This Stunning 145 Year Old Gothic Victorian Era Farmhouse was left ABANDONED! FHO Ep.124
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Built between 1873- 1877 this stunning 145 year old Gothic Victorian-Era Farmhouse sits abandoned. Expropriated by the government for the land the last owners lived here for 70 years before being kicked out. The house is listed on the heritage designation list but with the government as its owner its unlikely that anyone will ever live here again! The home has sat abandoned since about 2012 and is slowly falling into disrepair.
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My first impression was that cubby could be a laundry chute, but I didn't see it coming from upstairs where you would think the laundry should come from. Stay safe! Love from South Carolina 🇺🇸
Great explore. Beautiful house. I really hope they don’t demolish it. It’s a travesty that they painted that beautiful woodwork during the last renovation. I live in an old house (1904) and one of the reasons I purchased it was because the beautiful woodwork was not painted. It’s hard to get back once you do. Great find.
I hope they don’t tear it down, I love the old buildings, so beautiful. SOMEONE SAVE THIS HOUSE PLEASE!!
If it’s in Ontario it’s likely on the historical register.
Certainly restorable if someone gets at it soon. It’s certainly worth it. It looks like someone is still doing some basic exterior work. Grass has been cut recently. I hope this gets the attention it deserves. I could see from the upper window a top soil hill which implies there’s some new subdivision work being done down the road. I hope this isn’t going to be demolished for ‘progress’.
What a shame this beautiful house is going to waste. Thank you, Noah, for showing it to us.
I just love these old Victorian homes this one especially because it has all the gingerbread on the out side still intact and not rotting away. The brick work is amazing with the yellow and red brick work! Thank you for bringing this video to us , you don't find houses like this anymore. Great video and thanks, be safe out there on you travels and next adventure! 👍 😀
I think those two staircases might have originally been a single one that was split into 2 so the house could rented as a duplex. Maybe the people renovating were bringing it back to one residence.
You can hear how he says the stairs are tight. These would've for sure been servant's stairs, because they made them tighter and steeper. The broad, 'grand' staircase would've been for the residents (Masters) of the house.
Betting it was close off with a door or something similar to keep the servants more closed off to the house, and then it was opened up later on when servants stopped being a thing.
It's a good theory! But based on what he said about the staircase, they were always two different sets of stairs. Makes even more sense as it would've been straight into the kitchen like he said.
If you have a peek at other house tours with houses made in that era that's how it was.
The 2nd Empire Strikes Back is a channel here on youtube where he's renovating a house with that type of setup, with a servant's quarters and stairs, and he explains the layout of the house. Very interesting!
The holes in the floor may be where they were trying to put vents since they installed a new furnace in the basement. This house should definitely be saved and restored. It's oddly arranged but still a sturdy home.
Plastic on the windows is usually done to help weatherize it in the winter some people put it on the outside instead of the inside. The plaque may have been used for the family crest. Love that house.
Finally! Thank you! Lol
Great drone footage Noah. Really shows the beauty of this home. Not many like this left. Definitely was taken care of over the decades. Hope it’s saved from the evil developers
Beautiful home, sad to see it abandoned. I bet it wouldn't take too much to bring it back to life!
One of the nicest little houses that you've done! Have you ever renovated a house? Love that it's a Victorian house and the woodwork outside on the house!!! Save it!!!!
The wood by the ceiling is usually called crown moulding. The dumb waiter is probably a laundry chute. The outline on the wall looks like it might have been a family crest. Hope someone saves this house!!!! 😊👍
Noah, What a stunningly amazing Victorian home. The outside looks like it has a new roof and deck! I couldn’t wait to see the inside. She no doubt needs to be saved. Thank you for the amazing tour and drone work!! 👍😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
What an incredibly beautiful house. Such talented craftsmanship with the bricks and arches and incredible latticework. They certainly don’t make them like this anymore. This home NEEDS to be saved and restored. Those two tiny rooms off of the living room were a wee bit odd. That strange cubbyhole that was open to below I doubt was a laundry chute, I doubt they had washing machines when that house was built. Thanks for showing this great house. I sincerely hope it doesn’t meet the wrecking ball.
I expect the two staircases side by side were because the servants upstairs was totally separated from the family upstairs. You commented on the strange doorway. That wasn’t original as it had no trim. My home is somewhat similar with two staircases and two doors from the kitchen area to a side porch. It was reasonably common to completely separate family and servant areas.
What a beautiful Victorian house 🏠. The house can definitely be fixed back up. Take care 👍 😊 😀 🙂 💕 💜
I claim this home to be mine 😂. Squatters right pending 😝
Me too, I hope we get along!
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This is one beautiful home. I hope the city has a heart to save this. You dont many of them in this shape around.
What a beautiful old farm home!! Thanks Noah! What a great find/explore!!!
Did you know why, it has more red brick than yellow brick. Red brick came from Toronto but yellow brick had to be brought in from far, like London, ON. Wealthy people in GTA had yellow brick homes, so to show a bit of wealth houses in the gta had yellow brick accents. Yellow brick was a symbol of wealth in gta and red brick was a symbol of wealth in London, ON. In London however people did not accent the yellow brick houses with red brick like they did in gta. You can recognize the area the house is from by the brick work, if it's old. My dad told me this and I feel it's truth.
You are correct. Different areas had different colour clay. so Toronto brickworks produced red brick. Much of the area around Toronto had yellow clay - certainly eastern York Region and north Durham region.
Wisconsin has a supply of limestone bricks my home is 100% cream city brick - Southeast Wisconsin built in 1893..
That’s cool trivia I didn’t know !
Such a shame to see it sit empty. I have been searching for my next place .. and my next project lol. I wish I knew where it was.. it could be AMAZING if it was brought back to it's original state with modern amenities of course. Pitty
Beautiful house needs a family to love it. It's historical so amazing.
Great explore Noah! Definitely would be great to renovate! And save it! They do not make sturdy homes 🏠 like this anymore! 🤷🏼♀️ loved seeing those 🐝 beehives as well!! 🙌🏻
Absolutely gorgeous, I love Victorian homes specially the brick ones. I'm getting a masonry job and hopefully one day can build my own Victorian inspired brick house.
Beautiful exterior detail. Thanks for the video!
Glad you liked it!
The shelf that runs along the wall near the ceiling is for pictures. Back in the day, instead of nailing pictures to the walls, a picture rail was used.
Thanks , appreciate your time that goes into video
I’d definitely save this house! It can be restored to its proper Victorian beauty and become a lovely home for a family to enjoy once more! Thanks for sharing, Noah!
All those flies reminds me of Amityville Horror! 😅 It's probably haunted.
Amazing work as usual! Love Victorian homes and appreciate your attention to detail.
Thank you so much!
That's a beautiful house, I think it can be restored
An absolutely stunning Victorian home. ❤️❤️I would totally live there.
I've a feeling this may have been a duplex home at one point, which would explain the two staircases next to each other and two front doors. 2:47.
Beautiful house Noah, thanks for the tour! 👍👍👍
PS: definitely not a dumb waiter because it's under the stairs. More likely it was once a laundry chute, later to be closed off.
Sometimes floors in closets are ripped up to use to patch floors in the main area of the house as they will match. It isn't so noticable that the floors in the closets don't match exactly.
Nice real estate vid! Thanks for the showing!
What an amazing home.
My first thought was that it was a laundry chute. Okay I just have to make a comment I can handle the bees no problem but the Flies they freaked me out and it's not easy to freak me out LOL! The Flies put me in mind of the movie I think it was Poltergeist? Love your videos
What a beauty. I love it. Hope it gets saved. 🙏 hey Noah, how are you? If this gets demoed I will be very pissed off 😤 🙃 back looked older than the front. I agree they did a crappy job.
Lovely intro Noah!! Such an amazing home.
How did you get these kickass aerial views, Noah? I sure do enjoy your channel! Can’t wait to see inside of this beauty!
I’ll even point out the roof is in excellent condition. I’m sure they will have very little issue in selling this home.
My old house had a dumb waiter that went to the basement /garage & went straight up to the kitchen, so convenient for groceries
What an absolutely beautiful home! Shame, like you said that painting over the original wood takes away from the original charm of the house. Maybe the owners ran out of finances to finish renos. I wish the current owners would consider selling it to someone who would love to bring the home back to her original beauty and charm. I would love to live there! 🦘😑🤔🤑🥰
A beautiful house! Any Idea why it is abandoned?
Please tell me there's a way I can purchase this home legally? It's such a master piece 👌🏼
I was thinking the same thing, it's beautiful.
That area next to the basement stairs looks to be what they used to use for a laundry shoot. It's strange that they had it blocked off below.
Heyyy it’s Noah!!! Pretty cool house!!
I wonder if that cubby by the basement stairs could be a dumbwaiter. My first thought was laundry chute, too. 🤔 The house is gorgeous, and with some work, could be restored and brought back to its former beauty! I hope it will be saved from being demolished!
Wow one of the most beautiful homes you've explored, very sad to see it rot.
My grandmother told me these beautiful victorian homes people back during the great depression era were turn into two duplex during the great depression.
Beautiful Home
Love it
Well that's our kitchen table right there and we have one similar to it in the dining room....
It is sad it was painted a dull grey. It probably had vibrant, beautiful, and flamboyant before the paint job. If I bought that house, I would strip the paint of the window frames, door frames, and doors and apply a clear coat and see if I could find out whether the house had wallpaper and if I could find similar wallpaper to put inside it. A thing is, a victorian house cannot be improved on. So, any renovation will be a crappy job.
See you there
Awesome! Keep Orange Crushing It!
That box in the hall wall once was a dumbwaiter, an elevator for food & the like.
That hole you were confused about in the wall where you guessed dumbwaiter I'm pretty sure you were bang on. That would've been the kitchen like you said, because of the servant's stairs, so it makes sense it would've gone from the kitchen and the servant could use it to bring it upstairs somewhere. Hard to say just due to not knowing the full layout/floor plan where that would line up to upstairs though.
My only other guess was laundry shoot since it's next to the basement stairs.
I’m surprised that the basement isn’t flooded being the sump pump isn’t working. I thought at first that it was what we call a Michigan basement, which means dirt walls and floor and super creepy, but I see this basement has stone/concrete walls and floors- basement is still creepy though!
That was the Coat of Arms. Nice home.! Love Victorian homes..
Love your videos
Still very stunning 😍
What state is this in? I would like to look into it’s history and ownership. It could possibly be purchased and moved but I need more info on it.
Cool house I hope they save it & repair what is needed --- Debbie
that "shelving" as you call it, is actually a plate rail. Wainscotting and chair says that room was the diningroom. The weird little cupboard you thought was a dumb-waiter, is likely a laundry chute to the basement.
2:52 That appears to be a "coffin window" converted to a full entrance-way door. You can Google that 🙂
Gorgeous home, perfect family home. And I agree, the modern kitchen is out of place-doesn't suit the home at all.
Great exploration
I'd save it! Awesome and thank you !!! ^_^
This is James Barrow it's a pretty good house it's in good shape and can be saved instead of the demolition
The lawn looks like it’s still maintained by someone. You can somewhat see the lawnmower lines in the grass.
I agree with you; old homes should remain in the original style. A lil history trivia …The late 60’s and 70’s , during the energy crisis , tacky dropped ceilings came into play , to keep the hesting bills down, and the horrid cheesy paneling thing that people somehow found attractive still blows my mind; I think people were trying to avoid having to re-paint .
The popcorn ceilings were probably my most hated feature of those times! Oh they are a MESS to get rid of!!
The holes in the floor might have been copper thieves searching for copper. Or floor vents!
Plastic over windows was yet another way to try to keep the heating bills down.
I was as kid in the mid 70’s living in a very COLD climate, and our Dad kept the heat at 62 during the day & 60 at night! I remember feeling COLD all winter long!!!! Brrrrr!
Oh And the national speed limit was 55 on interstates, again to save energy during the energy crisis. Google Sammy Hagar’s song “ I can’t drive 55!” I enjoy your exploring! Thanks for sharing your vids!
Noah, do you ever find out what happens to these old abandoned homes?
Sometimes I can and sometimes I can't. This home specifically was purchased out by the government and will likely be demolished
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Great house, so many wonderful attributes. Have watched many of your vids. New subscriber, like your style. Noticed you don’t respond to your comments, too bad, will help your ratings, subscriber numbers. Stay safe.cat x
Wow beautiful 😍
Hey so I think the holes in the wall and floor are from candles taking copper piping from the house to sell :(
Lack of money & lack of time; my family has two homes on the east coast. IF I were an only child, there is no way I could afford to “ up and go” tend to those homes . And people would wonder how those homes could just be left behind, unfortunately I understand just how that can so easily happen…
Awesome i would fix it up thanks
Super cool house love it
From the outside it looks in pretty good shape
That is the Amityville room beautiful home
Designer Sarah Richardson needs to hear about this, maybe she would fix it up. She did a little Victorian like this a few years back. Yes...somebody please save this beauty. 😢😢
Love watching
You didn't go down the other basement stairs. Probably nothing to see anyway. Definitely worth saving!
Plastic on the windows is to keep the winter cold out
I just love this house.
Pretty nice house, although the flies and bees were a bit disturbing.
I agree, who ever was responsible for dividing the rooms up wasn't very good at it. Downstairs was okay but upstairs didn't make much sense. I would try and keep this house, not many Ike that kne,one, anymore. Thanks, Noah
Prob not abandoned. Prob whomever owned it passed on , and now it belongs to the city. It’s probably on the historical register. The exterior looks well maintained. I’m sure it’s for sale.
Love this house
WHERE IS IT AT?
is it buyable
So much i love this i love that so pretty come on now are we buying the house or are you exploring it
Nice place to save just for the architecture.
I think so too!
This is James Barrow it's not good to see a house 2 rot it's just sad and heartbreaking 💔
So beautiful is so sad
Wish I was Thiers with you to see that house I hope it doesn't get knocked down
Just needs a good cleaning❤️
I pray someone buys it before they demo it or it starts to deteriorate
Lovely
The reason why there's holes in the floors is so they can fix the wiring they didn't want to destroy the plaster ceilings underneath and that's not plexiglass that's old antique glass with the waves in it that's original it looks like they're in the middle of renovations and that definitely was a dumb Raider that was blocked off over the years
I definitely would’ve saved that house!!!
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THANK YOU for writing this properly.
I cringe, literally gringe & blood pressure rises every time I see someone write
"would of" instead of would've.
People - would've is called a contraction.
It is two words combined to one: would have = would've, As goes for: could've, should've.
IT'S NOT would of, should of, could of. It doesn't even make sense using "of" like that!!
GAH!!!!!
Proper grammar & language is dying, and seeing it happen is shortening my life. 🤣🤣😂😂