Enjoyed the video very much. Interesting old abandoned buildings. Good to see you with your dad enjoying the day together. Make the most of those times while you can. Amazing antique store thanks for showing prices.
@@coldwarmercantile not in my small town as we have coal mines here but in other towns we have the same as people leave to move to the cities i could never live in a big city
Glad to see you're out and about and able to explore. Can't wait for the next building video. If only I was closer, I'd love to come and help out as I like doing that sort of thing. Keep up the good work my friend. And for what it's worth, I hope Clayton and his Indiana girlfriend work out lol
Thanks Chris for taking us around and showing your next project maybe?! Just kidding! hope you can get a space filled with antiques, just not as filled as that store was! Love those lamps and the antique battery charger you bought, very cool items!
Somehow I missed this video, I loved the old bldgs in your area.. And the antique store.. Keep an eye out for me a large traffic light..thx for bringing us along on another adventure...
there is one outside the building across the street. Don't know how old it is. The guy has a bunch of stuff outside as a permanent garage sale. Payment is honor system.
While you were filming inside the antique shop i was looking too. Id rather buy second hand furniture then buying new modern. I like repurposing furniture. I own a late 1950s side table and I own an oldie. Not quite an antique yet. Its not an antique till its 100th birthday. But i own a 1927 singer 66 treadle. I maintain it myself. Because taking it in to the pros would need a car ride and it would be pricey. I only paid $90. For it. It came with cabinet and the machine. I had to buy a new leather band for the flywheel and the rubber tyre for the bobbin winder and some other things. I have never been in an antique shop. We have a few around here. I have been inside an old factory here in covington ky. It was on the rail road too. They had the industrial pull carts you were looking at. The frieght elevator and they had a working bathroom with the big round industrial sink like you have. I actually loved using it. The building was used to make the old wrought iron fences they used to put around residential yards. Its still in business but they moved i think. The building has been bought to several companies. One is the learning center. Which helps people find jobs. The other is a funded company that helps people in need with utility resources as well as job training. Not sure what else. When i visited it was before these companies moved in. When the building was bare bones. And stuff was left behind from the wrought iron fence company. I got to ride in the frieght elevator. Which was slow and jerky. But fun. The doors and everything worked like urs does. I pray you can find the part your missing. Im sure companies that make the parts are still available. I read somewhere that the reason why so many buildings in illinois is empty. Is because alot of people moved out of the state. Cost of living is super high with inflation. That people are relocating to another states. I read alot of mansions in illinois are abandoned because of it. Theres a few other states that people are leaving. The states that have increased in population; well one is florida because its cheaper to live.
Fantastic video mate. Looks like a twin version of your building. Very excited for the elevator video. Keep up the good work. Uncle Dan the train man from Australia Thankyou ❤
A lot of them in our downtown area have been used as hoarder stashes, just neglected and to the ceilings full of junk. Water damage also to the point that you can smell the mold from the street.
I generally love these kinds of places, because they are like "unintentional museums" of the past. Nothing in that building will ever be made, or reproduced, like all those antique artifacts, ever a again. Not with the same integrity and intention They are samplings of well made everything from the past.
Chris , Just a couple more ideas. Make sure to soak down wet any concrete that you are patching and make sure that the cement that you use has 'air entrainment' in the mix. Most bag cement has it already in it but some don't . Any boards that are used for molds can be painted first with oil to make for a release agent . Also make sure to tap the wet cement forms to aid in settling out the air bubbles and aid adhesion too. Jeff
Thanks, so what I am thinking of doing is using melamine board with the super slick surface, and also spray it with a release agent like wd40 or similar. The trick will be figuring out how to make them hang on the window and account for the subtle differences between each window as well. Going to use reciprocating saw with no blade to vibrate the mold and get the bubbles out. I think that will work. Thanks for the tips!
Hi Chris , A suggestion . When you use bricks to finish the bottoms of the windows use cement bonding agent 'looks like white glue' in the mortar to achieve a superior bond between surfaces. Also after the cement has cured one or more coats of cement sealer can be sprayed on with a pump sprayer which will make the surface much more water resistant. While on the subject of cement sealer and pump sprayers that can also be used to seal up all of the old cement floors so that they no longer shed dust that gets all over everything. The sealer and the bonder are basically clear when dry and are obtainable at a pretty low cost. I used the sealer in my shop floor and noticed the difference immediately and it made it easier to sweep as well.
Nice tip! I am going to pull out the wooden sills sometime this year and try my hand at a melamine mold to pour concrete sills. at some point someone did that on a few windows on the second floor and it looks great.
I love these giant Industrial old warehouses. Evidence of a time that America was able to produce its own products-no China needed. It testifies of a generation of hard-working people.
That was fun! Please... next time... slow down a bit. Felt like I was riding Space Mountain on some of those spins! Good thing you weren't live streaming... I'm sure all of us spied some amazing treasures and would have asked you to "go back"... 😂😂 Thank you for taking us along!
That one antique shop had way too much stuff in there. There might be some great pieces in there but they’re just lost among the piles and piles of crap. The owners should get rid of about 75% of the stuff in there.
This is right up my alley,.....I take or swipe photos from onLine source of old buildings, all the time. I have files on buildings, mostly old historic photos, from cities all over Ohio. I also have ones from larger cities, too. I love old architecture.
Decatur Illinois has stayles and also CAT factories both enormous, it is weirdly more industrial than other towns around. And Decatur is where the Matt Damon movie about the ADM whistle blower happened.
"Talk about fire hazard",..that warehouse filled to the ceiling with old wooden (antiques) and everything else,....should require their buyers/customers to sign a release form, because it doesn't look particularly safe, in there. Stuff could easily tumble down. Maybe they have a team of employees, who can wrangle the "merch" down & around. Its good that most smaller cities have lax safety codes and not enough inspectors or routine protocols, to adhere to.
This is in Decatur Illinois, at the old train depot, just off of Eldorado street. If you go there, plan a trip to Arthur Illinois and Elwin Illinois. They have some more you can make a day of it. The Arthur one is amish owned I have a video about it on my channel. Cheers.
I really like your videos, you are doing a great job to save an ICON. Ever looked into historical funding? It will limit you on what you can do and there is a crap load of paperwork involved in it. Most people will look at this as a steal, not a steal (There is going to be thousands of dollars out of your pocket) and a ton of hard work to bring her back. Keep up the good work, you are doing great.
I did and most money is for buildings being converted to housing, but there is a small agency locally that specializes in supporting businesses attempting to do this. It is just really hard to find them open for business. I need to figure out their routine. I left some messages but no return calls.
That antique store was fantastic! My thing is everyday household items from before electricity. From tools to kitchen products, lighting to cleaning. Not for resale but just because the manual labor expended to get through a normal day at that time is mind boggling.
I’m having such a hard time wrapping my head around watching your videos and others about how there’s so much abandoned property in the east coast and midwest that’s selling for super cheap, and how you can obtain cool antiques if you’re a good haggler. I live in Phoenix, Az. where real estate has skyrocketed beyond belief and the prices you’re showing for antiques out there could actually sell at those prices here. But people don’t want to live out there anymore, maybe because of jobs and weather. We have nice winters here, but try living in 100+ degree weather for 3 or 4 months a year, it’s not so fun, and there’s so many homeless people here. A lot of it is because of drugs and such, I know, but I wonder why some of those people couldn’t relocate and rehab those abandoned areas that so desperately need it. I feel like those houses and buildings are just crying out for a second life.
If the buildings were up to code it could be a great option. I know phoenix has an amazing amount of goodwills there, but it's not quite the same as a dedicated antique mall. This is farm land with no large city to support a thriving brick and mortar business that is why there are cheap buildings.
i live in kansas city and we have a lot of building like that and yes, they go for cheap. the problem is that depending on where in kc the building is, you will have to hire union labor to rehab it
I don't have any clue about that or what the law is in down state Illinois. But I haven't had it even mentioned as I have hired out some of the work. Doesn't seem to be a thing here.
almost none of them are listed. Most of them are in towns of less than 500 people. They have main strip in town usually one or two spaces are available. I see some on fb marketplace. But there is no substitute for talking to the small town locals. These are all in small towns around Charleston where I am. I know people in each of these towns and I just asked. There is a masonic home building in Findlay Il that has a for sale sign in the window and I can't find it anywhere online.
Wow! If I didn’t live so far away I’d love to go see these places!! I used the app “Parceled” to look at the price history and sale’s history and the Mc Clelland Grocery Company building was still being used as recently as 2019! Last sold in 2009 for 137k. What a shame that something catastrophic happened to it!!! Hopefully someone can reuse as much as possible! That discount store was unreal!! So much amazing stuff!!! I’d go crazy in there!!!!
That is surprising that it was that much but I guess because it is inside Decatur Illinois. In its current state I don't even know if it's sellable at all. Perhaps for salvage. I am fairly certain nobody would pay that for it now. That's why it is standing vacant. There are several brickabrack shops within a 2 minute walk in that area.
Property taxes are low because the buildings are in decline, some of wealthy property owners use their rotten properties as a way to reduce or offset their income taxes, on their better properties.
People don't realize that the other option for these buildings aside from being sold relatively cheaply is that they will be torn down by their current owners and lost forever. And many aren't entrepreneurial enough to see value in salvaging materials, so most materials would go to landfill or the scrap yard. It is actually cheaper for those who owned them to sell them to those who will care and refurbish them (or salvage materials from those buildings that can't be saved) than it is to demolish them themselves. Churches with dwindling and no longer existing congregations are plentiful on the prairies, and most in small towns and alone in the countryside are falling into disrepair and eventually end up demolished by man or nature. Its a shame, but a fact of life. At one time many such buildings on the Canadian prairies were readily available for purchase prices of $1 from the municipalities, private owners, and at auction (could have bought farmyards complete with house, barn(s) and sheds years ago for $1 bids) , though many owned by municipalities had some conditions to their sale, such as being renovated and occupied within a year or so. These situations are not as commonplace now, but there are still such building deals to be found, however. But, in the end it is about location, location, location if want to run a business in them. Lots of the prices in that first antiques shop were pretty decent! Would think there are some good buys to be made there, especially if they do bulk discount deals. Remember to keep us updated on Clayton and his beau...lol. Nice cart at 32:18. Glad to see shops that are crammed like those still exist. You got some nice buys! Probably $10 or $15 worth of copper in the battery charger.
Someone told me that it would cost a half a million dollars to demolition my building. That is a hard spot for some owners. They can't afford to demo but they also have property taxes and nobody that wants the building. there is a local church I saw for sale but there was a stipulation it had to stay a church. I was surprised by that. How did your local show go recently. I watched to vids trying to find the time to get back to the rest of them.
@@coldwarmercantile The church had to stay a church? Could have started your own religion, and had prayers to the junk gods... ;) The show went well, a couple hundred $ less than last year, but still decent. Have another to go to the 21st and 22nd of April.
Just a suggestion, I think you should start your power washing on the third floor and work down just from my experience of power washing a three story chicken barn. If you go from bottom up you will have water coming down on the part you have already done.
First step is to get it emptied out, the plan is to accomplish that by the end of the year. If it doesn't seem like it should take that long I have done a poor job of showing how much stuff is in there. The floors are wood so I'd really have to think about that one.
Cool buildings you found on your trip! The building at 35:47 is probably torn down with machines, not spontaneous collapsed, the fact that The debris are so fine fragmented And organised indicates that. Perhaps the building was deemed at risk at faling out in the road, so they demolished the nearest section of it. The art deco lamp is for Fluorescent tubes right? I think these Are "starter-less" ,you use the buttons to prime (or short )the light source when turning on. I have seen these kind of lights that had two buttons on them and No tube starter sockets in the light enclosure. Good price for the other lamp a must say... The charger may have asbestos insulated cables, hard to say when only seen on video . In that case weeht the ting whid a flower sprayer when removing them. There are new fabricated cables That locks like these old fabric cables, available to put back on it. Question: is the prices on that antique store high, in your opinion?
I wonder as it is full of stuff like office chairs and other stuff that was stored inside, maybe it was too dangerous to go in and they did it with machines. Either way it dropped right where it was. and nobody is doing anything with it.
Chris, really cool antique stores but the prices seemed a little high. Ever since American Pickers aired on history channel, everyone wants to get rich! Hope your doing well, and keep on rockin’! 🤘😎🤘
Yeah, these stores have brick and mortar which is a little uncommon these days, but at the local auctions and estate sales where they get their stuff deals can be had. That being said even at a bit of a higher price sometimes they have some pretty cool industrial stuff. I also venture to guess that on the coasts the prices are even higher. I remember when garage sales had everything for 25 cents every weekend in my home town.
Facebook marketplace, but Illinois economy is super depressed and almost every town has stuff available so just a drive will do it too. Word of mouth is probably the best way though.
As I said in another one of your posts, I have friends who collect things. One guy has been collecting "penny coin operated scales", that were popular from the mid 1800s, to the 1960s, and they were in all sorts of stores, and even out side of them. He began collecting them in 1975, and has well over 300 of them. He published a "color plate, professionally photographed" coffee table book. He has shipped various scales all over America to collections, and exhibitions. He's presently looking to sell his collection, but he wants them all to go, in one giant sale or auction. Perhaps a history museum will buy them.
Some 30 years ago, i was on the hunt for an industrial-type building to start a micro-brewery. I was born in Alton, IL and decided to start looking in that area. There were several with ornate brickwork and interesting design - but the prices were just too much - so I had to pass. All these years later, no one else bought them and they ended up falling to the wrecking ball. Such a shame because the city of Alton sits high on the bluff, overlooking the Mississippi River.
With that ‘antique’ barn stacked up to the gills asking for such prices, I’m wondering if there is a cost of living crisis? Those asking prices are so high! Also with the availability of such items in such places I hope your project to sell upscaled items works out and doesn’t end up stacked to the rafters like the antiques place you visited. So how healthy is the market for your kind of projects?
Well I don't plan to sell too much locally, the market is depressed in Illinois. I want to travel to curated antique shows like roundup and brim field etc. and sell online. That one stacked to the gills has brick and mortar and the very fact that he is over stuffed means he is not really super interested in moving stuff. Local fb marketplace and estate sales in the area are where the better deals are.
Loved the old battery charger. I would have bought it, too. Some electric items of that era have asbestos in the wire covering-- not all, just some. I'm not good at identifying when the wire cover contains asbestos and when not, so I clip it before sellng.
Pricing vintage and antiques is dicey. That green “Hoosier-style”:cabinet that was on a “super sale” for $375 from 450 might be up to a grand in some markets. In fact, I was shocked it was only 375. I might expect it to be $800. On the other hand, some items seemed awfully pricey, such as the cast iron skillets at $25. I think any really nice pan at $25 seems like a good deal, but I have had trouble peddling them at $20. I looked up at one point and saw a corner sink for $50 that interested me. When you get your store up, we will come see you. In fact, if you are available on my weekend off, we’d love to come by your place. We are in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
its a pretty long drive, but you can message me if you happen to be in the area. I bounce back and forth overseas so catching me might be hit and miss. As I go through the stuff in the factory and develop my own showroom it will be more worth it perhaps. Decatur Illinois and nearby Arthur are worth the trip every other Saturday when they open the basement over there. There are 4 antique malls within 3 to 4 minutes walking distance.
that one that is overpacked is overpacked because the guy probably doesn't like to sell. In the other ones they are like any antique mall. individual sellers set prices and they do negotiate if you ask.
every other Saturday they open the basement which is like the old way that flea markets were, not the ones with discontinued Walgreens and cvs items like most of them are today. A few miles away is an amish antique store which I have a video about, between them you can make a pretty cool antiquing day trip.
please explain how you managed to acquire this building for $20k. Im living in ontario, canada and land value alone of that is at least x10 if not more. Did you only get the building title or the land aswell? Thanks!!
it came with 3 acres, it was at the point where something had to be done with the building. Either renovate or bulldoze it. It was in probate as the family who owned it were contesting who should get it so the court stepped in and nobody offered to buy it so they kept dropping the price. It's not an isolated story in this area sadly.
I tried to buy a house several years ago in the Chicago suburbs, but the RE agent told me that it's difficult for out-of-staters to buy in IL or Chicago. She did everything she could to discourage me from buying. I live in WA state and at that time I was working as a consultant in the pharma research industry and made very good money. She saw my income records, so it wasn't that.
@@coldwarmercantile I was trying to get a fixer upper to flip and why she would be so angry that an out-of-stater would want to buy in her state caused me to think she didn't like me for some other reason.
In cities seeing more growth, or RE-growth, the old factories are being scooped up and turned into insanely expensive Condos & Lofts,...Even in Ohio, which is home to many rust-belt factories. Apparently, Columbus, Ohio,....my adopted home,....( I grew up in the much bigger city of Cleveland, Ohio, a bonafide city, that was the center of steel production in America, with a giant factory district, from 1810 to 1980 approximately, (170 years). So Columbus is seeing an explosion of re-growth, and all the cool old factory warehouse are either being torn town or rehabbed into new dwellings & retail.
I used to live in Hillsboro Ohio. Don't remember much in Columbus. But I was going to second grade when I moved to SC. In Columbia SC alot of the old factory, are getting turned into apartment, and one is a antique mall.
@@coldwarmercantile everyone is moving to Lexington SC. We got gas station, car wash, and oil change places every corner. Also subdivisions and apartment everywhere.
Hey, if I had been the church buying that big building, I’d have gone the other way. You pay me to take it off your hands. We use our full amount of cash to renovate and make the community a better place with a place of worship (and maybe add in some community projects they plan to do), and you get a tax write off and look good to your community.
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I would think the market for this stuff would be declining because young people don't generally appreciate this stuff. Old timers like myself, we're dying off. Mid Century Modern appeals to younger generations.
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the best shot is to check Facebook market place, better the individual groups for each town, but there is no substitute for asking locals in a small place. many of them are not even listed.
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Enjoyed the video very much. Interesting old abandoned buildings. Good to see you with your dad enjoying the day together. Make the most of those times while you can. Amazing antique store thanks for showing prices.
Hi chris thanks for the tour some nice old buildings hopefully some one saves them . Cheers mate 🇦🇺
do you guys have the same situation?
@@coldwarmercantile not in my small town as we have coal mines here but in other towns we have the same as people leave to move to the cities i could never live in a big city
Enjoyed this video greatly. Also, meeting your Dad. Love those antique trips.❤❤
Glad to see you're out and about and able to explore. Can't wait for the next building video. If only I was closer, I'd love to come and help out as I like doing that sort of thing. Keep up the good work my friend.
And for what it's worth, I hope Clayton and his Indiana girlfriend work out lol
That's funny. Me too. At some point I'll have the building up to code and open to anybody who wants to stop by!
@@coldwarmercantile well, if you ever come visit Alaska, the pizza is on me. I know a good spot.
You need an Army of people behind when you go to "war" on those buildings. Thanks for the tour and especially for showing prices.
Beautiful architect and the brickwork
Thanks Chris for taking us around and showing your next project maybe?! Just kidding! hope you can get a space filled with antiques, just not as filled as that store was! Love those lamps and the antique battery charger you bought, very cool items!
Thanks, that would be awesome some day, but never that full again! Maybe a future project? in about 3o years after the one I have. If I'm still alive.
Omg i love love that antique place i woukd be in there for hours so much good stuff to look at ...WOWSERS
Somehow I missed this video, I loved the old bldgs in your area.. And the antique store.. Keep an eye out for me a large traffic light..thx for bringing us along on another adventure...
there is one outside the building across the street. Don't know how old it is. The guy has a bunch of stuff outside as a permanent garage sale. Payment is honor system.
@@coldwarmercantile if you happen to go by there again, ask him how much it is.. I might have to send you the money and get you to hold it for me...
It is soooo sad to see that building collapsed so many AWESOME material to reuse that you just cent get anymore
I agree. I wonder if I could call the owner and buy some bricks from him for repairs at my place.
Omg,slow down the camera movement!
It always boggles my mind to the amount of stuff our country has in it. Thanks Chris.
While you were filming inside the antique shop i was looking too. Id rather buy second hand furniture then buying new modern. I like repurposing furniture. I own a late 1950s side table and I own an oldie. Not quite an antique yet. Its not an antique till its 100th birthday. But i own a 1927 singer 66 treadle. I maintain it myself. Because taking it in to the pros would need a car ride and it would be pricey. I only paid $90. For it. It came with cabinet and the machine. I had to buy a new leather band for the flywheel and the rubber tyre for the bobbin winder and some other things. I have never been in an antique shop. We have a few around here.
I have been inside an old factory here in covington ky. It was on the rail road too. They had the industrial pull carts you were looking at. The frieght elevator and they had a working bathroom with the big round industrial sink like you have. I actually loved using it. The building was used to make the old wrought iron fences they used to put around residential yards. Its still in business but they moved i think. The building has been bought to several companies. One is the learning center. Which helps people find jobs. The other is a funded company that helps people in need with utility resources as well as job training. Not sure what else. When i visited it was before these companies moved in. When the building was bare bones. And stuff was left behind from the wrought iron fence company. I got to ride in the frieght elevator. Which was slow and jerky. But fun. The doors and everything worked like urs does. I pray you can find the part your missing. Im sure companies that make the parts are still available.
I read somewhere that the reason why so many buildings in illinois is empty. Is because alot of people moved out of the state. Cost of living is super high with inflation. That people are relocating to another states. I read alot of mansions in illinois are abandoned because of it. Theres a few other states that people are leaving. The states that have increased in population; well one is florida because its cheaper to live.
You hit the nail on the head, people are moving out at about 50 per hour from the state at this point.
A Midwest $20,000 is a New England $10,020,000 (plus $5,000,000 taxes)....envious of your purchase and drive to dream fulfillment....keep it going!
Fantastic video mate. Looks like a twin version of your building. Very excited for the elevator video. Keep up the good work. Uncle Dan the train man from Australia Thankyou ❤
A lot of them in our downtown area have been used as hoarder stashes, just neglected and to the ceilings full of junk. Water damage also to the point that you can smell the mold from the street.
Inner city would be more difficult I am sure. materials cost more etc.
Dang, that battery charger was cool. My son is an industrial electrician. I would have bought that for his display shelves.
I have a bit of a video with more info about it in a couple of weeks from now.
@Cold War Mercantile I eagerly await that video.
I wish there was places out west this cheap
Clayton sounds like a lucky guy.
Please offer closed captions for the hearing impaired. The audio is very weak.
is that automatic or do I need to type it in?
I generally love these kinds of places, because they are like "unintentional museums" of the past. Nothing in that building will ever be made, or reproduced, like all those antique artifacts, ever a again. Not with the same integrity and intention They are samplings of well made everything from the past.
Chris , Just a couple more ideas. Make sure to soak down wet any concrete that you are patching and make sure that the cement that you use has 'air entrainment' in the mix. Most bag cement has it already in it but some don't . Any boards that are used for molds can be painted first with oil to make for a release agent . Also make sure to tap the wet cement forms to aid in settling out the air bubbles and aid adhesion too. Jeff
Thanks, so what I am thinking of doing is using melamine board with the super slick surface, and also spray it with a release agent like wd40 or similar. The trick will be figuring out how to make them hang on the window and account for the subtle differences between each window as well. Going to use reciprocating saw with no blade to vibrate the mold and get the bubbles out. I think that will work. Thanks for the tips!
Hi Chris , A suggestion . When you use bricks to finish the bottoms of the windows use cement bonding agent 'looks like white glue' in the mortar to achieve a superior bond between surfaces. Also after the cement has cured one or more coats of cement sealer can be sprayed on with a pump sprayer which will make the surface much more water resistant. While on the subject of cement sealer and pump sprayers that can also be used to seal up all of the old cement floors so that they no longer shed dust that gets all over everything. The sealer and the bonder are basically clear when dry and are obtainable at a pretty low cost. I used the sealer in my shop floor and noticed the difference immediately and it made it easier to sweep as well.
Nice tip! I am going to pull out the wooden sills sometime this year and try my hand at a melamine mold to pour concrete sills. at some point someone did that on a few windows on the second floor and it looks great.
I love these giant Industrial old warehouses. Evidence of a time that America was able to produce its own products-no China needed. It testifies of a generation of hard-working people.
They called it the greatest generation didn't they?
That was fun! Please... next time... slow down a bit. Felt like I was riding Space Mountain on some of those spins! Good thing you weren't live streaming... I'm sure all of us spied some amazing treasures and would have asked you to "go back"... 😂😂 Thank you for taking us along!
that's maybe an idea for a future video/stream.
That one antique shop had way too much stuff in there. There might be some great pieces in there but they’re just lost among the piles and piles of crap. The owners should get rid of about 75% of the stuff in there.
That place is specially known for just that problem. haha. You are right.
This is right up my alley,.....I take or swipe photos from onLine source of old buildings, all the time. I have files on buildings, mostly old historic photos, from cities all over Ohio. I also have ones from larger cities, too. I love old architecture.
Decatur Illinois has stayles and also CAT factories both enormous, it is weirdly more industrial than other towns around. And Decatur is where the Matt Damon movie about the ADM whistle blower happened.
Thank you for the great video
Inspiration day.
Good work Chris ! stay safe buddy !
Thanks so much. Glad to see you are still around the channel!
@@coldwarmercantile oh yes ! we are watching, cool to see your dad too.
I’d love that house you were teasing your dad into buying. But you’d have to be about ten years younger than I am and a whole lot richer!
other than windows and roof! Yeah, it would surely be a commitment.
"Talk about fire hazard",..that warehouse filled to the ceiling with old wooden (antiques) and everything else,....should require their buyers/customers to sign a release form, because it doesn't look particularly safe, in there. Stuff could easily tumble down. Maybe they have a team of employees, who can wrangle the "merch" down & around. Its good that most smaller cities have lax safety codes and not enough inspectors or routine protocols, to adhere to.
Thank you for taking the time to show us interesting buildings! Can you please share with me where these antique shops are located? Decatur Illinois ?
This is in Decatur Illinois, at the old train depot, just off of Eldorado street. If you go there, plan a trip to Arthur Illinois and Elwin Illinois. They have some more you can make a day of it. The Arthur one is amish owned I have a video about it on my channel. Cheers.
Thank you for taking the time to reply back to my questions! I really appreciate you!
I really like your videos, you are doing a great job to save an ICON. Ever looked into historical funding? It will limit you on what you can do and there is a crap load of paperwork involved in it. Most people will look at this as a steal, not a steal (There is going to be thousands of dollars out of your pocket) and a ton of hard work to bring her back. Keep up the good work, you are doing great.
I did and most money is for buildings being converted to housing, but there is a small agency locally that specializes in supporting businesses attempting to do this. It is just really hard to find them open for business. I need to figure out their routine. I left some messages but no return calls.
That antique store was fantastic! My thing is everyday household items from before electricity. From tools to kitchen products, lighting to cleaning. Not for resale but just because the manual labor expended to get through a normal day at that time is mind boggling.
my favorite decade is the 30s the highest quality stuff came from that time in my opinion.
I’m having such a hard time wrapping my head around watching your videos and others about how there’s so much abandoned property in the east coast and midwest that’s selling for super cheap, and how you can obtain cool antiques if you’re a good haggler. I live in Phoenix, Az. where real estate has skyrocketed beyond belief and the prices you’re showing for antiques out there could actually sell at those prices here. But people don’t want to live out there anymore, maybe because of jobs and weather. We have nice winters here, but try living in 100+ degree weather for 3 or 4 months a year, it’s not so fun, and there’s so many homeless people here. A lot of it is because of drugs and such, I know, but I wonder why some of those people couldn’t relocate and rehab those abandoned areas that so desperately need it. I feel like those houses and buildings are just crying out for a second life.
If the buildings were up to code it could be a great option. I know phoenix has an amazing amount of goodwills there, but it's not quite the same as a dedicated antique mall. This is farm land with no large city to support a thriving brick and mortar business that is why there are cheap buildings.
i live in kansas city and we have a lot of building like that and yes, they go for cheap. the problem is that depending on where in kc the building is, you will have to hire union labor to rehab it
I don't have any clue about that or what the law is in down state Illinois. But I haven't had it even mentioned as I have hired out some of the work. Doesn't seem to be a thing here.
Hey Chris, where do you find these properties listed? I've checked zillow and loopnet, but I'm not finding any of them.
almost none of them are listed. Most of them are in towns of less than 500 people. They have main strip in town usually one or two spaces are available. I see some on fb marketplace. But there is no substitute for talking to the small town locals. These are all in small towns around Charleston where I am. I know people in each of these towns and I just asked. There is a masonic home building in Findlay Il that has a for sale sign in the window and I can't find it anywhere online.
That Battery Charger is Art. Get the right table to display it...thought
I have more info on it now and in a video in a few weeks I'll post more about it.
Wow! If I didn’t live so far away I’d love to go see these places!! I used the app “Parceled” to look at the price history and sale’s history and the Mc Clelland Grocery Company building was still being used as recently as 2019! Last sold in 2009 for 137k. What a shame that something catastrophic happened to it!!! Hopefully someone can reuse as much as possible! That discount store was unreal!! So much amazing stuff!!! I’d go crazy in there!!!!
That is surprising that it was that much but I guess because it is inside Decatur Illinois. In its current state I don't even know if it's sellable at all. Perhaps for salvage. I am fairly certain nobody would pay that for it now. That's why it is standing vacant. There are several brickabrack shops within a 2 minute walk in that area.
Property taxes are low because the buildings are in decline, some of wealthy property owners use their rotten properties as a way to reduce or offset their income taxes, on their better properties.
Mine are low $1800
00 single family home, yearly
People don't realize that the other option for these buildings aside from being sold relatively cheaply is that they will be torn down by their current owners and lost forever. And many aren't entrepreneurial enough to see value in salvaging materials, so most materials would go to landfill or the scrap yard. It is actually cheaper for those who owned them to sell them to those who will care and refurbish them (or salvage materials from those buildings that can't be saved) than it is to demolish them themselves. Churches with dwindling and no longer existing congregations are plentiful on the prairies, and most in small towns and alone in the countryside are falling into disrepair and eventually end up demolished by man or nature. Its a shame, but a fact of life. At one time many such buildings on the Canadian prairies were readily available for purchase prices of $1 from the municipalities, private owners, and at auction (could have bought farmyards complete with house, barn(s) and sheds years ago for $1 bids) , though many owned by municipalities had some conditions to their sale, such as being renovated and occupied within a year or so. These situations are not as commonplace now, but there are still such building deals to be found, however. But, in the end it is about location, location, location if want to run a business in them. Lots of the prices in that first antiques shop were pretty decent! Would think there are some good buys to be made there, especially if they do bulk discount deals. Remember to keep us updated on Clayton and his beau...lol. Nice cart at 32:18. Glad to see shops that are crammed like those still exist. You got some nice buys! Probably $10 or $15 worth of copper in the battery charger.
Someone told me that it would cost a half a million dollars to demolition my building. That is a hard spot for some owners. They can't afford to demo but they also have property taxes and nobody that wants the building. there is a local church I saw for sale but there was a stipulation it had to stay a church. I was surprised by that. How did your local show go recently. I watched to vids trying to find the time to get back to the rest of them.
@@coldwarmercantile The church had to stay a church? Could have started your own religion, and had prayers to the junk gods... ;) The show went well, a couple hundred $ less than last year, but still decent. Have another to go to the 21st and 22nd of April.
Just a suggestion, I think you should start your power washing on the third floor and work down just from my experience of power washing a three story chicken barn. If you go from bottom up you will have water coming down on the part you have already done.
First step is to get it emptied out, the plan is to accomplish that by the end of the year. If it doesn't seem like it should take that long I have done a poor job of showing how much stuff is in there. The floors are wood so I'd really have to think about that one.
Cool buildings you found on your trip!
The building at 35:47 is probably torn down with machines, not spontaneous collapsed, the fact that
The debris are so fine fragmented
And organised indicates that.
Perhaps the building was deemed at risk at faling out in the road, so they demolished the nearest section of it.
The art deco lamp is for
Fluorescent tubes right? I think these
Are "starter-less" ,you use the buttons to prime (or short )the light source when turning on.
I have seen these kind of lights that had two buttons on them and
No tube starter sockets in the light enclosure.
Good price for the other lamp a must say...
The charger may have asbestos insulated cables, hard to say when only seen on video . In that case weeht the ting whid a flower sprayer when removing them.
There are new fabricated cables
That locks like these old fabric cables, available to put back on it.
Question: is the prices on that antique store high, in your opinion?
I wonder as it is full of stuff like office chairs and other stuff that was stored inside, maybe it was too dangerous to go in and they did it with machines. Either way it dropped right where it was. and nobody is doing anything with it.
Chris, really cool antique stores but the prices seemed a little high. Ever since American Pickers aired on history channel, everyone wants to get rich! Hope your doing well, and keep on rockin’! 🤘😎🤘
Yeah, these stores have brick and mortar which is a little uncommon these days, but at the local auctions and estate sales where they get their stuff deals can be had. That being said even at a bit of a higher price sometimes they have some pretty cool industrial stuff. I also venture to guess that on the coasts the prices are even higher. I remember when garage sales had everything for 25 cents every weekend in my home town.
Are you using a specific site to find these places?
Facebook marketplace, but Illinois economy is super depressed and almost every town has stuff available so just a drive will do it too. Word of mouth is probably the best way though.
@coldwarmercantile im looking for a large building I can live out of and run my ebay business out of.
As I said in another one of your posts, I have friends who collect things. One guy has been collecting "penny coin operated scales", that were popular from the mid 1800s, to the 1960s, and they were in all sorts of stores, and even out side of them. He began collecting them in 1975, and has well over 300 of them. He published a "color plate, professionally photographed" coffee table book. He has shipped various scales all over America to collections, and exhibitions. He's presently looking to sell his collection, but he wants them all to go, in one giant sale or auction. Perhaps a history museum will buy them.
Some 30 years ago, i was on the hunt for an industrial-type building to start a micro-brewery. I was born in Alton, IL and decided to start looking in that area.
There were several with ornate brickwork and interesting design - but the prices were just too much - so I had to pass. All these years later, no one else
bought them and they ended up falling to the wrecking ball. Such a shame because the city of Alton sits high on the bluff, overlooking the Mississippi River.
southern Illinois right? near St. Louis, that would be a good spot for sure. and a large city to support a business nearby.
Sad those buildings are being left to rot or get torn down, i hate loosing historical buildings
Hello again!.......I wish I could post the photo I found onLine, of another Buster Brown Factory, in another town in Illinois.
There are very many of them, they got preferential tax treatment for opening in small towns all over.
Gotta check to see if this is a sundown town...ILLINOIS has the most
I don't know if Charleston was, however there was race related shootout at the courthouse at one point.
You need to find out what buildings that are going to be demolish and see if they have glass windows like yours. Make an offer for them. Way cheaper.
With that ‘antique’ barn stacked up to the gills asking for such prices, I’m wondering if there is a cost of living crisis? Those asking prices are so high!
Also with the availability of such items in such places I hope your project to sell upscaled items works out and doesn’t end up stacked to the rafters like the antiques place you visited. So how healthy is the market for your kind of projects?
Well I don't plan to sell too much locally, the market is depressed in Illinois. I want to travel to curated antique shows like roundup and brim field etc. and sell online. That one stacked to the gills has brick and mortar and the very fact that he is over stuffed means he is not really super interested in moving stuff. Local fb marketplace and estate sales in the area are where the better deals are.
Loved the old battery charger. I would have bought it, too. Some electric items of that era have asbestos in the wire covering-- not all, just some. I'm not good at identifying when the wire cover contains asbestos and when not, so I clip it before sellng.
Nice tip, that stuff was everywhere, even in the putty caulking on the windows in the building.
Pricing vintage and antiques is dicey. That green “Hoosier-style”:cabinet that was on a “super sale” for $375 from 450 might be up to a grand in some markets. In fact, I was shocked it was only 375. I might expect it to be $800. On the other hand, some items seemed awfully pricey, such as the cast iron skillets at $25. I think any really nice pan at $25 seems like a good deal, but I have had trouble peddling them at $20. I looked up at one point and saw a corner sink for $50 that interested me. When you get your store up, we will come see you. In fact, if you are available on my weekend off, we’d love to come by your place. We are in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
its a pretty long drive, but you can message me if you happen to be in the area. I bounce back and forth overseas so catching me might be hit and miss. As I go through the stuff in the factory and develop my own showroom it will be more worth it perhaps. Decatur Illinois and nearby Arthur are worth the trip every other Saturday when they open the basement over there. There are 4 antique malls within 3 to 4 minutes walking distance.
There is another brown shoe factory in Litchfield IL, that was completely renovated and turned into apartments.
someone else also mentioned that. I need to look that up.
Those Flea Markets have so much stuff because their prices are ridiculous. Would they dicker at all?
that one that is overpacked is overpacked because the guy probably doesn't like to sell. In the other ones they are like any antique mall. individual sellers set prices and they do negotiate if you ask.
That store was awesome, I’ve never been there. Might be an hr or so drive.
every other Saturday they open the basement which is like the old way that flea markets were, not the ones with discontinued Walgreens and cvs items like most of them are today. A few miles away is an amish antique store which I have a video about, between them you can make a pretty cool antiquing day trip.
Did you sell the women's undergarments and dresses? I would be interested in them if you still have them.
We sold them over 3 years on eBay. It was an enormous amount but there is nothing left sadly.
please explain how you managed to acquire this building for $20k. Im living in ontario, canada and land value alone of that is at least x10 if not more. Did you only get the building title or the land aswell? Thanks!!
it came with 3 acres, it was at the point where something had to be done with the building. Either renovate or bulldoze it. It was in probate as the family who owned it were contesting who should get it so the court stepped in and nobody offered to buy it so they kept dropping the price. It's not an isolated story in this area sadly.
I tried to buy a house several years ago in the Chicago suburbs, but the RE agent told me that it's difficult for out-of-staters to buy in IL or Chicago. She did everything she could to discourage me from buying. I live in WA state and at that time I was working as a consultant in the pharma research industry and made very good money. She saw my income records, so it wasn't that.
Sounds like they were steering you toward something with a better commission.
@@coldwarmercantile I was trying to get a fixer upper to flip and why she would be so angry that an out-of-stater would want to buy in her state caused me to think she didn't like me for some other reason.
I think if I had the money I would start a waterbed and beanbag factory easy to do think about it
In cities seeing more growth, or RE-growth, the old factories are being scooped up and turned into insanely expensive Condos & Lofts,...Even in Ohio, which is home to many rust-belt factories. Apparently, Columbus, Ohio,....my adopted home,....( I grew up in the much bigger city of Cleveland, Ohio, a bonafide city, that was the center of steel production in America, with a giant factory district, from 1810 to 1980 approximately, (170 years). So Columbus is seeing an explosion of re-growth, and all the cool old factory warehouse are either being torn town or rehabbed into new dwellings & retail.
I used to live in Hillsboro Ohio. Don't remember much in Columbus. But I was going to second grade when I moved to SC. In Columbia SC alot of the old factory, are getting turned into apartment, and one is a antique mall.
the problem is that Illinois is doing poorly and people are leaving, so I am pretty sure apartments in rural Illinois would be a tough sell.
@@coldwarmercantile everyone is moving to Lexington SC. We got gas station, car wash, and oil change places every corner. Also subdivisions and apartment everywhere.
@@adamklump9949 they must be going somewhere, they are leaving Illinois for sure.
In the south house- you could get into a new TH-cam channel, with movie making there 😄
Like rural film lot. Modern day Illinois version of gone with the wind.
Hey, if I had been the church buying that big building, I’d have gone the other way. You pay me to take it off your hands. We use our full amount of cash to renovate and make the community a better place with a place of worship (and maybe add in some community projects they plan to do), and you get a tax write off and look good to your community.
every small town around here has a similar building. A few people like you may do that, but there are not enough like-minded folks around.
Taxes must be outrageous in Illinois .
for a building like min that is not up to code it is about 100 dollars a month.
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I just saw houses in California on a recent trip. Houses that are worth 30k in my home town are 1.5 million in San Diego. Unbelievable.
I would think the market for this stuff would be declining because young people don't generally appreciate this stuff. Old timers like myself, we're dying off. Mid Century Modern appeals to younger generations.
The Ikea generation.
You could start a parallel channel, the "Ten pounds of S**t in a 5 Pound Bag" network.
not sure the algorithm would like that title. haha.
Your subscribers continue to climb and rightly so. You have and are producing great content. If you'd like up your game and produce better content easier, you may think about getting some young person or anyone really that is local that wants to get into videography. You may be able to find someone that would help with filming for the experience, even if they couldn't do it for you all the time. You'd probably be amazed at how much more you could accomplish in your videos while still making content easier. And you may even find someone willing to do both the recording and with your directions, they video editing and production.
I think that if you found someone you could make even more of your interesting content helping with your numbers of views and subscribers.
I might look into this later this coming year. It would be good to get the camera further away than selfie position.
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Instead of talking about what you want to do all the time get a tripod and start just showing what you are doing.
It will be 100’ of thousands of dls just to get that place run again in decent shape
Is there an auction site to find these buildings?
the best shot is to check Facebook market place, better the individual groups for each town, but there is no substitute for asking locals in a small place. many of them are not even listed.