates me. Actually all the eras r intriguing to me. Mostly fashion and how the did things and made things. Did u know that at some points they put plaster and saw dust in the bread dough bc flour was too expensive and there wasn't enough bc of war in the Edwardian era I think maybe B4.
How wonderful to have a guide who knew the house as a child. I wish for her to have the money to finish fixing it up. It is a gorgeous home. Thanks for the tour!
My great-grandparents had a gorgeous old 3 story house in West Virginia. I loved that house. My great-grandmother had every room in the house painted a shade of green. It was her favorite color. When I was a small child, my great-grandmother was bedridden so they turned one of the parlors (the house had 2, one large and one smaller) into her bedroom so guests could visit with her and not have to go up to her bedroom on the 2nd floor. My great-aunt lived with them to help care for her. She baked the most delicious cookies I've ever eaten. It also had fireplaces in every room. Family bedrooms on the 2nd floor and maids, cooks, and the children's teacher's rooms on the 3rd along with the school room for the children. By that time the 3rd floor wasn't used much other than when great-grandkids visited and liked to explore. I remember sitting on the bed by my great-grandmother who always had her hair done perfectly without a single beautiful white hair out of place and one of the many white lace shoulder wraps she'd tatted herself on, and telling her I wished it was my house and she said, "maybe some day". Unfortunately when my great-aunt passed without having had children, the other family sold the house and property to a developer, and it was torn down. There's now a huge funeral home and parking lot where the house was and a small business district on what was the property. So sad.
That is sad!My grandparents old home was sold and shortly thereafter suddenly burned to the ground!I often wish I had bought their old homestead myself. I loved the home.My parents home that they built themself board by board and shingle by shingle is now rotting away.All three of us kids were born in that home.I had an awesome childhood there on our farm.I hate to see the place grow up in trees and the home rot down.Any time a home is vacant vandals will break in and take anything possible which makes me sick! It makes me feel violated although it was empty to know total strangers were going through our home!
My Dad, who was born in 1925, told me that the T-shaped houses were that way because families moved in together during the Great Depression. A few of these structures remain in my area. I appreciate how you turned the camera out the windows to show the views. Imagine those who looked out those windows before, what they saw then.
On a plantation that would be the slave quarters. Maybe during the depression extended family moved into those slave quarters that would make sense. You should watch Our restoration Nation. One of the ones like this has cavings of the enslaved folks in the area of the house.
@@nematoaddd I am not sure what did not make sense to you. My Dad lived in one of the houses I described, and he did so with 5 or 6 other families during the depression. That was my comment. I have seen slave quarters several times, in person, both here and in NJ. They are generally very small, one room buildings. Others may exist, but I have not seen them.
I love these homes. If I had my choice between a new built home or one of these beautiful home, I would pick the older home. I love them, they certainly don't build them like this anymore.
This house makes me wish I were wealthy so I could have it historically accurately restored to its original state. What a beautiful area. Breathtaking. The stories this house could tell. Thank you and this lovely lady for the tour. 😊
Omg , I remember that scratchy fabric furniture. My grandparents had a gray scratchy couch. Too funny. When she said her grandparents had a sort of scratchy fabric chair I immediately had a flashback and a warm fuzzy memory. Thanks for the tour and the history. Loved it
We had a black sofa that was scratchy too. I am thinking looped nylon or something. It never wore out. My parents had it before I was born in late 1950's.
They were covered in wool. I remember sitting on some. Of course it wasn't the nice wool we have today. It never wore out. Probably because not too many people would sit on it because of the scratchiness. lol
My parents bought their first house in 1960 when I was seven. We had a scratchy brown sofa in the living room. I couldn't bear to sit on it, but thankfully, we spent most of our time in the family room. (With three young children and another soon to come, I suspect they chose it for durability.)
My parents had a grey scratchy oval shaped chair with no arms on it before I was born in the mid ‘50’s. I inherited that chair and had it reupholstered.I still have it and the grey upholstery never wore at all,I just recovered it to give it an update!I love that chair.
That part of WVA is so gorgeous! I've stayed in Lewisburg several times when passing thru to go to VA. What a beautiful home and such big, light-filled rooms. I hope someone buys "her" and restores her to her former glory. So much history in that home as people went about their daily lives. Thanks for sharing!
I worked for the Greenbrier Historical Society briefly and recognized this building immediately from the thumbnail alone. Great video! Thanks so much for filming this detailed tour to help preserve the oral history.
Basterds that renovated my century home painted all the beautiful wood doors and trimming white. I tried to strip it but it’s just impossible. What a shame it makes me so mad
Dunno…I’ve spent much time in my life painting ugly dark woodwork with glorious white paint. More hours repainting it after a few years. And have removed white paint from furniture and other old woodwork. Seems we always want what we don’t have. 😂😂
Born and raised in Iowa, on a century farm, in a 120 year old farm house, in the middle of a corn field. It is common for old farm houses to have outdoor access into bathrooms and basement bathrooms, so farmers could wash up right there and not drag the farm through the house with them! 😂 The small community I live in now, 10 minutes away from my parents farm I grew up on, has a rich history of farmers too. A lot of the 80-100 year old houses in the center of town, were built as working homes. The back of my home, you can walk through into the basement bathroom/washroom. There's even an old clothes line system along the ceiling, that is probably around 80 years old.
Really enjoyed this video! I felt I was there in person and along for the ride! Really enjoyed the history and the casual banter. Amazing home and history!! Thank you!
There's got to be some way to get that outta the water. Yeah I would never buy a house that had that kinda water! Big no go! Get outta the shower and still smell bad.
Scheele's or Schloss green was very popular in Victorian times. Everything was tinted with it. Wallpaper, draperies, book bindings, textiles, clothing and children's toys. But it was an highly toxic arsenic containing green pigment. It fell out of fashion in the late 1860's because of it's toxicity. By the end of the 19th century cobalt green was favored because it was less toxic. Scheele's Green along with Paris Green were used as insecticides in the 1930's. This may be why they painted things green. As with everything, fashions come and go, usually every 20 years. Interesting old place. Thanks for the tour. ~ from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
I live in Greenbrier Country, about 20 minutes from this place, and I've never seen it before! I also live in a very old house, albeit much smaller. I always thought my hardwood floors and walls were oak, but they're exactly like the ones in this house! I've always loved them but now I know how rare and special they are. Thank you for bringing me such happiness!
I just had to do a little bit of googling on why they would wrap a home in tin and the thing that kept coming up was fire protection and preventing the fires from spreading to another part of the building. Beautiful Home and I really enjoyed watching this.
In Britain it isn’t uncommon to see stone farmhouses that have been added on to over the years and between each addition there is a big thick wall that looks almost like a chimney rising above the roof! I had wondered why that was and just like the tin it is to prevent a fire mobing from one section of the house to the next. A fire might start in a kitchen perhaps but that thick wall helped your odds of the fire not devouring your whole building/s.
This lady is so fortunate to have a childhood home still standing. I know she cherishes it. Unfortunately, both of my childhood homes were torn down due to greed. One would have been 275 years old, now. A very fascinating house. The other was situated on very special land that I recently tried to buy back. 9 acres went for 714,000, way above what I could afford
Reminds me a bit of my grandparents home in Slatington,PA.Beautiful triple windows in thier bedroom, windowsills so wide you could easily sit in them, wraparound porch, ahorse trough with pure spring water running into it, wish l could go back in time
My wife and I drove up from the Mississippi Gulf coast 3 weeks ago, and traveled all over Western Pennsylvania. We were amazed by how many old homes were still standing -- most of ours were destroying the Civil war, or fell into ruin afterwards.
I enjoyed this video, it makes your mind wonder all over thinking about all the beautiful memories. The land around these homes hold so much history. I can only imagine living here snd playing here as a child.
Thank you, it's gorgeous- except at 69 it is no longer fun to run the stairs, clean that many rooms and cook food for a big house full. Lol Wouldn't mind living there and letting my adult children do the work to run the place. It's a beautiful place- thank you for showing the scenery outside the windows. I love the space, and the green grass. It's a special place there.
I wonder if they know where the garbage pit was? Finding it might yield some rare artifacts, bottles, and jars! Also the debris field that was under the old privvys could yield some long buried treasures!
Very interesting tour, lovely home and grounds. Large rooms, beautiful built ins. Sweet lady owner was gracious with wonderful memories. Thank you all.
Oh my gosh! The beauty of the house and property is stunning. I could live in that house as is. I love the simplicity of the rooms. Thanks for sharing in this video. Magnificent ❤❤❤
If you havent done a video/tour of Henderson Hall in Williamstown WV you really should! The history of it is quite substantial and amazing. And it has been kept how it was in the 1800s down to the collected hair of one of the occupants that she would keep when brushing her hair nightly. I grew up a mile from Henderson Hall (on land that was once part of the Henderson Plantation) and have toured it probably 30 times, yet still learn and see something new every single time I enter it.
A lady’s vanity set of the period could have a receptacle called a hair collector, small round piece with a lid and the lid had a hole in it. It was where women would put the strands of hair they cleaned from their brush and comb, also part of the same set.
I loved this beautiful old property & it was extra special having the granddaughter as a tour guide!!! I love these old properties!!! I especially love the doors, door casings & transoms, windows & window casings & hardware!!! The banisters & knoll posts were a favorite of mine 👍🙏💕 Sooo very many beautiful antique wooden features to this gorgeous property!!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful adventure with us!!! I loved it 👍🙏♥️
Love the architecture of the home. Back then they took pride in their work. It was built to last. That’s the reason you see old houses out in the fields and buildings on properties still standing. People that have money love restoring them. This place is beautiful and the history it could tell if the walls could talk.
I lived in a house similar to that in Wyoming it was on the cross ranch outside of Douglas , five generations lived and died in it all the belongings were in it it was so crazy ,, I’ll never forget it
That was a wonderful tour of the house. So many interesting facts, you and that lady did a good job. I just love old houses. Thanks for showing the house.😊
Thank you and the owner for sharing this video with us. Absolutely Beautiful home with so much history. Hopefully in near future it can be restored. ❤❤
That is one of the most beautiful houses I have ever seen. And the land and the views!! 😱 wow, if it was for sale and I could afford it, that would be my dream house… can you imagine restoring it to its original condition??!! ❤️❤️❤️
The book "Traveller," by Richard Adams, who also wrote "Watership Down," is one of my favorites! I read the chapters about that great horse's young life with interest and am so happy to be able to know what the big house actually looked like. Thank you so much, gracious and knowledgeable lady, for the tour! Thank you, kind sir and madam for allowing me to tag along on this wonderful and historic tour! A New Tennessee Fan!
Hopefully new owners will be found who will renovate the house and restore the building to its former glory and all its splendor. The house is on such a wonderful property and for a large family it must be very lucky to live there, watch children grow up and have animals around them. It would be a great shame if the property were left to fall into disrepair.
It would have to be someone with a lot of skill and a love of restoration. Or else a wealthy person who had no idea what they were getting into! 😂 I am neither, but hope this home will find a loving owner with deep pockets.
Beautifully property, full of West Virginia history .. the house inside is just wonderful most of these homes had a Summer room normally used for all the ladies to sit down and share news of their areas and/or do crafts together. The winter room was normally used by the men (now days called the caveman area 😅 lol) the men would smoke and drink while discussing business, local news, hunting, agricultural, etc. I remember reading about it in historical books and the reason why children were not allowed was because of the main use for these two rooms. Noticed that these rooms were always the two up front rooms to welcome everyone and separate according to tradition. Thank you for sharing 💕 👍
Thank You for Sharing your visit to this old wonderful bit of History. Those homes were built for hard winters and warm summers and sure enjoy the visit. Thank You. ❤Love Hugs n Prayers Barbie ❤🙏♥️
My great aunt had a farm house, just like this house in the farm area near Essexville, Michigan. It had a Michigan basement and wrap around porch. I loved visiting my family there. It is officially a Centennial Home.
Googled it myself! Wasn't surprised to find numerous entries re: "Michigan basement"! A Michigan basement is a former crawlspace that has been dug out, generally to a depth of 5 to 7 feet to allow for a basement.
What a beautiful and interesting historical place. Although probably prohibitively expensive to completely restore, imagine how gorgeous it would be! Such a shame it sits unloved. If it could only convey stories of its life!
My house in Ohio was built in 1864. . The tall ceiling s fancy doors all local wood . Mostly cherry. The grandeur of the homes built in that time period to me is priceless.
Very interesting,lots of unique architectural features. We didn't get a room count,it seems huge,and no civil war information except Traveler and Lee. You did good though with the time allotted,I just always want to know more. I would have flooded her with questions but she said,"I don't know"quite a bit. I hope she can keep the house going, it is a treasure,especially with good memories of grandparents. I share that! Lots of living and loving done there, I'm sure.😊💞Oh, if walls could talk,right?
@@thesun-N-moon8885 It's been my experience, when you are young you don't care about those things, then by the time you get to the age when you are interested all the people are gone that had the answers.
@@bigredc222 Yes! So true! So often these days, I find myself wishing that I had asked my parents certain questions that only they would have been able to answer... Mom lived to 94, and Daddy died at 89--but that's been over 30 years ago! I told my children recently to ask me any questions they could think of, but all I got was crickets! I'll be 80 in September, so they need to get their thinking caps on soon! 😅
@@cheryldavis8776Look online for books that are designed to help you write your story, full of prompts to give you a starting point. You are right, that your family will one day regret they never asked.
Hello from a new follower I stopped immediately when I seen this absolutely amazing and gorgeous mansion. The sweet lady that showed you this made me a little jealous lol, how wonderful to have been a child running through this place. Thank you for making me smile it truly lets you see the hard work that was put into this beauty ❤
The S shaped piece of steel is exactly what she thought it was. I live about an hour from Phila. there are lots of old houses, those things are everywhere, many are cast iron of different designs, a lot of stars. Good video. Thank you.
New subscriber. I love the tours of these beautiful old houses. So glad that they’re working on restoring this house. Restoring these old homes is a very long, drawn out, very expensive process. Definitely a labor of love. Not for the faint of heart, that’s for sure.
Well done video, and a wonderful hostess. A house that is lived in fairs much better than a vacant structure. It looks like someone has made it just livable enough with easily reversible repairs. They are aware of what they have.
I lived in a house built in 1831, alot of the original stuff still there including the plaster with horse hair binder. I loved that house!! I would give anything to buy this and restore it.. and how awesome to be the birthplace of Traveller! What a treasure!
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The lady providing the tour was very gracious.
She was incredibly kind to us!
Southern ladies (like my grandmother) are like that.
Yes, she was a doll!
I used to clean a plantation house built in the 1835 time frame. They had two rooms that had exterior doors. These rooms did not have interior access because they were gentlemen callers rooms. A man calling on a young woman if he did not live nearby, needed to stay over and the solution was his own room being part of the family but welcome only when summoned. This same house also had two travelers cabins, think Holliday Inn. They were out front of the house and separate one room dwellings equipped with fireplace. They faced each other across the brick path for buggy arrivals.
That is so interesting. Thanks for sharing.
That's quite practical.
That's a great way of giving hospitality while keeping the family safe from undesirables.
WOW that's awesome knowledge I will now share
I love learning about stuff from back when! Thanks for sharing that!
This home deserves a complete restoration from top to bottom. Beautiful!!
We agree!
Be still my heart that house is absolutely gorgeous! And the setting is just as wonderful!
@@peggymcthompson261Beautiful view out of every window!
Geez I’m in love with that wrap around covered porch!! Oh my! This is one of the most character filled house I’ve seen in a long time! Bet it’s pricey!
I am truly in love!!! This house is a gem,I love the process, that it has a fireplace in every room.
But the house could be absolutely beautiful inside and out .
Someone just needs a whole lot of tlc and money. You could even do it room by room.
I'm a dreamer, but I can see a summer breeze flowing through the lacey curtains in the bedroom and through out the house.❤❤❤😊
You have to love Southern hospitality. This kind lady did us all a favor showing us this beautiful home.
I'm glad you enjoyed the tour!
I agree except this is WV. So northern hospitality 😉
According to the US census, WV is considered the south. @@donmartin5442
West Virginia is 100000% culturally southern
Have you ever been to West Virginia? It’s as southern in culture as any other place in Appalachia. I’m an east coast transplant to the region, and can definitely say that there’s no north in that area.
Green paint was a sign of wealth because it required copper to make; George Washington’s Mt. Vernon also had green painted rooms
Thanks for that very informative comment! I love learning about the past.
Half right they got the green from arsenic which in turn caused women and children to get very ill and even did in most cases. History channel or all about history tells u all about it called deadly homes. I love history and that era fascinates me. Actually all the eras r intriguing to me. Mostly fashion and how the did things and made things. Did u know that at some points they put plaster and saw dust in the bread dough bc flour was too expensive and there wasn't enough bc of war in the Edwardian era I think maybe B4.
@@ZandiTx13Still done today in shakey Parmesan cheese. Cellulose. 😮
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The more cellulose I ate in some wheat bread the more constipated I got. No bueno
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How wonderful to have a guide who knew the house as a child. I wish for her to have the money to finish fixing it up. It is a gorgeous home. Thanks for the tour!
Yes I agree! This was lovely and she was a great guide. I really enjoyed her! Like you, I hope she it able to get the money to fix it up
@@SherryWelch-w2d Apparently she's selling it.
She could set up a GoFundMe/Give Send Go.
Does she live there?😊
I pray your wish comes true. That she can restore it and preserve it in her family heritage.
Absolutely beautiful. I wish people would keep these old pieces of history as original as possible
That's a grand old house, great property and history. It's a real treat when we preserve parts of history like this.
She should metal detector the property and find lost treasures from her childhood ❤ how wonderful to own the property your grandparents once lived on.
She mentioned there were archaeologists there when they restored it, I’m assuming a full EMI was done.
I owned mine for many years and sold it to another family member
Yes!
Absolutely love old houses and buildings that were made in a time of craftsmanship. This is truly a gem.
My great-grandparents had a gorgeous old 3 story house in West Virginia. I loved that house. My great-grandmother had every room in the house painted a shade of green. It was her favorite color. When I was a small child, my great-grandmother was bedridden so they turned one of the parlors (the house had 2, one large and one smaller) into her bedroom so guests could visit with her and not have to go up to her bedroom on the 2nd floor. My great-aunt lived with them to help care for her. She baked the most delicious cookies I've ever eaten.
It also had fireplaces in every room. Family bedrooms on the 2nd floor and maids, cooks, and the children's teacher's rooms on the 3rd along with the school room for the children. By that time the 3rd floor wasn't used much other than when great-grandkids visited and liked to explore. I remember sitting on the bed by my great-grandmother who always had her hair done perfectly without a single beautiful white hair out of place and one of the many white lace shoulder wraps she'd tatted herself on, and telling her I wished it was my house and she said, "maybe some day". Unfortunately when my great-aunt passed without having had children, the other family sold the house and property to a developer, and it was torn down. There's now a huge funeral home and parking lot where the house was and a small business district on what was the property. So sad.
That is sad! What a loss.
That is sad!My grandparents old home was sold and shortly thereafter suddenly burned to the ground!I often wish I had bought their old homestead myself. I loved the home.My parents home that they built themself board by board and shingle by shingle is now rotting away.All three of us kids were born in that home.I had an awesome childhood there on our farm.I hate to see the place grow up in trees and the home rot down.Any time a home is vacant vandals will break in and take anything possible which makes me sick! It makes me feel violated although it was empty to know total strangers were going through our home!
😢 A lovely story and a sad story.
How sad, but sounds like you carried many awesome memories with you! Would love to have seen it.
Why do people sell such a family treasure? I could have benefited the future generations! Sad.
Such a cool house. I’d take this over a manufactured suburban home any day.
Bless her for being willing to show it to the public it is place with so much history,memories and beauty
My Dad, who was born in 1925, told me that the T-shaped houses were that way because families moved in together during the Great Depression. A few of these structures remain in my area.
I appreciate how you turned the camera out the windows to show the views. Imagine those who looked out those windows before, what they saw then.
Just imagine, looking out the window and see General Robert E. Lee ride off on Traveller..would have been an amazing sight!
On a plantation that would be the slave quarters. Maybe during the depression extended family moved into those slave quarters that would make sense. You should watch Our restoration Nation. One of the ones like this has cavings of the enslaved folks in the area of the house.
@@nematoaddd I am not sure what did not make sense to you. My Dad lived in one of the houses I described, and he did so with 5 or 6 other families during the depression. That was my comment.
I have seen slave quarters several times, in person, both here and in NJ. They are generally very small, one room buildings. Others may exist, but I have not seen them.
I always thought it would be nice to live somewhere where you didn't have to see or hear cars. The scenery is just absolutely breathtaking.
I love these homes. If I had my choice between a new built home or one of these beautiful home, I would pick the older home. I love them, they certainly don't build them like this anymore.
This house makes me wish I were wealthy so I could have it historically accurately restored to its original state. What a beautiful area. Breathtaking. The stories this house could tell. Thank you and this lovely lady for the tour. 😊
I'm in love with all those windows and the scenery outdoors
It is a beautiful setting!
That property is astoundingly beautiful!
Western Marylander here! The Appalachian mountains are very beautiful! Lush and green too!🌄🏕
so kind of her to let us 8nto her family home tell her thank you
I will do it. Thank you for watching!
Omg , I remember that scratchy fabric furniture. My grandparents had a gray scratchy couch. Too funny. When she said her grandparents had a sort of scratchy fabric chair I immediately had a flashback and a warm fuzzy memory. Thanks for the tour and the history. Loved it
We had a black sofa that was scratchy too. I am thinking looped nylon or something. It never wore out. My parents had it before I was born in late 1950's.
They were covered in wool. I remember sitting on some. Of course it wasn't the nice wool we have today. It never wore out. Probably because not too many people would sit on it because of the scratchiness. lol
My grandmother had a horsehair scratchy couch. It was a weird red and was in one of the bedrooms. My grandfather built the house himself
My parents bought their first house in 1960 when I was seven. We had a scratchy brown sofa in the living room. I couldn't bear to sit on it, but thankfully, we spent most of our time in the family room. (With three young children and another soon to come, I suspect they chose it for durability.)
My parents had a grey scratchy oval shaped chair with no arms on it before I was born in the mid ‘50’s. I inherited that chair and had it reupholstered.I still have it and the grey upholstery never wore at all,I just recovered it to give it an update!I love that chair.
This video was a pleasant break from the chaos I usually see on RUclips.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a beautiful home. My 1897 Queen Anne had wallpapered ceilings also. The wallpaper was applied over cheesecloth attached to the surfaces.
How about that! Such an informative comment.
I really like the fact that the Grand daughter still remembers things from when her Grandparents lived there . What a cool house , and great video !
I hope someone can fully restore this beautiful old home. That would be tully worth seeing.
That part of WVA is so gorgeous! I've stayed in Lewisburg several times when passing thru to go to VA. What a beautiful home and such big, light-filled rooms. I hope someone buys "her" and restores her to her former glory. So much history in that home as people went about their daily lives. Thanks for sharing!
I totally agree!
What part of wv isn’t gorgeous lol?
Downtown Wheeling! 😅😅😅❤😊❤❤😊@@brandonjoseph1489
I worked for the Greenbrier Historical Society briefly and recognized this building immediately from the thumbnail alone. Great video! Thanks so much for filming this detailed tour to help preserve the oral history.
Glad you enjoyed!
The woodwork in this home is Beautiful, and thank GOD no one has come in, and painted it all white. I really hate when people do that.
Basterds that renovated my century home painted all the beautiful wood doors and trimming white. I tried to strip it but it’s just impossible. What a shame it makes me so mad
Now they paint everything prison grey 🤢, walls 🧱, real wooden beams and floors 🤢 it's awful
Dunno…I’ve spent much time in my life painting ugly dark woodwork with glorious white paint. More hours repainting it after a few years. And have removed white paint from furniture and other old woodwork. Seems we always want what we don’t have. 😂😂
@@Kim-J312 the grey is far worse than the white.
I agree.
Born and raised in Iowa, on a century farm, in a 120 year old farm house, in the middle of a corn field. It is common for old farm houses to have outdoor access into bathrooms and basement bathrooms, so farmers could wash up right there and not drag the farm through the house with them! 😂 The small community I live in now, 10 minutes away from my parents farm I grew up on, has a rich history of farmers too. A lot of the 80-100 year old houses in the center of town, were built as working homes. The back of my home, you can walk through into the basement bathroom/washroom. There's even an old clothes line system along the ceiling, that is probably around 80 years old.
Interesting!
We have a century farm in our family in Iowa too #ANF
WOW THE LAND . SO BEAUTIFUL ..
The land is so lush, a verdant green!
Really enjoyed this video! I felt I was there in person and along for the ride! Really enjoyed the history and the casual banter. Amazing home and history!! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The sulfur water is what made it so healing
Smells so bad, though.
There's got to be some way to get that outta the water.
Yeah I would never buy a house that had that kinda water! Big no go!
Get outta the shower and still smell bad.
Scheele's or Schloss green was very popular in Victorian times. Everything was tinted with it. Wallpaper, draperies, book bindings, textiles, clothing and children's toys. But it was an highly toxic arsenic containing green pigment. It fell out of fashion in the late 1860's because of it's toxicity.
By the end of the 19th century cobalt green was favored because it was less toxic.
Scheele's Green along with Paris Green were used as insecticides in the 1930's.
This may be why they painted things green. As with everything, fashions come and go, usually every 20 years.
Interesting old place. Thanks for the tour. ~ from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Thanks for giving me some things to google! :)
Quite interesting and I thank you!
I love looking at old houses like this!
I live in Greenbrier Country, about 20 minutes from this place, and I've never seen it before! I also live in a very old house, albeit much smaller.
I always thought my hardwood floors and walls were oak, but they're exactly like the ones in this house! I've always loved them but now I know how rare and special they are.
Thank you for bringing me such happiness!
Glad you enjoyed!
I have family in Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Very nice place to be
Love, Love this video!!!! What an amazing place and story!!! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I can imagine that home all fixed up and filled with children. ❤❤
I just had to do a little bit of googling on why they would wrap a home in tin and the thing that kept coming up was fire protection and preventing the fires from spreading to another part of the building. Beautiful Home and I really enjoyed watching this.
That would be wring. Look and see that it is mostly over wood siding. It was a cheap way to look like brick.
The first thing I thought of was fire protection 🙂
In Britain it isn’t uncommon to see stone farmhouses that have been added on to over the years and between each addition there is a big thick wall that looks almost like a chimney rising above the roof! I had wondered why that was and just like the tin it is to prevent a fire mobing from one section of the house to the next. A fire might start in a kitchen perhaps but that thick wall helped your odds of the fire not devouring your whole building/s.
@@toomanymarys7355 Except they tinned over brick.
Thank you to the lady who gave a wonderful tour 👏👏👏
She loves that house!
The good thing is the WF Norman company in Missouri still makes that tin So even though it’s rusting through you can still get it thank God.🎉❤
This lady is so fortunate to have a childhood home still standing. I know she cherishes it. Unfortunately, both of my childhood homes were torn down due to greed. One would have been 275 years old, now. A very fascinating house. The other was situated on very special land that I recently tried to buy back. 9 acres went for 714,000, way above what I could afford
Reminds me a bit of my grandparents home in Slatington,PA.Beautiful triple windows in thier bedroom, windowsills so wide you could easily sit in them, wraparound porch, ahorse trough with pure spring water running into it, wish l could go back in time
Sounds like it was a grand old beautiful home! You were fortunate to have had visiting there as a life experience!
@cheryldavis8776 yes l really was, can't wait to see them again
My wife and I drove up from the Mississippi Gulf coast 3 weeks ago, and traveled all over Western Pennsylvania. We were amazed by how many old homes were still standing -- most of ours were destroying the Civil war, or fell into ruin afterwards.
I enjoyed this video, it makes your mind wonder all over thinking about all the beautiful memories.
The land around these homes hold so much history. I can only imagine living here snd playing here as a child.
Yes, it really is a special place!
Love old houses especially old farm houses
I am a lifelong resident of West Virginia and there are many places in this beautiful state that I haven't seen. Thank you for sharing this.
West Virginia is a beautiful state! Your very welcome.
Thank you I love old houses.
Glad you like them!
What amazing original features. Hoping someone is able to make this a family home once again.
Thank you, it's gorgeous- except at 69 it is no longer fun to run the stairs, clean that many rooms and cook food for a big house full. Lol
Wouldn't mind living there and letting my adult children do the work to run the place.
It's a beautiful place- thank you for showing the scenery outside the windows. I love the space, and the green grass.
It's a special place there.
We agree 1000%!
I’m so glad you are able to keep this wonderful old home so well preserved!!
I think that they put the tin up because it was next to the smokehouse . This would protect the house from catching on fire.
great point!!
That view is stunning.
BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY
We agree!
I wonder if they know where the garbage pit was?
Finding it might yield some rare artifacts, bottles, and jars!
Also the debris field that was under the old privvys could yield some long buried treasures!
Wow! It's wonderful that this beautiful old place still exists.
Let's hope it doesn't fall into the hands of developers.
The lady who gave you the house tour is so charming. There is something about her energy that is amazing. She reminds me of my auntie. Great video.
Very interesting tour, lovely home and grounds. Large rooms, beautiful built ins. Sweet lady owner was gracious with wonderful memories. Thank you all.
Glad you enjoyed it
The floors and other woodwork is gorgeous.
It is an amazing historic property!
Oh my gosh! The beauty of the house and property is stunning. I could live in that house as is. I love the simplicity of the rooms. Thanks for sharing in this video. Magnificent ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
Thank you, ma'am for providing us a look inside the birthplace of Traveler! Fascinating!
I’m glad you enjoyed the tour!
If you havent done a video/tour of Henderson Hall in Williamstown WV you really should! The history of it is quite substantial and amazing. And it has been kept how it was in the 1800s down to the collected hair of one of the occupants that she would keep when brushing her hair nightly. I grew up a mile from Henderson Hall (on land that was once part of the Henderson Plantation) and have toured it probably 30 times, yet still learn and see something new every single time I enter it.
Great suggestion!
A lady’s vanity set of the period could have a receptacle called a hair collector, small round piece with a lid and the lid had a hole in it. It was where women would put the strands of hair they cleaned from their brush and comb, also part of the same set.
I loved this beautiful old property & it was extra special having the granddaughter as a tour guide!!! I love these old properties!!! I especially love the doors, door casings & transoms, windows & window casings & hardware!!! The banisters & knoll posts were a favorite of mine 👍🙏💕 Sooo very many beautiful antique wooden features to this gorgeous property!!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful adventure with us!!! I loved it 👍🙏♥️
Glad you enjoyed it
Love the architecture of the home. Back then they took pride in their work. It was built to last. That’s the reason you see old houses out in the fields and buildings on properties still standing. People that have money love restoring them. This place is beautiful and the history it could tell if the walls could talk.
We agree! It's a shame to see so many of these beautiful homes falling down.
I live five minutes away from this place. Never knew all of this info.
I lived in a house similar to that in Wyoming it was on the cross ranch outside of Douglas , five generations lived and died in it all the belongings were in it it was so crazy ,, I’ll never forget it
That was a wonderful tour of the house. So many interesting facts, you and that lady did a good job. I just love old houses. Thanks for showing the house.😊
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for this unique experience on this older home. Interesting for sure.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love this house. Please save the house if you can.
Thank you and the owner for sharing this video with us. Absolutely Beautiful home with so much history. Hopefully in near future it can be restored. ❤❤
That is one of the most beautiful houses I have ever seen. And the land and the views!! 😱 wow, if it was for sale and I could afford it, that would be my dream house… can you imagine restoring it to its original condition??!! ❤️❤️❤️
The book "Traveller," by Richard Adams, who also wrote "Watership Down," is one of my favorites!
I read the chapters about that great horse's young life with interest and am so happy to be able to know what the big house actually looked like.
Thank you so much, gracious and knowledgeable lady, for the tour! Thank you, kind sir and madam for allowing me to tag along on this wonderful and historic tour! A New Tennessee Fan!
I am so glad you enjoyed the tour, and welcome to the channel!
Hopefully new owners will be found who will renovate the house and restore the building to its former glory and all its splendor. The house is on such a wonderful property and for a large family it must be very lucky to live there, watch children grow up and have animals around them. It would be a great shame if the property were left to fall into disrepair.
wow!! such a beautiful home a mansion really! I hope someone buys it and restores it to its original condition. It's an awesome place!!💖
I hope so too!
It would have to be someone with a lot of skill and a love of restoration. Or else a wealthy person who had no idea what they were getting into! 😂 I am neither, but hope this home will find a loving owner with deep pockets.
Beautifully property, full of West Virginia history .. the house inside is just wonderful most of these homes had a Summer room normally used for all the ladies to sit down and share news of their areas and/or do crafts together. The winter room was normally used by the men (now days called the caveman area 😅 lol) the men would smoke and drink while discussing business, local news, hunting, agricultural, etc. I remember reading about it in historical books and the reason why children were not allowed was because of the main use for these two rooms. Noticed that these rooms were always the two up front rooms to welcome everyone and separate according to tradition. Thank you for sharing 💕 👍
From Lewisburg, WV! There’s no place like home! Loved seeing inside this beautiful piece of history! Thank you!
It's a truly special place!
What a beautiful home waiting for someone to live it and care for it.
Nice Home and big beautiful yard too!😎👍🙏🕊🦋🕊🎉🇺🇸
I agree! It is a beautiful property!
Very popular celery green, for the times.My grandma's cabin had same floors as kitchen. So great you have an amazing tour guide!! ❤️
Thank You for Sharing your visit to this old wonderful bit of History. Those homes were built for hard winters and warm summers and sure enjoy the visit. Thank You. ❤Love Hugs n Prayers Barbie ❤🙏♥️
We're so glad you enjoyed it!
My great aunt had a farm house, just like this house in the farm area near Essexville, Michigan. It had a Michigan basement and wrap around porch. I loved visiting my family there. It is officially a Centennial Home.
Very cool! By the way...what is a Michigan basement?
@@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
I was going to ask the same thing about a "Michigan basement"!
(Maybe Google knows!)
Googled it myself!
Wasn't surprised to find numerous entries re: "Michigan basement"!
A Michigan basement is a former crawlspace that has been dug out, generally to a depth of 5 to 7 feet to allow for a basement.
I really enjoyed this. Thank you. I was brought up in a 200 year old farmhouse. Brings back memories.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a beautiful and interesting historical place. Although probably prohibitively expensive to completely restore, imagine how gorgeous it would be! Such a shame it sits unloved. If it could only convey stories of its life!
Congrats to the gentleman interviewing the lady.
What a beautiful home ❤ I would love to live in a place like that ❤
I'd love to see this house all restored 😊
My house in Ohio was built in 1864. . The tall ceiling s fancy doors all local wood . Mostly cherry. The grandeur of the homes built in that time period to me is priceless.
I have a lot of similar architectural features in our old house in Ohio! It makes me proud that we are working hard to preserve it and history! ❤
That is awesome!
I would love to see a photo of your house that you are restoring! If possible, please send to info@appalachianmemorykeepers.org. Thanks!
Very interesting,lots of unique architectural features. We didn't get a room count,it seems huge,and no civil war information except Traveler and Lee. You did good though with the time allotted,I just always want to know more. I would have flooded her with questions but she said,"I don't know"quite a bit. I hope she can keep the house going, it is a treasure,especially with good memories of grandparents. I share that! Lots of living and loving done there, I'm sure.😊💞Oh, if walls could talk,right?
Crazy how she didn’t know so many things. I guess she minded her own business…. 😂
@@thesun-N-moon8885 It's been my experience, when you are young you don't care about those things, then by the time you get to the age when you are interested all the people are gone that had the answers.
@@bigredc222
Yes! So true!
So often these days, I find myself wishing that I had asked my parents certain questions that only they would have been able to answer...
Mom lived to 94, and Daddy died at 89--but that's been over 30 years ago!
I told my children recently to ask me any questions they could think of, but all I got was crickets!
I'll be 80 in September, so they need to get their thinking caps on soon! 😅
@@cheryldavis8776Look online for books that are designed to help you write your story, full of prompts to give you a starting point. You are right, that your family will one day regret they never asked.
So interesting. What beautiful craftsmanship! All of those windows and high ceilings make it so gorgeous.
Absolutely gorgeous home. I would live there in a heart beat ! ❤❤
The area is absolutely beautiful thank you for this interesting tour.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hello from a new follower I stopped immediately when I seen this absolutely amazing and gorgeous mansion. The sweet lady that showed you this made me a little jealous lol, how wonderful to have been a child running through this place. Thank you for making me smile it truly lets you see the hard work that was put into this beauty ❤
Wow love old houses.Such a beautiful place. I have rode though that area several times.
It must of housed a large multi generational family. I would love to watch this over and over. So many interesting details so much to learn from it
Glad you enjoyed it
The S shaped piece of steel is exactly what she thought it was. I live about an hour from Phila. there are lots of old houses, those things are everywhere, many are cast iron of different designs, a lot of stars.
Good video.
Thank you.
Your welcome!
What a charming tour from a gentele southern lady! Thank you from a not-so-gentele Yankee.
This was interesting. So many unknowns. Those windows are just beautiful. The hills and the land is beautiful.
Thanks for watching! It really is a beautiful place.
I loved that house. Especially all the porches.
The porches are amazing!
This house is absolutely amazing and beautiful, what you could do with this property to bring it back to life in a respectable way. 😊
New subscriber. I love the tours of these beautiful old houses. So glad that they’re working on restoring this house. Restoring these old homes is a very long, drawn out, very expensive process. Definitely a labor of love. Not for the faint of heart, that’s for sure.
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Well done video, and a wonderful hostess. A house that is lived in fairs much better than a vacant structure. It looks like someone has made it just livable enough with easily reversible repairs. They are aware of what they have.
I lived in a house built in 1831, alot of the original stuff still there including the plaster with horse hair binder. I loved that house!! I would give anything to buy this and restore it.. and how awesome to be the birthplace of Traveller! What a treasure!