EVEN OLDER HOUSE *HIDDEN INSIDE* 140 YEAR OLD FARMHOUSE & CREEPY WELL FOUND | OLIGHT MARAUDER MINI

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[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

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[@nfordf450]

Looks like a old cistern catch roof. Back before running water. There would be a tank right in the square where all roofs meet in the middle. Above or below. More often below in the basement or crawl space. But above if the house was plumbed with pipe. Normally a box drain in one corner of that square section would funnel the water to a cistern below the house and a trap door above it would give you access to the water. Still bucket drawn like the well. Often under the kitchen as that’s where even today water is needed the most. But as the drain was always wood it normally rotted and was often replaced as running water became more available was often removed completely and the cistern filled in as it was high maintenance. With the tank above you would normally have a lead pipe leading to the kitchen and one leading into the tank from a windmill. Giving you running water. That system has been around since the Roman Empire. But not considered running water today.

[@kizzyjrjunior6520]

Interesting thank you

[@donnamccain4949]

Amazing information thank you

[@mariemorgan7759]

Thank you for the information! Never seen a house that still had this rain water collection system.

[@nfordf450]

@@mariemorgan7759 not many built are still around. It’s more common in desert homes. Or drought prone areas. Pre 1890 it was common everywhere as a upper class home as the expense was there maintenance to keep them from leaking into the home. Often that catch area was a lead pan if the tank was not stored on the roof. Definitely after seeing the well in the basement has me wondering if this was the intention. But as it looks like the well is almost dry. It’s probably the cistern and well. Keeping water was often a problem as exposed well’s outside where often hazardous and can be tainted with wild animals falling in. The cistern was a better choice for most people and popular from 1800-1890. Tho many desert homes in the Middle East still have them.

[@mariemorgan7759]

@@nfordf450 Thank you so much for the reply! I love American Colonial, Federal and Victorian homes. How people lived in the past has always fascinated me!🙏💕

[@elspet3813]

The well under the house was interesting. Here EVERY house of any size whether in town or on the farm has a fieldstone basement at least under the main part of the house. It was used as storage for everything from pies to milk to canned food or root crops plus smoked or salted meats too. It was kept very clean of course except for the corner or area where root crops were kept. Many also had a cistern built into them that held rainwater that was fed into it with extensive eves trough system. A hand pump was directly over it that lead to beside the kitchen sink. A hand dug well would have been a lot of work & not quickly abandoned for sure. My best guess is that one was originally beside the house and the house expanded over the top of it or maybe dug in that location so that the house could be built over it from the beginning. There might have been just a kitchen sink the hand pump was beside or maybe a whole 'pump' room near laundry and or the pantry area where dishes & bathing even took place. I don't know but it makes sense. Lots more comes to mind about the well but I don't want to have the world's longest comment I hope anyway haha

[@alanatolstad4824]

Your description fits our old Farmstead in rural North Dakota!

[@gingerbread1250]

Wells under the house were common in the early houses to ensure a water supply , should something thearten your access to outside. Like natives or solders or even extreme weather conditions. Definitely a sign of a very early homestead. Also it appears to me that the stone pillar side was the original foot print of the home, with the brick pillar side was an addition added as the family an finances grew . I truly love old houses ,do glad this one had been preserved Thanks for shoes this gorgeous old home.

[@zegotashalom3881]

I genuinely enjoy your channel and this one is interesting. I'm a happy owner of a historic home in the Village of Spring Lake, Michigan that is over one-hundred and twenty some years old. We love it, even with all its little challenges you could not afford to build one like this today with the use of true lumber and old trees. Over a hundred years ago, our local lumber yard made the lumber for our home, square nails, ship boards with huge true ten-by-ten beams, 2x10s and signs of axes cuts into the wood for main support. Our home is two stories with a walk-in attic much like what we see here in this older house, we have original horsehair plaster and even a couple of original walls with wallpaper. As I said, our home has personality and character, built way before any Construction Regulations. Keep up the magnificent work, we love what you are doing with the channel. God Bless.

[@shellydehart8217]

Your house sounds fascinating. You n your family are the lucky ones to live in a home with so much great history. They definitely don’t make them like that anymore. ♥️😊👍

[@karenwright9926]

Looks to me like the right side of the house (with the stone pillars) was the original house. The other side was added with the dog trot between a little later. Very interesting house for sure!

[@joanstearns2457]

That attic is in excellent shape, and dry and clean. I’m impressed with the maintenance.

[@sus8e462]

A 1940 house I used to own ('01-'15) had been extended in the '60s, and much of the original roof was left intact like this one, too!

[@Minalkra]

Me too - except I just got the fool thing. No comment on the issues ...

[@suzanneflowers2230]

This was a first for me. I've never seen a well under a house before! And I like that flashlight you were using.

[@rememberthis8795]

As large as the new roof is, I wonder if the original roof was left in place as support for the new structure. Without the old ‘A’ frame of the roof, a good bit of bracing would probably need to be put in place. Great tour!!!

[@sus8e462]

Agree--also very likely easier & faster than total reframing for the new roof!

[@terry-1]

Need a new battery in one of the smoke alarms inside, that the chirping noise you hear, probobly a AA battery would do it. Spent many years in a 1909 house with an interesting attic and a half basement we dug out by hand for more living space. Our well was in the front terrace just outside the door which was found out when the cap sunk and needed to have work done to make it safe again. Surprised the old well was open, dangerous and spooky.

[@diane1390]

They totally banned Cedar Shingles, or shake shingle roofs in my area, due to the fire danger created by these roofs. I live in Fresno California. They don't put new wood shingle roofs on houses here. If more than a small percentage of your roof needs to be replaced, you have to get a different roof altogether, I think asphalt shingles or something similar. Some house have clay, Adobe shingles. I love the videos you do Robert. Very informative!

[@franswey2]

My grandparents home was built in 1909 and it had the fish scale siding in the upstairs peak, that this one. It is a beautiful siding.

[@woowoochuggachugga]

This is FUN!! We have a lot of Plank houses up here in VT. Very interesting, but hard to remodel. I once owned a home in MA that was built into the side of a hill. There was a cistern under the back barn part of the house with a bladder valve. You could hear it release and we would run through the house into the basement to watch the water flow in, then down into the ground on it's way to the river down the hill.

[@j.c.linden]

That is very strange, as the wood shingles look ancient and almost weathered off into nothingness but the framing under them does not look weathered.

[@barbaraharshman9460]

What a beautiful house! Thank you Robert for the tour!

[@recondrone6826]

We have auto shop that has 5 different building mashed together, one brick house, one old gas station then a extension with two bays, one old taxi garage and one newer block semi truck bay. All are now sandwiched under their old roofs with a newer roof above it..

[@roslyndrake6702]

My Dad did the same thing to our house. The house is now mine. The oldest part of the house is now 100 years old. I love Daddy’s quirkyness. 😊

[@karenshepler7128]

That house is something alse and amazing find .so very beautiful. Thank you for sharing. And exploring. Take care.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Wow,very unique find. I had something kind of similar in a 1897 home I owned and was restoring. You could see the old brick behind the drywall.

[@decembergem4598]

Thanks for the tour Robert. 👍 Wells under the house were common here in Canada as well.

[@julieadamson2860]

Awesome tour!

[@spend4zen1]

This house reminds me of the farmhouse I had years ago that we fixed up. It was Originally built a long time ago as a small homestead supply store and Inn along Rt. 40 when the road was just a dirt trail. Over the years it was added on to and parts were covered and things built around the original. Now and then We would come across parts of the house or barn that was really odd and You could tell was original.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

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[@georgelaw3505]

Maybe the front of the house today was not the original front of the house. The different roof slants suggest the house faced a different angle in its construction. Also it may be possible the well may have been open to the sky originally. Hard to tell without having Robert do positional checks on where the old roof lines up with the well.

[@glennyork6800]

In the old sq.' nail w/all bead board interior walls farmhouse I grew up in it originally had all wood shingles & all but front of house was replaced with tin. The front main roof still had wood shingles in late 1950's & it was covered with asphalt shingles, The huge 2 story barn, blacksmith shop, smoke house, chicken house, 2 hole out house, carriage & buggy house & other outbuildings w/wood shingles was also covered with asphalt singles at same time.

[@alanatolstad4824]

Coming from small-town rural North Dakota, I enjoy all your home tours.

[@kizzyjrjunior6520]

Amazing little finds in that house..

[@seantinsley1411]

We live in a house built in 1974. In the last 15 years we did a renovation were we added 16 ft plus a wrap around porch to make it look like a turn of the century farm style house. We tied into the original roof and went higher the very same way they did. We left the old roof in the attic with original asphalt shingles. Was worth the time to remove it plus it added structure strength. Great video.

[@davedeiler2072]

Very interesting old house. It is difficult to understand the various changes made to the over the years.

[@peggyharris3301]

Pretty cool!! You've talked about wooden shingles forever...so cool to see them!! Were all those bee/wasp hives?

[@Hope-fv3kf]

Based on the Old Roof lines was the home originally u shaped around the well? Possibly next generation inherited and made update of running water/ bathrooms ( or a possible fire ?I didn't see heavy charring or smoke damage in the video) they enclosed outside well area increasing the sq ft of the home that required the larger roof. I debated well or cistern but it looked like it had original doors that were sitting open that originally would have protected the well. But I am not familiar with wells or cisterns to know what to look for.

[@joanstearns2457]

The roof line was changed leaving a whole level to be built out upon!!!!!

[@hankfacer7098]

Absolutely FACSINATING. You never cease to amaze Robert

[@JayS03R]

Very sure footed in that attic, beautiful craftsmanship in the addition. Fieldstone chimneys topped by brick, any idea on the age of brick? Thanks for taking me where I can no longer go Robert. Nice flaslight! Uncle Jay

[@marymcguffin9370]

Maybe it's just me but don't you think that is a fire hazard, with all of the old roofing still there, very cool but just wondering, Great job Robert, cool flash light😊

[@carrieann1640]

I thought the same about the old shingles.

[@Mari-B]

What a very awesome old home! If walls could talk!!

[@MillerMeteor74]

Houses in your area are so strange to me. A few months ago I sent Walter some pictures of my grandparents' farmhouse in Ocean County, NJ. Did he ever share them with you? I asked him to. Or if I have an email address I can email them to you. That place is definitely interesting. That house and the old Byrd house are totally different than what I'm used to seeing here.

[@BloodyProphecy]

LOL my gandpa's house was like that, it had 3 different roofs in the attic, log walls with modern walls put onto them, and a stone fireplace that was walled up. Started life as a one room log cabin. Also had a barn almost as old that still worked, sadly Family drama when he passed resulted in it getting sold.

[@racheallewis2437]

It looks like it was originally a dog trot style home. Judging by the original roof and the siding in the big hallway

[@pamelasinclair-karney8856]

Amazing find,a house on top of another house. It's a beautiful house.

[@Mimi4UEyesNotBlue]

I think there were more rennovations. As the family grew so did the house!

[@brendahogue5487]

Enjoy your videos. Bringing out history of old places

[@margaretgarls153]

There is so much room up in the attics of the house. Could they use the space under the newer roof for storage or would it be too expensive to insulate and fortify the joists to use for an attic or an upstairs room? Since there is a well under the house, could the original house be much older? It is a very interesting house.

[@celleduffel1533]

Big thank you to Olight!!!! love that attic...love that house.

[@Carolbearce]

Very cool exploration of this old house. So glad you got to see and document it.

[@andreamills5852]

You should have placed a "Steak Sammich" up there so we could have watched the " Other Robert " try to crawl through that little attic door to get it . 🤣Would have made for some colorful language and good entertainment.

[@kristyhaynes1130]

Becarefull Robert

[@stevem.1853]

Dark marks on some of the purlins and on the brick chimney....maybe a chimney fire caught some of the roof on fire sometime in the past??

[@calereisch6807]

The attic reminds me of my grandmas old farm house. It was originally a square house built in 1893. In the 1910’s they added on and left the old shake shingles roof and just cut a hole. They left the old brick chimney too.

[@kennyreed1861]

That old well is something straight out of a horror movie .....pretty cool though

[@kathleendaugherty4218]

What a wonderful find. A lot of history there.

[@christhompson7547]

Our house has a roof of the barrack it used to be up there. Our house is 2 barracks so they covered it quite interesting. All the walls float. As there were no walls. Other than the outside ones.

[@playhooky]

I believe that would be the "balloon" construction method of building where the outside walls go all the way up to the roof.

[@thomasc.pellicer1879]

It would be Interesting to do some research in old newspapers to see when there was a fire. On the back of some them Shangles looks like fire or smoke damage also.

[@hrhdianednum7203]

It could be but it could also be a commode stool! Friend from Wisconsin!

[@Shansolos]

What a beautiful house it's going need a lot of love and care 💕

[@scampbell3363]

That was interesting just like you said from top to bottom.

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

That is a gigantic attic, I'd convert it to an upstairs

[@lindatanner8726]

Wow it's cool to see the bones. I wonder what they will do with that old well, or what's down there.🙄

[@cynthiacarter514]

Wood shingles roof within the roof.👍

[@thevintageaudiolife]

Awesome video! but seriously, that Olight Marauder Mini is a bit pricey! i tend to lose flashlights or misplace them, not sure if I'm willing to take that chance! but awesome video!

[@frankscarborough1428]

Amazing find thanks Robert. I really enjoyed this video

[@grammasgardenofideas5081]

so there was a big fire.and possibly the front door orientation was originally different a long time ago. i liked this. ty

[@elspet3813]

I'm from Woodstock New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦 & excuse me not knowing this but are those 'bumps or lumps' of something scattered all over the 2x4s or shingles some sort of insect 'nest' or activity from long ago? We don't have anything similar in my much more Northern area. Being beside Maine there's a lot of Canada north of me for sure not anything like Alaska except maybe in the winter. We have yellow jackets & several species of hornets, bees & wasps etc but not that one that I know of.

[@joycemcfee1829]

We have had those wasp nests in New Jersey and North Carolina. I believe the wasps use mud to construct them. I have found dead wasps in them sometimes.

[@bethgiesey9405]

Hi Robert. This was very interesting to see a house in a house. In fact, there is a house here in my town that has as house in a house!! When I was a child we watched the build take place . I've never been inside but I would love to

[@marykaystreasures]

That's a beautiful old home 🏘️👍❤️♥️

[@tacocin]

Love the old shingles!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Why would they put beadboard in the attic at all? That’s what they put on finished rooms. Why put it up there on a little room that didn’t even have a floor or a door?❤️🤗🐝

[@marymcguffin9370]

It's definitely big enough for another room

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@marymcguffin9370 yes, it was big enough. But you can’t have an attic room without a floor. I’m trying to imagine how they even hung the beadboard without a floor. And a door you don’t have to crawl through. It’s just odd lol❤️🤗🐝

[@WINDYJEAN]

What a beautiful old house.

[@buttons3232]

I wonder if the residents notice a steady hum in the warmer months? Hopefully no one is allergic to bees. What a lovely old home. 💖🇺🇸😎

[@Minnesotaqueen1969]

finding a piece of history is so cool!

[@nofrackingzone7479]

Interesting hodgepodge combination of bits and pieces.

[@samantharogers9147]

Amazing history! Near Withville is a barn in a barn at an old plantation.

[@dianejerrell1579]

I live in an older home. I have a well In my bedroom closet. Its not hooked up to anything. We don't use it, only when power goes out, then we have to put a bucket in it to get water. Our other well is supplying tve house with water. They are both hand dug wells.

[@larrysmith6499]

Awesome house

[@barbsnyder3579]

Fascinating ! Thank you for sharing 😊

[@shellydehart8217]

Been reading many of the comments n have to agree with them. This house was fascinating. Loved the tour of the attic. Was most interesting . Remember when you did the video on this house n it’s history but can’t remember if it’s for sale or keeping it. To be honest. If for sale it’s so tempting to sell mine n move to Georgia n buy it. I wouldn’t change a thing in it either. I like it just as it is. Again so fascinating. ♥️😊👍🌟🌟

[@En_Marche]

Very interesting, Robert!

[@kathywiseman7944]

In our extended family we have a barn and a house inside both.

[@diane1390]

When you said there's a house inside of this house, I'm like "are you pulling my leg?" Then I saw what you were saying, and I'm thinking, "oh shit!!!"

[@brendakrieger7000]

Cool flashlight🔦

[@leem200]

I love that old place. How interesting. Thank you for sharing it with us. Looks solid, is it?

[@tammydobson3174]

Such a beautiful home!!!!!

[@JayStephens8]

That’s pretty cool

[@karentrimmer]

The guy from "Exploring with the Nug" just bought an old, old, old farm in Jasper Georgia and it sounds like he's getting overwhelmed. It would be cool if the two of you could get together. I bet you could give him alot of good advise.

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

It may be complete, but the structure needs a good update to the roof,,,etc.

[@glenbo2464]

That old Buick is gone from the driveway now too! I remember the lady telling stories in the last video.

[@stevearmstrong4561]

You could make an upstairs loft with many rooms up there.

[@nhansen197]

Considering how easy it is to get into the basement it might be a good idea to fill in that old well. Or at the very least put a heavy grate over it that can be locked down in place.

[@ctaber2011]

Thats blown insulation, i got in my house, terrible to walk and work through.

[@billylocklear8827]

Man all your stuff is really cool love it bud I do remodel on older house I see a lot of different things I love history of stuff

[@cathyp4342]

I love your adventures in attics and under houses etc and your keen observation skills of all things. I hate to lecture on this but I'm going to. Please wear a proper dust mask or respirator when going in these areas as with when do demolition. You don't want to be breathing in those fine particles. Even though you cannot see the particles they are still there especially in the attics. An avid follower of both your channels.

[@volvowagon70]

Houses and families have rich stories to tell.

[@toomuchgarden6898]

My current home was built in 1911 and has been extended multiple times. There are the remains of two separate roof structures in the current attic.

[@David-bg9od]

Man I'd be turning that into a few extra rooms!

[@nannettemueller5672]

Thanks!

[@hallmt]

Subscribed because I love Olight!

[@SondraD7676]

This was really interesting. It seems the puzzle is more complex after the adventure inside and underneath the house. As you said it appears to have many changes and phases. I would have to say, as you did, that front room was added on later. The fish scale siding at the top would be from the Victorian era. This time though the inside of the house the rooms and hallways seem to have hidden the proof of the add-ons. The property looks well cared for up to this point. You did a much more thorough job of looking around than a home inspector. Did I miss if this home is on the market? Creepy well, I'd have to have that filled up and closed. 😮 You really did sweat this one out! Great tour! 👍👍 ❣

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Sondra, I do beleive that this house is on the market.

[@SondraD7676]

@@donnal.oglesby4806 I thought it surely must be, it looks in very nice condition.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

No, it’s been sold.

[@SondraD7676]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory good, its a nice place.

[@juliefowler4660]

This has been fun to watch. I am sure your new flashlight is good but it caused a glare off of things to make it hard to determine what you were showing.

[@curtk8715]

possibly they had a pile of field stone and then when they ran out they switched to brick although with a pier foundation to add on to the house you would just add more piers. As the family became more prosperous and grew they just added on and lumber was cheap enough that it became easier to just add a new hat. Now a little curious if there was a tarpaper layer under that minimal blown in insulation.