Abandoned Grandmother's Home - W/ Secret Lookout Room

[@lawrencelambert2620]

Speaking as an architect: The structure at the top of the house is called a cupola (a widow's walk would be open, not enclosed, and surrounded by a railing). This type of architectural feature dates primarily from the mid 19th century, as did the ornate gingerbread trim around the eaves and sun porch. It didn't really serve a normal function, but was more of an architectural flourish. Because the space is unheated (I didn't see any radiators), I assume the glazing compound that held the glass in the windows eventually dried out and the glass fell out due to wind. The sills also looked pretty chewed up; maybe due to squirrels. The house was obviously remodeled - badly - probably more than once. Note the aluminum railing around the porch - not original - and the cheap Masonite paneling throughout the interior (dating from the 60's or 70's). Also, the suspended T-bar grid ceiling was installed below an older 12" x 12" acoustical tile ceiling that also was not original. Unfortunate, because I bet the interior originally had a lot of charm

[@deloristerry372]

This dude knows his stuff. Thanks for the learn, friend

[@julliboo3517]

This comment and information is underrated

[@stephaniewolfe5344]

Wow, thanks for the info!

[@Art-qy6gd]

Bravo. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Dennissiple]

there were baseboard radiators on the second floor.

[@anythingsart]

I’m this house I see a sweet loving Grandma. She loved her grandkids immensely, she showered them with toys and baked goods . She decorated her home with beautiful things like kitten pictures and plant holders . She stored away treasures seasonally and decorated for Christmas each year with glittery shiny things . What a sweet lady . I don’t know her but I miss her . Makes you realize the ones you love won’t be here for long . Please notice the tiny details in people and adore them for it . Each person so unique in their ways . Each one of us are Gods children and are beautiful .

[@anythingsart]

*In

[@ronderulijkummar7453]

Amen to that sister!

[@toafautau2138]

Me I started genraitons way back in 1800s an 1900s I was the old ones

[@peterepsha1801]

B D n

[@dtaylorstephens9067]

What beautiful loving words you share

[@wanderingaudi4138]

Hi....the room at the very top of the house that you are calling a "lookout tower" is actually called a Widows Walk or a Widows Watch. They were usually found in 19th Century coastal homes. I live on an island and they were a common sight. The history of them is that when a woman's husband, who would be a sailor left for sea, the wife would go up there and look out over the ocean to see if her husband's ship was returning. It was common for ships to be lost at sea and a grieving wife might keep watch for years(Widows Watch)...they were sometimes called a Widows Peak. I could not tell if the old home you searched was near water. So perhaps I am not correct but it was obviously built for a person who was watching or waiting for someone. I hope this was of some help. I find the Widow's Walk and the history behind them very interesting...in renovated homes, the Widow's Walk has been removed but there are a few of them still in existence in this area.

[@larrybill2661]

Hello dear how are you doing!!

[@alirwandy8427]

I think its used by the granny to watch and wait for her grandchildrens to come home

[@lynlane2520]

Very informative of you dear!

[@tammywright6268]

Beautiful story.

[@gokaren420]

Thank you...

[@lynneperg6853]

The little room at the top of the house was a surprisingly effective way to cool the home. At night opening the windows would vent out the hot air while the downstairs windows would pull in cooler breezes. Closing all of them early in the morning would help keep the cool air longer.

[@junocat9498]

Once this house was new and someone's pride and joy. It's a sad reminder that everything we have is only ours for a short time.

[@missyfranko2257]

I agree life goes by like the blink of a eye

[@barbaralindemann3212]

When the roof is replaced, and a house is taken care of even an old houses will last for hundreds of years.

[@missyfranko2257]

+barbara lindemann true

[@CoffeeTeaWithSusan]

Missy Franko As the Bible says “we are just a vapor” here on this earth, but there is eternal life in heaven for those that seek Him and His Ways. (Gods Ways my dear friend).

[@DVFDrinkOrDie]

@@CoffeeTeaWithSusan In a way, Science agrees; we are carbon based life forms from the earth and of the earth ; (we are earth)and we must return to it when our expiration date is up; carbon cycle must go on for life to go on at all on earth.

[@ethelstewart3379]

I love the respect that is given to these old homes by not taking things, just documenting and sharing with the world. Thank you.

[@billiejoemurray4850]

Where is the house at

[@ritaholmes6962]

I would love to buy it and restore it

[@Apollo_Blaze]

@@ritaholmes6962 I am sure there would be many who would love to restore this great old house...such a shame it has gone to this condition...

[@sukhvinderflora435]

P

[@michaeljones4894]

How are people not getting arrested by going on these properties?

[@MsHannahbanana94]

I know a lot of people are upset by he amount of stuff that was left behind... but coming from experience: sometimes there is circumstances where you can’t take everything and have to leave them behind. Some day soon, I know I will see my great aunts house on here. The mortgage company screwed her over in her last years. After she passed, we got everything that meant to us out and what we could sell and left everything else behind cause we had no room for it. It is the most heartbreaking thing we have ever had to do. The last time we drove past the house, we saw things had been messed around. I bet the family of that house did care and took what they could, but then people came through messing it up.

[@judylee4649]

These abandoned houses are really a nostalgic treat for people as old as i am . To see things I remember and maybe even had and used is amazing. Sometimes sad as well, but for the most part gratifying. And of course, im very grateful that i can still remember. That is a great blessing. This house must have at some point, accomodated a pretty big family. And imagine being able to go to the very top of it and watch the sun rise or set or the lights come on around the area. And somebody may have used it as an observatory by having a telescope. Great for meteor showers. Thanks for sharing.

[@cheetocheeto1140]

So we know she was a grandmother and liked cats. She liked to bake, bought toys for her grandkid(s) and loved them. She liked Bingo and knick knacks. She died in 2015 and had a daughter or grandchild named Tina. There was another kid named Sharon--or maybe that was Grandma's name. Very sad, really. There was a whole family who loved her. And all these memories in a house she loved and now, to someone else, it's merely trash. Maybe she comes back from time to time and visits the house--but she sees it as it used to be when she lived there, with the smell of cookies baking in the kitchen. :) RIP Grandma.

[@josephdockemeyer4807]

Awww. That was nice what you wrote. I kinda think so, too.

[@tammievictorine8733]

So sad that her family hasn't taken care of this fabulous family heritage. It makes no sense just letting it go to ruin. My heart goes out to Grandma.

[@brendadon9394]

What a sweet thing to say

[@juliehazelwanter2974]

Maybe here family passed first

[@otimothy123]

Tina was grandma's daughter. Tina would have graduated in 1979 had it not been for her unplanned pregnancy, resulting in baby, Sharon. No men in this house. Grandma cared for Tina and Sharon until they moved out in the late '80s. Grandma was then alone with little to no resources and unable to keep the house up. In fact, grandma never went upstairs after Tina left.

[@rhondas7804]

Such a shame that houses like this are sitting empty all over the place and left to rot. I love these old houses.

[@marymary9971]

)

[@1985LISS]

NICE AND ROOMY, COMPARED TO OUR OVER TAXED LITTLE SHITTIES

[@gabakhan8859]

Yeah I love these empty houses with so much precious things n memories

[@izziebrown4915]

AMEN

[@reubensingh1430]

Agree

[@raymondschmidt2003]

I am a carpenter , and that was a neat house and a lot of work went into building that a shame to see it just waste away

[@zindusea]

*Bob The Builder Can Fix it Right up! 😂 Have a Great Day!*

[@thomasewing2656]

Send in Merry Maids!

[@MrSaturdayNightSpecial]

I agree Raymond. That is a lot of work and a shame to let it go to waste. I do know of an old book on American homes and the design and building process. One book details to start as a one room building with a dirt basement. Then ad a room and some wood work, then another, and another, then a new floor, and so on. One of the mid way through to the giant home designs looks exactly like this home. I think this home is probably older than it appears and was renovated in the 70s, 80s or 90s. The book finishes with a giant mansion that started as a one room building. After that it then shows diverging plans for apartment buildings and even larger structures, again starting from one room dirt basement homes. The slat board with the lime mortar in that cupola is a sign of a much older building, or at the very least, much older building practices.

[@tellmesomething2go]

I know. A lot of work went into that house.

[@voice4theanimal]

@@MrSaturdayNightSpecial Could have maybe started as an old one-room church with tall tall upper area?

[@suzum5689]

As someone who enjoys genealogy and history, I love that you are documenting these homes. Thanks!

[@ethelhoose1196]

Love these older homes ❤

[@user-tx1nq3lz7c]

Am I the only one that can smell this house??? Like when it was still lived in... I can smell the time period. The comfort. Almost like the scent of an older, once cherished book. I can also feel the Christmases spent there...

[@karashea7823]

I know what you mean - I sensed nostalgia right away, also. Smiled almost all the way through. Brought out real emotions (I grew up in 60s and 70s so I connected w much of it.

[@karashea7823]

Sponge Bob lol Bob, I could smell that dead rat before they turned the corner to empty the room 🐀

[@user-tx1nq3lz7c]

@Sponge Bob lmao

[@stella3150]

K i can feel this too..

[@MsButterfly1179]

I thought I was weird for "smelling" this house, so glad to see I'm not weird for that. However, I became so sick afterwards, I ran to the bathroom before this video ended because I thought I was going to throw up. I'm the kind of person who can watch Hoarders one right after the other and Never get sick, so that experience was weird.

[@SuperNewKittie]

Wow, so fascinating! I'm a real estate agent, and one of the reasons I love my job is that I get to see the inside of many homes, of all ages. I especially love the historic homes in our town, and the distinction in craftsmanship from the early 1900's and now is amazing. They really don't design them with pride and love any more. I also loved that you took your time and showed us the trinkets and lamps and curtains. I am fascinated by all of it! Thank you!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks so much

[@TarynsTime]

Like minds, I know as a Realtor you see the difference in the actual construction quality, and I like seeing someone else admired the findings.

[@paullale1554]

Have you ever seen those old houses that has those old tunnels from the prohibition days. I know this one town had many of those houses that had tunnels but they were filled in.

[@mikeauga3908]

I do remodeling and flip old houses I always love looking through them and finding old stuff in spots nobody thinks to look or they are scared to put their hand in lol I’ve found money, old Bullet, callanders and papers from the invasion of Normandy and many other war articles and all kinds of other articles and kids toys and old Christmas cards that fell between floor boards. I found old medicine still in bottles along with alcohol and beauty products for women, soap I found a check once from fifty years ago because flooring had gaps in it back then in the 1800s if you couldn’t afford a nice finish floor you got regular boards that would shrink and leave big gaps also found a few books a complete child’s clay set still in the box and cigarettes pipes and once a little satchel of Tobacco I know some of it sounds lame but to me the history of all that stuff and wondering who put it there and when is all intriguing

[@gilbertcallaway1377]

Same way I love old Historic Memphis homes here where I live in Tennessee

[@melvinajames1436]

That's so sad, the reality is one day we go and we leave everything we ever worked hard for behind.

[@migueltrujillo9200]

Yeah but it serves it's purpose and fulls us up so it's not in vain Fo Sho. Yup love Your perpective though Fo Sho !

[@leemaalbert9119]

True

[@hollytaylor7321]

The things left behind are only temporal items! They were once enjoyed and were never meant to be kept forever. What truly matters are the relationships we have with others (especially family) and the knowledge we gain in this life. Those things will last beyond the grave.

[@punkkumies1283]

@@hollytaylor7321 when we die we die,knowledge dies with us.

[@kelpogaming4120]

Thats why people take there lives everyday because the real question is, is it really worth it?

[@cherylann3145]

I have seen videos of some abandoned houses that are still completely furnished, and have remained so for many, many years. It's creepy, but at the same time so nostalgic. As I look at these videos, I am brought back in time and try to imagine the family that lived there, etc. If walls could talk.

[@KM-wf9yx]

An old ladies house who passed away and the family took whatever had worth and left everything else to rot! See people, when you die look what happens to your things? Things are NOT important in this life!

[@barbarajulius4163]

True things are not important...but while this person was alive...I would imagine that a lot of those things gave her joy. I’m surprised that that house or any house is allowed be left abandoned. Who owns it? If it could not be sold, it needs to be torn down. Shouldn’t that be part of managing the estate?

[@pychohobo1832]

The owner could very well still be alive. Many expectation why they are not thier. There is no such thing as abandon property. SOMEONE IS PAYING THE TAXES. SOMEONE OWNS THE PROPERTY.

[@diandraaditiapramesti4603]

Yes its true! My grandmother left so many things when she passed away and it makes my parent just left the things to someone who bought my grandmother's house

[@Carolcatsforever]

K M so sad but so true!! It’s too bad that they didn’t take a lot of that stuff out andGive it away to people, goodwill of some sort or some thrift stores. A lot of that stuff is antique and people would cherish it. Even the house is beautiful and could’ve been sold or pass down to someone and taken care of. It’s kind of crazy that just a few years, house can deteriorate so fast

[@johnmathis1754]

Amen! Relationship with the LORD is!!!

[@wickedmessenger1]

What you're calling a steeple is a cupola. It's to a certain extent a decorative choice and consistent with that architecture but it also works as a great ventilation method. Hot air rises through it and pulls the air through the house. Open the first floor windows and you get a strong chimney effect pulling cool air through the windows and exhausting through the cupola.

[@belleseastonebassguard9425]

wickedmessenger1 😎😉

[@lylawhannel1754]

wickedmessenger1 old houses had some ingenious cooling systems. The transoms above the doors were utilized to help disperse air. Many times double hung sashes opened on the top too and they could circulate air to keep it cooler. Btw, having plants by the foundation is a wonderful way to keep the house cooler. You just have to make sure you keep them maintained, otherwise they can invade and pry the foundation apart (ivy is famous for it). You'll see Lily of the Valley around old houses, along with ferns. Both are invasive plants tho. You simply cannot kill them when they have a foothold. I have a 136 year old Victorian and I've done a lot of research over the years.

[@jamesbridges7750]

Everything about the way the house was built was for ventilation, from the way the double hung windows go to the top of the tall ceilings, to the narrow central stairwell ,narrow hallways ,to the cupola. We generally think of it as a cooling method ,but you would often see wood stoves placed near the central stairwell to spread the heat throughout when the windows were cracked at the top. Beautiful old house, such a shame.

[@cynthianm1743]

wickedmessenger1 neat thanx for sharing this info. I really appreciate it

[@FarmFreshIB]

Agreed. This was a working cooling system called a cupola. Several of the old homes in my old home town feature these. The windows usually had glass panes for winter and screens or slats of some kind for summer months. Usually they also have a trap door in the floor that is opened in the summer months to allow the heat to rise.

[@Heymrk]

A great old house crying out to be remodeled.

[@JPVideos81]

Sadly its gone

[@maryreynolds8568]

@@JPVideos81 Gone? They tore it down?

[@JPVideos81]

@@maryreynolds8568 yep

[@usa_dobson8967]

Yeah, that’s wayyyyyy too far gone to be remodeled anyways.

[@Heymrk]

@@usa_dobson8967 It wasn't, though.

[@coashddjj2]

I see a lot of stuff in here that my own grandma had. I miss her so much.

[@lisaparsons8949]

Yes,me to,I sure miss my grandma to.Good video.

[@colleenhoperue5538]

And it's the same for me you guys.So many of these houses remind me of my beautiful grandmother.Gram had many of these magnets and knicknacks too.

[@juliefreds4594]

Me too!!! 🥹

[@ville666sora]

Me too. I love that we can recognize that an abandoned house likely belonged to a grandma by the objects left inside that seem to be typical grandma belongings lol.

[@rachaeldavis3825]

The “room” on the roof is seen on many 19th century Victorian style homes and is called a “Cupola”, and on Itallianite style they are called a “Belvedere”. They were used to cool the home by opening its windows and pulling the air from the house. They were also used to enjoy the view, star gazing and/or to keep watch over the property. This house is cool with the pointed windows with the louvred tops. It was nice to see the Corningware with the lid. Many times the lid gets lost or broken. I have the same pattern, Cornflower Blue, which has been around for at least a half century. That Tupperware also looks to be from the late ‘60’s or early 1970’s. It’s like the house is frozen in time, waiting for it’s family to return. Thank you for sharing. It’s nice to see adventures in my neck of the woods, the northeast, for a change 🙂. Liked and subscribed.

[@JPVideos81]

Ty

[@kasaundracolletta8848]

A lot of houses in my area near buffalo have those types of rooms also. They call them the widows watch. Wifes could sit there to watch for their husbands boat to come into shore.

[@howvery1239]

Thanks for the informative reply.

[@elgintv]

Cupola - Belvedere! Thanx! I couldn't remember the proper words! I'll correct my "Widows Walk" comment earlier. And I'm thinking of building a cupola on my 3rd floor attic... someday. ;-)

[@rachaeldavis3825]

You should!!! It would look cool. My cousin and her husband built a house in the early 90’s and put a cupola on top. The stairs lead up from the second floor loft and looks really cool. They built window seats and their girls used to go up there and camp out 🙂

[@2179summerbreeze]

What's sad is so many properties are left to rot and we have so many homeless and homeless veterans, why can't these abandoned homes become someone else's pride and joy before they become dilapidated??? More american greed

[@ObscureStuff420]

It's nothing to do with greed. Homelessness is a complex problem that can't be fixed just by throwing money at it. Most homeless people are homeless because they are mentally ill or addicted to drugs. They couldn't maintain a normal home, and certainly couldn't handle renovating one. In the old days these people were locked in asylums, but many abuses occurred, so now they roam the streets. Either solution is shitty. Even if you give them a home, that does not mean they can pay the taxes and upkeep on it. That is why many of these homes that were once beautiful are abandoned to begin with. At some point the upkeep and taxes were more than the occupant could handle. Maybe they got to a point where they had to choose whether to pay property taxes or fix the roof. Things start to fail apart bit by bit until it reaches a point where it would cost as much to build a new house as it would to fix the old one.

[@ncmonkeygirl16]

Also, a lot of these house are full of asbestos and lead paint. It costs A LOT of money to remove and bring up to current safety codes :(

[@riversong7803]

Hello timeless metal person. I'm sorry I don't agree with that comment about people with drug or mental health problems, wouldn't be able to up keep the property. How do you no that? That is a arrogant attitude. You don't know what goes or went on in their lives to begin with. With a opportunity to have a place to call home and to feel safe in. Does help the person to regain some self respect back for them, and a chance to kick whatever habits they made have with treatment. Also mental health problems cannot be help. Again helping them to have a home, works wonders, on what you think is low life people. Do you ever have a day or two where you don't always wash up, or tidy, or get behind in washing your clothes etc. If you don't, then your most certainly perfect. Don't judge people when you haven't been in their shoes or the choices they had to make, especially when you can't help sum thing. Having a home means they can get help and medication because they have an address. Without one they are left unsafe and unstable within themselves.......😶

[@firewilson920]

Probably not up to legal code. Maybe dangerous physically for inhabitants

[@kathymoulton8024]

Yeah take down the old and put up cheap ass apartments

[@sherm4903]

The watch tower was used by wives waiting for their husbands to return home. It was also used in the underground rail road watcher's would be notified by lanterns that a group was coming to their home for safe haven. More then likely they were hidden in the basement.

[@jeanninecallan6079]

My Grandpa had a small room on top of his home on a farm and I was told people went up there to signal to neighbors of a fire or someone was sick and needed help.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

I've heard it referred to as a "widow's walk" I live near the coast and some of the older two story homes often have a small room on top surrounded with windows so ships returning from sea could be watched for.

[@sundaysuppersingers2545]

Great interpretation. Maybe Granny needed a touch of brandy with all those kids.....

[@judyknee3469]

Devora Nehila "u

[@billkennedy4733]

Wow I didn’t know about the Underground Railroad part. That is interesting.

[@RedVamp71]

Beautiful home, such a waste to let it go like that. ☹️

[@mbk.5296]

It's sad -- someone's life apparently just 'stopped' 2014-2015 and the house, plus all belongings is completely forgotten. Very sad that whoever was here might not have had anyone at all ;-(

[@lbbomber]

12TH

[@gimongi77]

I think those more recent stuff was from squaters

[@KH-dj3zy]

I'm wondering the same thing? A lot of the stuff I see lying around is sold in the Dollar Tree, and is very recent packaging. The house seems to be in bad shape to only have been abandoned for 4 years. Maybe it wasn't in great shape before, though.

[@deannaroberts1680]

@@gimongi77 That's what I think, too.

[@karenemoug]

Yes, same. I think the squatters put the mattress in the entryway to the upstairs to keep heat from escaping and keep warm on the 1st floor or 2nd floor.

[@MarkEAllen777]

Called a “widows walk” and is like a cupola that the wives of sea captains would use to look for the ships. Also used for ornamentation in old mid to late 19th Century Victorian homes and mansard style roofs also were know to have them - usually to show they were well to do.

[@nobodyspecial8127]

Pretty sure the roof lookout is called a Bellevediere en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvedere_(structure) (my spelling sucks) the balcony which is usually on the second floor over the front door is the widows walk. Both are making a real comeback in construction.

[@katiebelk3812]

Mark From Mountains in Southern California there is one at John muirs home in martinez Ca .

[@rogerlafrance6355]

The other thing their used for is to cool the house by opening the windows and drawing hot air up the stairwell and out the top windows. Common on barns too, called coppola's

[@mamaboz]

It was also used to see people coming to visit and to watch for the men coming home from hunting. Many years back it was a look out for Indians. It was also used to watch and wait for men to come home from the war. Hence the name WIDOW peak or walk. It was the closest thing to a telephone.

[@1alexcody]

cupolas also would allow heat to rise and help cool the house in the summer which is probably the case here

[@bobbylsu1]

Boy, if ONLY that house could TALK? I've never seen SO MANY room in a house before........thanks for sharing it with us.

[@JPVideos81]

You're welcome

[@revandenburg]

Gorgeous Home! I was Shocked to see things dated from 2015! The inside is a step back in time to the later 70's décor, stove in avocado green with the 70's flowers on the back panel; and 8 tracks etc. etc. It was nice to see the home NOT destroyed by vandals.

[@sazji]

I was a teenager in the 70s and my mom was completely obsessed with avocado green. Sinks. Washer dryer. Stove. Fridge. Tableware. Glasses. Carpeting. I despised it. 😂 Even our travel trailer! At least she didn’t go for harvest gold.

[@thetwojohns6236]

The cuppola at the top is called a Widows Walk. It's a lookout point for the house and a common feature for homes from the 1800‘s, primarily on coastal homes. The name widows walk comes from wives watching for their husband's ships to come home to port. As sailing was infinity more dangerous then, many ships did not return, and thus the wife would become a widow. It's a tragic moniker due to women, who's husbands were overdue, pacing the walk in vain hope of their return. As a carpenter, I would LOVE to buy the house (contents and all if need be) and restore it to it's former glory. There's a part of me that can't stand to see a home empty and abandoned, it's like a child seeing a stray puppy.

[@barbaralindemann3212]

You got that right re: Widows Walk, and I noticed a River or some water in the background. I am a woodworker and feel the same way, restore it, Replacing rotted wood is not difficult, just a dirty job. What a waste that no one restored it, beautiful setting. Wonder what State? If you do buy it and fix it up, please send me a refurbished image, Barbara in St. Louis, [e-mail]

[@katblue1460]

Do it!

[@brendavoisard8862]

That is not a widow's walk. A widow's walk is a feature of primarily New England, but coastal homes, usually 3 story, they are literally a walk, like a cat walk often wrought iron railing and the walk faces the SEA, and usually on a bluff, or quick rise!! The widow's of sailor's and fishermen would walk up there scanning the seas watching for their missing husband's boats to return. That is the story. It truly is a lookout walk!!

[@tammyfrazier5510]

In Michigan we call it a widows peak. Same concept except the wife could look over the town and see if her husband was walking home from war.

[@barbbaldauf3989]

On coastal homes you are correct but inland these were saftey features

[@s.m.fullerton2830]

This looks like what was known as a "widows watch", often found in old homes near the water. The purpose was for the lady of the home to watch for her husbands return from a sea voyage.

[@brendagarcia4802]

thats right

[@omaharris9252]

I have always been told It was used by the plantation owners. To be able to look out. To watch the workers in the field!!

[@hollyodell1834]

Wow! Cool.

[@elizabethpatience6523]

These rooms were also used to defend a home in pioneer days. Many home builders carried this feature over into the early 20's.

[@JessieHTX]

It was also just a good idea before a/c to have windows near the top of the house to let hot air escape during the Summer. So many reasons to incorporate widows watches.

[@heatherfonner]

Don't you just want to buy this house and bring it back to its former glory

[@JPVideos81]

Would love to

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes, it has character!

[@marshadentzan2958]

same channel ? love ghost hunting

[@lindastonebraker2512]

Deborah Fonner yessssssss!

[@bananakitofinternetclan8350]

That would be pretty hard though. And expensive.

[@altagraciamarte7708]

I can imagine the holidays that was spent here. The top is beautiful . Unique indeed.

[@_Thrackerzod]

Such a beautiful house, it's a shame to see it all going to ruin. I always found it a little unsettling seeing things like the dish drainer full of dishes; someone washed those and put them in there to dry and then something happened and they were never put away or touched again. It often means the owner passed away and had no family to take over the place, or at least any who cared about it. So the last days of their life are are left as they were, frozen in time.

[@kathleenm.arsenault5823]

Raven Yeah, I had a problem with the dish drain. 😞

[@alangray2568]

That is an incredible house and still has great bones and a fairly decent roof. It could be salvaged easily. It has the extremely typical 70's remodel job. 10 to 1 it's got old canvas wallpaper in behind the paneling. Been there. Too expensive to strip the walls and repaper at that era and drywalling would be astronomical too. Paneling was dirt cheap and they were solid walls. You could drive a nail anywhere and not have to look for a stud. The acoustical tile on the original ceiling is a 70's thing too. The dropped ceiling would have been 80's to cut down on heating costs and lower the ceiling to 8 feet instead of 10 - 16 feet. I'm sure it has absolutely no insulation. It would take somebody with deep pockets to refurbish that old place but boy would it be a show piece! Sad to see it just rotting away.

[@jenniferw1570]

I agree, I cringe when I see these potentially beautiful homes left to rot away with their memories, I have a desire to save every one.

[@wd4usa]

Yeah, the "re-habber" in me was mentally calculating what it would cost to restore the house. i noticed the 70's and 80's era remodels too. Two rehabs ago I restored a house in Indiana that was built in 1860. Found a "Harper's Weekly" in the attic dated 15 Sept 1861. Had early reports of the Civil War in it.

[@suzannemoore479]

Chloe Silva k

[@ccsmooth55]

What a charming old house. Ill bet the Grandma that lived there was just the sweetest lady. Im shocked that Corningware was still there! That stuff is collectible!!

[@thebeepolen76]

This house has early 1970's decor throughout: wagon wheel light fixture; wood paneling on the walls (knotty pine was the most popular), and the macmare (sp?) flower pot hangers, etc. The house looks like it was built in the early 1900's and later renovated in the 1970's. Wow, wouldn't I love to live here.

[@lauramessick9108]

I want to say thank you so much for going into and recording these abandoned homes! My family sees me as ‘insane’ for always wanting to know what abandon and run down homes look like in the inside or what they were previously for, you have guts I wish I had! Thank you for doing this!💕

[@JPVideos81]

I must be insane too haha

[@floridaLise]

I am just like you Laura!

[@kswag5759]

Lol mine too

[@charlenerich206]

Must have been quite some house back in the day ...love the porch actully 💝

[@JPVideos81]

Me too

[@t4705mb6]

20:53 We had a lot of these on homes in Maine by the coast. We called them "widow's walks". Wives would use these rooms atop homes to watch for their sailor husband's ships returning from long sea voyages.

[@itsme2365]

t4705mb6 I have one in my home. We live in Maine as well. Also have a Cooplah. I’m not sure if the spelling of that is correct, LOL.

[@vivihutson5285]

Lol how sad

[@cruzandraridriguez5897]

hi walking house Granny's house cuz my best friend really wants to go

[@oldenweery7510]

*its me 23* It's a "cupola," like the ones atop old-time railroad cabooses, for the brakemen to sit and watch the trains for trouble. I think "widows' walks" were usually open, so they could walk up and down and worry about their men while watching for their return. I thought it was odd that the cupola windows were single sash, not double-hung so they could be opened for fresh, cool air. It must've gotten _hot_ up there in the summer!

[@dollarances6655]

I'm a great grma n it's very interesting! I have a wagon wheel light fixture. Our home was build 1971!! 😲 Pyrex n Tupperware bring back memories! I'm. 1962 high school grad!! We have the same wall panels. Double wall,to!! Wow amazing!! Thank you plenty!! 👏 ❤ ❤ ❤

[@Theresawinner]

Thank you for the tour through this unique old house At one time it was a very charming well cared for home Since the last comment is dated 5 yrs ago unless someone has taken over and restored this hidden gem it very well may be gone by now sad as it may be it was a nice little home very grateful you took the time to film it and share it

[@JulieWallis1963]

What a beautiful house. Even in its sadly decrepit state, it’s easy to see it is a wonderful space. I’d love to be able to restore this to its former glory, yes I know it would probably cost more than the building is worth, but what a project and think of what a glorious home this could become again. (I love the old kitchen too)

[@lawsonbrinton682]

Hi Julie

[@Thomasfrohwitter]

Hello Julie

[@mrsgupt]

The top (2nd floor stairway) was blocked by a mattress to keep heat downstairs in the winter. Many people do this- sometimes with a door or trapdoor on the stairway. When the 2nd floor is unused- no use heating the upstairs. The last person to live there was probably taken away in the winter, or did not have the strength to remove the mattress and only lived downstairs.

[@surgarkay290]

mrsgupta or trying to keep rats and cats out I am sure a cat got that rat.

[@lawsonbrinton682]

Hi

[@Thomasfrohwitter]

Hello there

[@easttexassuburbanhomestead9172]

I can just imagine how beautiful the house was when first built

[@OrchestralOrg]

*that home is a huge smash of decades. i see 60's, 70's and 80's plus older stuff (like the house itself, duh). it's trippy to see so many things i recognize from such a long time ago. and SUPER trippy to see that gray wood when you first walked in. at the end of 2020 i was being invaded by willow (long story) but in the past month i'm now being invaded by GRAY WOOD. no kidding, all of a sudden gray wood is popping up all over the place in my world. i landed on this old abandoned house theme after watching a documentary about george westinghouse, go figure.*

[@peggyjones3282]

That mattress was there to block off the upstairs so she didn't have to heat the whole house.

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

Very likely. Also I remember a lot of times in the old days people would use heavy blankets over door frames to help keep heat or at least be or out of places that needs to be cooler as well as reduced crafts like down to Stairway Etc you and sometimes between a basement and the main living area if it gets really cold in the basement I've even seen him over attic doors to keep temperatures within check as well often people did that at the old apartment complexes where I used to live when I was a kid as well. Hi the same ideas with strips over freezers or in the winter like to keep the wind and cold out in warehouses excetera between sections especially when there's sections that are not heated but a little enough to keep freezing or not at all.

[@craigfamily9321]

Either that or she was keeping a zombie up there

[@LawnBunny777]

Also the drop ceilings for that

[@Yamamanama]

@@craigfamily9321 It sounds like Pyramid Head.

[@Ender.wigginn]

The dead animal was probably a squirrel, judging by the trees and the busted out windows, he was probably old and came in to die (he was not trapped and this is common among tree rodents). The purpose of the steeple is mostly architectural, likely the original owner was religious and wanted to emulate a church like vibe. Also, the steeple was probably a symbol of wealth as well, as they are not easy to build and serves no real practical purpose. Judging by the very tall windows and the pointed windows in the attic, wealth is probably the most likely explaination. All of the exposed planking in the attic also indicates pre plasterboard construction, no later than the 40s/50s. There is actually one somewhat practical purpose to the steeple. With the windows open in the steeple and the rest of the attic and or house, the steeple allows hot air to rise quite high and escape, maintaining a steady flow of air, even in near still conditions. Convection is old school AC, which is why old homes have high ceilings. If the home were near a large body of water connecting to the sea, the steeple could also be a kind of widows walk, which is common in new England (though not usually designed like that). The dropped ceilings on the first floor indicate that the family that lived there likely had some wealth up until the 80s/90s, which would also be around the right era for all of the wood paneling and 8 tracks. But the lack of upkeep, older appliances, and lack of updating implies that the major source of income stopped somewhat suddenly. Perhaps that was a result of lay off, but I think it is more likely the grandmother was widowed somewhat early and somewhat suddenly. She obviously loved her grandkids, but it seems like there may have been some falling out with her daughter or children, as the age range of the toys stops suddenly. It does not look like anybody was there to care for her consistently before she left in 2015, dirty dishes and the quick and uncaring fashion in which the home was left abandoned supports that. The picture kind of made me sad, she was either losing touch toward the end of her life in that home or was left alone and wanted some photos to feel more normal. Very interesting home though, it would be cool to know who designed it and when. Fat chance, but you could always call the city and ask if they have any records of its construction and permits, could provide some insight. Not every carpenter can make such a complicated design, it may even be designed by someone of notoriety.

[@theofficialprincessrainbow742]

History class lesson

[@chrystalteal4171]

The picture frame on the wall could have had the pictures taken out by the kids and family and then they put it back empty.

[@bobbiewilson3556]

Daniel Armstrong æ be

[@kscotthoy]

The feature on top is called a widow's walk.

[@Ender.wigginn]

Scott Hoy that's what I was thinking. Lol

[@amalbenmoussa159]

This house was such a strange and interesting passing of time. It was almost surreal. The home looks Victorian, the decor hasn't been touched since the 70's, the drop ceiling in the 80's, magazines from the 90's, and prescriptions from 2015. I always wonder the story behind abandoned homes like this; wht left so quickly.

[@paulomaeney7324]

All of these old houses you'll notice that the ceilings are very high and they were built that way on purpose because of the heat during the summertime and back then we didn't have air conditioners available and so once the air conditioner started to arrive that is when the drop ceilings came in.

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

@@paulomaeney7324 yes agreed also the older homes that had friend some windows and doors between rooms as well same reason and also the Front Mission back Dr dollars places had gas light which made it even harder sometimes even before electricity with present it on homes that was a special II case later on there was gas electric wipe transition fixtures that you could use either gas or electric at that time Powers not really reliable and even in some large places where there was no Central Power you have to have an engineer during the day you can run and logical system boiler steam engine excetera in some places there was even battery power for some of it as well like on the farms and stuff a generator runs to keep batteries charged in some cases you be when you have 120 volts DC which at that time was fairly common anyways because the Edison system so it would be a problem to use DC instead of AC back then as well once someone call me out asking questions and they couldn't find power anywhere could not find any incoming power and they could not find a service entrance or meter or even any power coming in over head or above ground however there was overhead wiring and there was everything in place for power but no wait for you to get there checked it out with them and lo and behold the place had never had AC power ever it was the Old Farm Power Systems have been dcdal to it I think 48 phone setting it was the only sing other than a generator that powered it with batteries storage batteries were still glass celled storage batteries lead-acid of course also there was an old windmill as well that was connected to the system as well as I just remembered there's also a water pump in my mail as well but there was also some sort of home to Jack that was connected to some sort of electric motor as well I guess is that what the mechanism looks like it could be the switch between wind Power and Electric but then again in that area there was times when there was not a whole lot went for long periods that would at least substantially pump enough water for the property. It was an older Farm but it had been probably abandoned for years it was a fixer-upper but yet not really a fixer-upper everything was intact but old out-of-date as you can guess by the lack of AC power available.

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

Don't remember if you guys showed a downstairs bathroom? One possibility is if this was a second bathroom it's possible because of like the kids room and stuff that the upstairs was used for children or grandkids or whatever and this was a second bathroom so you could possibly work when in that would have a lower ceiling height and have a second bathroom with a large ceiling of might as well it's just my thought but not sure but I've seen that before in other old homes where there will be a smaller bathroom for the kids and also in some old homes there was a servant's quarter as well which might have a an area with a lower ceiling height but I doubt this is this case spot yo where did might be probably a separate bath and even small kitchen in some cases and possibly a Stairway leading down to like two main living area and kitchen often behind a wall that's just a narrow staircase and sometimes we do cases the doors for both those passageways and the Roomba go to if you happen to go at the wrong time and the doors are swollen Just Right Way the door knobs you catch on each other and then you have to go all the way up and come back down to the main house to get through it done it before didn't know they didn't use the stairway much because of this oops

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

Also with that little area of top people looking thing that could have just been four baby just enjoyment of the environment it's possible that this might have served as sums overlooked out of some sort who knows what transpired in the lifetime of that house don't know how old it was racially either which might give you a clue if you could find or estimate how old the whole place was if it can side with something going on at that time you might have your answer for that. Also with the upstairs pasta being for the kids it might be a place for they can go to just look in enjoying themselves and see the surrounding area is this a wooded area? Maybe observation of the surrounding environment you know if there were any animals Etc what day was just watching your incoming weather excetera just or possibly an area for reading or relaxing I noticed there was no lights up in the upper area either which could mean that it was meant for only daytime use as well someone may have had an easy chair or rock or up there that one time for that purpose and possibly a bookcase or something who knows and you did mention trapdoor as well I wish you would have showed that it possibly what's inside

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

18 hundreds very possible. I lost two lives when people would have family members that have gone away toward just see or others people would have a place where somebody could be watching for somebody coming from somewhere even though it may be too far away to see there's oftentimes a place like that somewhere I've heard stories about this I don't know what it's called or anyting or possibly a place for remembrance of that family member that would be gone or otherwise if anyone has any links to stuff like this or Wikipedia please let me know. It's also the kind of a long lines of The Widow's walk as well which was a little porch like thing around egg last in the area at the top of my house yo it was a way of looking off into the distance from what I understand but this is just for people that have been around a very long time much longer than I have so I don't know if this is true or not all this is from that and people that lived in Old homes that I've known so it's word of mouth so cannot confirm but just best guess on all of this include my previous comments as well. Hope this could shed some light on things as well.

[@WYNTER_RAYNE]

My husband and I just purchased a home that looks exactly like this, built in 1850! We are in the process of restoring it. I can't wait till it's complete. We paid 15k for it all together with the land.💜

[@colleenhoperue5538]

God bless you in your new home 🙏

[@HarabinLauren]

This one is semi-local to me and just listed for $49K and seems to be a little worse off than when this video was taken! 😳🤯

[@andrewdowney1654]

Hey guys. Its actually called a cupola, not a steeple. It’s not a widows walk either. A widows walk would have a walkway around the outside of the top room with a railing and it would actually have an ocean view. Also when I was a docent at a plantation here where I live, I learned that a cupola was actually part of an old fashioned “ cooling system” if you will. Before central heat and air, people would open windows and doors downstairs as well as the windows in the cupola; a cross breeze would be created from the ground floor and because heat rises, it would push the hot air out of the cupola windows. This created a general cooling

[@andrewdowney1654]

Oops. That’s why a lot of old houses are built the way they are with cupolas or attic spaces with windows, either the ground floor or all floors having two sets of identical doors opposite one another(for cross breezes) and I’m sure for other reasons, etc. I mean, it’s not as simple as that, but I’d be on here forever trying to explain it. Anyway, you get the idea.

[@larrybrennan1463]

Tall windows and ceilings provided better ventilation. Wide porches, especially to the south, shaded the windows on that side. In the South, a screened porch on the second floor was called a sleeping porch, for use on hot summer nights. Lots of older houses were designed as they were for specific reasons.

[@cleo2you1]

@@andrewdowney1654 thanks for the info, very interesting!

[@jenniferggreer457]

makes sense. but the widows walk is a more intriguing thought, a bit romantic if you will!

[@gloriaclifford7744]

Andrew Downey Dadddddddy rfffffffffc

[@emilyandrews3320]

The room at the top was probably a prayer tower. They were popular in the 1880s. I bet if you researched the house it was built sometime near or shortly after that. I love wondering what the house could tell if the walls could talk. Continue exploring and sharing! Always in safety!!

[@chels1542]

This is one of my favorite videos. Really takes you back to a different time.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for checking it out chels

[@lawsonbrinton682]

Hello

[@astaraxia]

It makes me wanna clean the house

[@jennekleinlein]

The suspense of waiting to see "who" was upstairs behind the mattress. I almost had to pause and make popcorn for the full effect!😁

[@JPVideos81]

Extra butter please

[@SilverGorilla1776]

Jenekins I was waiting for someone to jump out of the closet. 😂

[@seinil5293]

I'm HOLLERIN💀💀😂

[@tenderheartbear102]

Right I was so scared lol

[@jojoply]

I was freaking out.

[@hopekelley7465]

the vintage tupperware and pyrex dishes just laying around collecting dust is killing me😩

[@MadMax-yq9ix]

Worth a pretty penny

[@amiegreenwood6177]

It's just 😢that no one packed up all those things that were so special to her and at least take them to Good Will, so maybe someone else could enjoy them.

[@patdax5432]

@@amiegreenwood6177 - Exactly! Most of this world has become "disposable!" Even my daughter told me 'she did not' want my old stuff! She wanted better stuff of her choice! WHAT A LEGACY to leave for future people to find.

[@judykurzweil5491]

and corning ware

[@trevorr.eagles5377]

@@patdax5432 -What a shame,....-and that's why there are so much garbage & pollution for us all to have to deal with, nowadays.

[@aizaMiura]

It is more sorrow than horror.

[@kl1346]

One of my fav houses I've ever seen. The interior, woodwork details, and secret room are amazing. And you could see an active city street right across the way. Kinda spooky and super cool!

[@JPVideos81]

💙

[@morningdewgarden]

That house can still be restored! It's absolutely awesome, the gingerbread trim is almost all there, enough to copy to replace what's missing. Wish someone would buy and restore. Gorgeous!

[@RS-tp3uu]

morningdewgarden if i ever become rich and design my own house, im going to make it something like this. Itd be awesome to have this many floors and also have a lookout.

[@morningdewgarden]

Jeremy Absolutely! That top lookout thing is so gorgeous! I would do the same!

[@scottsr.]

I'd just like to say that as interesting as all of this is there is one point that stands out to me. Time stops for no-one, it is interesting and sad, think about all the Christmases and Birthdays and good times that people thought would never end. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, never take for granted the people and times that you cherish. They will be gone and forgotten. Tell the people that you love that you indeed love them and thank the Powers that Be for every waking moment you have !

[@russellcandy9850]

Your comment is so very correct Scott Sr !!

[@lynlane2520]

I was moved by your words Mr.Scott Sr.Life is short , really.

[@katiexsevens]

Love your comment! Time never stops for anyone, yet the mess in this house...Grandma must be rolling over in her grave!! Sad THB..very sad!!

[@GDSaved]

I will say Amen to that! Only our precious Lord know what transpired in that home. Long lost memories sad.

[@bbs2183]

Seeing this abandoned house make me feel like what is life for. Isn't our body, a house for our soul to live ? Once the soul leave it will like abandoned house with everything in it, like.. cloth on it, jewelry, tattoo... etc

[@hopesekulic3077]

You are right. Once the soul leaves the body, We go back in to ground. We are made of dust in return back in to dust. But there is HOPE. When Jesus comes all will be resurrected in to the newness of our body. Not old sick one. We will be ascended to heaven to live a internal life with out sickness, pain, . You can read all this in the Holy Bible. Jesus describes his soon coming. Have faith and hope for everlasting life. On this earth all is temporary, doesn't matter how much money you have you die same way as poor man, and all the wealth and goods can't help you to live for ever. Only through Jesus you can have everlasting life.

[@rylinmariel6431]

The pointed windows" are referred to as carpenter gothic windows, because it was a more rustic interpretation of the gothic form, with a straight point instead of curved. The piece of furniture in the room on the third floor, where you said "Some sort of - I don't know what that is there" that is actually a camel saddle , or a reproduction of one. Kind of hard to tell with the dust and mildew. They were brought back from the Middle East and used for footstools. Then later, reproductions of them were made by some furniture companies. If the seat is real leather, it could possibly be a real saddle, if it's vinyl, then it's definitely a reproduction. (Some high end reproductions did have seats made from leather). I took a screenshot and blew it up - looks to me like the real deal! If the leather and stuffing aren't trashed, it could actually be worth some money - probably about $250. The extra tower on the top there is called a cupola. The ornate woodworking on victorian buildings is called "gingerbread". It really is a shame, such a magnificent home left to molder in the woods. Did you ever find out why all of these were abandoned about the same time?

[@Amberdawnn76]

Someone's grandmother passed away and they simply took what they wanted and walked away. Many of the things that matter to this woman in life her family felt was disposable. Is this how much we matter to people when we are gone? It breaks my heart that so much that mattered to her was just left and that her home was left exposed to the elements and they cared so little that they let it rot.

[@larryalexander4833]

you are so right ! nobody has time in thier life for for thier elders .your own your own you cannot depend on anyone even your children

[@reesedaniel5835]

Most people today are without empathy. This has become an epidemic in society (aka narcissism).

[@californiasmiles1]

I’m 70 this year and my kids have told me often that, with few exceptions, they just don’t want my stuff! And I have beautiful, classy, pricey stuff. So, I agree that when Grandma died, the house and stuff in it were worthless, so they just left it to rot. And! The best we can leave behind is someone’s happy memories of us, so make someone happy!!

[@Amberdawnn76]

stephanie gregory I'm so sorry to hear they want so little of what is precious to you. I hope you can make arrangements ahead of time for your things to go to a good charity. Were you my granny I would make sure it were all cared for. I'd never allow your belongings or home to be treated this way.

[@californiasmiles1]

Amber Waite Thank you Amber. I don’t want you to think my kids aren’t the greatest in the world. They are, but I come from a time where one had silver and multiple sets of China and we entertained differently. Gen Xers throw you a beer and put another slab of meat on the BBQ. All my friends have heard the same things from their own kids. Told Heather to put out all my Fitz and Floyd ceramics and have my friends over after the funeral to choose what they want. The rest will go to charity.

[@migdaliarivera7539]

U guys should wear masks and gloves when entering these houses

[@stinky6958]

Migdalia Rivera yes that black mold is dangerous

[@njones420]

@@stinky6958 not all black mold is dangerous, certainly not for short exposures, in fact there is very little evidence it's dangerous at all.... dont believe everything you read in the tabloids :)

[@DonnyBWise]

@@njones420 stachybotrys black mold is very dangerous for those having weakened immune systems or with any respiratory issues already. Shouldn't say things that have no basis in fact or truth. To say in effect " ...all black mold may not even be harmful at all." Is a potential harmul thing to say and possibly convince someone of. Not a prudent or wise idea to me. But that is just the perspective I have.

[@njones420]

@@DonnyBWise My first sentence "not *all* black mold is dangerous"... you dont need to re-word it. If I said "not all dogs are dangerous" would that be potentially harmful to people? I base my perspective on facts, not popular-opinions...I think handing out false information to scare people is deplorable. (also, everything is dangerous to people with weakened immune systems, mold should be the least of their worries). Conclusion of a peer reviewed study on "Stachybotrys chartarum: Infectious Disease Perspective": DOI: 10.1128/CMR.16.1.144-172.2003. "these studies nearly uniformly suffer from significant methodological flaws, making their findings inconclusive. As a result, we have not found supportive evidence for serious illness due to Stachybotrys exposure in the contemporary environment." And from the CDC "A link between other adverse health effects, such as acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage among infants, memory loss, or lethargy, and molds, including the mold Stachybotrys chartarum (Stachybotrys atra), has not been proven. Further studies are needed to find out what causes acute idiopathic hemorrhage and other adverse health effects."

[@rwitt3vloggs]

Because of mold.

[@tjp2109]

Assuming she was a grandmother, I just can't believe her children and grandchildren would let the memory decay like that. When my grandparents died, we all went through everything reverently and with dignity, not just left it there to rot.

[@Nirrrina]

TJ P I can believe it. My sister is that way. Our mom really loved grandma stuff and it meant a lot to her. As a result I ended up with pretty much everything. Like my nephees 2 year old handprint. He's in college now but his mom doesn't really want it back. So it's mine now. I'm obviously keeping that but I would like to get rid of all the antique China that doesn't have sentimental value. Instead of shoving it into storage like my mom.

[@seedlessgrapes2605]

you obviously come from a good family which makes me jealous I would love to have a close-knit family who actually cared but my family is useless basically

[@willoughby1888]

TJP- That was wonderful for you to respect your Grandparents the way you did. I wish more people were like you.

[@Nirrrina]

Al Martini uummm I have a lot of my great grandmothers hand painted China. Obviously I'm keeping it but if it was worth enough I might sell a few pieces. My grandmother her daughter was a famous Western artist. Grandma had paintings in the Tulsa airport at one time. I believe her mother was also a professional. I wish I had gotten their painting talent but my talents lay in crafting things and drawing fishies that would suit only a toddler. My grandmother was Eloise Schellstede and her mother was Carol Rees. I really do need to go through my wall of boxes. I have things that while probably not worth too much but still too good to throw away or even give away. A lot of the time you can't get what the glass pieces are actually worth because only a few people buy them. So just to get rid of things I'm usually willing to sell at a resellers price. I'm disabled and unable to actually work so I'm starting to try to find ways to make just a little extra money when possible. I've recently bought 2 pairs of men's bearpaw work boots for 89¢. Maybe a few paint splatters. Nothing a construction guy would care about. I plan to resell around $20 give or take. But unlike a lot of my family I'm unwilling to keep things just because they might make me money in ten years. So if they don't sell then I will donate them. $80 shoes for 89¢ was too cheap to pass up. The sentimental stuff stays though.

[@Nirrrina]

Oh and it was Half Off of Half Off Name Brand Clothing. Wonderful store. Tons of sales every week and everything is at least 75% off. I plan to hit it up more often for stuff to resell. You just have to watch for damage or stains or manufacturing errors. But otherwise great. Including bigger sizes. I got my goose down long trenchcoat for $40 I stead of $180. Still working great years later. Although I could do without the feathers shedding.

[@libertywest5835]

It’s so beautiful- would love to own and restore this place ! So sad it’s abandoned!

[@traciewaterhouse9861]

I was waiting for someone to walk out of a room and say "Hey what are you doing in my house?"

[@JPVideos81]

😲

[@lindaquejado6949]

Did that happen

[@theimperialnerfherder6967]

@@JPVideos81 i have a legit interest in maybe buying that house and rehabbing it. find me on facebook same name and shoot me just the town this is so i can see if i like the area please. btw if you ever went through medfield state hospital or are interested in exploring an abandoned place ive been when they were active institutions, i would be happy to give guided tour or commentary

[@JPVideos81]

@@theimperialnerfherder6967 this has been demolished

[@theimperialnerfherder6967]

@@JPVideos81 damn, ok well thank you for taking the time to reply and let me know, im still curious what town it was in though

[@natebroadus8474]

My guess is, an old couple lived there. They had a daughter named Tina, who turned 18 somewhere around 1980. She moved out and they kept her room the same, for a while. Eventually, they started using the upstairs for storage, mostly. Sometime later, the woman's husband passed away. As she got older, the grandmother couldn't make it up the stairs, anymore. She moved down to the first floor and one of her family members blocked the staircase off with a mattress to keep the heat downstairs. She lived that way for a few more years until she passed. By this point, her daughter probably didn't have the money to fix it up, and there were too many memories for her to live in that same house again. It's possible the grandmother even died in the house and she, as well as her family, didn't feel right moving in there. They may not have been able to find a buyer for a house so far off the beaten path, so they packed up the things they couldn't bear to part with -- like family photos -- and left everything else behind. With the house still in the family, it's possible someone could come back later and try to restore it. Maybe even the woman's grandkids. As a grandson whose grandfather also left behind a house that eventually fell into ruin, I would not be surprised if this scenario was close to the truth. A lot of times, houses don't fall into disrepair because no one cares. Sometimes, finances just don't allow for a renovation. Sometimes the memories are too vivid for people to ever feel right being there again. In my family's case, it was grandpa's house. It would have felt wrong not to have him there. Even as I considered the possibility of renovating it a few years ago, I knew I wouldn't have felt right living there. As it was, it ended up burning to the ground. Grandpa is still with me in my heart. A house is just a house.

[@lilwildspark]

This is exactly what I thought too. The upstairs looks as if it'd been abandoned for a much longer period of time.

[@rosejackson7499]

That's a great scenario, that could very well be true; you made me envision everything you said, as if watching a movie. You have a gift in storytelling!

[@shalomaleichanomade1235]

@@rosejackson7499 :) Yeah I thought I was watching The walking Dead .....but no one lived

[@MandieTerrier]

The paneling looks very 80's

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

@@tomburcher5237 🙄

[@lynnbetts4332]

If this house faces a river or bay, it could have originally been the home of a ship's captain. The room on top was called a widow's walk, for the wife to watch for her husband's ship to come in.

[@kathleenm.arsenault5823]

Lynn Betts Awe!!

[@judyjordan8211]

Thank you I'm glad somebody besides me knew what that room was.

[@BishopKing.308]

YES for sure! ❤👻

[@lanterninthedark8926]

They couldn't think of a better name than widows walk!? LOL 😂

[@JulieMullen]

The captain's wife watched for her husband's ship to return, to find out if she was a widow or not. Sometimes, when he never came home, she watched anyway, unable to process the grief that comes with not burying the deceased or having that final goodbye. That's why it's called a widow's walk; because grief-stricken (read that 'mad with grief') widows walked up there. On some coastal homes, the widow's walk is just that; a tiny catwalk on the roof with an iron railing.

[@lynnhope9801]

I have a friend that is a hobbyist and goes to abandoned places to view (just as this video). He never takes or moves anything (I mean he picks it up to look but puts it back where it was). Anyway, he's a good kid and he always leaves a little picture of himself, about the size of a penny, to comfort anyone still "there" who needs it. To me, that's like inviting "things" in that I don't want any part of but he's never had a problem. Anyway, thanks for these videos. I love them!

[@JessicaGail]

Also, can I just add that it’s weird how this house has so many vintage aspects and so many modern aspects at the same time. For example, the decor and the jackets in the closets look so old yet in the bathroom there’s hair products in packaging that is fairly new, definitely from within the past decade. There’s a bottle of Tresemme and a bottle of Garnier Fructis that both look brand new lol. It’s weird but fascinating.

[@ilovemydoggos5981]

The picture frame tugged at my heart. It feels so lonely.

[@lesliehayworth4836]

Yes. Broke my heart a bit

[@bottledoo3639]

Makes me think grandma got it to put pictures of family in, and no one sent her photos

[@evee66]

I liked it too . it showed innocence .

[@Hannah-om9nl]

Maybe her family took the actual pictures out to keep for themselves and left the frame behind

[@BeeKool__113]

This is a lovely home. It just needs some TLC. I hope that someone purchases it and restores the outside but gives the inside a classic but a little modern make over. Really incredible place

[@johnkirk5555]

BEE KOOL113 n

[@yupyup1562]

I would love to see it also. Before and after...a Chip and Joanna Gaines project, lol, but wow, that would be an extreme reno requiring a huge sums of money...hence the reason it is still sitting there.

[@Steve_1999]

As a real estate agent/property manager that's been in thousands of houses... I can assure you that nobody will restore that home unless it's a wealthy family member of the previous owner or someone with sentimental value attached to it. It would probably be cheaper to build a new house. Sad but that's the way it goes..

[@rebeccabryson8659]

which is a shame because they do not build houses with character like that anymore.. all the new houses are little boxes made out of paper mache.. unless of course it is a log cabin

[@randy5893]

Thank you for being so respectful to these old places let me know how to buy u a coffee

[@michaelbell3399]

Thanks for the dating! So many of these "abandoned" videos never talk about it. Also great job not saying "creepy" in every sentence. Drives me nuts.

[@JPVideos81]

You're welcome

[@IratePuffin]

I can’t believe that house has only been vacant for like 4 years! I wonder if the person died or if the house was condemned? It’s in pretty rough shape. And I’ve always heard those rooms at the top of the house are called a widows walk or widows peak. Women would use it to watch for their husbands to return. Must’ve been a really pretty house when it was new.

[@kennethlaw5216]

Yup, you could hear the river running next to it. A lot of times their husbands were river men and they watched for them to return home on the river. Not sure that river was big enough for that.

[@robinluich5576]

Vandals and kids made it messy by trampling through and rummaging.The house wasn't left like that by the occupant.

[@01995s]

The house would have to be in Maine it also would be the same color house as the widowers to be boat,

[@sofiadober7393]

I’m a new subscriber. Thank you for the beautiful house that was once loved. I can’t wrap my mind around how family members just walk away from their relatives houses and belongings. I have unfortunately lost many family members unexpectedly and it was so difficult going through and sorting, donating, etc., but I knew they weren’t coming back and I would never dishonor their memory by walking away.😔

[@shawnamiller9202]

I was thinking the same thing......

[@yupyup1562]

Often, the repairs and taxes are just to much for family members to take on so they have to walk away. It is a huge home. The children may not have had income to support it. Also, I’m sure the home was full of things like memorabilia, nick-knacks, etc., that were taken, but what was left was broken, ugly, out of date, unneeded.

[@madisongreene8853]

That lookout tower room is amazing! I would love to have one of those on my house.

[@JPVideos81]

I can sit up there for hours. Especially with good company.

[@jupitercyclops6521]

@@JPVideos81 Cool video. I use to love going through old homes & one rm school houses. Anyways at 19:25 was a camel saddle. 21:12 was a corn holio.

[@consighneeseal5202]

It was a sure warm and comfortable home when grandma lived there.Grandma sure had great taste

[@myraandersen9881]

They just don't make house this pretty anymore

[@larrybill2661]

Hello Myra how are you doing!!

[@emmabeekman5788]

Lol in west Seattle the "modern houses" that they build vary from an ugly yellow and blue mixed with red bricks for apartments and just gaint white cubes with barely an windows

[@loops8186]

wouldnt it be wonderful to think this place gets renovated and put back to its former glory xx

[@chrystalteal4171]

I would love to renovate that place! Does anyone know what city and state this is located?

[@makaylahughes8108]

I think it would be really expensive because they’d have to replace everything

[@kadishiabryant1871]

loo loo-is. i thought the same thing

[@joleenphillips2415]

I'd love to get my hands on it!! What a glorious place!!!

[@sugarray3644]

@@chrystalteal4171 Is renovating or flipping houses your racquet?

[@denisecarter4061]

This is soooo sad to see what some Mama and Daddy worked so hard to provide as a home, and now it seems that no one cares enough to even want it. Makes me want to cry!!!!

[@GrannyGooseOnYouTube]

A theory: "Grandma" raised her children in this house in the 1970s. Perhaps she had a husband who built it, since it's so custom. With all those rooms, it's likely they had a number of children. Eventually, her husband either died or ceased to be in the picture. The children grew up and left toys (from the seventies) and probably brought their own children to visit in later years. It looks like children would have a blast there. Something happened in 2015. There are "pharmacy papers" you said. There's the odd framed picture on the wall, as if perhaps "Grandma" was becoming confused, and may have thought the pictures WERE her family. She probably became unable to care for the large home on her own, and was sent elsewhere for care...or perhaps she died. But in any case, it seems she had a full and wonderful life there for many years.

[@JPVideos81]

I had very similar thoughts.

[@laurastirling4772]

Sad

[@elfiefromangelcity6142]

A good number of things in there, including toys are 80's. The 70's stuff is more in the decorations, and appliances.

[@aaardvarkkk]

@ GrannyGoose: Um, no. Every house back then were custom. Clearly there hadn't been a man in Grandma's life for a very long time. The toys are 80's. The pharmacy papers were from squatters. Grandma clearly died or was forced to leave in the 80's

[@aaardvarkkk]

@ elfie: True.

[@JaneDoe-sunshineinflorida]

Old people that live alone usually will block the upstairs off so they don't heat a part of the house they never use .It costs too much for no reason .I'm betting the mattress was uses for that purpose.

[@That-Wanderer]

I don't like to see these places go to waste... what a shame...

[@gloriaalmendares9166]

Then the City would get sued if a homeless person were to get hurt or injured in the house!.

[@C-13770]

20-30 grand you could make it look new

[@robinhay43]

Sometimes there's a good reason a home is abandoned. I'm shocked so many "construction" people commenting are missing the very obvious signs of MOLD everywhere in that house (that's why it stinks. ) When I was a teen, we left our house & basically all our belongings. We had 5 "toxic" molds, because a neighbor caused flooding. We were extremely ill. Even now, it's close to impossible to remedy certain types of mold. Our house would've still been like that, if someone hadn't bought it & had it burned to the ground... contents & all. Even more crazy, is that our health became so bad, but it wasn't visible throughout the home. The same species of mold, are used for biological warfare.

[@buddleiabee]

22:07 now that's creepy. Several houses on the dame street abandoned at the same time. A blog would be great to find out more info on this.

[@lindamagnan6749]

Left behind series maybe ...

[@sofiabenath6251]

Just wondering why the owner had left? Or something happened?

[@buddleiabee]

@@sofiabenath6251 Yes it's a bit weird isn't it. Lots of abandoned places on youtube. Spain keeps popping up for me lately.

[@deneenksmith6001]

I believe that squatters were in the house because if you noticed the only thing that says 2014 2015 was the magazine and receipt but everything else was very old, nothing has changed or nothing new, the furniture, the bedding even the clothes were very old, whom ever house it was they left long before 2014

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

Deneen Smith yeah i figured that out as well. The last time the owner lived there was the 90s. The squatters trashed the place, and that is also why there are so many beds.

[@JPVideos81]

But the house had power until the beginning of this year...

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

really? ok, strange about the mattress and all the beds then. Its very indicative of squatters.

[@thedosh100]

I was thinking with the bouncer and sandbox that was newer it was a younger couple thatt have might have taken it over for a time. Or possible homeless people too.

[@hm4600]

I'd say that the power thing could still be debunked as squatters. The house is basically a time capsule of the 70s and 80s aside from some paper items. They might could afford the power but not the replacement of appliances and furniture. I would love the glassware and the green suitcase in Tinas room. The 8 track player my parents would love. I mean there are just so many things to admire about a time now gone.

[@dianestrouse3418]

I feel that was a beautiful and much loved home at one point. Probably someone was going to take the mattress but decided it wasn't worth the trouble. The stairwells are so narrow. Really good find.

[@kimw3471]

Have you ever just randomly took photos and found images of ghosts on them while exploring these old houses? I love old houses and the feeling you get when you walk through them. It's like they are alive holding onto the energy of the past.

[@melaniefagan7632]

Kim Wyndham...when he saw the mattress at the top of the stairs I wondered if he felt somebody there...I know that's happened to me before. It's a very intense feeling like there is somebody there, but you can't see anybody :(

[@johnkirk5555]

Kim Wyndha

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

Theres no such thing as ghosts, and ebough people are doing paranormal stuff. I love that these guys don't talk about or try to do that. I want to see lovely old houses with fab vintage and antique furnishings, and maybe learn about the type of person who actually lived there. Not some made up ghosts.

[@heatherroeder7912]

@@whoareyoutoaccuseme there are such things as spirits/ghosts and paranormal. Until you witness it and experience it for yourself, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about! I used to say the same thing all my life until a few years ago...

[@pamelachandler9610]

Love watchin older home videos, can just imagion how much love was lived in these!! Just shows us nothings 4ever!!

[@timbaker1428]

The reason the upstairs bathroom is so weird, is likely because when the home was built, there wasn't an indoor bathroom. It was likely retrofitted in the 40-50's. Based on the location and layout, I'm thinking it's an enclosed, second floor porch.

[@marcmcclinchy9774]

I wish Tina would watch this and give us some information about living in this house

[@earthwarrior2549]

Marc Mcclinchy I was thinking the same. Imagining Tina was in high school in the late 70’s, possibly graduating in 1980-ish as we always wrote our name and date like that in the 80’s. I had a jacket like that and graduated in 1991. Tina where are you? Would love to hear about your Grandmother.✨💫

[@angeliedanton2546]

Helow

[@reneejones9695]

Marc Mcclinchy does look like an old church and school house. Lots of rooms

[@marchels9649]

Marc Mcclinchy there was also named stickies Sharon... I guess Tina went in lived there when she got children 😁

[@winterbirds8022]

@@marchels9649 When she got children,lol cute wording ! 😆

[@RhettyforHistory]

It always amazes me to see what people leave behind!

[@mistyhumphrey2530]

RhettyforFun 67

[@lynnewebb8881]

Many become rental property and because of non payment, leave 'junk' behind. And the 'updated' parts cover many trends.

[@lesliemontez2619]

Hi

[@faith5563]

Looks like Electric Co kicked Granny & her cats out & then carelessly left her front door open. No $$ for rent/mortgage/utilities or movers - maybe no close relatives

[@zigprof]

RhettyforFun I agree!!!!

[@amyhatfield3717]

I had the same furniture in the 80s brings back memories! THANKS FOR SHARING !

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure

[@lawsonbrinton682]

Hello Amy

[@Thomasfrohwitter]

Hi there

[@LawnBunny777]

I had the wood frame chairs, made the macrame hangers, and the avocado stove (that color as well as the gold was in vogue in the 70s)

[@arcticarrowhvacr]

@@LawnBunny777 Harvest gold, copper tone, and avocado green were the three common appliance colors in the 70s.

[@mimikuyiawia8809]

This house omg could u imagine what it looked like in its prime ..I would love to bring this baby back to life so much life and potential still there ❤❤

[@JPVideos81]

I hear ya, one heck of a place to call home.

[@cinderella23queen37]

@@JPVideos81, if someone decides to invest in this home you wouldn't know it

[@cinderella23queen37]

@@JPVideos81, can you go to the court house and search the address and find out is the home up for sale

[@JPVideos81]

@@cinderella23queen37 this house has been demolished.

[@cinderella23queen37]

@@JPVideos81, omg! So sorry to hear that

[@Punk_in_pink]

when he was upstair talking about the mattress I​ was preparing myself for a jump scare!

[@momsygirl62]

Haha me too..

[@torythefanman]

I googled the lookout tower. They called them Cupola. Also called Widows Peak, Belvedere or a "lantern" The intent was to bring in extra light from the outside. Or for ventilation purposes..And in some cases they were used as lookout towers. Very neat house..Would love to have it! That mattress may have been used to block off the upstairs during the winter (when the people still lived there) I know we use to do that in the winter to keep the heat downstairs.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for checking into that, glad to know it has an official name.

[@marcboulware6242]

Very Interesting.

[@torythefanman]

No problem. As someone thats into architecture. I always have an interest in old houses like this lol

[@user-xl3fp5js5i]

everything has an official name. every style of roof, window, etc.

[@judystahlman1620]

ToryTheFanMan y

[@sorianakhuba9939]

Aww this house would have been nice long ago..❤️thank you for sharing someone else’s home..lots of memories who ever once lived there.maybe the person has passed on that’s why it has gone to the mess it has..if it wasn’t for you guys we would never gotten to see this home💋👍🏼

[@Beautyinthebreakdown.]

Wow I'd love to know the story of this house and why it was abandoned. Must have been beautiful in its hay day.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Hannah Melissa a shame isn’t it

[@lynetteheadley-jones5440]

Deborah chesse

[@camh6328]

I guess it would be nice to know why it was abandoned

[@deborahchesser7375]

Cam H I would say it needed so much repair and maybe behind on property taxes? No 1 wanted to invest the time and or $. If it were my Granny’s House? I’d save it no question but that’s just me a soft hearted hillbilly

[@deborahchesser7375]

Cam H yes I would like to know as well , just curious , like most older places it’s unique

[@JewelryNurse]

Everything in that house screams 60s to 90s I don't think anybody's lived in that house since then. There may have been a squatter or something for those later receipts and stuff you found

[@tianathompson9359]

I agree. I was definitely thinking squatters.

[@lawsonbrinton682]

Hello

[@Thomasfrohwitter]

Hi there

[@primsandwhims7533]

Imagine the first owners and how beautiful it once was.

[@lynna.burkhardt3795]

What you described as a "look out window" is actually called a "Widow's Watch." Their sister feature "Widow's Walk" is a railed platform on the roof of the house. They are more common in coastal communities, but became a decorative feature of the "Age of Sail" which was from the late 1500's to mid 1800's. Legends say that wives and mothers of sailors would "keep watch" for the return of the ships bringing their loved ones home. I worked for a high-end general contractor in the '90's who worked closely along side architects. One of our clients had one included in their new custom home that we built for them high up on a hill overlooking a river. Thank you for your video. It was interesting. As you moved through the house, my mind kept thinking of renovations and bringing the house back to life. I've often thought it would be fun to do what you do. As you say, though, there are risks involved which at my age, would be difficult.

[@Good-DaySunshine]

Yup- Lynn is right. There are lots of houses with those in Wisconsin near the water.

[@nickhill8612]

That's very interesting thank you for the information.

[@Good-DaySunshine]

@@nickhill8612 no problem!

[@jdppepp3252]

TV

[@debracox4584]

No no no no

[@judierickson7166]

As an Antique/vintage seller, I see lots of things I'd love to have, especially in the kitchen!