Yes that is why I’m following this channel. So over creators who mansplain everything they see when we the viewers have eyes and can see what we can see.
Really liked the design of the ole house.. and the size of the rooms were nice 🙂.. I liked how the hallway was and bedrooms divided up..the staircase goin up to the attic was beautiful and built in the right place.. it's still a wonderful old house and still in livable condition... thanks for sharing
Really interesting layout, I can see the European influence, and how the house does not follow the typical floor plan common to homes of this era. Even the position of the stairs within a room, shows consideration of heating during mid winter and the way each room could be closed off to retain heat. Even the ducting, the furnace and vents to shift warm air around the house and into the second level is ingenious considering where the house is and how difficult it would have been to order in the materials and innovations. Even the amount of sunlight pouring in through the abundance of windows is interesting when compared to the dark homes common in the east at the time.
I loved this house and the Eastern European feeling in the design of it.Very nice video.I like the lack of spoken commentary too,It gives all your videos an almost meditative feel.
I came across your videos lastnight. I am obsessed. I have always the old hones that have been left abandoned. I always wanted to know the story behind them and who built them a d the work etc they did. And when I saw your videos it was heart warming to see the stories of all those beautiful families. I often pass homes setting off in a field and would love to see what it must have been like when the home was started. Most of all your caring nature and respect of what you come across is endearing. No music just quietness is great. I love the d door knobs, doors and appliances and heating systems. Thank you so much for sharing. It is important that we dont forget those humble beginnings.❤
Oh what a house! And all the love and respect it’s been shown. They raised a big family and that’s a pretty tough job no matter what century you live in. I love the colors they chose…peaceful and calm ones. Adds to the charm. Thank you for sharing this wonderful house! Stay safe!
I think this is my favorite so far. Not overly ornate, but very practical and solid/straight. It looks pretty roomy, but I'll bet it was a tight squeeze with that many people. If they let folks stay there for a whole winter they were goodhearted and kind.
Very cool and very complete. That is a lot of house, sure it was always full of hustle and bustle Alway's like the respect you give these old homesteads 👍
Having just discovered you yesterday, I binged many of your videos last night. Until midnight! I really like the way you do your videos, and truely wish you had hundreds more videos. I love old houses, and live in one built in 1877. It's really wonderful to see how these old houses were built, though it's also sad to see them falling down/apart. But I love the stories attached, and thank you so much for doing the research needed to share them with us. I hope you find many more places to share. Again, thank you!
Thank you for this video. An incredible old house that is still so solid. You show much respect for these old homes. A place I would love to buy and restore.
You sure are good at making us think about the past and wondering what stories could be told about life back then. It is good to ponder the past. Scary to consider the future. Keep up the good work Robert.
Thank you for sharing your love and passion for these old homes. I, too, am one with the fascination of long ago. I always say, "If walls could talk, what amazing stories they could tell!" I just found your channel yesterday, New Years Day 2025, and have watched a number of your videos already. I love the history you provide on the families and the properties, and showing the graves whenever possible adds so much more to the video. (Yes, I also walk through old cemeteries and graveyards.) The fact that you talk very little but show us things you can touch and feel gives us the opportunity to use our imagination as to what and how things may have been back then. I look forward to watching many more of your videos and "Thank You!"
I also want to add that when I see those hinges on the outside, I can almost hear those screen doors slamming as kids run in and out. Most of all the sound they made takes me back to my great grandmother's home that will forever live in my heart. It also goes to show how hardy the building materials are compared to today. ❤
A Beautiful Silent Sentinel of a Home that has stood the test of time!!The Love has faded but it stands as a strong testement of wanting a Hug and to shelter another family in it's warm embrace!!
Hi! Thank you so much for sharing these old homes with us!!!! I’m so glad I found your channel!! It’s so special to see them still standing! I appreciate how you’ve taken time to research and provide the details of the families that lived in the homes and sharing their lives with us!!! I live in Texas and there are parts of the prairies here that resemble there!! I was completely surprised to see the topography was similar to here. Sadly here a lot of land is gone and you do not see this beautiful view at all you are showing us, developers have come in and taken it all over. Thank you for giving us a glimpse of the past it’s people like you that will not let it be forgotten ❤
I absolutely love your videos!! The thorough detailed walk through and the research… and even finding their final resting place!! Wow! Paints a beautiful picture of the lives lived in that home!! Very proud people built and loved that home!! Did I miss the kitchen? And I’m sure they would have used an outhouse! Truly beautiful home! Thank you!
There was a massive furnace in the basement and ducting through the house. They also had vents ( only large holes now) between some of the rooms - that’s what those odd cut outs were at floor level.
The stove would be for cooking plus extra heat in winter while baking. Weird location though between 2 doors, and the heat vent from the furnace. Still must have been pretty cold in winter.
My gosh, my uncle's house had those kind of heat vents. That house still exists; and I can take you to the backyard and show you exactly where the outhouse sat. We didn't know we were poor. As kids we had a lot of fun. I think we had more fun than if we had grown up in the city.
i love imagining the past times in these places. a family sitting around the dinner table, playing board games. thanks for sharing. and giving us the history of it all
Goodness, what a beautiful old house! And it still looks very solid, straight, level and true! I'm impressed with the quality of workmanship. I'm very intrigued by that door at the end of the hallway upstairs. When you panned down, there was a peaked roof, so what is the point of that door? Was there a balcony that we didn't see, or ... ? I'm remodelling our 60s farmhouse to look Victorian, so boy oh boy, would I love to have some of those doors, trims and baseboards! They're really tough to find these days.
It's so sad to see old abandoned houses... Imagine the voices and the memories that they hold. The lives of the people that once lived there. They were often homes well loved and cared for in their day and now they just stand as a ghostly reminder to the past.😢 Imagine how wonderful that room must have been at the top of the house the one with the large arched window in the peak. It must have been quite lovely in its day..
Such a well-built home for it to be in the great shape it still is! It's so sad that someone in the family never took care of such a gem! It looks like it would be a fairly simple(maybe expensive, lol) job of bringing it up to code. What a beautiful old home. I got the vibe that there was a lot of happiness in that place! Thank you for taking us here with you. You also have a new subscriber! Also, thanks for showing us the graves.
What a blessing that she passed away in her home that was built with loving a Caring hands and filled with the laughter and most of all love of family and neighbors.
Thank you. What a lovely home. It looks pretty structurally sound. A great house for someone to restore. Although, they would have to be knowledgeable and recognize there will be some surprises. You don't know what you're getting into until you get in it. I come from a family of builders. I would put a master bedroom in the attic.
Wonderful home. Was the room with the staircase the kitchen, do you suppose? Wish someone would bring it back & update utilities. Would be worth it I think.
I'm glad to find your channel and like that you respect the property and history of the residents by leaving the house as you found it. Incredible that basement was likely hand dug and imagine the excitement of getting that amazing furnace that burns coal or wood. The detail on the woodworking shows how this home was a place of pride, and you mentioned it was cement block which explains the picture rails in the main rooms. The attic was stunning! One thing disappointing about demolition of old houses is the old forest wood used to build them goes to landfill. Those roof rafters and sheeting can never be matched for durability and beauty. Sorry for the rant! Beautiful find, thank you.
Liked your video; it is a good example of an urbex video shot the right way: slow, keen on details, respectful and knowledgeable of the place's history. Only one question remains: how comes that with all that many children and grandchildren nobody took care of the mansion?
With not a speck of furniture or anything decorative on the walls, l found it virtually impossible to envision a lived in house. Thank you for your efforts.
Excellent explore. Love hearing the background history behind these abandoned homesteads and seeing the faces and final resting place of the people that lived there. Without the human element it’s just another old dead and decaying building. Behind the melancholy feeling one gets seeing these empty forgotten structures I like to think of all the life, love and good times that went on there
Concrete block homes are the most solid homes in Florida and other areas that get hurricanes. 🌀 I can see it being a problem in frigid 🥶 areas. There is an old one where I lived in eastern NM. It was always cool in there. 🥶 in winters.
I own a concrete home-it had at one time 4 parlor stoves and 1 cook stove ( constructed by a traveling block maker in 1888.) Extremely expensive to heat today and can become hot in summer, but she’s empty today but well looked after. We call her Norah after last lady that lived in her! My family thinks I’m silly keeping her-but she’s mine
Amazing old house, if Jim built it with his own hands he would have been very talented. I think life had a lot more meaning and value during those pioneering times. Sad to see it all abandoned, and people in modern times preferring a 1,200 square foot box bungalow versus something with character like this. If only the walls could talk……
What a shame with all those adult kids and grandkids, no one wanted to restore that beautiful old house. I thought it was strange there were no fireplaces, closets, bathroom or kitchen cabinets.
It came down to water, sewage, location and costs. Families move and have their own land. I’m not entirely sure why. The property is still in the family.
Probably mostly as you already explained; the descendants have already moved on to their own lives outside of that farm. It probably makes no financial sense to pour money into an old house in the middle of nowhere in order to make it more livable by current standards (water, sewage, isolation, etc). As farming has moved towards bigger operations, this plot is probably too small for a standalone farming operation and with such a remote location, no one would rent/buy that house aside from someone farming it. So the costs of maintaining and upgrading that vacant house would probably be too high compared to its market value. So the family leaves it as it is, either because of the memories or because it’s not necessary them to pay to properly demolish it and they rent the land to “modern” farmers that farms other lands in that area.
It’s made out of durable leather. Doubt it’s going anywhere anytime soon. And nobody is gonna wear it. Or maybe a ghost was looking for it and now they can move on? 😀
New subscriber here. Was that a snake den? I love looking at old things especially photographs. I would be so afraid by myself. Love your content. These old houses never show outhouses in the back. House is very nice. They must’ve had money.
Another well done video and good exploration. I can't help but wonder if people who lived there who are still alive have watched this video? Do you ever get feedback. I bet it would be quite weird for them. Very poignant.
if this is the house I'm thinking of that top window was taken out by a dog, I was with relatives in the area and the dig gave chase to a mouse and ended up going through the window and landed on the room we had a heck of a time getting him down.
That house had a warm, friendly feeling to it. And I like that you closed all the doors when you were done. Very respectful.
Thanks Diana. I try to leave it how I found it. 😀
I like the door closing, too. Especially outside doors. Did you see all those good door knobs.
@occamsrazor7939 I did! I loved that house. The attic was awesome too.
So awesome
I love the explores of these old homes. And I love that you let the houses tell their stories without a ton of talking. Thank you
Only time I talk is when I’m frightened lol!
@secondaryhighway I can't imagine you being frightened.
Yes that is why I’m following this channel. So over creators who mansplain everything they see when we the viewers have eyes and can see what we can see.
@@secondaryhighway😂
@@secondaryhighway 😅
I like how you give insight into the history of the residence.
Fantastic history 👍
Thanks Gary!
@secondaryhighway, I agree with Gary. I was wondering, how do you find all these places and the history of them?
Really liked the design of the ole house.. and the size of the rooms were nice 🙂.. I liked how the hallway was and bedrooms divided up..the staircase goin up to the attic was beautiful and built in the right place.. it's still a wonderful old house and still in livable condition... thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!! 🙏🤩
What a gorgeous and HUGE old home. I'm thinking it was filled with lots of love.
It was for sure.
What a beautiful home, it must have been quite something . Thank you .
Massive house!
Imagine the wonderful Christmas parties with the 14 folks that lived there.
Or if they were all annoyed with each other lol.
@@secondaryhighway 🤭
Enjoyed this old home- fun to imagine the lives that were living there
It seemed to be a huge home filled with love…and good food.
Really interesting layout, I can see the European influence, and how the house does not follow the typical floor plan common to homes of this era. Even the position of the stairs within a room, shows consideration of heating during mid winter and the way each room could be closed off to retain heat. Even the ducting, the furnace and vents to shift warm air around the house and into the second level is ingenious considering where the house is and how difficult it would have been to order in the materials and innovations. Even the amount of sunlight pouring in through the abundance of windows is interesting when compared to the dark homes common in the east at the time.
Good observation. You must have a background in design?
@@secondaryhighway yes and originally trained as an architect.
So relaxing watching your videos 😊
Thanks. The Raw sound and footage helps immerse the viewer. The gimble helps. 😀
I loved this house and the Eastern European feeling in the design of it.Very nice video.I like the lack of spoken commentary too,It gives all your videos an almost meditative feel.
Thanks Elizabeth. Commentary and music I feel would take away from the feel of the atmosphere.
I love your videos!! So sad that the kids didn’t stay in the house and keep it going…. Thank you for giving history of the places you explore!!
Thanks Granny!!! 👋
What a beautiful cozy old house! I can feel love & hear laughter ! Awesome video & explore as always! 👍👍🤘❤️
Thanks again Carla!
Shame it's being left to time! Love to see a restoration!
With this house it’d be possible.
I came across your videos lastnight. I am obsessed. I have always the old hones that have been left abandoned. I always wanted to know the story behind them and who built them a d the work etc they did. And when I saw your videos it was heart warming to see the stories of all those beautiful families. I often pass homes setting off in a field and would love to see what it must have been like when the home was started. Most of all your caring nature and respect of what you come across is endearing. No music just quietness is great. I love the d door knobs, doors and appliances and heating systems. Thank you so much for sharing. It is important that we dont forget those humble beginnings.❤
Thanks for that awesome comment. I’m just doing what anyone else would, but now I share to answer those questions. Huge thanks.
Oh what a house! And all the love and respect it’s been shown. They raised a big family and that’s a pretty tough job no matter what century you live in. I love the colors they chose…peaceful and calm ones. Adds to the charm. Thank you for sharing this wonderful house! Stay safe!
Hey thanks for watching
I think this is my favorite so far. Not overly ornate, but very practical and solid/straight. It looks pretty roomy, but I'll bet it was a tight squeeze with that many people. If they let folks stay there for a whole winter they were goodhearted and kind.
Cozy for sure. No isolation.
In amazing shape for almost 110 years old.
Like the title says…Rock Solid.
Someone should restore it
Very cool and very complete. That is a lot of house, sure it was always full of hustle and bustle
Alway's like the respect you give these old homesteads 👍
Thanks. Gotta close all the doors 🚪
Oh but he *touches* things. 😮
/s lol
Having just discovered you yesterday, I binged many of your videos last night. Until midnight! I really like the way you do your videos, and truely wish you had hundreds more videos.
I love old houses, and live in one built in 1877. It's really wonderful to see how these old houses were built, though it's also sad to see them falling down/apart. But I love the stories attached, and thank you so much for doing the research needed to share them with us.
I hope you find many more places to share. Again, thank you!
Hey thanks Julie!!! Yes I’m sitting on about 20 more. Off to shoot a few more tomorrow. Thanks for following along!
Thank you for this video. An incredible old house that is still so solid. You show much respect for these old homes.
A place I would love to buy and restore.
Thanks Bev. I hope it's around for a while longer :)
Thanks for another fantastic tag along adventure.
Always welcome to ride shotgun!
You sure are good at making us think about the past and wondering what stories could be told about life back then. It is good to ponder the past. Scary to consider the future. Keep up the good work Robert.
Thanks John. Wish I could do this full time!
Thank you for sharing your love and passion for these old homes. I, too, am one with the fascination of long ago. I always say, "If walls could talk, what amazing stories they could tell!"
I just found your channel yesterday, New Years Day 2025, and have watched a number of your videos already. I love the history you provide on the families and the properties, and showing the graves whenever possible adds so much more to the video. (Yes, I also walk through old cemeteries and graveyards.)
The fact that you talk very little but show us things you can touch and feel gives us the opportunity to use our imagination as to what and how things may have been back then. I look forward to watching many more of your videos and "Thank You!"
Hi Linda. Thanks so much for your time and kind words!! Welcome.
I also want to add that when I see those hinges on the outside, I can almost hear those screen doors slamming as kids run in and out. Most of all the sound they made takes me back to my great grandmother's home that will forever live in my heart. It also goes to show how hardy the building materials are compared to today. ❤
We’re lucky enough to have those memories.
Stunning .. well done.
Thanks Joe. You have all the photos. 😀
I love your videos, so relaxing. Thanks for your silence. Is great!
No problem Kira. More coming!
Loved this house and all your videos. Thank you for taking me where I cannot go .
You got it! 💪
A Beautiful Silent Sentinel of a Home that has stood the test of time!!The Love has faded but it stands as a strong testement of wanting a Hug and to shelter another family in it's warm embrace!!
Fitting words.
❤❤❤❤❤ Thanks 😊 for not being lame & saying Everything's "creepy" when it's simply normal 😊! #loveoneanother
Haha thanks Joshua!
I simply ADORE all of your videos - well done :)
Thank you so much! 😊
Hi! Thank you so much for sharing these old homes with us!!!! I’m so glad I found your channel!! It’s so special to see them still standing! I appreciate how you’ve taken time to research and provide the details of the families that lived in the homes and sharing their lives with us!!! I live in Texas and there are parts of the prairies here that resemble there!! I was completely surprised to see the topography was similar to here. Sadly here a lot of land is gone and you do not see this beautiful view at all you are showing us, developers have come in and taken it all over. Thank you for giving us a glimpse of the past it’s people like you that will not let it be forgotten ❤
Thank you so much for the comment. I’m from Calgary and yes Alberta is similar to Texas. I’d love to document something from your wonderful state!
I absolutely love your videos!! The thorough detailed walk through and the research… and even finding their final resting place!! Wow! Paints a beautiful picture of the lives lived in that home!! Very proud people built and loved that home!! Did I miss the kitchen? And I’m sure they would have used an outhouse! Truly beautiful home! Thank you!
Hey thanks. The kitchen was where the stairs were, I’m thinking. 😀
I love this home ..but how did they heat,only saw one wood stove connection. A dream home ❤
Not entirely sure but the stove in the cellar was huge!
There was a massive furnace in the basement and ducting through the house. They also had vents ( only large holes now) between some of the rooms - that’s what those odd cut outs were at floor level.
The stove would be for cooking plus extra heat in winter while baking. Weird location though between 2 doors, and the heat vent from the furnace. Still must have been pretty cold in winter.
It's in pretty good shape to be so old and so open.
Made of concrete blocks and the roof was good for years. Looks like it’s opening up a bit. Surprisingly no pigeons!
My gosh, my uncle's house had those kind of heat vents. That house still exists; and I can take you to the backyard and show you exactly where the outhouse sat. We didn't know we were poor. As kids we had a lot of fun. I think we had more fun than if we had grown up in the city.
lol 💯 those were the best times!
i love imagining the past times in these places. a family sitting around the dinner table, playing board games. thanks for sharing. and giving us the history of it all
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful, thank you for the history!
Thanks for watching
Goodness, what a beautiful old house! And it still looks very solid, straight, level and true! I'm impressed with the quality of workmanship.
I'm very intrigued by that door at the end of the hallway upstairs. When you panned down, there was a peaked roof, so what is the point of that door? Was there a balcony that we didn't see, or ... ?
I'm remodelling our 60s farmhouse to look Victorian, so boy oh boy, would I love to have some of those doors, trims and baseboards! They're really tough to find these days.
If you look I put the camera out the attic window and point down. There is or was a balcony. Great place for morning coffee!
@@secondaryhighway When you panned down I didn't see a balcony...that's why I asked about it. Has it rotted and fallen away?
What a beautiful piece of architecture! Definitely built to stand the test of time! The houses of today sure won't last this long...
Concrete. Solid.
Oh wow another good find with the old Gravity furnace!
Place amazing and hidden.
Old stove is gorgeous!
Hot commodity no pun.
@@secondaryhighway 🤭
What a great video your very respectful thumbs up my friend
Thanks Billy!
Nice touch that you showed us their resting place
I like to when I can 😀🙏
To bad someone doesn't buy the old house and fix it up
I think it’d be possible!
I second that!!
💦 is a problem.
Must have been a beautiful house. Too we can't see how it was originally furnished. Rooms were fantastic.
It must have been a busy home.
I loved this house! Great video!😊
Massive concrete block. So satisfying to explore. Thanks for watching!
It's so sad to see old abandoned houses... Imagine the voices and the memories that they hold. The lives of the people that once lived there. They were often homes well loved and cared for in their day and now they just stand as a ghostly reminder to the past.😢 Imagine how wonderful that room must have been at the top of the house the one with the large arched window in the peak. It must have been quite lovely in its day..
It’s still salvageable I’d say. But glad it’s still around for the memories.
I like the strong structure of the home for it's age👍
Concrete blocks. It’ll be around a long time! 💪
Such a well-built home for it to be in the great shape it still is! It's so sad that someone in the family never took care of such a gem! It looks like it would be a fairly simple(maybe expensive, lol) job of bringing it up to code. What a beautiful old home. I got the vibe that there was a lot of happiness in that place! Thank you for taking us here with you. You also have a new subscriber! Also, thanks for showing us the graves.
Thanks so much for the comment and subscription. I’ll keep them coming.
Thank you💯‼️🎉
Thanks for watching!
Great history shared here and done so nicely. Beautiful home indeed!✨✨🌟🌟⭐⭐
So glad you enjoyed it.
What a blessing that she passed away in her home that was built with loving a
Caring hands and filled with the laughter and most of all love of family and neighbors.
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Thank you. What a lovely home. It looks pretty structurally sound. A great house for someone to restore. Although, they would have to be knowledgeable and recognize there will be some surprises. You don't know what you're getting into until you get in it. I come from a family of builders. I would put a master bedroom in the attic.
It’s a grand house that is past saving I’m afraid 😳
Wonderful home. Was the room with the staircase the kitchen, do you suppose? Wish someone would bring it back & update utilities. Would be worth it I think.
Yes it was. Cheese grater on the floor.
I'm glad to find your channel and like that you respect the property and history of the residents by leaving the house as you found it. Incredible that basement was likely hand dug and imagine the excitement of getting that amazing furnace that burns coal or wood. The detail on the woodworking shows how this home was a place of pride, and you mentioned it was cement block which explains the picture rails in the main rooms. The attic was stunning! One thing disappointing about demolition of old houses is the old forest wood used to build them goes to landfill. Those roof rafters and sheeting can never be matched for durability and beauty. Sorry for the rant! Beautiful find, thank you.
Thanks again Leslie. I’m learning a lot about 20th century architecture lol
It reminds me off little house on the Prarie
But bigger!
Hermosa casa, tan sólida con sus 109 años. Podría ser restaurada sin problemas!
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Sería bueno que tenga una luz más potente para ver mejor las partes oscuras de estas casas maravillosas, saludos desde Argentina🇦🇷
Thanks. You’re right. I’ll get a brighter light.
I enjoyed this. Thanks
Glad you liked it! And thanks for watching.
Liked your video; it is a good example of an urbex video shot the right way: slow, keen on details, respectful and knowledgeable of the place's history. Only one question remains: how comes that with all that many children and grandchildren nobody took care of the mansion?
It’s the most popular question. Cost and time is the short answer. Thanks for watching 😀
Please do more videos....❤ this channel
Thanks William. I have about 20 more backlogged lol.
With not a speck of furniture or anything decorative on the walls, l found it virtually impossible to envision a lived in house. Thank you for your efforts.
Did you see where the telephone hung?
I notice the ASMR☺️
I love it❤❤❤❤
Unintentional but it definitely adds to the atmosphere. Thanks for watching!
Enjoy watching your videos. Julie
Hey Thanks Julie!! 😀
I like your all video,, this is very uncommon, 😊
Thank you for watching! 😀 that means a lot.
Lovely video- thank you. Must have taken a lot of concrete- were the blocks formed on site?
Good question. I’m thinking yes. They all look uniform, same pattern.
Excellent explore. Love hearing the background history behind these abandoned homesteads and seeing the faces and final resting place of the people that lived there. Without the human element it’s just another old dead and decaying building. Behind the melancholy feeling one gets seeing these empty forgotten structures I like to think of all the life, love and good times that went on there
I agree 💯. I want to answer the questions most abandoned house explorers never answer.
Concrete block homes are the most solid homes in Florida and other areas that get hurricanes. 🌀
I can see it being a problem in frigid 🥶 areas. There is an old one where I lived in eastern NM. It was always cool in there. 🥶 in winters.
They had problems with condensation in the summers.
What is that roof made from? That is amazing an original roof has mostly kept the inside dry.
Some type of metal flashing. Well built.
This was an amazing watch! But where was the kitchen?
The room with the stairs.
this would have been a very Grand house in its day!
It’s still is by most standards on the prairies!
Beautiful video. Beautiful story. Дякую
Ah thanks!! 🙏
I own a concrete home-it had at one time 4 parlor stoves and 1 cook stove ( constructed
by a traveling block maker in 1888.) Extremely expensive to heat today and can become hot in summer, but she’s empty today but well looked after. We call her Norah after last lady that lived in her! My family thinks I’m silly keeping her-but she’s mine
Wow that’d be amazing to see!!
Cool vent!
All these accessories are amazing. It well hidden so hopefully they don’t get stolen.
This one is not beyond the realm of restoration. Is it for sale? 🙂
I don’t think so, but I think you’re right.
@secondaryhighway Pity. My husband and I talk about moving from Ontario to Alberta, especially if Alberta gets serious about separating.
the electric sockets and light switches look pretty modern for 1915
Electricity was added later.
Very cool ❤
Hey thanks.
Excellent find! I'm curious, do you wear PPE in case of asbestos & lead paint?
Sometimes, depending on the severity of the house. Most are just wooden shells.
Amazing old house, if Jim built it with his own hands he would have been very talented.
I think life had a lot more meaning and value during those pioneering times. Sad to see it all abandoned, and people in modern times preferring a 1,200 square foot box bungalow versus something with character like this. If only the walls could talk……
A different time. I wish I lived in the country.
Ok so I’ve replayed and can’t see any bathroom/s does this mean they probably had a separate bathroom and toilet away from the house ?
More than likely an out house. Yes. There were some other buildings around.
If those walls could talk, the stories they would share
I did my best trying tell at least some 🤩
I'm truly surprised it hadn't had plumbing installed.
Probably too costly. The house was probably rented out after their passing and the descendants didn’t put the money into such a depreciating asset.
Any idea when this house was vacated for good?
What a shame with all those adult kids and grandkids, no one wanted to restore that beautiful old house. I thought it was strange there were no fireplaces, closets, bathroom or kitchen cabinets.
It came down to water, sewage, location and costs. Families move and have their own land. I’m not entirely sure why. The property is still in the family.
Probably mostly as you already explained; the descendants have already moved on to their own lives outside of that farm.
It probably makes no financial sense to pour money into an old house in the middle of nowhere in order to make it more livable by current standards (water, sewage, isolation, etc). As farming has moved towards bigger operations, this plot is probably too small for a standalone farming operation and with such a remote location, no one would rent/buy that house aside from someone farming it. So the costs of maintaining and upgrading that vacant house would probably be too high compared to its market value. So the family leaves it as it is, either because of the memories or because it’s not necessary them to pay to properly demolish it and they rent the land to “modern” farmers that farms other lands in that area.
Did you ask if you could walk in that house ? Something about this feels very invasive .
Yes I always get full permissions. All the info is in the description 🙏
Imagine building this house, and without all the tools, and machinery we have today.
He did an amazing job. This’ll be around for another 100 years.
Would be good for off-grid?
Needs a mow lol
anyone else notice the odd light orb at 15:07 ?
Hmm interesting.
No two doors alike. Cool
The place could be moved into with a little elbow grease.
Do u know what has happened with the children? Do they own the property? Love the video.
One of the granddaughters husband dies no I believe.
Should put that shoe back in the floor where you found it. It's there for the houses protection
It’s made out of durable leather. Doubt it’s going anywhere anytime soon. And nobody is gonna wear it. Or maybe a ghost was looking for it and now they can move on? 😀
I bet that house was beautiful at one point , sad it’s just become dust in the wind
It’s a beautiful reminder now.
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here. Was that a snake den? I love looking at old things especially photographs. I would be so afraid by myself. Love your content. These old houses never show outhouses in the back. House is very nice. They must’ve had money.
Yes I think they worked hard and were good with their money. Not sure where the snake den was that you saw. And thanks for subscribing!! 🙏
Crazy how someone that can't read or write, can build something like that. Nowadays we cant build anything with that type of character
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Was I the only one who waited fir a knock back, as he came down from the attic?
I’m only scared of animals lol.
Another well done video and good exploration. I can't help but wonder if people who lived there who are still alive have watched this video? Do you ever get feedback. I bet it would be quite weird for them. Very poignant.
Yes. I’ve had many relatives come across the videos and they’re so supportive and happy.
Not being able to Read or Write Where or How did he get the money to build such a Massive House??
Great question. Probably hard work and his connections.
یہ گھر اب بھی بہت اچھی حالت میں ہے ۔ اگر اسے کوئی دوبارہ سے مرمت اور رنگ روغن کرے تو واقعی محل دکھائی دیگا ۔
You’re correct!
is this house in East Central alberta? I think I've been there
There’s a lot in that area. You’d know 100 💯 😀
if this is the house I'm thinking of that top window was taken out by a dog, I was with relatives in the area and the dig gave chase to a mouse and ended up going through the window and landed on the room we had a heck of a time getting him down.
Is that a coal furnace?
Yes! 👍
@secondaryhighway must have taken a huge amount of coal to keep that place hot in the winter!