The Heyward House Mini Tour

A quick mini-tour of the Heyward House Museum and Welcome Center with Docent Brad Wolff. Built in 1841, the house survived the Civil War and the burning of Bluffton in 1863. Today, the house is an historic museum and welcome center, as well as serving as the headquarters for the Historic Bluffton Foundation. Find more historic Bluffton videos at HeywardHouse.org.

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You know, when I see these old homes and the artifacts that are in storage or displayed there, I wonder about modern life. What are we doing or making today that will be worth even saving much less displayed and toured? Most homes today, whether cookie-cutter suburbs or custom one-offs (with few exceptions) are special. Families don't hold on to their ancestral homes anymore (if they even have one). We don't really have little interesting trinkets or lasting furniture, either. Everything these days is just generic and mass-produced with little to no craftsmanship or quality... and what we do have, if it breaks, we generally throw it away without even thinking about fixing it. It's sad when you stop to think about it as I'm sure many that would be watching this kind of video have and do.