Exploring a Historic Abandoned Farmhouse in Ohio | Red Brick Colonial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ม.ค. 2020
- Today we stumbled across this historic property in Ohio. This red brick house was urging us to explore. The county lists this abandoned farmhouse as built in 1919 but the building techniques, including post and beam, lead us to believe it could be much older. There are many buildings on the property. It was a successful farm in its day. New home developments are slowly encroaching on this spectacular, over 100-year-old, property. The brick house is covered with moss and ivy. This farm is located in Wayne County, Ohio which no longer exists. The county was made part of the surrounding counties. We believe the farm may be named the Kittredge's Farm but historical records are not readily available. The feed ad we found in the farmhouse could actually be for this property.
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The house appears to have been built in the Italianate style, probably sometime between 1840 and 1870. It's hard to tell what the outbuilding with the round top windows was originally but certainly not built as a farm shed, though it's possible it might have been built to serve as a roadside produce stand for the farm? More likely it was relocated from elsewhere and repurposed on the farm. Moving buildings was common before there were power lines in the way. BTW - I'm an historic preservation architect in Southern WI.
You can use the brickwork to help figure an approximate date of a historic building. This one has five courses of brick in between the header rows where the short end is out, which was commonly used between about 1825 and 1850. historic-preservation.weebly.com/preservation-articles/evaluating-brick-bonds-to-help-date-historic-structures
Looks like it also had a partial wrap around porch on it how beautiful it must have been back in the day though. Be careful and have a wonderful day
That place had to of been gorgeous when it was "young". So sad to see it rot away. Mother nature's taking it back bit by bit. That one foundation you found with the water in it may have been a spring house at one time. Thanks for sharing. See ya on the nest one.
When I see buildings like this makes me wish I had the money to bring these relics of time back to life
I bet it was a beautiful farmhouse in its prime!! I love old farmhouses!!
It's so sad when old buildings are destroyed. Great video as always!
Really neat place. The way the windows, stairs, floors, and mantels were removed makes me think that the place was stripped for these.
That is an interesting place. I think the small window you pointed out might have been to light a second stair near the kitchen. I doubt the wire over the windows was there when people lived in the house; more likely it was put up to keep trespassers out when it mattered.
I agree about the little window to provide light for a second staircase right off kitchen.
Would of Loved to have seen this in its Prime!
I have gone to architectural auctions. My husband and I were
Contractors and we did restoration work on old homes , buildings. We could bid on one room or several or 0ne specific feature. Other times you could make an offer on the entire structure. Usually a different auction was held ahead of time for the contents of home and outbuildings. I saw no sign of furnishings in the house itself, which leads me to believe there was an architectural auction.
Oh and thanks for making & sharing these. I love them!
The big cement thing was probably a cistern for collecting rainwater.
Farm house like that has well water, and a cysteine. I can remember back in the 80's when I was a kid we had family in Clarksville, and they had. I also remember when they put plumbing from the city in the property, along with gas line's. It's crazy to think that in the 80's people didn't have those.
Salvage the ottoman fabric cover - it dates to about 1905, and is a rare survivor!
It once had a bank barn. The round thing was where the silo stood
Another great video! Having been a farm, I wonder if the window covers were to keep animals out? Old lumber is worth some $$$ if it's in good shape. Most old lumber I have personally seen, the sizes are 'true', a 2 x 4 is actually a 2 x 4 not 1-1/2 x 3 -1/2 as modern lumber is. There's actually quite a few reasons to salvage old lumber and it's not just for appearances.
The Amish in Ohio repurpose barn wood, so I imagine they would take anything from houses as well. They made a beautiful dining room table and chairs and coffee tables and sofa end tables for my son’s home. Original blemishes and knots left in. Very rustic but well-made.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing
The wire on the windows is fencing material for farm land, usually to keep cows in their own pastures. When it’s on windows., they, the owners, are usually trying to keep people out. This house could be a beautiful gem, a diamond in the rough. The large round place with the large round cement type lid is a huge well...and as big as it is it was a huge well and they probably had no water problems at all. The small, what was left of the foundation, that had water in it, and the smaller round that u thought of as a well, were chances are, cisterns! In its day, this House was the top of the top!!!! Thank u for another great find!!!!!!!
It would be way cool if you could find pictures of it, the town would probably have pictures for historical purposes.
And yes the windows most likely were protected because you know how these places get trashed by idiots...what a grand place that was.
Would love to have seen this property when everything was still intact. I can only imagine how beautiful it all was.
What a neat place. It's sad that someone destroyed this place but at least we got to see it as it is.
You showed where the windows swung open, so I'm thinking maybe those mesh things were on the windows to keep birds and critters from coming in the open windows. Then again, it's pretty wide mesh, so who knows, but that's my idea.
I'm betting it's from the early 1800's to late 1700's from Ohio I've been in a home built in 1843probably a cistern
Great video. I always look for old abandoned houses when we travel and I always wonder how many people were born there and how many died there. I think of all the Christmases and birthdays that were celebrated there. This one was outstanding but I wish there were still floors and stairways left. Thanks for taking us there!
We do the same-thinking of what the walls would say if they could talk...envision what the folks would have been doing during the time the house was built, the history of the nation, etc.
The farmer at one time had cows around and he put the mesh wire bars over the windows to prevent the animals from cutting themselves, that would be my guess.
That makes a lot of sense. I wonder if he stored straw or something the animals would want inside and was scared that they would find a way to get in and then not be able to get out.
@@OnceOccupied for sure, farmers want to utilize everything on their property and that old abandoned house would have made a perfect place to store hay- straw.
Lol the he says be in the end is funny
I imagine it was cooler in the summer than most places with those huge inward opening windows. Needed all those fireplaces in the winter. Seems an unusual choice this far north. Cool perspective to see it without the floors. Good Find! Seems like shutters would have been good in the winter. Maybe they were there and some one reclaimed them?
the small window looked like the stairway going upstairs and the wallpaperd room was most likely the kitchen...they really liked the color yellow
At that time, live stock had all of the yard. The wiring over the windows was probably to prevent the POWs etc from breaking the windows yet all for them to open
The Whateley family cut out the floor of their house in The Dunwich Horror.
Great find, Thanks for the adventure! I'll throw my two cents in,,,It sure looks like it had a lot salvaged and if i had to guess on the wire mesh on the windows, I would say when it went empty someone tried to protect it for a while hoping it would be saved, but unfortunately that never happened for whatever reason.
That makes sense. I was also wondering how they would put the storm windows on if the mesh was old and had been on there. The mesh must’ve just rusted fairways quick.
Wow I wonder what it looked like before it was partially pulled down
the small building with round cement object was probably a pump house and the round thing is a water cistern.
looks like they have already salvaged the good wood and woodwork, floors out of the building.
The wire on the windows was probably put to keep the animals out after it was abandoned.
It sadly looks like someone’s been using the wood from it to re build some where else..It’s a beautiful big old building ..So sad it’s going to ruin as many old building do..Great video lads The meshing May have been put there when it first became empty 😀
Maybe a large working farm with employees. Fence over windows put on after being abandoned.? Salvage of items looks like what was done. Go to the census of the name on the paper & see how far back that name stays there. You will find their ethnicity & why the house was built the way it was. Census 1890 are few.
The lower fireplaces have what are called floating hearths. Which means there is no foundation under it. The ”angled” brick is actually just doubled brick. It was a means of keeping the house warm or cool.
THE ANGLED BRIC STRUCTURE RADIATES MUCH MORE HEAT INTO THE ROOM RATHER THAN UP THE CHIMNEY.
THOSE HUGE CHIMNEY SYSTEMS HAD TO HAVE VERY SUBSTANTIAL OUNDATIONS UNDER THEM, THEY WEIGH SEVERAL TONS EACH.
Not so I had the salt thing in a 125 year old home in Memphis TN. That’s how I know about floating hearths you pompas twit.
@@kristeelrod3367 😂🤣
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That's the horse stables
Makes sense to me!
Nice, sturdy house! Heavy, solid materials! It looks much older than 1919. I'd guess maybe the late 1800s at the latest, but it's hard to say. Look at the nails in the wood to see if they're square or round. I think square head nails tend to be from the 1800s a lot, whereas the circled ones are post-1900(mass produced). Don't hold me to this but I think I've heard this.
Well and pumphouse must have had large farm
The small window was on the stair landing.
You mentioned that it would be difficult to find out who built the house, but I bet the local library or historical society would probably have a map showing at least the name of the owners at some point in time. If you ever want any specific tips, please let me know! I'm an archivist/librarian. @lisarickey on Twitter
The mesh was nailed on the outside of the windows to prevent people from breaking in when it was abandoned.
Would you guys ever consider doing a stay over video I think it would be a hit
Yes!
That big circular concrete thing might be where a silo was
They probably dif salvage the timbers and such. They had a lot of fireplaces because they needed them for heat. They probably had stuckoed the outside. That was done in all of the antebellum homes of the south.
Can you tell me location of abandon property?
Old houses had to have a fireplace in every room. Only source of heat.
It is not mesh it is old fencing material very popular in that period. Someone was trying to keep folks out. Having rehab a few centurian properties, I would say it has been scalped. Which is a good thing. Milled wood can cost up to $1000’s of dollars afoot.
PRISTINE MILLED AND STAINED WOOD CAN BRING $10 A CUBIC OOT NOT $1000'S.
Depending on the county, I would not rule out Amish at one time.
That round stone was probally the well and the little house was probally the pump housel
That was a spring house where those rock foundations are with the water inside.
Yep make way for the cheaply built Ryan homes
That house would be so easy to Reframe.. I bet I could Reframe that house in two weeks by myself.. good video also you gained a new subscriber keep up the good work fellas
Thanks, very cool. What was the weird mouth noises, chewing gum near microphone?
100% chewing gum 😜
I’m literally editing another video right now from a couple months ago and I’m chewing gum so I’m going to apologize in advance 😜 As soon as I started editing it I remembered this comment 😳
Cutting out the top floor may be keeping it from collapsing 🤷♂️
I think to keep people out
I wonder if they had stained glass windows 😼
Looks like the place was stripped out to use things somewhere else
Someone had to have bought that and cut out all they wanted for a new build. Probably would cost way too much to restore that so they just took the good stuff. But I would of built the new right on the same land..but maybe they work in a different state..who knows.
It is a cysteine.
IT IS A CISTERN. CYSTEINE IS A CHEMICAL, BRAINIAC !
I wonder if they were keeping animals in this place that would explain the wire over the windows.
That round concrete structure that's the base of the silo.
Being destroyed for something cookie cutter and ugly...
most likely its all been salvaged
no one came out to stop you because there is nothing left to take, or do to it that would cause more harm. It's all been done....
Fellas, learn and research what you're looking at!!! It will make you seem like you know what you’re doing.
YOU LEARN. IT IS A CISTERN. I.E. USED TO HOLD WATER.
What was the point of having the shed behind it?
@@OnceOccupied THAT WAS THE PUMP HOUSE. I HAVE A SHALLOW WELL AND AN UNDERGROUND PUMP PIT WITH A PUMP HOUSE ABOVE IT.
@@OnceOccupied IN THE SUMMER THEY WOULD USE THE ABOVE GROUND WATER SYSTEM. IN THE WINTER THE ABOVE GROUND SYSTEM WOULD REEZE SO THEY WOULD PUMP THE UNDER GROUND WATER 4 ALL THE ANIMALS. B4 ELECTRICITY THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A GAS POWERED PUMP IN THE SMALL HOUSE. THEY WOULD HAVE A SMALL WOOD BURNER IN THERE TO WARM THE HOUSE AND PUMP MOTOR SO YOU COULD START IT IN THE BITTER COLD MONTHS. MANY RURAL PROPERTIES DID NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY UNTIL THE 1930'S.
@Kriste Elrod -
Shame on you!! I think that was a very rude thing to say!! This guy knows his stuff and if he comes across something he’s not sure of he asks those watching the video to leave a comment so he’ll know the next time. You seem to think you know everything, yet you called a “cistern” a cysteine!!
I think you owe him an apology!!
i was going to hit that subscribe button...but then a subscribe notification jumped up on your vid @6:39...and I changed my mind..we all know how to subscribe ..dont need that extra crap...ruins the vid for me...
I’m sorry but if I don’t put the notification the average subscriptions per view drops by more than double. Are used to never put those in videos I never lied to another people dead but I can’t ignore that for many people it does remind them.
If there’s no reminder I always forget. Every time.