This is my great aunts house. Her name was Mid and her husbands was Tommy. That kitchen to the left where you first walk in is where they stayed always because the rest of the house was so cold in winter and hot in summer. Except at night they slept upstairs. There was so many antiques type writers and pianos and everything you can think of. I can remember her saying look out for that crack in the floor when we would walk through the front as kids. I havent been there in so long. I wish someone could restore it back to its former glory ❤
I've always wondered about that house, drive by it every day. Its history! Did her or Tommy inherit it? Live their whole lives there? Have any kids? The video says they thought there was cattle at one time, do you remember Tommy having cattle?
I went their and i kept hearing running in the attic even tho the floor was rotten up stairs and i even asked if someone was there but no response i havnt gone back since
I have lived and worked in the area most of my life the farm was owned and run by and older man that had out lived most of his family. When I was little he had cattle and chickens on the farm that he would hand milk and make butter and sell the eggs,milk, butter to the public for the ones that did not want the pasteurized stuff that is sold today. 30 years ago when I was around 8 to 10 years old my dad use to stop there once a month or so and buy from him it was some of the best eggs and milk I had as a child. Man it's sad to see the old place in such bad shape.
Ever since I moved to Madisonville I've been in love with this house. Thank you so much for posting this video so I can see what a true beauty it really is.
Great video my wife and I live just a couple of miles from this house.My mamaw always called it the stagecoach house since thats where they would stop back in those days .My wife said she's been in the house back when it was still lived in and her ex father in law said that a man was murdered and his body was found in the old barn there back in the 1960s.He still leases the fields across 68 to cut and bale hay.I have always wondered what the house looked like from the inside.Thanks for sharing this video
Every time we drive by this house, I want to go inside. Now I'm not too sure. It's a shame that it has been so neglected that it may not be able to be restored. 😥
Also if you're looking for more cool and creepy places in the area, if you take County rd 307 then follow it till it turns onto 350 going towards Hwy 11. There is a gate that resembles the entrance to silent hill.
When you pan the camera around right at the 2:05 mark, right before you zoom in on the crack in the floor it looks like something passes by before seeing the whatever that is.
My gosh, if only I could win that darn lotto! The money it would take to restore something like this would be unheard of to the average person like myself, but I would love to make this a home if only I could. The charm and elegance of these old houses blows my mind. thanks for taking us back in time!
Joe Mcquistion I had to go back and look and yes, I saw what appeared to be a man but couldn't make out details. I then let the video run and at 2.33 there is another quick shot of the same spot and there isn't anything there. I'm wondering if he captured a ghost of the home? Too cool!!
The small kitchen outside of the regular house is called a "Summer Kitchen." This way vwhen they were cooking, or canning it would not add more heat to the already hot main house.
I like your videos. And I apreciate how you're respectful and polite. Those qualities seem to be rare these days. I love the old farm houses and victorian styles, too.
Hey, u r right, it is really sad to see such a beautiful home just fall apart like that. It's a shame. It must have been awesome back in the day. I wonder who built it n what the family was like. I wish u could have gotten some history n pix to show us. I love old places like this !!!! Thx so much for filming it before it falls down or gets torn down. love ya
Great job and nice find John! It truly is a shame to see such a cool looking place left to fall down. Imagine the memories that were made there throughout so many years...all the people who called it home and loved being there...
It's a shame that these old homes are left to fall apart. More & more of our early history is lost. That local & state historical societies don't step up & acknowledge these structures need to be saved. Preserved for future generations. Your videos will be the only record that these places even existed. Just out of curiosity, can you let us know what happens to it after the auction? I would like to know.
#SHELLYEA!! ....I'm here Jon!! I didn't watch this yet. I wanted to post about Tim's video first. This house is wack, what was with all the ropes hanging from the ceiling and the wood platforms? This has got to be the freakiest house I've ever seen. I wish I caught it live. It would have been so dangerous for Tim if you guys went there at night for the first time. You guys would of fell through the flooring. I can't wait to see this video and the difference between the years.👍👍👍👍
I bet those walls could tell amazing stories if they were able to do so. Sadly if there is/was a 'for sale' sign, it was most likely for the land & the buildings would be a secondary thing. Only someone with a deep pocket & love of history would willingly taken on such a massive restoration project. Thank you for sharing not only this beauty, but all your amazing finds. God Bless & Happy Thanksgiving.
Thanks for the tour! Always better to be safe. Wish we could have seen the stairs from the side better. Really cool design. Yup-they made homes way better back then & took pride in their work. My grandfather & his friends built the house he & my grandma lived in over 100 yrs ago. It is being saved & moved to Richmond on Staten Island. I wish I could send you pictures of it but my sister took everything that wasn't nailed down when mom died. I could draw some pics of it. He would screw the metal tops of jars on the ceiling of the work shop part of the basement, then fill them with screws-nails & such. There was a fantastic hand made wooden bar he made in the basement too with a beautiful mirror behind it. He was Scottish & grandma was Irish. He'd go on the roof at Christmas & stomp around & as kitty's we used to think it was Santa. I learned alot from them & they were very loving folks. We had chickens & ducks in the big back yard & would go ice skateing on the pond that was there. The good old days! Useing the old lime-morter -acide tecneck that folks use to restore old ruins, like in Ireland maybe the house could still be saved but it would cost alot.
A smoke house back in the day is where they smoked and stored their meats, as they didn't have refrigerators or freezers. Just thought I'd let you know.😉
Is it for auction now? It's only good for the land now because the bricks are bulging and buckling. It's not very safe to be in but anybody could save them and build a big smoke pit and other things with them.
Beautiful remnants of a beautiful Victorian home. I bet it had an old piano in it at one time and the music would make it house sing! Thank you for showing this. You do a find job. Never move the camera too fast either and I love that, because with your vlogs, I don't get dizzy! LOL!!
It does suck to see houses like that go to waste. Such beauty. We are all taught in school about alot of history, especially in the United States, but then you see historical places like this and you know in like maybe 5 years tops, that place will be a pile of rubble. Sad.
Its gotten worse since the homeless took over you cant really see the place very much since the trees out grown the place, I been inside, the old man died after his wife died he was a retired navy seal
Big John, thanks for the look back at historic architecture when homes wern't cookie-cutter as u stated it's sad to see a classic design fall apart never to be seen again..,have a championship day 👍
This is a federal style home built before 1850. To be considered victorian, it would have needed to be built during or after the reign of queen Victoria England which began around 1837 and ran until 1901. The architecture really didn't carry her name until approx. the 1870s. Just a nit of info for everybody if they're interested. I own a similar home in Sweetwater TN not far from this house. It was built in 1827 and is the second oldest home in Sweetwater.
What a great house, even now. Interesting that the house isn't all that big but exceptionally fine, especially the downstairs interior. This was more than a simple farmhouse. I've become very interested in American house styles. I'm not an expert but I'd say this is pre-Victorian as it doesn't have the elaborate decoration and asymmetrical floor plan of many Victorian houses. Too with the front door in the center of the front and the front being longer than the sides I'm going to say the house is Federal or Georgian. I've seen the term post-Colonial also. My guess is the house was built before the Civil War and, based on the woodwork and fireplaces I would say this house goes back as far as the 1840's and I wouldn't be surprised if construction was even a little before that. I was a little surprised to see the tongue-and-groove walls; I thought that kind of construction came later. This is one of my favorite American styles; there a grandeur and a simplicity at the time. Though it was made of wood and painted gray and much larger, the house you visited makes me think of the mansion in the novel "Beulah Land" by Lonnie Coleman, about life on a Georgia plantation from about 1820 to 1861. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a burial ground nearby.
I first read "Beulah Land" many years ago but I still pick it up sometimes and read from it. My favorite parts are at the beginning when the characters and their histories and their surroundings are introduced and I enjoy and admire the wise, common sense, no-nonsense tone of the author's outlook and narration. Lonnie Coleman created a small but rich world in his novel. I would love to know just how he imagined the Kendrick's house to look. I wish he had made a detailed sketch of what he saw in his imagination though the book gives a good idea. I would like even more detail. You may already know about them but just in case you don't, Lonnie Coleman wrote two more novels that continue the story begun in "Beulah Land": "Look Away, Beulah Land" about the Civil War years and "Legacy of Beulah Land" that goes to about 1900. You might also be interested in Stark Young's 1934 novel about the Old South and the Civil War, "So Red the Rose", which was considered by some to be the great American novel until "Gone With the Wind" was published.
Woah! That face is creepy! I came over from your video with Tim from Breaking the Shell! Did it freak you out when you saw it in the video? Wonder if he built the house? Chills!
I'm a new viewer John and have been enjoying your explorations. Weirdly this video keeps stopping at about 8 minutes in and no matter what i do fixes it. No trouble with any of your other videos. Cheers and stay safe out there !!! That one mansion with the blood on the carpet/bathroom floor was creepy.
Nice find, that's some Mail haha , the brickwork looks like it's ready to collapse, it's a shame really it wasn't done up looks like it would be a lovely home. Great explore.
i spotted a male figure with white hair and white beard in the bottom left window where the curtains are it looked like it was slowly backing up look and watch it. its towards the end of the video? when you are out front showing the house.
#SHELLYEAH!!! Just seen Tim's Live Stream from this place. Had to come see your previous video from here too. Sending Love and Blessings from Kentucky..
Where is Mom ? John , your mom is really cool to go on these adventures with you. So where is Mom ? Please include your mom in your videos. Mom makes them "Better" ! Of Course ! Mom is Awesome !
Throughout the video when you were inside the house I could hear the ominous chirp of a smoke detector considering the average lifespan of a 9-volt battery is 3 to 5 years if you're lucky this place was recently lived in, kind of scary if you think about it.
This is my great aunts house. Her name was Mid and her husbands was Tommy. That kitchen to the left where you first walk in is where they stayed always because the rest of the house was so cold in winter and hot in summer. Except at night they slept upstairs. There was so many antiques type writers and pianos and everything you can think of. I can remember her saying look out for that crack in the floor when we would walk through the front as kids. I havent been there in so long. I wish someone could restore it back to its former glory ❤
I've always wondered about that house, drive by it every day. Its history! Did her or Tommy inherit it? Live their whole lives there? Have any kids? The video says they thought there was cattle at one time, do you remember Tommy having cattle?
I went their and i kept hearing running in the attic even tho the floor was rotten up stairs and i even asked if someone was there but no response i havnt gone back since
I have lived and worked in the area most of my life the farm was owned and run by and older man that had out lived most of his family. When I was little he had cattle and chickens on the farm that he would hand milk and make butter and sell the eggs,milk, butter to the public for the ones that did not want the pasteurized stuff that is sold today. 30 years ago when I was around 8 to 10 years old my dad use to stop there once a month or so and buy from him it was some of the best eggs and milk I had as a child. Man it's sad to see the old place in such bad shape.
Ever since I moved to Madisonville I've been in love with this house. Thank you so much for posting this video so I can see what a true beauty it really is.
Somehow I missed this video. Great work
I have become addicted to your videos. Thanks for taking the time to film and share. All the memories these places hold....
Thank you so much i really appreciate it.
Love them old home
Going to looking in to buying this and doing a full restore if possible maybe you can do another documentary on it when it’s done 💕
Great video my wife and I live just a couple of miles from this house.My mamaw always called it the stagecoach house since thats where they would stop back in those days .My wife said she's been in the house back when it was still lived in and her ex father in law said that a man was murdered and his body was found in the old barn there back in the 1960s.He still leases the fields across 68 to cut and bale hay.I have always wondered what the house looked like from the inside.Thanks for sharing this video
I see that house every time when I go to school
FYI ...........you missed a really BIG barn that goes with this property that is located off to the left of the house.
I drive passed this house everyday on my way to Sweetwater. It is very sad to see how this once beautiful home has been left to rot!
Every time we drive by this house, I want to go inside. Now I'm not too sure. It's a shame that it has been so neglected that it may not be able to be restored. 😥
Also if you're looking for more cool and creepy places in the area, if you take County rd 307 then follow it till it turns onto 350 going towards Hwy 11. There is a gate that resembles the entrance to silent hill.
Amazing find. Love the old house. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. We love you. Be safe. God bless.
Thank you so much.
When you pan the camera around right at the 2:05 mark, right before you zoom in on the crack in the floor it looks like something passes by before seeing the whatever that is.
My gosh, if only I could win that darn lotto! The money it would take to restore something like this would be unheard of to the average person like myself, but I would love to make this a home if only I could. The charm and elegance of these old houses blows my mind. thanks for taking us back in time!
Rachel Briggs Yea it would take a small fortune.
at 2:05 on video it looks like a face looking at you through the crack in the floor when you zoom in? a reflection maybe!?
Joe Mcquistion It took me a minute but it looks like a guy with a mustache I don't know it it's a reflection or not but good eyes.
Joe Mcquistion
I had to go back and look and yes, I saw what appeared to be a man but couldn't make out details. I then let the video run and at 2.33 there is another quick shot of the same spot and there isn't anything there. I'm wondering if he captured a ghost of the home?
Too cool!!
I can't see it.
@@SwampCeeMcGee60 nor can I but at 2.32 something does appear to move in that gap.
The small kitchen outside of the regular house is called a "Summer Kitchen." This way vwhen they were cooking, or canning it would not add more heat to the already hot main house.
Ahhhhh that makes sense.
Oh I just love your videos! You're always so much fun to watch and seem very kind, thanks for always uploading awesome content!
Thank you so much comments like yours is what keeps me going Thanks ;)
New subscriber. Your great. Love your videos.
Jon, I loved this house... beautiful!!! Nice video!
Thanks.
It's up for sale they just cut down all the shrubs around the house you can now see it from the street I just recently went over to it this month
That looked like it was a beautiful home at one time. Shame waste of such beauty.
I like your videos. And I apreciate how you're respectful and polite. Those qualities seem to be rare these days. I love the old farm houses and victorian styles, too.
Hey, u r right, it is really sad to see such a beautiful home just fall apart like that. It's a shame. It must have been awesome back in the day. I wonder who built it n what the family was like. I wish u could have gotten some history n pix to show us. I love old places like this !!!! Thx so much for filming it before it falls down or gets torn down. love ya
Great job and nice find John! It truly is a shame to see such a cool looking place left to fall down. Imagine the memories that were made there throughout so many years...all the people who called it home and loved being there...
Thanks
We are looking for pictures of the Caswell lincoln Walker house
It's a shame that these old homes are left to fall apart. More & more of our early history is lost. That local & state historical societies don't step up & acknowledge these structures need to be saved. Preserved for future generations. Your videos will be the only record that these places even existed. Just out of curiosity, can you let us know what happens to it after the auction? I would like to know.
#SHELLYEA!! ....I'm here Jon!! I didn't watch this yet. I wanted to post about Tim's video first. This house is wack, what was with all the ropes hanging from the ceiling and the wood platforms? This has got to be the freakiest house I've ever seen. I wish I caught it live. It would have been so dangerous for Tim if you guys went there at night for the first time. You guys would of fell through the flooring. I can't wait to see this video and the difference between the years.👍👍👍👍
look above thd curtains upper psrt of the window it loly backs away.
This is the Cyrus Humphrey’s house. Built in 1828 from bricks made by slaves on the property.
What else do you know about this property?
Thanks for the adventure John. I really enjoy your videos very much. Please stay safe on your explorations sweetie. : )
Dawn Dawnn Thank you. so much
Hey John! 👋🏻 #shellyeah 😉
I bet those walls could tell amazing stories if they were able to do so. Sadly if there is/was a 'for sale' sign, it was most likely for the land & the buildings would be a secondary thing. Only someone with a deep pocket & love of history would willingly taken on such a massive restoration project.
Thank you for sharing not only this beauty, but all your amazing finds.
God Bless & Happy Thanksgiving.
Robbin Lynn Spencer-Buchtel Thank you and happy Thanksgiving to you.
It is currently for sale through Coldwell Banker
What a beautiful old home! Thank you for exploring and sharing! Safe travels! :-)
Bonnie Belle Thanks
Thanks for the tour! Always better to be safe. Wish we could have seen the stairs from the side better. Really cool design. Yup-they made homes way better back then & took pride in their work.
My grandfather & his friends built the house he & my grandma lived in over 100 yrs ago. It is being saved & moved to Richmond on Staten Island.
I wish I could send you pictures of it but my sister took everything that wasn't nailed down when mom died.
I could draw some pics of it.
He would screw the metal tops of jars on the ceiling of the work shop part of the basement, then fill them with screws-nails & such. There was a fantastic hand made wooden bar he made in the basement too with a beautiful mirror behind it. He was Scottish & grandma was Irish.
He'd go on the roof at Christmas & stomp around & as kitty's we used to think it was Santa.
I learned alot from them & they were very loving folks. We had chickens & ducks in the big back yard & would go ice skateing on the pond that was there. The good old days!
Useing the old lime-morter -acide tecneck that folks use to restore old ruins, like in Ireland maybe the house could still be saved but it would cost alot.
Was this brick house on sands rd, near a silo with top half blown off
On TN-68 a few miles west of Madisonville
A smoke house back in the day is where they smoked and stored their meats, as they didn't have refrigerators or freezers. Just thought I'd let you know.😉
Cool house, such a shame it's falling into disrepair, I bet it was stunning in it's day. Thanks Jon x
The whole place was creepy...
Yea it was creepy.
That house was there before civil war and was a stage coach inn for travelers in 1800s
I've always wondered about this place and its history
great vid John ...time has taken its toll on this once beautiful home. tks for sharing.
Is it for auction now? It's only good for the land now because the bricks are bulging and buckling. It's not very safe to be in but anybody could save them and build a big smoke pit and other things with them.
i live in madisonville and have to pass this house going to sweetwater. its such a waste of a beautiful home....
Sad to see these old buildings fall into ruin. Thanks for showing it to us before nothing was left.
Beautiful remnants of a beautiful Victorian home. I bet it had an old piano in it at one time and the music would make it house sing! Thank you for showing this. You do a find job. Never move the camera too fast either and I love that, because with your vlogs, I don't get dizzy! LOL!!
It does suck to see houses like that go to waste. Such beauty. We are all taught in school about alot of history, especially in the United States, but then you see historical places like this and you know in like maybe 5 years tops, that place will be a pile of rubble. Sad.
That home and property is still for sale today.
What a gorgeous old home. Great video
SHELL YEAH 👻👻👻
Great location Jon. Beautiful old home. That would have been crazy if the water actually turned on.
Its gotten worse since the homeless took over you cant really see the place very much since the trees out grown the place, I been inside, the old man died after his wife died he was a retired navy seal
A house like this is really my dream home
Sad but beautiful.thank you..
I live about ten minutes from that property and its a shame that its in such bad shape.
I live around the area, have they did anything with this house.?
Big John, thanks for the look back at historic architecture when homes wern't cookie-cutter as u stated it's sad to see a classic design fall apart never to be seen again..,have a championship day 👍
Craig Charlton Thanks I appreciate it.
My sister an her husband just purchased this property
Cool
Every time my dad and me drive by that house he says that hes going to buy it one day
Stunning home and I bet it was beautiful back when!
Thanks for the video!!
I live in Madisonville Tennessee
Too bad it's in such rough shape.#shell yeah Keep Safe❤Keep Well ❤
JON 😘❤️.... just popped on here from the link you left on Tim's live.. Great vid 👍
#shellyeah :) Nice Video, Not much has changed in two years to much. Bet the house was really nice back when.
Awesome find, bet this was a beautiful at one time. I love Victorian homes, they have so much character to them.
This is a federal style home built before 1850. To be considered victorian, it would have needed to be built during or after the reign of queen Victoria England which began around 1837 and ran until 1901. The architecture really didn't carry her name until approx. the 1870s. Just a nit of info for everybody if they're interested. I own a similar home in Sweetwater TN not far from this house. It was built in 1827 and is the second oldest home in Sweetwater.
What a great house, even now. Interesting that the house isn't all that big but exceptionally fine, especially the downstairs interior. This was more than a simple farmhouse. I've become very interested in American house styles. I'm not an expert but I'd say this is pre-Victorian as it doesn't have the elaborate decoration and asymmetrical floor plan of many Victorian houses. Too with the front door in the center of the front and the front being longer than the sides I'm going to say the house is Federal or Georgian. I've seen the term post-Colonial also. My guess is the house was built before the Civil War and, based on the woodwork and fireplaces I would say this house goes back as far as the 1840's and I wouldn't be surprised if construction was even a little before that. I was a little surprised to see the tongue-and-groove walls; I thought that kind of construction came later. This is one of my favorite American styles; there a grandeur and a simplicity at the time. Though it was made of wood and painted gray and much larger, the house you visited makes me think of the mansion in the novel "Beulah Land" by Lonnie Coleman, about life on a Georgia plantation from about 1820 to 1861. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a burial ground nearby.
Andrew Brendan Great comment thanks for the info on the house styles I appreciate being able to learn more.
wow someone else has knows about my favorite book!!!
I first read "Beulah Land" many years ago but I still pick it up sometimes and read from it. My favorite parts are at the beginning when the characters and their histories and their surroundings are introduced and I enjoy and admire the wise, common sense, no-nonsense tone of the author's outlook and narration. Lonnie Coleman created a small but rich world in his novel. I would love to know just how he imagined the Kendrick's house to look. I wish he had made a detailed sketch of what he saw in his imagination though the book gives a good idea. I would like even more detail. You may already know about them but just in case you don't, Lonnie Coleman wrote two more novels that continue the story begun in "Beulah Land": "Look Away, Beulah Land" about the Civil War years and "Legacy of Beulah Land" that goes to about 1900. You might also be interested in Stark Young's 1934 novel about the Old South and the Civil War, "So Red the Rose", which was considered by some to be the great American novel until "Gone With the Wind" was published.
I live in Madisonville. Can you tell me where this is?
D Taylor I think it's on 68 or over there before u get into town
It's my home town so I know
4061 TN-68 toward Sweetwater on the north side. There is a Coldwell Banker sign in the yard but isn't on the website
Where is this place at in madisonville
I just got to watch u n Tim's Livestream n hopped over here to see you here !!! I love u guys !!!!
Woah! That face is creepy! I came over from your video with Tim from Breaking the Shell! Did it freak you out when you saw it in the video? Wonder if he built the house? Chills!
Where is this at
4061 TN-68 west of Madisonville TN
love the video and the house is nice even if fall apart
I'm a new viewer John and have been enjoying your explorations. Weirdly this video keeps stopping at about 8 minutes in and no matter what i do fixes it. No trouble with any of your other videos. Cheers and stay safe out there !!! That one mansion with the blood on the carpet/bathroom floor was creepy.
Thanks ill check it out and see whats up.
Is that on 68?
It is. I stopped by today.
Nice find, that's some Mail haha , the brickwork looks like it's ready to collapse, it's a shame really it wasn't done up looks like it would be a lovely home. Great explore.
Tracy Explores Yea I hate to see historic homes left to waste.
i spotted a male figure with white hair and white beard in the bottom left window where the curtains are it looked like it was slowly backing up look and watch it. its towards the end of the video? when you are out front showing the house.
Is this the video of the house you were at with tim from breaking the shell if so #shellyeah
great job with the video awsome work
#SHELLYEAH!!!
Just seen Tim's Live Stream from this place. Had to come see your previous video from here too.
Sending Love and Blessings from Kentucky..
Where is Mom ? John , your mom is really cool to go on these adventures with you. So where is Mom ? Please include your mom in your videos. Mom makes them "Better" ! Of Course ! Mom is Awesome !
Hey Jon! Just popped in from Tim's livestream!
I bet this is & old settlers plantation
the back might date
maybe to the 30s maybe.
thanks for sharing this...
Hi from the Uk! You sound like Elvis!!!
Thank you but I must say that's the first time I been told I sound like Elvis. Thanks for watching.
Throughout the video when you were inside the house I could hear the ominous chirp of a smoke detector considering the average lifespan of a 9-volt battery is 3 to 5 years if you're lucky this place was recently lived in, kind of scary if you think about it.
It’s only been vacant since 2015. There was an elderly couple and the husband was still living in the house when he died.
To bad about the house. Thanks for taking us in there.
God bless you also--Mooch- o love back!
Hope they save the beautiful red bricks!! Must have been a lot of leaking!!
#shellyeah!
Definitely not a Victorian style home. This is more of a Civil War Era Style. Nice though. Also very old.
Federal style. I own a similar home in Sweetwater
where in madisonville is this. i live in madisonville
DJ Cooper Whats up man... That's the one on 68 on the right hand side. Thompson's old place.
hell yea
It looks more like a federal style home.Built in the 1700's.
I own a similar home in Sweetwater that was built in 1827.
god bless buddy
Lovely house great find, shame it's in such a state,
just be care full ok.. I don't want you all to get hurt
#SHELLYEAH
#shellye
Could ya go to some Civil War battlefields?..Stay Safe...