Exploring an abandoned Midcentury Home of a Prominent Doctor

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6 ай бұрын

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@destructionnation704 6 ай бұрын

ha ha that's me!

@OverIt822 6 ай бұрын

Nice plug. Desperate much?

@DLeadVox 6 ай бұрын

I loved your narration and introduction to the house. It sounds like you know something about the importance of mid-century modern architecture. I enjoyed your information.

@destructionnation704 6 ай бұрын

@@DLeadVox thank you, much appreciated.

@DLeadVox 6 ай бұрын

Would have loved to see Floorplan of this house in the video as a graphic. Perhaps ypu can team up with our video host and do all his introductions and narration? 😊

@daewooparts 6 ай бұрын

Alot of nice fixtures, windows & appliances probably could be salvaged & reused or sold

@patrickancona1193 6 ай бұрын

I’m a 56 year old builder, that’s a crime this is being destroyed, that lumber is unobtainable today & everything else so expensive might as well be, this is our history being destroyed in real time

@anima6035 5 ай бұрын

I cant understand why they would tear it down, what a waste

@TheSimArchitect 2 ай бұрын

I agree! Plus it's beautiful! OMG! So many of us would love to buy and live in a house just like this, just clean, maybe technically updated but with all finishes preserved. Heart breaking.

@mackhopper 6 ай бұрын

NO!!! This house is going to be demolished? Why??? God, this ruined my day. I’m sick! I’d love to own this treasure!!! That slate floor alone is $4,000 dollars. I priced putting slate into the entry of my MCM home. It is (now) incredibly expensive. That floor should be salvaged. And those glass cased cabinets - Holy Hell!!! That hanging piece is a bakers rack…and that fridge is a sub zero fridge, man. That kitchen is PERFECT!!!

@susanmark2000 3 ай бұрын

Makes me sick too.

@keirafritzen4686 2 ай бұрын

What a waste! You can never rebuild that! That is a piece of art. What is wrong with people wanting sterile white & grey boxes.

@243wayne1 Ай бұрын

It's garbage.

@memeruss9896 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful home and so sad that it's going to be torn down. Who cares if it's smaller than the other houses in the area, it's a special home! One of the prettiest ones I've ever seen and the kitchen is beautiful, esp. the cabinets. I would love to live in this house just as it is! Most people think this style is outdated, but then they don't know what mid-century modern really is! Why would anyone want to update a true mid-century modern home like this one anyway? I mean you can update one without destroying its original style. I mean, they updated most of the appliances and kept this looking like they were made for the kitchen. I didn't see any structural issues anywhere in this home. The more one of these homes is left original the better it is to someone that actually knows what that style and build is! More and more of them are being torn down and we lose another big piece of beautiful history. It just needed a lover of mid-century modern style instead of being torn down.

@susanmark2000 3 ай бұрын

Insane to demolish it. What a pity. We are a sick, throwaway society. The previous owners should have been better stewards of this treasure and found a buyer who would step in and preserve it.

@243wayne1 Ай бұрын

It's garbage.

@illsmackudown 28 күн бұрын

Wayne, that's the exact problem he's talking about

@sherlhoeppner2392 7 күн бұрын

So don't buy it if you don't like it-- let someone who appreciates architecture, history and workmanship.@@243wayne1

@sherlhoeppner2392 7 күн бұрын

It is gorgeous-- would live here in a heartbeat--great bones and great area❤

@iceorchid1 6 ай бұрын

This place was BEAUTIFUL. Wow. Doesn't even look like it was in terrible shape. Thanks for preserving this pieces of history online. Love the intro with Destruction Nation. He was super informative, and I really love that backstory prior to the explore. Cheers for another quality vid! Thanks as always.

@lotusdevi 21 күн бұрын

Oh god what a waste to knock it down ! Mid century homes in this original condition are sought after here in Oz...its just gorgeous ! I'd love to restore and live in it

@Mizz.Person 5 ай бұрын

Hi!😊 You seem to have a lot of subs, but not a lot of likes or comments. Just my thoughts from someone who watches a lot of abandoned utube: -do some research on buildings from the past so you can talk more about history and the elements. The stone work, wood accents. Ie.the metal thing in the kitchen is a pot/pan hanger. The kitchen wall was a wooden slat room divider. -Don't point out a toilet. I can see that. -Do point out neat architectural things, its fun to learn more about the home. The intro was great! -Do look into closets and drawers, its interesting. Is there stuff left? -Don't assume the owners did ebay because they have a massive room. Rich people have big rooms. They probably threw big indoor bbq parties with fancy 50's drinks. 😂 Lead people's minds to wander about the past owners. It's fun and humorous. 😉 Thank you for sharing. This home is beautiful.

@justbecause9645 10 күн бұрын

He knows nothing about houses! LOL

@DLeadVox 6 ай бұрын

Great introduction in the beginning. You need more of that. Floor plans of the house would be a treat to see. THIS is a mid-century modern classic Frank Lloyd Wright STYLE prarie home. It is built to accent and fit in with nature. The strange angles reflect the shapes of leaves, the ceiling beams holding it up are cantilievered on that brick fireplace and outer wall. The "unfinished" room is the mechanical room which contains the furnace, HWH, etc. Also doubles as the mud room. You dount want to come in from working outside and trapes mud though the house to shower and change your dirty clothes so tiy would do it there then, go to your room and put on fresh clothes. That glass is single pane plate glass. HOT in the summer and COLD in the winter. Actually the whole house though visually stunning, is a NIGHTMARE to heat and cool. The missi g floor registers in the bedroom were probably electric heat fans used to preheat tge cold air coming out of the floor under the house before the hot air from the furnace got there all the way from the other side of the house. Also, because this is a sprawling ranch, the furthest bathroom from the mechanical room will take several minutes before hot water fills the pipe to get to the shower. All sprawling ranches are like this. Now-a-days, cold climate houses are designed with the waterwalls all connected and none are on the outside walls of the house. The furniture in that house is also designed by the architect and made for that house. Flat roofs in illinois are exremely hard to keep from leaking because of the snow and ice, pooling of water and can collapse from heavy snow load. This house looked well taken care of. Its ashame it has to go. Again, i would kill for the glass and marble. Thanks for the tour. I loved the house. ❤ Sad to see it go. 😢

@wornoutwrench8128 6 ай бұрын

Takes me back to my childhood, I remember playing with friends in houses like this. That house was built for entertaining, with that open fire to grill on and all the couches so your guest can be part of it, the 60's cocktail parties. Seems a real shame to tear it down, but trying to update it would be a nightmare, the windows alone...

@jaysmith179 6 ай бұрын

I can just tell whoever owns this house has way to much money. I see it every day where I live. People knock down a nice home to just build another one.

@pierre5227 6 ай бұрын

That house is beautiful. Retrofitting and remodeling that thing would be a nightmare. The beauty of drywall is you can cut into it and then patch and retuexture easily. All that brick and cinder block and wood makes everything tricky and EXPENSIVE!! Aluminum wire was outlawed because it got hot and would expand and contract markedly and would come loose in its clamps. It also oxidized in the clamps and created resistance thus making the wire grow hot. It was a cycle of guaranteed failure.

@TheSimArchitect 2 ай бұрын

Then, you work it. Replace the wiring, work a bit more to fix what needs fixing. Drywall is overrated in my opinion, sorry. 😬

@sharksport01 6 ай бұрын

Nice house. Love the angled bathroom counters and kitchen pass-through cabinets. I bet it was so great when first built with original lighting and furniture. Thanks for the video.

@ritasmith9553 6 ай бұрын

Your friend looks so YOUNG! That skin! He's going to be so happy when he's 60 and still looks like he's in his 30's! Take care of yourself, bud!

@robertmailhos8159 6 ай бұрын

Why in world they' tear this special house down it's a type of house 🏠 that I would like to live in

@reneerobertlancaster8714 Ай бұрын

This made me SO sad! We saved a 1948 MCM time capsule 3 years ago and it hurts my heart to see this torn down.

@chadmark88 Ай бұрын

That refrigerator probably said, "Sub Zero" or Thermo cool" . . both high end, built in appliances. I could live there with "no strain at all" !!! I love mid-century modern - I just can't afford it. The crank out, glass panel windows are called "Jalousie" windows - we had one in our kitchen door back in the 60's. That last room you were in, with the marble bathroom was the MASTER bedroom - nicest one in the house.

@jewelzb1402 2 ай бұрын

The bathroom counter has an ‘Atomic’ 50’s vibe….I actually like it. I would live there, but they’re tearing down what could be a great little home with some work.

@jamesturner6949 6 ай бұрын

Sub-Zero, jalousie windows,covid, and it looks like the house where Ferris Bueller stole the Ferrari

@anima6035 5 ай бұрын

😂 it kinda does look like that 😂

@shellymac4658 6 ай бұрын

Wish that house could be saved. Totally unique. Not everyone needs mcmansion.

@belalugrisi1614 6 ай бұрын

Very unique! Thanks for showing us. The louvered are called Jalousie windows. Will definitely check out destructionation!

@danell5202 6 ай бұрын

It’s like a restaurant frig & the rack on ceiling in kitchen was for pots & pans

@ricj7517 6 ай бұрын

Love that fireplace..Great video guys

@Hankandrex 6 ай бұрын

Really nice house. It could be warm and inviting with some TLC. Its pretty clean

@randomdan85 6 ай бұрын

What a great walk though. Thank you for sharing.

@morgan-5171 5 ай бұрын

Timeless... I can remember when it was new..

@linb4066 6 ай бұрын

Mid-century modern is a style that was built, mainly in the 50s, and look alikes are built from time to time. Some of the very best designers created them. I would love to have one! They are few and far between, nowadays. It's so sad to see this torn down!😢

@gentillydanny 6 ай бұрын

That kitchen is a trip. The appliances are all over the place. I sure would have liked to hear what Destruction Nation had to say but he was so quiet and mumbled through most of the video. The only thing clearly audible was his sneeze.

@kimforte6557 6 күн бұрын

I’m heartbroken 💔 I would love this home, forever! Why tear it down? If you have so much money you don’t know what to do with it, give me this house ,Please ! I’m in love 😍

@greytallcloud5695 5 ай бұрын

needs to be completely recycled if torn down. so much good materials to reuse.

@redneckbryon 6 ай бұрын

7:00, When it comes to wiring, aluminum is no longer used throughout houses, but if you have it as long as everything is wired correctly, it's safe. But did you still use aluminum as the feeder lines underground or overhead.

@Bobbie-Loves-To-Thrift 6 ай бұрын

Love the house! All the sunlight that must come in!

@jaredwblack 6 ай бұрын

Aluminum wire is still fairly common for the "feeder" wire coming in from the utility up to the meter, and from the meter to the panel. Inside the house, though, aluminum is now a big no-no. Many decades ago, internal wiring was commonly aluminum, but that has all switched over to copper now. Mixing aluminum and copper wiring together inside the house can cause galvanic corrosion where wires of the different metals are wire-nutted together, and can become a fire hazard.

@243wayne1 Ай бұрын

Said Jaredwblack from Illinois who was an Electrician's Apprentice but now a Journeyman Electrician who aspires to write his Master's to be a licensed electrician one day and own his own business and Sprinter van.

@Neonbiker 6 ай бұрын

It’s amazing looking way ahead of its time but better then most modern Designed homes

@TheSimArchitect 2 ай бұрын

I wish some wealthy late mid century lover sees it and buys it to preserve! 🙏🏻

@MD-ky4ho 3 ай бұрын

What a shame it’s being torn down!

@brucebeamon5460 6 ай бұрын

VERY NICE ! Wish your partner had a 🎤 hope you can update us on the information you find on the previous owners. That metal object hanging from the ceiling is a pot holder

@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg 6 ай бұрын

Aluminum wiring is very common in these older houses. However I believe it's illegal to have it Because it's a fire hazzard I could be wrong on that though

@suzi_mai 6 ай бұрын

Can't use for new construction, but if it's already there you can leave it. All kinds of trouble with aluminium.

@majortwit 6 ай бұрын

Might be illegal in some electrical code jurisdictions, probably not all and maybe older installations would be grandfathered in. Properly installed and maintained aluminum wiring is usually safe, but it can’t safely be modified or combined with copper cabling and fixtures outside of strict procedures. One of the worst examples was the Beverly Hills Supper Club, where 165 people died after the dormant club reopened after modifications and expansions.

@LindaZeno 3 ай бұрын

It's nasty!

@Gizathecat2 4 ай бұрын

A house with all that glass would be expensive to heat and cool these days! That kitchen is a monster! Very, very poor design. It probably has mold in the walls too. My mom bought a mid century modern house built in 1966. It was split level with a huge fireplace in the living room and on the opposite side, an indoor grill in the dining room. Stone foyer, and a wood paneling wall in the living room. Downstairs was a family room and utility room with a half bath. Upstairs were three bedrooms and a “duplex” bathroom. My mom’s room had a toilet and sink and a shower with two doors! You could enter the shower from the big bathroom my sister and I shared and my mom’s bathroom. The big bathroom had a soaking tub. It was a great house!

@sardonic_smile_8752 6 ай бұрын

Need better audio or tell orange ballcap to talk louder.

@SharonJones-ql8oy 6 ай бұрын

Wow 😮 Gorgeous!!

@lateshia815 6 ай бұрын

I was just about to say this has Frank Lloyd Wright written all over it.. he has a home in Rockford IL

@slonecznikdoniczkowy 6 ай бұрын

11:01

@DogDaze66 6 ай бұрын

Gorgeous home!

@joemeyers3127 6 ай бұрын

What a great house! Would love to see the place in its prime.

@deborahsonnier4332 6 ай бұрын

I love this old house.Would be awesome updated.Shame gonna tear down

@TheSimArchitect 2 ай бұрын

Woodgraaaaaaaaaaaain... So beautiful! OMG!

@brittaniebrockett507 6 ай бұрын

I’d live here easily!! Such a beautiful layout and design

@lindafurr2404 6 ай бұрын

I’ve never been a fan of mid century modern but this house is beautiful.

@Sir_Winston_Smith Ай бұрын

These things are always rougher in real person than in your mind watching at home.

@elbrianromo1585 6 ай бұрын

DOPE💥PARTY SPOT 🎆🎉🎆

@NitwitMN 6 ай бұрын

Terrific. Stay curious

@kimforte6557 6 күн бұрын

Fabulous 😢so sad

@fred21gps1 6 ай бұрын

Very Frank Lloyd Wright looking

@243wayne1 Ай бұрын

Cheap imposter copy.

@brianjury4508 6 ай бұрын

Amazing how many things are left to decay. Are we truly lost? Or misled? Thanks for sharing... Subzero not subthermal fridge, they evwn made doors to match cabinetry. High dollar equipment

@FreyaVanBuren-go8qn 6 ай бұрын

This house reminds me my primary school.🤭🤭🤭sooooo 70's!

@Traveling_For_Events 6 ай бұрын

Awesome Content.

@cindyblair1283 6 ай бұрын

Looks like it was used for a office more than a home.

@suzi_mai 6 ай бұрын

Dentist office feels.

@terminator3199 6 ай бұрын

This happen when you have too much money ...

@liannfoster5467 3 ай бұрын

See in the UK we would call that house a large bungalow, as a bungalow is all one floor like this house 🏡

@RealROI 3 ай бұрын

A crime to demolish this. How can that be allowed.

@conniejohnson290 6 ай бұрын

That house is beautiful but very different!

@michelleford7392 5 ай бұрын

I personally LOVE this guy’s videos! All the criticism and negativity directed at a young person who is developing his craft and learning as he goes, plus sharing cool stuff with the rest of us. People, please send out some positivity and encouragement!!

@gdrew7 4 ай бұрын

It’s too bad that such a great home was reviewed by such a hack of an explorer of abandoned homes. You didn’t pay any attention to certain details that were absolutely essential to the architecture of the house. It’s unbelievable that you don’t even know what a Sub Zero fridge is and that isn’t a radiator on top of the fridge, but a compressor.The sconces in the hallway should have been highlighted. You didn’t even notice the different colored glass panes in the clerestory windows in the bedrooms. You should really try to do just a little bit of homework to do these homes some sense of justice.

@deborahkish5411 Ай бұрын

I would love that home!

@capkingy 5 ай бұрын

This is a cool 50 s style house. I’d live there. I bet it costs a lot to heat.

@Suzette-gb7uj 2 ай бұрын

It’s a shame that the home is not being renovated. However, it would probably cost a huge amount of money to restore it correctly.

@groovy1937 3 ай бұрын

Aluminum wiring is not rare and is used all the time for service entrances, it is cheaper than copper wire when running low gage wiring so it is used a lot. There were issues with aluminum wiring when used within the house, you have to use certain connectors with certain torque and also compound like noalox. I probably just stick with copper wire in the house, but aluminum wire for service is perfectly fine.

@timward3116 3 ай бұрын

I suspect all that stainless steel was considerably newer than the house. I had to smile, though, when I saw the pegboard (6:32). I think every house in the 1960's had pegboard in it's garage or utility room. If I had the money to buy it and restore it, I would. The one guy in the video mentoned "North Shore." Is this in the Chicago area or some other city with a north shore area?

@DarkroomMedia007 6 ай бұрын

Looks like an office building converted into some type of living space. Very interesting but to me it's off-putting trying to think of it as a Residential house? However, I Do you like some elements like the backyard and the open foryer area.

@originaloldfashionedtarot 6 ай бұрын

I'd LOVE to buy it! If you find the owners, get the price. The North Shore of Massachusetts? I really love it. It's just right for us. It's gorgeous!

@AaronSmith-xx5zb 6 ай бұрын

North Shore of Lake Michigan near Chicago.

@kimforte6557 6 күн бұрын

It’s perfect!

@wesawebi 5 ай бұрын

Those crank windows were called “jaloiside” windows jaloside” sp?

@tarasmith4871 6 ай бұрын

LOVE IT!

@paigesilverstein9108 6 ай бұрын

Yes, Absolutely!

@FatherMcKenzie66 6 ай бұрын

They don’t make houses this good no more

@Untilsheputherfootdown 5 ай бұрын

I hope they don’t demolish it such a shame it’s so beautiful

@joroberson4084 Ай бұрын

I'd live there in a heartbeat, I'm by myself so it would work fine for just me.

@mikem.7544 6 ай бұрын

Whats up with the hat and glasses. Incognito style 😅

@heathermuzz 5 ай бұрын

It's crazy that there are so many homes and towns that are abandoned. They could house so many homeless people.

@Bojackbatzli 5 ай бұрын

The brady bunch dadada the brady bunch, thats the way we became the brady bunch

@christenn32 6 ай бұрын

Looks like they tried to avoid 90° angles with the walls.

@TRU_Patriot 5 ай бұрын

It had to have been some sort of lounge or a private bar.

@Wistful77 6 ай бұрын

Strange design, it's like a large "tiny house".

@suzi_mai 6 ай бұрын

Looks like it would be cold inside.

@bluelady111 16 күн бұрын

Is it one floor? The design maybe for someone who maybe has some disability. I got that vibe. Many people expecting an urban explorer be a designer or architect so he/she can speak those elements. But urban explorers don't need that. They reflect on what they see and express their interpretation. They don't necessarily say facts but they share what they have heard.