Peake Building - Insider Tour

Appalachian Rising Ventures obtained the historic Peake Building, said to be documented in the Guiness Book of World Records as the first building in the world which could be entered on all four floors (three stories and a mezzanine) from street level. The building was constructed in 1925 and wraps around Virginia Avenue. Please, come and take a pre-renovation tour with us. We cannot wait to restore this beauty!

[@chasedm1330]

Pure nostalgia 🥲 My Mamaw and Papaw raised me in the middle apartment (the one with the direct entrance from the street). I lived there with them from ages 2-10 between ‘95-‘03 before we moved to a house on West Ridge Ave. This video brought back a ton of my childhood memories. My height marks were recorded on the bathroom’s door framing. My Mamaw gave me baths in that kitchen sink. Ah! I could go on and on. Except for the store on the first level, I covered every square of that building as a kid. I’ve been in every apartment, and even snuck into the boiler room a few times (I still have nightmares about that place). I’m elated and grateful you all are taking efforts to preserve it. I’m sorry about the damage to the steps. I used to hit them with a hammer as a kid and drive the broken pieces around in my toy dump trucks. Anyways, I’d love to be involved in this project somehow, so I’ll DM your FB page.

[@philhoward4466]

i hope those height marks get preserved

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

I’m gonna look for the height marks and see if they are still there!

[@RenataDreyer]

Very interesting building, wish the camera person would show more of the building and less of the person talking.

[@michelrodrigues110]

she´s the boss, who pay the bills, who claim the reign, the one to be on spot

[@IAMDC322]

You probably wish for a lot of things to make yourself feel better about your self. 🫠 womp womp womp

[@jacosta5580]

Yeah bad video.

[@Boga217]

Definitely left a lot of curiosities to be desired..especially the amazing view out of the curved front she bragged about.

[@Pambo101]

I agree, the video is a tour of the building, not the people doing the tour…

[@freyallarganswald4746]

Those little doors were for milk deliveries. We had them in some old buildings here in Scotland. 🤗 I’m looking forward to seeing you bring this beautiful building back to life 💕🤗

[@matthewleary7782]

Exactly what I thought. They would open right over the icebox in each kitchen.

[@radicalmama135]

I was about to say! I know what they are! We have one into our 1935 house and in my parents old 1925 house they had one also - but we had milk delivery well into the 90’s in Vancouver Canada - but the milkman also delivered: eggs, cheese & bread - it was AWESOME! We had a big family so once a week we had a super over flowing box! Oh and cottage cheese and yogurt!

[@oneofwethepeople1161]

Mud flood

[@freyallarganswald4746]

@@radicalmama135 those were the days eh when the milkman was part of the community and provided a much needed delivery service of local fresh products right to our doors. 🤗our milkman also delivered bread rolls, eggs and other milk products like cream, yogurt, butter and cottage cheese. In the early 1990’s the old man who was a third generation dairy farmer died. Sadly his family decided to shut down the whole dairy, sell the property and herd and so ended our deliveries of beautiful fresh cream and milk. Also a part of our areas social history died too. It must have been really hard competing with the ever expanding amount of supermarkets with lower prices. Tbh I much preferred the taste of the dairy products from that local farm there is no comparison to supermarket products contained in plastic bottles. 🙁 I haven’t heard of any traditional “milkmen” in our area (central Scotland )since sadly.

[@tompatterson5453]

Lol just posted this.

[@richardwilson1283]

I bet the 3rd floor "boxes" were milk delivery since they go to the kitchen.

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

That is what I and several other people have also come to the conclusion of. So interesting!

[@thefarmerswifeknits6190]

Milk delivery or ice delivery.

[@StarLuvr004]

Agreed

[@scottm2828]

You should do videos of the renovation. I would definitely watch.

[@dancaulfield1008]

Film the building, not the people discussing the building. Seriously?

[@lightofthejul]

Exactly ! They are not great presenters , let the building speak for itself snd it will ! Wow ! I’m out , this is boring !

[@Mallsus2]

This is really cool! I will bet opening in front window and a window to the shaft will create one heck of a cross breeze with that pressure difference from the height of the shaft. I wish we still used passive heating and cooling techniques like that today

[@Rosie-jx6jo]

Wow! That’s going to be a huge renovation job. Looking forward to follow on your renovation adventure. 👍💪🏼

[@Hobotraveler82]

Beautiful old building. Glad to see it saved instead of demolished. Love the architecture. Gonna be amazing when its finished. 😊

[@libertycan6959]

wonderful building! If walls could talk. So sad to see our world shift this way. I'm grateful I got to live in the 70s and on. Seeing these small towns back in the 70s was amazing because of slower technology and no internet they were still full of what was in the 50s. I drive around our town and recall all the diners and gas stations, streets full of mom and pop shops, churches and community buildings etc. All is gone now. A different world... can't wait to see the buildings process.

[@finalgamer89]

I had family that lived in that building for a long time.

[@aday1637]

When I was 4, my parents had a salesman come in and do a layout of kitchen cabinets for a remodel they were doing to their home. He sold them 'Youngstown Cabinets". This was around 1954. The cabinets were white with the logo on the face of the sink cabinet. The white paint yellowed so badly that my parent put wood grained contact paper over all the facing surfaces. Now this eventually shrank over time and it was at that point my parents had the cabinets replaced with custom wood cabinets in the late 70's. The old cabinets were working just fine but they just became unsightly. The cabinets were manufactured in Youngstown Ohio. Hope that helps with your quiry into your's.

[@charlesyoung7436]

In 1960, my parents bought a house built in 1955 with a yellow baked enamel steel Youngstown cabinet kitchen. It came with triple deck "Lazy Susan" storage in two corners under the counters. My sister inherited the house, and the kitchen is still in place, with the exception of the built in GE dishwasher (which gave out in the 1970's). It's the ultimate in Mid Century Modern design. BTW, I grew up close enough to Southwest VA to remember a Roanoke, VA TV station commercial that was the shortest ever. It featured a flying saucer/coal tag with an announcer saying: "Olga Coal---Olga Coal--Out of this world---Out of this world." The Olga Coal tags I actually saw were small marked cardboard discs that would burn up with the coal.

[@pgtmr2713]

@@charlesyoung7436 Wow a coal ad on tv! That's a neat era overlap.

[@tim_g3478]

You’ve definitely got your work cut out for you but I can see how awesome that building will be restored. I appreciate your doing the video walkthrough

[@marshawargo7238]

I really do hope that they have enough money for this renovation! Way too many old saveable buildings are being torn down to be replaced with "new & improved" crap! They just don't make anything the way they used to & new stuff isn't built to last! This building, if renovated correctly, could last another hundred years or more❤if it's looked after & cared for!!!

[@kimkelly-kline3768]

Bless their hearts...LOTS of work to be done..hope they're part owners in a Bank...sorry..I know old buildngs should be saved,but this one..I would tear down...way too much damage.

[@NORFOLKIAN]

That’s what KZbin is for… 😂

[@rtex8563]

Wow! What a challenge you purchased! The first challenge is where to locate A huge construction dumpster? That whole building needs to be gutted to the studs/walls. Maybe you could get a local trades school to help with gutting and rebuilding. You will need many hands to tackle that place!

[@Clydesirota]

These people have no idea what they are doing. In a few years they will be dazed, broke and walk away. Sad.

[@Nydesidner]

Boxes may have been for ice delivery with an ice box on the inside.

[@marshawargo7238]

More likely, it was a milk/bread box. Ice would have to have been put immediately put into the icebox. You can't have ice melting on wood & running down the walls. When I was little, the bread man & milkman rang the bell, but we lived in a house & this is an apartment building, so IDK how they would have done it.

[@ksemery]

The Boxes may be Milk Chutes back to when the milk man traveled in the early hours of the morning leaving bottles and wire trays at residences throughout towns and cities.

[@Lantanana]

Being nosy, but for the outside steps, I recommend a hand hold. I am now disabled and notice when there is nothing to hold onto. You could put it just on the building side, if you want to keep the outside edge open like it is now.

[@pppantz]

NO idea how you came up as a recommendation but I am here for it. What a fabulous venture. My house is a puzzle form 1900.

[@davidshumway9639]

Dude I'm about 20 minutes in and stressed to the max. I didn't catch any explanation on what they plan to do with it it or what they did but this thing is toast. The cost to demo and rebuild all that's garbage will be prohibitive unless they have some grant or something. It wasn't a good design from the get go. What a turd. I gotta get off this video. The money pit factor is just wrecking my peace.

[@seesea-sv3xw]

IDK if I missed it but are planing to keep the building as apartments with a store in front or is there going to be another purpose?

[@philipbeard8132]

Consider checking 1930 to 1990 census to identify former residents. Perhaps some information could give additional clues to its past. Good luck.

[@lauries6517]

We can't wait for more videos.

[@gregpendrey6711]

Cameraman can film the bldg. All three carry a go pro and there will be lots for editing. Cool bldg.

[@skipstewart9376]

When you have someone go through the building with you, holding a camera, step out of the frame and let them video what you’re talking about and a slow pan because what we wanna do is see more. You can edit out if you think it’s too long, but let the person with the camera into a room and let them do a full 360 pan around the room very very slowly.

[@marshawargo7238]

I don't think the cameraman wanted to focus on the building because he ignored what was being pointed out & kept the speaker in frame🤔

[@jayburris6252]

Very cool building and project. Just fyi, all of the sheet paneling is a much later addition. All of it. I’d guess late 1960s or later. Also, by 1920 there were closets designed and built in at times. I subscribed to your channel so I can see the progress!

[@randymacsgarage]

what he said ,kudos.

[@EleanorHammond-k4m]

Thank you for sharing your journey with us!! Looking forward to watching you all bringing the building back to its original state 👍

[@mothroyale9076]

Great video. Awesome to see you both take an interest in reviving the area you grew up in. Loved the down to earth presentation. And the camera work was good. The camera was held steady and not moved to qucikly form view to view in a vertigo inducing manner that can sometimes happen. It must be tricky to film when you are having to be considerate of not falling through the floor. I will be following your progress with much interest.

[@1ajs]

hope u can help bring life back to ur urban oasis and get more going no reason these towns should rot away

[@frenchfriar]

I have a feeling that the little alcoves with the doors that open into the apartments were for milk deliveries, you'd put the empty bottles out and get full ones back, and the milkman never had to enter the apartment. They look too small to be for ice deliveries, but I've seen that too in old apartments. Since they do have doors into the apartments, I'm sure they aren't for telephones, though they are about the right size for a phone niche. It looks like there's a lot of good bones to save, even though there is a lot of damage, because there's also a lot of good features left. Good luck with your restoration.

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

Yes !! It's just what I thought too.

[@Treasuremonk]

WHERE is the building?? That would be nice to know from the start

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

The actual town of Appalachia, VA. The only Appalachia IN Appalachia, and the ❤️ of Appalachia.

[@CKNZ161]

That's a pretty fierce looking hill. Similar to some here in Bristol UK.

[@michaeltres]

I have driven by that building possibly hundreds of times, and I was always intrigued by its appearance, even as a child. Long ago, the only way to get to Norton and Wise was to go through Appalachia. I have long thought that Appalachia deserved some restoration. It's a place worth saving.

[@skipstewart9376]

The square open to the sky in the building is called a lightwell. They actually built those in San Francisco as loadbearing exterior walls in the center of the building. It let light down and air circulation, but in San Francisco they were more of an anti-earthquake addition.

[@radicalmama135]

They also came in as regulations in NYC in the 1920’s as regulation for light and air - so you didn’t have these behemoth buildings with interior rooms without any exterior egress, no air circulation and no light whatsoever

[@kengoss6878]

Water issues need to be addressed foremost before it deteriorates your building. Re-tar or address the roof. A tiny crack can take down a huge building. Y'all have a great adventure ahead of you. You seem like great folks, - Ken in Rome, GA.

[@lo2740]

"before it deteriorates your building" 🤣, i guess the building has been deteriorated since a few decades already, it is very far gone.

[@1ajs]

milk slot?

[@bailey1000100]

That lowest decorative section of brick work is called a "soldier course" If you can imagine soldiers all standing shoulder to shoulder upright all in a line. Have a look again.

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

Thank you!

[@joyperrin4275]

Always loved that building. My grandparents and an Uncle & Aunt lived at the top of the street. Can't wait to see the renovation.

[@brndnew01]

I wonder if the small cutouts on the top floor are milk doors?

[@Davett53]

Later, in 1993, we bought a house built in 1905. It is surrounded by houses built in the 1890s. Our house had been heated by coal, and employed a gravity furnace (meaning the heat rose from the basement, through passageways or chambers to the upper floors), though by time we bought it, it had been converted to natural gas & forced air with ductwork. We reclaimed the coal bin room, for more storage in our basement. There was an original canning room, for preserving home grown fruits and vegetables. All the houses on our street have brick built, underground cisterns, for collecting rain water, in the backyards. The timbers used in our house, predate modern sizing, and the nails are older style. We updated two lavatories removing the massive pedestal sinks, and single spigot fixtures, & 5 gallon toilet tanks.

[@RobynNBMoncton]

Im looking forward to following your restoration progress.😊

[@t4leta]

I totally agree with the person from Scotland about the third floor apartment hallway boxes being for milk delivery. Which were accessible from in the kitchens. Good luck your refurbishing project. I bet it will be great!

[@brendadickenson3547]

I remember this unique building. I lived in W.Va. and my grandparents. Lived in Roanoke,Va. And the other grandparents in Russell Co. Va. Oh, those winding roads I had to take medicine before every trip!

[@judybooze7256]

I love love old buildings thank you for working on this cool place.

[@neenmach]

Nice building. I would wonder if one of those phone stations was a dumb waiter. To move produce upstairs? I also love those old steps, as short of rise you can. Much better for walking.

[@Anequetuapa]

You have spirits, make sure you let them know when you start remodeling.

[@WoodenFeather-xm3vl]

Subscribed. This is going to be a serious project. For future videos slow that camera down. Steady the handheld light in the areas you are showcasing. I realize for most of the gut you won't have running electric to much of the building. Appreciate you chose to save this building! Best to you in renovations. Look forward to following the progress. I sure hope you can have a shoot from the top to a rollback dumpster on the main street.

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

Nope, not allowed to put the dumpster on Main Street, so our crew is hauling everything out in loads by hand!

[@JACOBSJohn818]

Really cool building.👌

[@skipstewart9376]

Please let us know when the last person moved out

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

It looks like about 2018, based on that calendar we found. Before that, we thought it was 2013.

[@Davett53]

I moved to Columbus, Ohio from Athens, Ohio, about 100 miles, North East away. My girlfriend and I rented an apartment in an old city block, the main buildings were built in 1896,...and additional ones were added in 1900. Our suite had 14 foot ceilings covered in stamped tin. The rooms had at one time been illuminated by natural gas lamps, as there were capped gas lines in the ceilings and on the walls in the living room. The windows were 8 foot tall. Instead of steam radiators, the rooms were heated by basic (passive) gas heaters, vented to chimneys. So they were not aided by electric fans, the heat just radiated out and natural convection moved the heat about. We also used portable electric baseboard heaters. There was an oversized claw foot tub, large enough for two occupants. We rigged up a shower & an enclosure. A simple copper pipe frame, with shower curtains. We restored the original 1905 kitchen, stripping & repainting the many well built cabinets. We stripped the paint off of sturdy chrome over brass, cabinet latches and hinges. We purchased from a salvager, a 1905 era kitchen exit door, with a built in window, which we restored, that lead to a large open sided outside porch. We lived there for 10 years, beginning in 1982. The rent was ridiculously low, because we rented it in "as is" condition. It was up to us to pay for any improvements, & repairs. Rent: $75.00, with gas, water, electricity all included. It was on the second floor, above an "old timers tavern".

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

I would have loved to see that!

[@Davett53]

@@AppalachianRisingVentures The building is still standing, and the oldest section had it's brickwork & trim restored. It is called or named "The Ramlow Block", after the original family who had lived there, and there is an alley with the same name. We had our neighborhoods, renamed based on re-discovered history. Our's used to be referred to as "North Campus" (North of the campus of The Ohio State University),...is now named The Old North. (Not to be confused with another area south of there, named The Short North.) The name for the area in general, is The University District. About 30 years ago all the old names were rediscovered, and our main roadway, is North High Street. In the early 1900s, there were iron arches, that crossed over North High Street, from our downtown to the northern end. Each neighborhood had their name on one, and they had been illuminated by gas overhead lamps. Now modern LED bulbs are used, in some areas the lamps, can go through a sequence of rainbow colors. In 1901 the nick name for our city, was Arch City. Columbus Ohio is the capital of the state of Ohio.

[@shawnking616]

The. Camera man is not pointing out Wht ur talking about

[@janeysiegrist5061]

He should be right behind her instead of 5 ft behind

[@cherylsmith4826]

More building shots, please

[@scottharper9645]

This really takes me back to the early 70’s in SIoux City. My parents owned several buildings in downtown that looked like this one. I remember doing many renovations to the apartments during summers in college.

[@mikeb1039]

I can't imagine how expensive its going to be to reclaim that huge building. Gotta be millions. I hope your plan is successful, good luck!

[@lo2740]

yeah, it is so far gone, why doing this, its not even a nice or quality building, its just a very cheap building that has never been maintained in a super poor town with no future.

[@juliancate7089]

Wow! It's unclear what your plans are, but I hope your plan is to gut it down to the steel frame and brick walls and start over. I know something about building and to properly seal, water proof, insulate, plumb, condition, and electrify this building is going to require you to have that level of demolish in order to do it properly. I think the other reason to gut it is to build a new floor plan that makes better use of the space. I understand you have a budget, but I think it would be unwise to try and save anything there. All the best.

[@Davett53]

I attended Ohio University which is in southern Ohio, in Athens Ohio. I rented suites in many buildings that were built in the late 1890s and early 1900s. In fact your building resembles many of the old buildings that are standing to this day. Athens Ohio is in the foothills of Appalachia. The town is very hilly. Ohio University is the only reason the town is still vibrant, and reasonably well taken care of. The streets are all exposed pavers.

[@SillyPutty3700]

Go Bobcats! I grew up at 165 N. Congress!

[@Davett53]

@@SillyPutty3700 Yeah, boy! I was there from 1972- 1976,.....I lived on the East Green, dorms Bush Hall and another, i forget the name, now. (maybe Read Hall) Then rented a suite in a 4 story newer apartment,....which may not exist anymore, called Lake View Apts. Then i rented a place on Court Street, in an ancient hotel converted to apartments,...Probably built in the late 1800's. Maybe it was once called the Athens Motel,....My college chums bought land outside of town in the Guysville /Stewart cities. Loved the lush green rolling hills, backroads the snaked their way through the backwoods. In 1972, parts of Athens felt like it was still living in the 1950s & early 60s. Old 1950s' wrecked and rusting cars, were hidden in the underbrush. Lots of abandoned farm houses to explore. The South Green river had already be re-routed,...but it still flooded it's banks from time to time. South green had elevated walkways. Lots of good times were had.

[@Thedailysideshow]

Beautiful building. I’ve been around the Appalachian area for awhile, my wife is from Richlands, Va.

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

About 1.5 hours from our town, Appalachia, VA.

[@heartland96a]

That furniture store across the street from this down hill , wow , trusting nothing will bring a vehicle into your store.

[@passat4862]

Camera guy needs to smartin up!

[@kengoss6878]

"Picture Molding" in apts., and that white light shade in apt. #2 is "Mid-Century Modern" 1960s. Slab doors "came in" in the the 60s and 70s. Original doors would be solid 4-panel wooden doors. You are missing mortar between some bricks. The need to be re-pointed (simple) to keep out water and decay. John is correct, those are two hallway "Telephone Boxes". They are early third 0f 1900s and from the depth had "candle Stick" phones with a brass separate ringer bell on the wall beside each one activated by an electricity signal when the (live person) operator plugged the wire for that phone in the switchboard. These were probably 1920s - 1940s. Some had an little shelf below for note paper & pencil and/'or phone number book (even one with 4 or 5 pages, nut these probably were hing on a nail in the wall when you used a hole punch in the upper left binding corner. If they were in a nicer home the bell would be via a built-in speaker in wall below the box. Onw could buy these from Sears and Montgomery-Ward. Later, when the rotary model phones came out, the bell was inside. ( Ig the phone shelf was in a plastered wall - some with a arched top, would be called a "phone niche". )

[@ffoster477]

They were niches for the milk bottles as there was one for each unit. Since they had a latched door on the back in the kitchen. No one would put phones in the halls of an apartment building. They did have those niches in larger houses like you are thinking about, but mostly they were for wealthy people and located near an entryway close to the entrance. I worked in an early 1900 mansion with a phone nich in it, they placed a small figurine of Mary in it.

[@BeatenAtv]

That building has so much potential it is insane! You can not rebuild anything like this anymore. The wood structure that is in it. Is strong along with the bricks. Plus the original radiators is just awesome.

[@rodolfoerdogan4983]

I enjoyed this, especially the explanation from the commentators

[@larryfeeks6620]

What a cool building! Looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

[@michaelconnor6282]

It never seemed to occur to the camera person to actually show the details they were talking about, and not them talking…but very cool building

[@genedandy]

Beautiful building with a lot of potential. Hope you folks post an update some time in the future.

[@uh3what]

i realy hope they go with period correct styling and not the modern "paint everything white" approach

[@greysheeum]

Horrible camera work. It’s about the building.

[@StephMcAlea]

Fascinating! I was recommended this video by KZbin as I was looking at restoration projects in my home city (Chester, UK, a 2000 year old Roman city) and I'm watching your other videos. I have a question, and please don't take this the wrong way, but why the decision to renovate these builldings? I understand why you'd want to, but in a town that looks like it's knocked down half of its buildings I'm wondering how you'd not suffer a huge loss. Both these buildings have a beautiful USA Hometown feeling and I'd move into a renovated apartment in the Peake building tomorrow (leg day, every day!) but how are you gonna attract business back? I hope I'm wrong. I hope the empty lots become parks or shops but it looks like you have a Herculean task ahead. Anyway, I've subscribed and I hope to see you prove me wrong! I'm a retired cartographer so as soon as you find plans for your buildings I'll draw some pretty poster art/plan for you to frame and hang in your buildings. My little bit to help.

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

Hello! Great questions. I grew up in this town, so it’s sentimental to me in many ways. My husband is a retired US Marine with a construction background. I have a lot of small business and governments experience. So our skill set together will hopefully help us navigate this project. Our goal is to inspire other entrepreneurs to locate as we finish buildings. You’re right, a lot of the town was being torn down, and it was our goal to stop that from happening to these buildings. It’s a big task, but we are dedicated.

[@songsforsomeone]

thanks for posting!!! I've daydreamed about this building for a long time!

[@tlover94]

That wooden panel board wasn't used in homes until the nineteenth fifties

[@toriladybird511]

The boxes that you thought might be for telephones might have been for deliveries so if the homeowner was not there it could be popped through the hatch.

[@ffoster477]

correct, they were for milk bottles.

[@JK-xl7un]

Good luck, look forward to seeing the progress.

[@kellytoth760]

Sorry but you need a camera man.

[@myd0gr3x]

where is this? Appalachia, VA 👍 found it

[@ffoster477]

That is a fascinating building, I am glad that you are going to restore it. As you know from others those niches are for milk bottle delivery. I am looking forward to follow the restoration project. I have subscribed, hope you will do video updates. Thank you for sharing this. ❤❤👍👍

[@VonTrep-g5g]

Kudos for your efforts in restoration, as this looks like a Herculean task. I don't see how you could possibly recoup your costs in your region, however.

[@Daehawk]

That's an amazing building that's been build over and built over. Going to take a lot of work and money to get it back to how it was.

[@paulyosef7550]

Wonderful that you are restoring the building.

[@ShadoeLandman]

In my teens, I helped renovate an old apartment building, and this building brought back many of those memories. I found an old sheriff’s badge with the name scratched off inside one of the walls. It was like a time capsule. The first floor had plaster and trim from the 20’s at the latest, and the daylight basement apartment had cheap paneling from the 70’s. It was in Star City, WV.

[@coffee8866]

That would be an awesome Cigar/Restaurant store. Great buy!

[@Fromard]

That is a good-looking woman.

[@zibbyzubb]

that will be quite an undertaking. Glad the building will be restored/renovated.

[@InertiaCreeps]

37:29 I was wondering about how recently somebody lived in that last apartment as I noticed the battery operated “Swifter Mop” that sprays cleaner on the floor and those are a *very* modern product. We currently have one in our house and we likely purchased that in 2018 or 2019. 😂

[@alanwilliamson9350]

I wonder if those little doors for so called party lines was for like a milk delivery or something seeing how it was in the kitchen area.

[@ffoster477]

They were for the milk bottle delivery.

[@janetbrandt171]

What a great project and huge undertaking! Good luck.

[@elliottgraham]

It was easier to put up paneling then find a professional plaster guy . the average guy could go down to the local hardware store and buy paneling cheaper. thanks

[@glenbo2464]

This is like the icing on the cake for me as i have seen this building from the outside only in another youtubers video of the town ! Its so cool !

[@barrywolf9002]

Would have been great to see the building instead of the commentators

[@JohnDoesItAll]

Rude!

[@JamesMasterPlaster]

Watched the whole video very cool thanks

[@InertiaCreeps]

32:42 I’d bet those little panels were for ice deliveries directly into the “Ice Boxes” in each unit. Given where the fridge is sitting and that they latch from inside the unit, that would be my guess. 😮

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Ive been surrounded by Canadians for far too long. Its refreshing to hear someone pronouce the word "tour" any way other than "two-urrr".

[@jesselebleu6814]

2/3 Hardcore.

[@mesasavage]

Whoever is filming this needs to learn that when someone POINTS at something they are describing, you should FOLLOW that with the camera, not continue to film their faces! This video is about the BUILDING, right? Ok.

[@andreewert1925]

Probably, its a square Log Home-type Built , covered by Brick..Carre de Bois, we say in Quebec, with dove-tailed Corners like Old Drawers..very Solid, more than Stick wood Construction of 2x4s

[@DaMoose1015]

Boom mike, parabolic mike, lapel mike.... Come on. Is this about the building... Or tabitha. I see too much of tabitha with almost no sound. Maybe try again...?

[@steveschultz300]

Now you need to get a brewery started, along with a pizza parlor, and maybe even an event space. And that way you can get all of the "historic luddites" all atwitter about "gentrification of the downtown"!!! Ok, going to turn off the snark now. All of those things have been done to downtowns here in Texas. The amount of breweries around here is astounding. AND the amount of boo-hooing from the older generations is astounding. "They" don't like things to change here in Texas...and that's why the downtowns are deserted. I mean not only deserted but collapsing. You can look into the windows of these abandoned stores and see the sky! The roofs have collapsed. Hopefully, you can generate enough income from your ventures. Just remember; it's all about PARKING!!!

[@andreewert1925]

Like that triangle Building, the FlatIron building in the Flat Iron District, that one was done in Cast Iron, lits shipped out of Chicago..not many around..see beyond the surface,..and surface comments. See the structure.

[@spamanator666]

Seems pretty obvious it was built around that road going up the hill. The road might have not been as big and probably has been improved but it almost surely was there, no other reason to build it like that.

[@JK-zq9vw]

Where is this located? I’ve seen a lot of places all over WV that have this vibe. Sadly with all the drug problems these empty buildings become even more trashed up. I was told that the workers that travel to WV to work for these Fracking companies are doing some business of their own… Not only are they the ones not getting laid off when it gets slow. But they are bringing in “products” to make even more cash. These guys driving brand new $70,000 trucks with a brand new camper, all paid off, hang out and party while locals are looking for new jobs or going on unemployment. I know that’s not the only way drugs came into the area so heavy but it’s one of several.

[@SeanMcGown]

So cool. Have fun on that one.

[@thomasstambaugh5181]

Wow, what a challenging project you've taken on. Unless you are prepared to spend well into 7 figures on this building, you will have to completely gut the structure and start over. You may be able to rescue some of the wood work and such, but there's just not much left to rescue. I subscribed and look forward to following your progress.

[@larrym.johnson9219]

It looks to me to be the design of an art deco building? Am I correct. There are quite a few art Deco buildings left in South Florida. And there are art Deco buildings and elements around the country still you may get some idea of what the building looks like and the techniques that were used for building and maintenance thank you for the download you have my subscription very interesting! Please be on the lookout for asbestos products. They were very heavily used in construction as well as insulation if you're in doubt have an asbestos professional look at it! I'm not telling you what to do I'm just concerned about your safety! Thanks 🙏..