The Pirate King of New York | Captain De Lamar's Pembroke
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ธ.ค. 2023
- Join Ken as he takes you on an epic journey through the life of Joseph De Lamar, a man whose story reads like a novel filled with piracy, peril, and untold riches. From his daring escapes and near-death experiences to his lavish lifestyle and the astonishing 60,000 sq ft mansion he built, get ready to explore the remnants of a real-life adventurer's legacy.
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I used to sneak in when I was a kid, it was magnificent. The family offered it to Glen Cove as a botanical garden/museum and the city declined. I could still cry over the loss of that house, I loved it so. What a tragedy.
What a shame. Cool that you got to see it though.
You must be old if you snuck in before 68!
Yep, saw the best bands, too. @@rickchristie99
@@rickchristie99could literally be just 60
The city is a dickhead
I think it's criminal to destroy such magnificent architecture! That structure was built to last centuries! Old-world craftsmanship that is rarely duplicated today! Makes me mad!
I couldn't believe anyone would tear it down, criminal indeed! As an old time plasterer I just love old houses! The oldest one I worked on was 1851.
The tropical house was quite stunning. So sad the house couldn't have been repurposed into a hotel or private club.
This was a particularly grand and beautiful house! Such a shame that it wasn't saved and made into a grand hotel or residences. The tropical house is stunning. And the gardens and landscaping! What a loss!
Oh JEEZ! I really, really love this one. Worldly masculine splendor. Stone and botany is timeless and never goes out of fashion. Shame he only got to enjoy it for two years but he sounded like he didn't like being in one place too long anyway. He left a magnificent house. I really liked it.
So sad so many beautiful mansions like this one were destroyed! How much love and craftsmanship was put in building this beauty in era without machinery we have today at our disposal. My fav is the tropical house with swimming pool of course ❤
Though both the exterior and interior ornament and architecture are beautiful, this property enjoys, by far, in my opinion, the most beautiful landscape surrounding it. And the tropical house! 😳
Here in Idaho, there is not much left of the historic mining town of DeLamar. The mine still exists and is in operation. I’ve heard part of DeLamar’s life story but not to this extent. Thanks for the history!
Wow, and they tore that down…. Go figure. I loved the indoor garden featured at the end.
I LOVE the pavilion. It would make a lovely house ❤
I loved the billiard and sitting rooms. While listening, I was calculating in my head how many individuals or families could have lived in thst mansion had it been saved and converted into a community living space. The downside is that as such it may not have made enough income to pay for its upkeep. It was a stunning property.
Wowser. Loved the garden.
Hey Ken, wow, every inch of this grand estate was spectacular!!! The beautiful giant mansion & the lush landscaping were beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing this home & its history!!! 👍🤶🎄☃️
Wow. Loved the indoor tropical garden. So sad they couldn’t save any of it.
Lovely.
And that indoor pool!
Wow!! Stunning! Unbelievable that it was torn down ... Oy!!
Interesting story well told. Plus a blueprint!👍‼️
Another beauty lost forever.
Why didn't they save the house and make it a country club / yacht club for a high end development of other expensive homes that could be built on the property? A place like that would make a great hotel or corporate retreat or conference center. Such a waste.
There was probably some advanced tech in this mansion that they didn't want us to see. This civilization destroyed many old world limestone buildings. Our civilization built zero buildings like this.
Or luxury apartments, as they often do in England with wonderful old country houses. Developers are the scum of the earth.
@@exaudi33 😭😭
I'd love to have the Chinese Chippendale dining set. Excellent video.
I just looked up Gold Coast mansions, 500 were built during the roaring 20’s, 200 still exist, mostly repurposed
EXACTLY. As someone who lives out here, a lot of the homes are still around… (privately owned, school, country club…). The land itself is at a premium $$$
My parents used to go to parties at Arthur Leow Jr’s… it’s a LOT of house for two people… grounds still beautiful. Right on the Sound.
I used to work at IBM, they had a country club at Sands point, used to play softball there, I see IBM sold that, now private club
Favorite part: The dock that looks like a European bridge. Anyway, thanks. This is one of my favorites in several years of watching. It's amazing that it was torn down. It reminded me of The Breakers so much.
I really liked the tropical house! The pool with the bridge was lovely also! Thank you!
Thanks again Ken 😊
What a beautiful home! Sad to have lost it. Thank you for the tour and history, Ken!
Disgusting that this masterpiece was demolished 😢
astounding and gone forever
It is sickening how people sell out to developers.
Your videos are always entertaining and informative, and your commentary becomes more polished and professional at each outing. You're performing a service in helping to preserve these marvelous slices of history. Thank you!
Are our current mega-wealthy building with this level of craftsmanship? I see high rises for many millions that don't seem to be of the same caliper as these estates. I understand why they would not want to live in someone else's dream house, but was wondering if grand estates on this level are being built anywhere in America by our generation? Love your show!
Well narrated video, with photos I hadn't seen outside the books I have on Glen Cove. It's in the same area that Ava Vanderbilt Belmont's Beacon Towers stood - which suffered the same fate, but a few remnants were absorbed into the development and can still be seen. Thank you!
A beauty
Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas! 🎁
As someone who works in Leadville it's cool to see it mentioned. Guggenheim also made a fortune.
Oh, that's a good way to say the intro. I concur :)
This was a magnificent building! Sad that it ended up under the wrecking ball instead of being converted into a) country club, b) school, or c) museum. Apparently, when offered to the city for a botanical garden, the land was worth more than the need to convert this into something meaningful.
This mansion is magnificent,your commentary and research is marvelous,the history is magical,and demolition is a tragedy.thank you for bringing it.
Can't believe someone would tear it down!!!
The pool ,botanical garden, billiard room.
Love the tropical house!!! Beautiful Home ❤❤
Words cannot describe the disgust i feel when i hear "he demolished the building to sell the blank land to developers"
Great video as usual! Thank you!
It should be a crime to have torn that down as well as the other properties. This is why going to Europe is such a spectacular treat. They don’t tear down brilliant architecture and culture like the U.S. This home could have been easily repurposed.
I loved the garden room and pool.
What an absolutely incredible estate and from a man who came from nothing but he worked his way up and he must’ve been very smart and intelligent! The indoor swimming pool was incredible!
THE FOLLOWING IS EDITORIAL SO DON’T READ IT AND BITCH AT ME:
I see how some people get rich, they may have very unsafe mines and/or extremely dangerous factories. We cannot just say that they don’t have to work there, but that’s not how it works. Everyone cannot just uproot their families and go somewhere else where it might be even worse. There were no laws, strikers were easily replaced or gunned down by law enforcement. People were not valued and most could easily be replaced by the line of others desperate for work. Thankfully things have changed since those days.
Well said!
@@ThisHouseYou are an awesome friend!
Truth, these people were ruthless.
@@pampurr1 You can say that again!
The best part is view of the cove.
Thanks for the great video, as always. I would have rather seen that home survived than what it became. I hope as always that some material was salvaged before demolition and still lives on. Happy and safe holidays to everyone.
Honestly , did Carl Barks took the early life story of De Lamar as role model for Scrooge McDuck? It just feel like it ...
And what a house ..
It's sad to lose such a grand old house (actually it really wasn't so old) but this constant change and renewal is what makes America different from the "old world". Americans love to embrace the new and re-invent themselves and their nation. Nothing stays the same forever - and that's not a bad thing.
That seems way bigger than 60,000 square ft. 1 of my high school friends lived in the Schweppes mansion in lake forest Illinois Which is listed at 23,000 square ft, In this place looks at least 4 times the size.h like everybody else I'm so sorry that this place was unable to be saved.
I like the idea of the tropical house. If left to me, there would be food plants. I’d plant dragon fruit,jackfruit,vanilla, tomatoes and oranges.
Spectacular home, stunning tropical house and beautiful grounds the likes of which will never be built again even with the mind boggling wealth some contemporary billionaires have, the craftsmen and artisan's are long gone.
What a sad ending. Too bad they could not keep the house.
The gardens were by far my favorite. So sad these homes were torn down. If they still stood, Europeans would be traveling to the US to see our palaces and not just our fast food chains. Lol
There's very little appreciation for high culture in this country.
McDonalds, KFC, and many others, are all across Europe.
Unbelievable it only survived for 53 years!! How tragic…
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I am a sucker for a solid butterfly garden though!
bruh how can you demolish such a work of art smh
These buildings were here already lol
Wow 😲 why would something so marvelous ever get destroyed 😢
I am so mad it's gone.
I lived in Glen Cove for almost 20 years and knew virtually all Gold Coast mansions, but I never saw this one. Maybe it was demolished before I moved there.
"All is Vanity".
To think how much was spent to build that thing and it was just torn down.
Different house, same story. A monument built to celebrate one person or family, only to be destroyed, and its expensive contents scattered into hundreds of modern homes. In the end, however beautiful, it’s an asset. Just like the Rockefeller/McCormick estate in Lake Forest, Illinois - a $200,000,000 home in today’s money, it served the purpose of one person. When they die, it’s just an asset. Too big to sell, it falls into disrepair. It gets torn down and the expensive land gets subdivided and sold. Ashes to ashes. I can imagine this guy on his deathbed, in his now useless home, regretting the time and money spent on a place he’ll never see again. There are many mansions in heaven, but few make it through the eye of the needle. I hope he made it.
It's so sad when you tell us at the end of the video that the house was destroyed to make way for some development or something
incredible nothing lasts ,, but i would definetly build mansions now,,,
I cant believe he left home at 4.
When the Pirate King was publicly executed, it was the beginning of the Great Pirate Era.
I’m sure De Lamar expected his house to last hundreds of years, as it should have.
THE COMMENTATORS VOICE IS MECHANICAL,
'Founded' and renovated in 1916 not constructed
What a shame, I love hearing stories of these massive estates hoping the children don’t demolish them HAH😮
So sad that yet another magnificent architectural specimen was demolished to create more money than they already had.
It’s all ways a hart break to hear that they have been destroyed.
I prefer Woodland
Danke
60,000+ square ft. and only 26th place? 😮
Is this the house king edward stayed in? Did it have a personal train track??
It seems that privileged people don't have any problem whatsoever tearing down homes built with one of a kind craftsmanship that can't and won't be duplicated.
That amazing property looked like it was manufactured in some sort of European architectural fantasy inside and out. What a shame it was not preserved considering it was not that old. Now we have so many huge gaudy mansions that are so tasteless compared to this stunning complex. In Europe it would have become some sort of government or foundation owned and run heritage property
The crown jewel of Long Island, built on blood money! 😡
"Fighting tribes for treasure" is a heck of a way to phrase "murdering people and looting homes."
Knocking it down may have upset/surprised some but imagine the maintenance bill the poor guy probably was faced with. To inherit a liability like an old mansion can be problematic.
One would like to think that anyone in a position to create such a stunning masterpiece would be a morally superior role model for the ages… instead of a greedy cutthroat bastard. Such is life.
I hit the like button but still shows 0
Me too!
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@@ThisHouse Happy Holidays! Thank you for a great year of content❤️I hope you and Dalton do more of the Zillow tours. They are my favorite🎄☃️🎅🏻❄️
Happy Holidays! 🎅
Examine the current state of the world. 2 Timothy 4:1-5 states "You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. People will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!" Jesus is coming back. Are you ready?
Trump is proof god doesn't exist. A merciful god would never allow a man like that to tear the world apart for his own fragile ego.
sad
This is beautiful, but it's insane that this is a society where building such a thing is possible for someone to do for nothing more than their personal house.
i wonder why they raized it. really. haunted? infested? decrepit? this needs research and reporting.
6:09 The answer is in this video. 46 HOUSES were developed on the site.
As is the case with many of these massive mansions. M O N E Y is KING.
CPH Gilbert was certainly one of the weaker architects during the gilded age. This house is a prime example: The windows are inconsistent, The massing and proportions are off, and the overall effect of it is the house being too stiff
I like the pictures but the narrator's voice is very weak and wimpy
Ah, for the glory days of zero worker's rights or payable income tax.
Marcus Loew's silver spoon son decides to demolish a masterpiece of American art and architecture to make a buck. Oy vey!
Just start every video by telling us the home was owned by a total prick. Usually the case.
Hard pass. He was afterall, captain de Broke.
And my dad says there's nothing wrong with capitalism