Maybe it’s just me I’m always baffled how people find joy in destroying homes & history & valuables? Disgusting how some treat history & other’s people’s belongings. Another note, thank you for sharing a view inside this once beautiful place!
Being a antique dealer/ collector for 30 years, it makes me so sad to see these beautiful old homes destroyed .. the old windows, doors, fireplace mantles, pocket doors, etc. are so awesome! You do a wonderful job touring us through these homes. Thank you so much for all you do ..
Right on Dude, thank you for keeping the old stuff alive!!! my dad and grandpa were antique dealers as well. I am not BUT I do very much appreciate and respect the old things that were crafted by human hands that loved the work they did! Look up Smiths creek Depot in Michigan! Then my story will become true!
I reckon I can understand being homeless or needing shelter for whatever reason. I reckon I can understand going in a vacant house just to have someplace to sleep and stay out of the weather. What I don’t understand is why people feel the need to tear up, trash up, graffiti up these places! Beautiful houses and most are completely destroyed.....not always by nature, but by ignorant, uncaring “humans!” Why?..... Thank you Kappy for showing us what was and what could have been!
All the people are gone💨 just the bugs & birds the only living things here. May be even the birds wondering if the people coming back. Nice to hear nature though. Thank you for up loading it. Be safe.
I can picture that house on a snowy Christmas Eve with a fire burning in the fireplace and children listening to their father reading them a story as mother and grandma get the Christmas meal going !! Plus that room could have held thing like wine !
Not only did I love seeing this wonderful old house,I also loved hearing the crunching sounds your feet made as you walked across the floor. Exploration/ASMR video. Lol. Thanks,Kappy!
The basement was the original kitchen and the room with the curved ceiling and small door was for cold storage.for food. The extra set of back stairs were for servants and or slaves so they could navigate the house without interrupting the the family..
I am always fascinated by the fireplaces in the basement as it would have been part of the original kitchen. A lot of these were filled in or covered over. As time went on and people became wealthier, wood stoves would be introduced for heating and cooking. They would very often have summer kitchens built on the back of the house. They’d move the big heavy cookstoves to the summer kitchen where they could keep the heat from the main house. A couple of thing l can’t figure out is that there weren’t any fireplaces in the hous if it’s 200 years old, how were they heating it? Also the lath from the plaster and lath walls was manufactured not hand split like l found in my 1850’s house. There may very well have been some changes to this house.
Alot of comments about the basement room.Ice room, root celler, we call it a fruit cellar. In older houses If it had a small chute in the middle to the outside would have been the coal storage room. We have a stone cellar like that in our barn, it was for sugar beet storage for cow feed. Old breweries had bigger ones called.beer caves.
Not sure exactly what time of year you filmed this, but I know that you mentioned possibly hearing vultures upstairs and you also recently uploaded another video with them in it. Late May early June tends to be their brooding time and the chicks will stay within the area they've been born for up to six weeks. American black vultures and turkey vultures have one of the longest fledgling times among Birds. I think it's very sweet that you don't bother them and give them their distance which they probably appreciate greatly. I know the people like me appreciate that because it means that they won't be likely to imprint on you and get too trusting of humans who are not so nice to them. They build no nests of their own and use abandoned human structures (including deer blinds, sheds, silos, barns, etc) for shelter.
This house is in such disrepair it was hard for me to make out the rooms. The one thing that caught my eye is when Kappy did a close up of the hardware on the door. Very ornate and probably worth it's weight in gold (almost).
I like the way you film your videos always.they don't make me feel dizzy and you're not fuzzy unlike the rest who waste their time focusing the camera on to their face much more than the subject and blabbing too much words unnecessary.keep up your good work
What a huge house, too bad the vandals got to it before you did. Too much stuff just thrown all over the place. Must have been amazing at one time. Thanks Kappy
So many wonderful old finds in this beautiful home. It’s so sad that it’s already trashed beyond repair. The hardware on the door is exactly the same as what i have on my barn door that separates my family room from my Rec-room. The original owners of my home had a 200yr old farm complete with a barn. The owner dismantled the barn and used some of the wood planks on the walls and took the original barn door, it opens on the top and bottom, and the hardware and used it to separate the two rooms. I think that was a big reason I wanted to purchase my house. Lol! Thanks so very much for sharing Kappy!! It’s much appreciated! Stay safe and have a great day! 😊 oh, and the weird room looks like a wine cellar.
I liked the table in kitchen. See dishes in dishwasher. I like that door knob. Look at the clothes left hanging. Thank you for sharing. I like the train in the distant.
I believe the curved room in the basement was the ice house. In the South ice was shipped by railroad and stored in sawdust and the ice house always had a smaller door to keep it cool. It was often underground or built into a hillside or made of stone. Those people were rich if they had an ice house. Could it have been a plantation house? Great vid.
At least one president’s home has one or more. The arch provides structural support & weight bearing. But they were used for cold storage even wine cellar. IMO this home was a gorgeous, glorious plantation home in it’s heyday. And even after was something to behold. The basement with such a large fireplace was probably an original kitchen. Similar to Drayton Hall’s kitchen.
The "Domed room" in the basement is a *Cold Room* where meats, butter, and vegetables would have been stored at the time that house was built. NO refrigeration then.
Thank you for taking a closer look at the sewing machine ~ I was so excited to see a red or pink machine! Then I realized somebody had spray painted it ~ and thank you for not showing the snasty graffiti. That's very kind and gentlemanly, Kappy. I appreciate it! Thank for showing the little architectural And design details ~ that's very cool. And please be careful! All that junk laying around and mold and poor flooring...
I believe at one time this house was probably owned by a wealthy family. I bet it was beautiful in it's day. Large enough for a large family. That room in the basement was probably a root cellar or cold storage. Looking forward to the next video, as always be careful and be safe.
Was a very wonderful house in it's day. To bad people don't have any respect for old things. The cellar reminds me of a root cellar or bomb shelter. Nature is winning this fight. Thanks for sharing Kappy. Stay safe and God bless.
I don't know the lay of the land or the location of the house, but considering the era the house was built, it is very possible that it was a tunnel at one point. Many of the plantation houses in Virginia had escape tunnels.
Enjoyed the video and reading the many comments. I do agree this is a very large house and it looks like every space in the house including the attic and basement was used. Interesting to see a dishwasher in this old house. Loved the hardware attached to the basement door. Great find.
The downstairs could have been my Granny and Granddad's house (built in 1886) -- almost the exact same layout. The wood planks 1/2 way up the walls, the windows, the molding around the windows -- exactly the same. The narrow, curving stairs going up out of the kitchen were the servants' stairs. At my grandparents' house, those go into a small bedroom at the back of the house. The main staircase had the same closet underneath it, as well. I would have loved to see the floors -- Granddad's are the original wood floors, stained blonde upstairs and mahogany downstairs. The basement is the same brick, same wooden, open stairs. Of course, their house is still lived in and beautiful. This house makes me sad because it was probably just as loved at one time. And I would LOVE to have those children's records. I had those growing up and spent hours with my record player, reading along with the records. I would love to restore that table in the kitchen as well -- I said, "I love that table!" just seconds before you did! Thanks for showing us this house -- wonderful!
Darn those vandals ~ they may be building up karma. Anyway, that was a beautiful house and appeared structurally sound, just vandalized. Loved that first door 'knob', that was beautiful! Another great explore. Thank you!
@@taralewis2606 It's called a "vaulted ceiling," quite common for underground brick-lined rooms, supports the weight better. I thought it was a cold room, too, maybe with ice, but I always wonder how the melt water drained away.
Wow, yet another beautiful house and property. Your explorations are always so interesting - thank you for sharing, Kappy! Cheers from Atlantic Canada 🙂
Beautiful find!!! I bet in the basement was the original kitchen! Especially in the summer back in the day..... wish you could have got there before the kids trashed it 😢 great video
If this place is anything like the old manors here in the UK, you'd be correct. The main meals for the family/guests would be prepared down in the basement and brought up to what looked like the kitchen where that table is sitting on it's side. That room was technically part of the kitchen below but it's where the meals would be put together with the usual sides and condiments, etc on fancy plates then brought into the dinning room and served.
I've never seen one like that in the US. Must have been a really nice home! Houses would usually have detached kitchens instead, and maybe also a cellar for cold storage, but you don't usually see them with nice arched ceilings.
This is another great explore. Thanks for leaving the birds alone they need space to grow as well. This has been trashed and for no reason other than some kids decided they wanted to. Heck of a shame they can't leave things alone that don't belong to them. Have a great day
In my farmhouse, we have a root cellar, and then a dairy cellar. Root has circulating air holes. Diary is sealed, dark, and always nice and cold! Both under our house. They knew how to make stuff back then. We best not forget, nor doubt their ways ❤️
I really get upset when I see that people go and trash these homes. A lot of clothes. The curved part of the basement was either a wine cellar or cold storage. Great video as usual.
Another super video Kappy. It's a shame they don't build houses this way anymore. The people who the detail work inside were true craftsmen the pride they showed in their work is clearly seen. I grew up in older homes, although not as grand as these. Still the workmanship could still be found. There are still some people who can still do this kind of work, but sadly they are few and damn far between. Thanks for sharing keep up the good work!
What a wonderful home! I enjoy your steady hand in filming and attention to details...it makes it very enjoyable!:) Thanks for all your time and effort !! Be safe!!:)
Another gem in the rough, Kappy. The solid wood doors are so beautiful and so were the wallpapers in this house. I've never seen a red sewing machine--interesting. Also, cool use of clothing as carpet:) I can't help but suspect that thick walls like those had to be more energy efficient than modern walls. Wouldn't it cost less to heat and cool such a home with solid walls that were a foot thick? Heck, a couple of window units and ceiling fans and add modern double-paned windows and I bet you'd stay cool for less in summer!
Slayerjane61 That sewing machine has been spray painted for some weird reason. I can guarantee you that it was not red originally. The belts , sewing foot and any mechanisms will not work. Someone destroyed this machine by painting it. Maybe they just thought it would look cool--not!
Thanks again Kappy , another awesome find !! Thank u for always putting out consistent , calm , quality videos !! I appreciate and respect the time, effort and risk you take to do this !! 🙌💖
Nice place, almost looks like a new roof on it. I'm thinking the weird little room in the basement is cold storage. My sister has a really old house from that era and it has the same kind of room in the basement for cold storage of food.
Storage cellar...not strange. Ingenious. Food stores, canned goods, even ice blocks if they could get it cold enough and keep enough blocks in there it would maintain a very cold temp. Survival. Wine cellars look like that too. If Family member died during winter & the ground was too frozen...their bodies were kept there too until warm enough to bury. Just the way it was...
This place is a gym, it's rare to find them with this much stuff left behind, awesome. I would love to see what it looked like in its Glory. I really liked that TV towards the beginning too, we had one just like that when I was a kid. And most houses from this time. Have two sets of stairs. What a beautiful find, thanks for sharing, stay safe out there my friends
I’m almost thinking that the “kitchen area” in the basement, along with the curved room were meant for canning and cold storage....beautiful old house!!! Your videos are so fun to watch, I love older homes. In fact we live in a house that is 140 years old and have many old the window trim and old door knobs you show!!!
Here's an instance of abandonment that I just don't understand. In a lot of other cases abandoned homes become a thing when a single elderly person passes away and so all their personal belongings end up remaining there unclaimed. But here, it's clear that this home was once owned by a family with young children not too long ago (as evident from magazine article @ 1:29 dated week of June 12, 2005). As such, there is no clear reason why the family would just leave everything behind, unless they all happened to die at the same time (as in a car or plane crash). Either way, I'm just real curious to know how that all came about.
Wow what a mess. but the house is interesting. the belt off the sewing machine is gone, and it is red, i have never seen one that color. the door hardware is gorgeous. rooms are good sizes and the birds singing outside it pretty. well thank you for letting us tag along with you. have a great day. loG lean on God.
I think the sewing machine had been painted with a spray can. Odd that they took the time to do that good of a job but it wasn’t great if you look close.
looks like a wine cellar in the basement .. also could be a kitchen and at one time the cooking was done in that massive fireplace there ..wonderful old home .. thank you!
A great house at one time the hardware on the door I believe dates back to the 1700 although you said the house was built in the early 1800 and that was a root cellar I remember my great-grandparents talkin about the root Cellars how they would dig potatoes and the summer take them down in The Root Cellar and put a cover on with hey and I would have fresh potatoes all winter it's amazing how people survive back then
Kappy, I hope you decided to rescue that beautiful old table! The craftsman who made it would be heartbroken to see it left to decay and ruin. Such things are meant to be used, no abandoned and forgotten, or worse, destroyed by empty headed miscreants!
Child services says you can't spank your children and child specialists say putting your children in a time out is harmful to their self esteem. Absolutely ridiculous, but that's why idiot parents refuse to parent their children. I used to hand my children the phone and offer to dial the police department for them. They didn't want to spend the night in a strange house with strange people who don't allow night lights or TVs in the room! My children will NOT be one of the disgustingly disrespectful and entitled brats society insists on breeding. We bring garbage bags to our favorite streams and clean up trash left behind by others!
Barbi, thanks! I happen to believe that guilt trips and bribery are a mother's prerogative! They work almost as well as, "wait til your father gets home!" Lol
It’s an age now, where some parents spoil there kids rotten! No real discipline. Most parents now out working full time and some more, kids alone a lot get up to mischief. It’s a real shame. And if you try and speak to the parents it’s the same old story? My Johnny would never do that. No hope
@Jane Marsee I raised 3 kids alone and if you did not want or could afford your kids you should not have had them. More people think they are entitled to free stuff from people instead of going out and earning it. My kids got jobs when they were 14 on their own, i made good money so they did not have to work. And my children all helped people and would give the shirt off their back to help others. My kids did not just grow up, I raised them properly.
Thanks for the tour. It was hard to concentrate on the house for all the mess that the vandals left which is so sad. Was a great house. I especially loved the curved room in the basement. Probably used for food storage and a great tornado shelter. Greetings for Tennessee girl.
Great video as always, I wonder how they kept the house warm as I didn't see any fires or fire places as we call them in England. Only in the basement. And u have some BALLS gong in that house alone. Smashed it again Kappy 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
You'd think that these vandals could've found a better outlet for their energy than trashing this beautiful old house. It's actually hard to imagine how it looked before they got started with their destruction, but I'll be it was amazing! Thanks, Kappy, for another interesting, heartbreaking exploration!
I have never seen a sewing machine like that. I don’t know why people think they have to wreck places like this place. What a shame. When was this place last lived in? I love your voice and how you describe things for us. Thanks for sharing.
Kappy, you are very brave! Lots of great artifacts. Wonder if it was the home of a judge? That door handle was beautiful. Imagine what it looked like when it was new. This one had a good roof. Very important. But the whole house needsstrippong down to bare bones. It could be renoed, I think.
You always do such a good job videotaping the homes. I want that old table in the kitchen. Shame to see it go to waste as the home continues its decline.
Sure have to admire the built-in toilet.... I love old brick houses! It’s fun to imagine what it looked like when first built and occupied by a family. It had to be a big family (complete with servants?). I think your latest critter occupant is hungry and that’s why it’s chirping away. Thanks for the tour!
The bathrooms in those old houses always seem odd because when the house was built they had outhouses. So they had to add the bathrooms years after the house was built. I assume they picked the smallest room to covert into a bathroom.
It hasn't been empty that long because I have the same exact green countertop down in my basement I bought at Home Depot. That room in the basement is only to store food canned food or even anything to keep cool. Even homemade booze
2:45 "How many sofas do we really need in one room, Dear?" Was that appliance at 4:00 a chest type freezer---or a refrigerator on its back? If the latter, they've _ruined_ its resale value (W. C. Fields paraphrase)... Yes, that's a sewing machine at 6:33: you tilt the machine back, pull up the panel in front of it, lower the machine into its compartment, drop the front panel down against it, and fold that hinged shelf on the far side back on top to form a table. My mom picked up one for their cabin that'd had the machine and flaps removed and the hinged surface fastened down on top. I now have it in my closet with a Taig II Micro Lathe on it. Great find, Kappy, thanks.
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 I always check for new videos, Kap, because I don't always get a notification and I _always_ want to watch! (I'm sure there are lots of others who feel the same.)
That kitchen counter is definately 90s. Same as our first counters in our home built 1993. The tub surround upstairs too. So someone lived there as recently as 20 years ago or so. A lot of decay since then. Hard to get a feel for the layout. As always, unique interesting find. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
If All the Junk on floors was removed and rip off old wall paper the home is Brick it could be saved ..Keep each room wall frames that wood looks good & keep all those bedrooms just add new walls it could be salvaged...Lots a work cut all those weeds the Stairs look sturdy clean them up carpet them.Add stairs guard rails..Add old wood burning stoves & if i had lottery i would do all that then id decorate it with blinds & beautiful priscilla curtains.Deorate with Antique Country Compfy furniture from late 1800's style..Add huge Rose Garden add Zinnias marigolds up against home.Kitchen beautiful peach & creme paints make it light colors id scout antique shops find beautiful old style accessories Or i may would try a high gloss red and white paint cherry themed Tie back curtains make kitchen larger plenty of windows..1950's style kitchen red Coca Cola decorations..Black & white checkered lanolium..
another interesting video Kappy. You know that table in the kitchen someone was using for a island is worth about four hundred because I seen over time the American pickers dished out three to four hundred because the in thing to do now is reuse them in kitchen remodeling. I seen them dish out six hundred for one. Thank you again for the video Kappy.
Maybe it’s just me I’m always baffled how people find joy in destroying homes & history & valuables? Disgusting how some treat history & other’s people’s belongings. Another note, thank you for sharing a view inside this once beautiful place!
No,it's not just you.
Being a antique dealer/ collector for 30 years, it makes me so sad to see these beautiful old homes destroyed .. the old windows, doors, fireplace mantles, pocket doors, etc. are so awesome! You do a wonderful job touring us through these homes. Thank you so much for all you do ..
Right on Dude, thank you for keeping the old stuff alive!!! my dad and grandpa were antique dealers as well. I am not BUT I do very much appreciate and respect the old things that were crafted by human hands that loved the work they did! Look up Smiths creek Depot in Michigan! Then my story will become true!
I reckon I can understand being homeless or needing shelter for whatever reason. I reckon I can understand going in a vacant house just to have someplace to sleep and stay out of the weather. What I don’t understand is why people feel the need to tear up, trash up, graffiti up these places! Beautiful houses and most are completely destroyed.....not always by nature, but by ignorant, uncaring “humans!” Why?..... Thank you Kappy for showing us what was and what could have been!
Yes cold storage/ root cellar. There are many fancy ones in Kansas. And so tornado shelter! Great video!
All the people are gone💨 just the bugs & birds the only living things here. May be even the birds wondering if the people coming back. Nice to hear nature though. Thank you for up loading it. Be safe.
I can picture that house on a snowy Christmas Eve with a fire burning in the fireplace and children listening to their father reading them a story as mother and grandma get the Christmas meal going !! Plus that room could have held thing like wine !
Not only did I love seeing this wonderful old house,I also loved hearing the crunching sounds your feet made as you walked across the floor. Exploration/ASMR video. Lol. Thanks,Kappy!
The basement was the original kitchen and the room with the curved ceiling and small door was for cold storage.for food. The extra set of back stairs were for servants and or slaves so they could navigate the house without interrupting the the family..
I am always fascinated by the fireplaces in the basement as it would have been part of the original kitchen. A lot of these were filled in or covered over. As time went on and people became wealthier, wood stoves would be introduced for heating and cooking. They would very often have summer kitchens built on the back of the house. They’d move the big heavy cookstoves to the summer kitchen where they could keep the heat from the main house. A couple of thing l can’t figure out is that there weren’t any fireplaces in the hous if it’s 200 years old, how were they heating it? Also the lath from the plaster and lath walls was manufactured not hand split like l found in my 1850’s house. There may very well have been some changes to this house.
Alot of comments about the basement room.Ice room, root celler, we call it a fruit cellar. In older houses If it had a small chute in the middle to the outside would have been the coal storage room. We have a stone cellar like that in our barn, it was for sugar beet storage for cow feed. Old breweries had bigger ones called.beer caves.
Not sure exactly what time of year you filmed this, but I know that you mentioned possibly hearing vultures upstairs and you also recently uploaded another video with them in it. Late May early June tends to be their brooding time and the chicks will stay within the area they've been born for up to six weeks. American black vultures and turkey vultures have one of the longest fledgling times among Birds. I think it's very sweet that you don't bother them and give them their distance which they probably appreciate greatly. I know the people like me appreciate that because it means that they won't be likely to imprint on you and get too trusting of humans who are not so nice to them.
They build no nests of their own and use abandoned human structures (including deer blinds, sheds, silos, barns, etc) for shelter.
@@snickers2877 , must be one reason I like his videos so much! Lol
4leafclover love vultures, they are truly designed to be cleaners and prevent disease.
Are they vultures or big black crows? I don't know that's why I'm asking. I've seen turkey vultures and they are incredibly ugly.
@@dlodge4966 Whenever I see them snacking on something in the road, I call out.."Housekeeping" We need them just like seagulls
I think he confuses a pigeon with a vulture. If it was a vulture it would be pretty loud as they are very large
So sad to see another house bite the dust! Nice explore! Thanks for sharing!
This house is in such disrepair it was hard for me to make out the rooms. The one thing that caught my eye is when Kappy did a close up of the hardware on the door. Very ornate and probably worth it's weight in gold (almost).
I like the way you film your videos always.they don't make me feel dizzy and you're not fuzzy unlike the rest who waste their time focusing the camera on to their face much more than the subject and blabbing too much words unnecessary.keep up your good work
What a huge house, too bad the vandals got to it before you did. Too much stuff just thrown all over the place. Must have been amazing at one time. Thanks Kappy
Another great find Kappy, the scroll work on the table is something you dont see much anymore. Beautiful,
Thanks Kappy! You always make me laugh with the vultures, you’re always hearing them or think you’re hearing them!! Love your work kiddo !,
So many wonderful old finds in this beautiful home. It’s so sad that it’s already trashed beyond repair. The hardware on the door is exactly the same as what i have on my barn door that separates my family room from my Rec-room. The original owners of my home had a 200yr old farm complete with a barn. The owner dismantled the barn and used some of the wood planks on the walls and took the original barn door, it opens on the top and bottom, and the hardware and used it to separate the two rooms. I think that was a big reason I wanted to purchase my house. Lol! Thanks so very much for sharing Kappy!! It’s much appreciated! Stay safe and have a great day! 😊 oh, and the weird room looks like a wine cellar.
I liked the table in kitchen. See dishes in dishwasher. I like that door knob. Look at the clothes left hanging. Thank you for sharing. I like the train in the distant.
So sad because so many people NEED A HOME.And this huge place was let to Rot! How sad im serious...Just a shame!!
Exactly Right!
I think one reason why people abandon these homes is because of the lead paint? At least one of the reasons at times I suspect.
I believe the curved room in the basement was the ice house. In the South ice was shipped by railroad and stored in sawdust and the ice house always had a smaller door to keep it cool. It was often underground or built into a hillside or made of stone. Those people were rich if they had an ice house. Could it have been a plantation house? Great vid.
This one was up in Pennsylvania, but that’s very interesting! Thank you for watching (:
Same thing except in North they cut the ice locally.
cold storage room in the basement.....what used to be known as a "still room" fermentation room....pickles, fermented vegetables,wines.
At least one president’s home has one or more. The arch provides structural support & weight bearing. But they were used for cold storage even wine cellar. IMO this home was a gorgeous, glorious plantation home in it’s heyday. And even after was something to behold. The basement with such a large fireplace was probably an original kitchen. Similar to Drayton Hall’s kitchen.
The "Domed room" in the basement is a *Cold Room* where meats, butter, and vegetables would have been stored at the time that house was built. NO refrigeration then.
What a beauty Kappy. So nice. Love that one red sewing machine. Too cool. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
That is a big house. Interesting hardware on that door. Thank you for sharing this video.
Great find again , would've loved to seen the barn . Thanks for sharing.
Whole house is old! Wow! What another great find. 👍 omg the hardware on the door! Beautiful property.
What a shame this place was trashed! Huge home, must have many memories. Quite a slid home, very well built. Thanx
Solid. Lol
Completely agreed! Never understood why people trash these places but thank you for watching (:
Kappy asked if someone was up there or a vulture. Lol, if I were up there I would've answered back "VULTURE!"
Thank you for taking a closer look at the sewing machine ~ I was so excited to see a red or pink machine! Then I realized somebody had spray painted it ~ and thank you for not showing the snasty graffiti. That's very kind and gentlemanly, Kappy. I appreciate it! Thank for showing the little architectural And design details ~ that's very cool. And please be careful! All that junk laying around and mold and poor flooring...
I believe at one time this house was probably owned by a wealthy family. I bet it was beautiful in it's day. Large enough for a large family. That room in the basement was probably a root cellar or cold storage. Looking forward to the next video, as always be careful and be safe.
Awesome find. interesting video, the place looks huge. Excellent narrating. Thank-you for sharing :)
Great video ,Thanks Kappy!
What a neat ol house. Such a shame it wasn't kept up. Double shame thugs thrashed it out.
"A pox on them! Unleash the dogs!" Obviously, the Neanderthal strain is still in our gene pool.
Was a very wonderful house in it's day. To bad people don't have any respect for old things. The cellar reminds me of a root cellar or bomb shelter. Nature is winning this fight. Thanks for sharing Kappy. Stay safe and God bless.
A root cellar or cold storage of some sort would make sense! Good observation, Thank you for watching (:
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 always Kappy! Your the best!
Love the house it was massive thank you for sharing your great video
Strange Room was likely a food cellar, the curved roof would not hold moisture _ T4S
Thank you for sharing that info!
I don't know the lay of the land or the location of the house, but considering the era the house was built, it is very possible that it was a tunnel at one point. Many of the plantation houses in Virginia had escape tunnels.
That was definitely a "root cellar" . It would have been very dry and good for food storage.
Enjoyed the video and reading the many comments. I do agree this is a very large house and it looks like every space in the house including the attic and basement was used. Interesting to see a dishwasher in this old house. Loved the hardware attached to the basement door. Great find.
The downstairs could have been my Granny and Granddad's house (built in 1886) -- almost the exact same layout. The wood planks 1/2 way up the walls, the windows, the molding around the windows -- exactly the same. The narrow, curving stairs going up out of the kitchen were the servants' stairs. At my grandparents' house, those go into a small bedroom at the back of the house. The main staircase had the same closet underneath it, as well. I would have loved to see the floors -- Granddad's are the original wood floors, stained blonde upstairs and mahogany downstairs. The basement is the same brick, same wooden, open stairs. Of course, their house is still lived in and beautiful. This house makes me sad because it was probably just as loved at one time. And I would LOVE to have those children's records. I had those growing up and spent hours with my record player, reading along with the records. I would love to restore that table in the kitchen as well -- I said, "I love that table!" just seconds before you did! Thanks for showing us this house -- wonderful!
I would love to see a video of your grandparents home! One that is still in livable condition & beautiful! 💖
Darn those vandals ~ they may be building up karma. Anyway, that was a beautiful house and appeared structurally sound, just vandalized. Loved that first door 'knob', that was beautiful! Another great explore. Thank you!
You know what they say about _payback;_ we can certainly hope!
Maybe the little room in the basement was cold storage maybe even with ice stored from the winter?
That's what I was thinking too!
I had the same thought. I've seen those cold storage chambers that looked just like that in other old houses.
Or a bomb fallout shelter- those were big in the 1950s.
Cold storage was my thought too! I’ve seen them in a lot of homes. Wonder why they all have the curved ceiling?
@@taralewis2606 It's called a "vaulted ceiling," quite common for underground brick-lined rooms, supports the weight better. I thought it was a cold room, too, maybe with ice, but I always wonder how the melt water drained away.
Wow, yet another beautiful house and property. Your explorations are always so interesting - thank you for sharing, Kappy! Cheers from Atlantic Canada 🙂
wowwwwww kappy great find so much stuff thanks im thinking yes it was a wine cellar because of the way they are built back on those days
Beautiful find!!! I bet in the basement was the original kitchen! Especially in the summer back in the day..... wish you could have got there before the kids trashed it 😢 great video
If this place is anything like the old manors here in the UK, you'd be correct. The main meals for the family/guests would be prepared down in the basement and brought up to what looked like the kitchen where that table is sitting on it's side. That room was technically part of the kitchen below but it's where the meals would be put together with the usual sides and condiments, etc on fancy plates then brought into the dinning room and served.
I've never seen one like that in the US. Must have been a really nice home!
Houses would usually have detached kitchens instead, and maybe also a cellar for cold storage, but you don't usually see them with nice arched ceilings.
Nice find! I wonder how long it’s been abandoned. Noticed the book Hidden Jewel by V C Andrews. That was published in 1995.
This is another great explore. Thanks for leaving the birds alone they need space to grow as well. This has been trashed and for no reason other than some kids decided they wanted to. Heck of a shame they can't leave things alone that don't belong to them. Have a great day
Wow! Very interesting, many stairs and many rooms and big attic
In my farmhouse, we have a root cellar, and then a dairy cellar. Root has circulating air holes. Diary is sealed, dark, and always nice and cold! Both under our house. They knew how to make stuff back then. We best not forget, nor doubt their ways ❤️
I really get upset when I see that people go and trash these homes. A lot of clothes. The curved part of the basement was either a wine cellar or cold storage. Great video as usual.
Another super video Kappy. It's a shame they don't build houses this way anymore. The people who the detail work inside were true craftsmen the pride they showed in their work is clearly seen. I grew up in older homes, although not as grand as these. Still the workmanship could still be found. There are still some people who can still do this kind of work, but sadly they are few and damn far between. Thanks for sharing keep up the good work!
What a wonderful home! I enjoy your steady hand in filming and attention to details...it makes it very enjoyable!:) Thanks for all your time and effort !! Be safe!!:)
Great video. Just sad, for can picture the work gone into the house only to end up like this..
Another gem in the rough, Kappy. The solid wood doors are so beautiful and so were the wallpapers in this house. I've never seen a red sewing machine--interesting. Also, cool use of clothing as carpet:) I can't help but suspect that thick walls like those had to be more energy efficient than modern walls. Wouldn't it cost less to heat and cool such a home with solid walls that were a foot thick? Heck, a couple of window units and ceiling fans and add modern double-paned windows and I bet you'd stay cool for less in summer!
Someone spray painted that sewing machine. Thee were white spots still visible.
Slayerjane61 That sewing machine has been spray painted for some weird reason. I can guarantee you that it was not red originally. The belts , sewing foot and any mechanisms will not work. Someone destroyed this machine by painting it. Maybe they just thought it would look cool--not!
That basement door latch is downright medieval!
Love you videos Kappy. Your my favorite explorer
You are too kind thank you (:
Thanks again Kappy , another awesome find !! Thank u for always putting out consistent , calm , quality videos !! I appreciate and respect the time, effort and risk you take to do this !! 🙌💖
Thank again for the tour 😉 This one bewildered me.
the hardware on those doors are amazing.
Nice place, almost looks like a new roof on it. I'm thinking the weird little room in the basement is cold storage. My sister has a really old house from that era and it has the same kind of room in the basement for cold storage of food.
Storage cellar...not strange. Ingenious. Food stores, canned goods, even ice blocks if they could get it cold enough and keep enough blocks in there it would maintain a very cold temp. Survival. Wine cellars look like that too. If Family member died during winter & the ground was too frozen...their bodies were kept there too until warm enough to bury. Just the way it was...
Such an awesome find! Thank you for sharing. I like the sounds of nature and of your feet crunching on stuff. I would love to do this exploring!
Great house ,wished could have seen when in little better condition, good job and glad someone appreciates these old houses to document
This place is a gym, it's rare to find them with this much stuff left behind, awesome. I would love to see what it looked like in its Glory. I really liked that TV towards the beginning too, we had one just like that when I was a kid. And most houses from this time. Have two sets of stairs.
What a beautiful find, thanks for sharing, stay safe out there my friends
I’m almost thinking that the “kitchen area” in the basement, along with the curved room were meant for canning and cold storage....beautiful old house!!! Your videos are so fun to watch, I love older homes. In fact we live in a house that is 140 years old and have many old the window trim and old door knobs you show!!!
Here's an instance of abandonment that I just don't understand. In a lot of other cases abandoned homes become a thing when a single elderly person passes away and so all their personal belongings end up remaining there unclaimed. But here, it's clear that this home was once owned by a family with young children not too long ago (as evident from magazine article @ 1:29 dated week of June 12, 2005). As such, there is no clear reason why the family would just leave everything behind, unless they all happened to die at the same time (as in a car or plane crash). Either way, I'm just real curious to know how that all came about.
Wow what a mess. but the house is interesting. the belt off the sewing machine is gone, and it is red, i have never seen one that color. the door hardware is gorgeous. rooms are good sizes and the birds singing outside it pretty. well thank you for letting us tag along with you. have a great day. loG lean on God.
I think the sewing machine had been painted with a spray can. Odd that they took the time to do that good of a job but it wasn’t great if you look close.
Kappy is only one of very few who is smart enough and considerate enough to slowly pan around the rooms, allowing his views to see everything.
looks like a wine cellar in the basement .. also could be a kitchen and at one time the cooking was done in that massive fireplace there ..wonderful old home .. thank you!
A great house at one time the hardware on the door I believe dates back to the 1700 although you said the house was built in the early 1800 and that was a root cellar I remember my great-grandparents talkin about the root Cellars how they would dig potatoes and the summer take them down in The Root Cellar and put a cover on with hey and I would have fresh potatoes all winter it's amazing how people survive back then
Kappy, I hope you decided to rescue that beautiful old table! The craftsman who made it would be heartbroken to see it left to decay and ruin. Such things are meant to be used, no abandoned and forgotten, or worse, destroyed by empty headed miscreants!
Another beautiful and sad house.
Your doing amazing♡
I don't understand the younger generations, we were taught to respect our elders, now a days they don't have respect for anyone.
---or, sadly, any _thing._
Child services says you can't spank your children and child specialists say putting your children in a time out is harmful to their self esteem. Absolutely ridiculous, but that's why idiot parents refuse to parent their children. I used to hand my children the phone and offer to dial the police department for them. They didn't want to spend the night in a strange house with strange people who don't allow night lights or TVs in the room! My children will NOT be one of the disgustingly disrespectful and entitled brats society insists on breeding. We bring garbage bags to our favorite streams and clean up trash left behind by others!
Barbi, thanks! I happen to believe that guilt trips and bribery are a mother's prerogative! They work almost as well as, "wait til your father gets home!" Lol
It’s an age now, where some parents spoil there kids rotten! No real discipline. Most parents now out working full time and some more, kids alone a lot get up to mischief. It’s a real shame. And if you try and speak to the parents it’s the same old story? My Johnny would never do that. No hope
@Jane Marsee I raised 3 kids alone and if you did not want or could afford your kids you should not have had them. More people think they are entitled to free stuff from people instead of going out and earning it. My kids got jobs when they were 14 on their own, i made good money so they did not have to work. And my children all helped people and would give the shirt off their back to help others. My kids did not just grow up, I raised them properly.
Thanks for the tour. It was hard to concentrate on the house for all the mess that the vandals left which is so sad. Was a great house. I especially loved the curved room in the basement. Probably used for food storage and a great tornado shelter. Greetings for Tennessee girl.
Great video as always, I wonder how they kept the house warm as I didn't see any fires or fire places as we call them in England. Only in the basement. And u have some BALLS gong in that house alone. Smashed it again Kappy 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
So a beautiful place can only imagine what it would look like in all its glory
I have no idea how you do that!!! Just to creepy for me but Thank you for another great tour!
I was thinking root cellar as well, but it also would be perfect to age cheese or wine considering all of the kitchen supplies down there.
You'd think that these vandals could've found a better outlet for their energy than trashing this beautiful old house. It's actually hard to imagine how it looked before they got started with their destruction, but I'll be it was amazing!
Thanks, Kappy, for another interesting, heartbreaking exploration!
I have never seen a sewing machine like that. I don’t know why people think they have to wreck places like this place. What a shame. When was this place last lived in? I love your voice and how you describe things for us. Thanks for sharing.
Kappy, you are very brave! Lots of great artifacts. Wonder if it was the home of a judge? That door handle was beautiful. Imagine what it looked like when it was new. This one had a good roof. Very important. But the whole house needsstrippong down to bare bones. It could be renoed, I think.
The home is holding up well, and yes is a large home for family some time ago.
thank you for making these vids! I love exploring them and you are always humble and respectful of peoples privacy :)
You always do such a good job videotaping the homes. I want that old table in the kitchen. Shame to see it go to waste as the home continues its decline.
Huge place. Love and appreciate you Mr. Kappy
OMG Kappy, you are much braver than i am. That basement really creeped me out. Awesome house, and it has some really lovely wallpaper.
Sure have to admire the built-in toilet.... I love old brick houses! It’s fun to imagine what it looked like when first built and occupied by a family. It had to be a big family (complete with servants?). I think your latest critter occupant is hungry and that’s why it’s chirping away. Thanks for the tour!
Love your videos! Been on an Exploring With Kappy binge! Thanks for all your hard work on these vids! 💚
I love the upstairs porch...
Same here, thank you for watching!
Another wonderful house trashed by idiot dweebs. That table seemed worthy of salvage. Love your work, missed seeing your dog at video end.
@Reba Lyon....I agree with you 💯%...that table was a gem ! 1800's for sure..
Wow, that sewing machine is a gem!
The bathrooms in those old houses always seem odd because when the house was built they had outhouses. So they had to add the bathrooms years after the house was built. I assume they picked the smallest room to covert into a bathroom.
Nice job filming and talking. One of the few explorers that I will listen to when watching. 😃
Wow, what a gigantic mess. If I knew my kid was destroying houses like this, there would be hell to pay!
Lots of lives have been lived there. Thankyou for showing us.
It hasn't been empty that long because I have the same exact green countertop down in my basement I bought at Home Depot. That room in the basement is only to store food canned food or even anything to keep cool. Even homemade booze
I’d say the sewing machine was probably from the 60’s. My mother had similar in blue that I used up into the 90’s. Built to last.
The secret room looked clean. The only clean room....🤔
The thugs thought it was too scary. I noticed that too!
Good observation.....
2:45 "How many sofas do we really need in one room, Dear?" Was that appliance at 4:00 a chest type freezer---or a refrigerator on its back? If the latter, they've _ruined_ its resale value (W. C. Fields paraphrase)... Yes, that's a sewing machine at 6:33: you tilt the machine back, pull up the panel in front of it, lower the machine into its compartment, drop the front panel down against it, and fold that hinged shelf on the far side back on top to form a table. My mom picked up one for their cabin that'd had the machine and flaps removed and the hinged surface fastened down on top. I now have it in my closet with a Taig II Micro Lathe on it. Great find, Kappy, thanks.
Awesome information thank you for sharing and thank you for watching! Much appreciated (:
@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773 I always check for new videos, Kap, because I don't always get a notification and I _always_ want to watch! (I'm sure there are lots of others who feel the same.)
That kitchen counter is definately 90s. Same as our first counters in our home built 1993. The tub surround upstairs too. So someone lived there as recently as 20 years ago or so. A lot of decay since then. Hard to get a feel for the layout. As always, unique interesting find. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
If All the Junk on floors was removed and rip off old wall paper the home is Brick it could be saved ..Keep each room wall frames that wood looks good & keep all those bedrooms just add new walls it could be salvaged...Lots a work cut all those weeds the Stairs look sturdy clean them up carpet them.Add stairs guard rails..Add old wood burning stoves & if i had lottery i would do all that then id decorate it with blinds & beautiful priscilla curtains.Deorate with Antique Country Compfy furniture from late 1800's style..Add huge Rose Garden add Zinnias marigolds up against home.Kitchen beautiful peach & creme paints make it light colors id scout antique shops find beautiful old style accessories Or i may would try a high gloss red and white paint cherry themed Tie back curtains make kitchen larger plenty of windows..1950's style kitchen red Coca Cola decorations..Black & white checkered lanolium..
another interesting video Kappy. You know that table in the kitchen someone was using for a island is worth about four hundred because I seen over time the American pickers dished out three to four hundred because the in thing to do now is reuse them in kitchen remodeling. I seen them dish out six hundred for one. Thank you again for the video Kappy.
This house is gorgeous. You find the best places! That little room was where they kept their 3rd son. Nobody talks about him. 😂
😂😂 thank you very much for watching! You find some awesome spots as well!