Old Stone House Ruins ~ Fieldstone Farm Preserve

[@douglasruss2889]

I'm 67....thank you for reminding me of 'Lancaster County'....Memories. !

[@aevalk8369]

Always loved real stone buildings. When they're built correctly and kept up, they can last a long, long, time. Makes me think of passing by a house construction a while back and they were using particle board. I know it's used a lot in construction, but too many modern houses may not last long enough for the buyers to still be able to live there in their retirement years without spending big money for constant repairs, much less pass it down to family.

[@dianestephenson]

Beautiful place. Wish I could actually see it, but thank you for posting your videos so I can at least see it. It would be really great to find a picture of what it looked like before it was destroyed. Places like that always fascinate me and I always wonder who lived there and what it was like at that time.

[@lowriderrt2000]

What I wouldn't give to have a stream like that next to my house!

[@pjdemario1328]

I bet this was one gorgeous house a long time ago.

[@judydelaet1471]

Get out of my house!!! LOL! Great video Cliff! I love watching your videos, you are a wealth of information. I don't normally comment but I do watch and enjoy! Thank you!

[@gsdfan8455]

Just stumbled upon your video. Living in the North Central Pa mountains it’s nice seeing someone traveling in my native state. New subscriber and looking forward to watching your old videos

[@huskerjpg]

Everything is cool and everything is beautiful.

[@giniwalters8401]

Beautiful trail and stream!!! I love to hear the water running over rocks it sounds so peaceful and relaxing!!! Great ruins of the old farm house!!! Wonderful video Cliff!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@barbaraharshman9460]

Very beautiful and relaxing to listen to the water! The house is wonderful to see! Thank you for taking us along..be safe in your travels

[@user-David-Alan]

That probably looked like a story book house at one time. Beautiful. Thanks.

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

Beautiful Place with beautiful ruins WW and I Thank You Kindly for sharing your experience. I certainly share your excitement with these old places. There is something very special about spring houses. Perhaps it because they stores essential food and pure water. They were so much appreciated and held in reverence and often one of the first structures to sustain life. As far as those with spray cans, they may as well write, "I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR MYSELF OR ANYTHING ELSE". Same with those throwing their trash anywhere they wish. It is an attitude that has brought us into this state of polluting ourselves to death and everything else. But, there is hope indeed! People are waking up and changing things. You channel is very much helping with this WW and I commend you for it and others like JT and the gang. Bringing beauty to many and some adventure and appreciation for the Nature around us that we are truly part of! Wonderful Ruin Explorations! DaveyJO

[@dianaallen892]

Wow what a place!!! I would love to live there :) Great find !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@douglasruss2889]

You are on the fore front of are 'Heritage' ! ...thank you !

[@angiewanders7272]

I bet this was an amazing house back in it's day.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Nice place! Farm Castle🏰🚜

[@tr154]

It is beautiful! The surroundings and the birds chirping in the background . . . Oh what a lovely place to live! It looks like the owner was wealthy. It would be great to know the history of this place. Thanks for sharing! I feel the same as you do on the graffiti.

[@RusticVentures]

I can hear your excitement approaching those ruins. It is a beautiful area with awesome ruins! Excellent video my friend! Thanks :-)

[@56kicki]

Nothing more beautiful than the woods on a sunny summer day. I wonder if there are descendants of the people who lived here. What a pretty place this would be if it was rebuilt as a museum. Thanks for the the hike...you are the best.

[@karenpacker8862]

So glad this is a perserve! The stonework is really beautiful. The spring houses are always cool!!! Love hearing them too!!! Thanks Cliff....you film the most beautiful places!!!!

[@Riddler7676]

The two ducks were a really beautiful nature shot!

[@tmpatklk]

Thanks, Cliff. Impressive and beautiful. Much of the stonework is in great shape. The woods, streams, and pond shots are awesome.

[@beverlyhanlon7575]

Another beautiful walk. Huge stone house. Can almost picture it whole.

[@andrewbarlow8937]

That was there swimming pool. Thank you for sharing the wild life. That's what I miss about Pa.

[@nickmad887]

Thank you my friend.

[@kateclark7250]

Beautiful old house. The stonework is incredible.

[@randywilt5965]

Beautiful view of the ducks, loved it.

[@ODDySEEy]

Really nice find! The "niche" may have been a family Bible location. Real common in the deeper parts of PA (I am sure it was common everywhere, but you know how the building here are waaaay less "changed" over time). Good video.

[@OG1919]

Fieldstone Farm Tank Creek Nature Preserve (53 acres) - Pocono Heritage Land Trust. The remains of a beautiful turn of the century stone estate house and spring fed swimming pool and farm pond are a central feature of this 53 acre Pocono Heritage Land Trust Preserve. Straddling the boundaries of three municipalities (Coolbaugh, Paradise and Mt. Pocono), this once grand old farm and estate house held court over a commanding view of the Delaware Water Gap and Kittatinny Blue Ridge. A large year-round spring was a deciding factor in locating the home and farm at this location and the spring still runs today to fill the farm pond and then cascades down a waterfalls to the Tank Creek below. Bordered by Tank Creek, a small headwater wild trout stream and the 4200 acre Devil’s Hole State Gamelands #221, this Preserve owned and managed by Pocono Heritage Land Trust is a real open space gem. With the support and assistance of the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Tank Creek and neighboring Yankee Run have been designated as Special Regulations Artificial Lures Only Catch and Release Only Wild Trout Waters. Public access is via a gated drive and parking area/trailhead. Information kiosks and a plus 1 mile loop trail have been developed and marked on-site. A narrow railroad service road/trail parallels Tank Creek and leads upstream to access the site of the old estate farm buildings, farm pond and continues beyond to the spectacular Tank Creek Falls located on adjacent gamelands. Tank Creek Falls is a beautiful but little know Pocono Escarpment multi-tiered waterfalls that spills loudly down a spectacular series of rock ledges. Also visible along this stream trail is the remains of the namesake for this stream associated with the historic Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail Line. Early steam engines making their way roundabout and up the escarpment grade into Mt. Pocono and beyond to Scranton needed an additional water stop along the stretch of tracks through Paradise Township. Tank Creek was adapted to provide this source of steam engine water via a small impoundment created on the stream upstream from Devil’s Hole Road. This old concrete dam, the remains of which including steel delivery pipes and valves, can still be seen today along the stream. These pipes delivered water by gravity to a large trackside wooden water tower (tank) thus giving this stream and PHLT Preserve its name. A mix of small old fields, new forest growth, mature mixed deciduous forest, numerous hillside springs and freshwater seeps/wetlands and the old stone building ruins make this Fieldstone Farm Tank Creek Preserve an interesting natural and human history place to explore or spend a warm summer afternoon along a cool stream listening to Tank Creek’s magic. Pocono Heritage Land Trust (PHLT) is a locally based 501c3 conservation group dedicated to protecting important wild lands and waters, open space, agricultural landscapes and the natural heritage of the Pocono Mountains region. For more information about PHLT and to find out more about supporting local natural places and open spaces protection visit, www.phlt.org Don Miller for PHLT 10/25/2012 Fieldstone Farm Nature Preserve - Location and History Fieldstone Farm Nature Preserve consists of approximately 52-acres of land located along Devils Hole Road in Mount Pocono Borough, Paradise Township and Coolbaugh Township. The land is a mix of woodlands and fallow fields. There is a pond on the property and the Tank Creek flows along the northern property boundary. The Tank Creek falls are just north of the property. There is a stone reflecting pond that was said to be used as a swimming pool. The stone house was built using slipform masonry construction. Slipforming is an old style of masonry, resulting in a random appearance, without the uniform joints or sharp, clean lines of most modem masonry. Short fortes, up to two feet tall, are placed on both sides of the wall to serve as a guide for the stonework. The forms are filled with stone and concrete, then the form slips up for the next level. While gathering historical information on the property, several people who were interviewed referenced a wealthy business owner from New York who was said to have built the house for his daughter. Historical research shows that Carl Tielenius, proprietor of the Hollender Company, an importer of beer located in Manhattan, owned the property in the late 1800's. Mr. Tielenius also owned a section of what is now State Gamelands 221 on Devil’s Hole Creek, approx. ½ mile from the Fieldstone Farm property. The remains of the stone house on that property show that it was built by the same stone mason as the Fieldstone Farm house. Carl Tielenius sold the Fieldstone Farm property to an Elsa Sesser in July 1918. We believe that Carl Tielenius is the wealthy business owner many people mentioned. Assuming the house was built shortly after Ms. Sesser acquired it, the house on the property would be approximately 100 years old. Many people said that the fields on the Fieldstone Farm property were used to grow hay in the early 1900's for an elk herd in a Monroe County preserve. Elk were exterminated in southeastern Pennsylvania and rare west of the Allegheny River and in the Blue Ridge and Cumberland mountains by the opening of the nineteenth century. By the late 1840s, they were gone in the southwestern Pennsylvania and from the Pocono Plateau. By the 1850s, what remained of Pennsylvania's elk population was limited to sections of north central Pennsylvania, predominantly in Cameron, Elk and McKean counties. The creation of the Game Commission in 1895 paved the way to replenish and provide additional protection to many of the state's dangerously low wildlife populations. Deer, turkeys and quail topped the list of game animals the agency bought and released. In 1912, the Game Commissioners began talking about reintroducing elk in Pennsylvania. The idea stemmed from a federal government effort to reduce the expanding elk herds at Yellowstone National Park and the Jackson Hole Refuge Area, preserves that were protecting the remnants of America's elk population. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Biological Survey and Department of Forestry, unwilling to sanction a hunt for the overabundant animals, opted to translocate some and winter feed the rest. In 1913, Pennsylvania's first shipment of Yellowstone elk arrived by train. A total of 50 elk were purchased. Approximately half of the elk went to Clinton County, the other half to Clearfield County. An additional 22 elk were bought from a Monroe County preserve that year. Twelve were released on state lands in Monroe County and the remainder on a Centre County preserve. In 1915, barely two years after the first elk were released, the Game Commission bought 95 more from Yellowstone. They were released in six counties: Cameron, 24; Carbon, 24; Potter, 24; Forest, 10; Blair, 7; and Monroe, 6. According to the December 31, 1910, U.S. Department of Agriculture Biological Survey Bulletin No. 36, page 28 "At Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, Carl Tielenius has a considerable herd of elk, kept on lands over which the wild elk ranged in the early part of the last century." Therefore, it is believed that the Fieldstone Farm property may have been part of the elk preserve in Monroe County where elk were purchased for reintroduction to the State. Over the years, the property changed ownership and the house was occupied in the 1950s by the niece of the Monsignor of the Scranton Arch Diocese. The house burned down in the 1960's and today, only the main walls and the fireplace remain. The property also had a barn and a large chicken coop; both no longer exist but the foundation walls of these structures are present in the field in front of the house. Fieldstone Farm Preserve contains the headwaters of a tributary to Tank Creek. The spring emerges from the ground in an area behind the house, flows into the “swimming pool”, the manmade pond and then down the hill into Tank Creek. The water in the “pool” and pond (there is only one pond, it has filled in to become segmented over the years) is cold all year round due to the spring. The cold, clean water supports a healthy trout population as well as frogs, water snakes and occasional ducks.

[@martyjones9374]

Totally loved this Cliff!! In love with the stone remains & would of been so amazing to live there in the day. Such beauty! Could hear your excitement on the spring house, very cool. Water sounds as always so relaxing. Really really enjoyed it!!!!!! 🥰

[@Warren_Farms]

that was an awesome home at one point

[@sharondelaney5346]

That stone home was phenomenal...beautiful area...cool spring house...loved this video Cliff..great capture!

[@mikesweeney7190]

Just got home from work....assume. relaxing...thank you so much...

[@grangranzulaski1084]

That is a beautiful old house! Love the stone!!

[@georgetrains6168]

What a beautiful old farmhouse

[@trickychristopher]

That was all beautiful, thank you Cliff the Wandering Woodsman!

[@HeatMover144]

I visit the farm house 4 times a year. I like the fall and winter. I believe it was used up to the mid-seventies.

[@RunawayGranny]

love that place.. thanks for the adventure.

[@DJinNJ08830]

Thanks Mr K as many times I have visited promistland SP I have never been

[@walterlangston4253]

love seeing old stone buildings

[@elizabethrowe7262]

It looks like an interesting place to visit and the history of the house and who lived there. Thanks Cliff for showing this home which I imagine would have been beautiful with the stream nearby also. Pity it got burnt but its also amazing that the foundations are still looking very sturdy, was built well for its time.

[@makeupboss3568]

I’m a little familiar with the Pocono area , Tamiment and Lake Harmony. My family would go for vacations, it’s a beautiful area. This little place is amazing, even in it’s “ ruined “ state . It must have been a gorgeous structure in it’s original design, the architecture is beautiful. Stone houses are my favorites .

[@eileenbauer4601]

What a house that must have been in its prime!

[@alexandria8255]

love the longer trek thru the woods and w=the water features...that is a great old structure! made me think of an old hunting lodge. very cool Cliff. Thanks!

[@chrisgray8774]

Glad to have you back. I miss the mountain laurel of PA.

[@edithdavis2848]

Another nice hike. Beautiful place.

[@Ichthus61]

That is a beautiful trail. Love the streams and the ducks! I’m sure I’d agree with what you were thinking about the graffiti. Thanks for the tour!

[@carolb29]

hey! you said you were going to see where that small stream was coming from, the one next to the spring house.... I gotta know. lol give ya a reason to go back to such a beautiful place.

[@buddylight2191]

I bet that was a nice place at one time.

[@acykablyatley]

fantastic footage, thank you for sharing this.

[@ChelseaSierraK.]

Did a little research to find the age of the ruins. Fieldstone Farm Nature Preserve - Location and History Fieldstone Farm Nature Preserve consists of approximately 52-acres of land located along Devils Hole Road in Mount Pocono Borough, Paradise Township and Coolbaugh Township. The land is a mix of woodlands and fallow fields. There is a pond on the property and the Tank Creek flows along the northern property boundary. The Tank Creek falls are just north of the property. There is a stone reflecting pond that was said to be used as a swimming pool. The stone house was built using slipform masonry construction. Slipforming is an old style of masonry, resulting in a random appearance, without the uniform joints or sharp, clean lines of most modem masonry. Short fortes, up to two feet tall, are placed on both sides of the wall to serve as a guide for the stonework. The forms are filled with stone and concrete, then the form slips up for the next level. While gathering historical information on the property, several people who were interviewed referenced a wealthy business owner from New York who was said to have built the house for his daughter. Historical research shows that Carl Tielenius, proprietor of the Hollender Company, an importer of beer located in Manhattan, owned the property in the late 1800's. Mr. Tielenius also owned a section of what is now State Gamelands 221 on Devil’s Hole Creek, approx. ½ mile from the Fieldstone Farm property. The remains of the stone house on that property show that it was built by the same stone mason as the Fieldstone Farm house. Carl Tielenius sold the Fieldstone Farm property to an Elsa Sesser in July 1918. We believe that Carl Tielenius is the wealthy business owner many people mentioned. Assuming the house was built shortly after Ms. Sesser acquired it, the house on the property would be approximately 100 years old. poconoheritage.blogspot.com/2018/10/fieldstone-farm-nature-preserve.html

[@patriciasentz4950]

Amazing place! Thanks for sharing it with us! Stone work and old metal are my favorite materials. Another great hike with you.

[@lovingmesomeoutdoors8729]

A lot of that mortar looks really good still

[@adamtereska8734]

It was definitely a great looking home at one point. It sucks that some people have to be complete douche bags and graffiti everything, and for what? The vandalism is just pointless.

[@OlWolf1011]

Adam Tereska It goes along with the random destruction some hafta do, as well. Like they gotta release their inner Sampsonite Gorilla from time to time.

[@douglasruss2889]

Always well done...Keep up the good work !

[@douglasruss2889]

Your best !!!

[@douglasruss2889]

I live in 'Tidewater ' no springs !

[@douglasruss2889]

'Your best.

[@douglasruss2889]

WOW.

[@henryofskalitz2228]

There should be some barn foundation near it as well

[@CalebFrezza]

I liked the video. You should explore an abandoned train for a video! I’ve been to one and they are really fascinating.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Cliff, the house is pretty big and spacious and would have looked beautiful before the fire sadly consumed it. A very lovely area to have a house in and with the spring right there and the creek it really makes for one awesome location to live. That beaver dam was huge, how do they first start building the dam as obviously laying one stick down at a time they are going to get swept away, it's one thing I have always wondered about. Thank you for taking us along, much love. xx💖

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

They are good at intertwining those sticks together...

[@SueGirling68]

@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 They certainly are masters at it. x

[@desertfox486]

Nice vid. I don't hear any cicadas during your walks in the woods. I guess 2020 isn't their year. Cicadas and lightning bugs are the sounds and sights of summer that I miss.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

The annual cicadas haven't starting their 'buzzing' yet. We didn't get any of the periodical ones this year.

[@douglasruss2889]

SUPERB !

[@JeroenvanIddekinge]

If you google for "field stone farm preserve" you find some history information at a site called " Poconoheritage" (at blogspot). The first owner was Carl Tielenius a wealthy business owner. The property was sold in July 1918 to Elsa Sesser. Assuming the house was built shortly after Ms Sesser acquired it. Many people said that the fields on the Fieldstone Farm property were used to grow hay in the early 1900's for an elk herd in a Monroe County preserve

[@domn415]

That must have been a stunning home when it was built!!! Its a shame that people have to graffiti everything and destroy places. I will never understand what fun they get out of it... Thank you for another great video Cliff !! Check yourself for ticks!

[@danchar380]

You were at this lady's father's foundation a few years back deeper down in the Devils Hole. You thought it was a ski lodge.

[@petemaxwell8046]

That must have been quite a house. It looked like one of the windows had an opening beneath it that looked like it could have held an air conditioner. Is that possible?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

It was built in the early 1900's..

[@douglasruss2889]

Thanks for your. .'Conservation Work' !

[@lindamccaughey6669]

That was great. Loved the stonework. That house would have been beautiful in it’s hey day. The whole area was just beautiful, thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe

[@bigeral1]

Real fixer upper, little calk an paint

[@maljcross4634]

These riuns are really something, another great day out for you. Thank you so much for bringing your fans along. Can I ask, do you believe that a homes chimney is that homes tombstone or monument when the property goes into ruin, like this once proud mansion?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Never though of thought, but it usually is the last thing standing.

[@Redgonetogray]

Someone with a boatload of money could be store that home to its former glory. But then we would never be able to get near it.

[@syang1116]

This area is supposed to be rich on some civil war relics or remains like those winter camp sites. Wonder you sir may have some plan to find out.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Not really sure about that, this is up in the Poconos of PA, not much Civil War history in this area.

[@timothymobus9230]

Looks like an old school house to me

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

hope to get back have heat exhaustion 14th July

[@conniechamberlain1259]

How would they come in to the house.

[@shawnschallenger1972]

Do you know what year it was built ? They must of had/ have a big family

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Early 1900's I think..

[@angelm2655]

Wow what a beauty! Love the old rock structures. Don't like the graffiti. It has its place. That's the wrong one.

[@WALTERZOLNA]

Just say it for what it is. Disgusting, ignorant, despicable people who have no respect, consideration, or concern for anyone but themselves. So tired of seeing our beautiful American history being vandalized, desecrated, and destroyed. Its truly sad...

[@conniechamberlain1259]

All that time building that house and they loose it with fire.

[@RayRift]

777

[@Riddler7676]

They should make designated graffiti areas for the idiots! Im sure some of them would still continue to make beautiful things ugly with their so called "art"...they dont even think about how dumb the stuff they paint looks, and how it really is just an eye sore!