Was This a Bomb Shelter? | This House Tours
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- Nestled in the University Hills neighborhood this charming house (circa 1930) boasts niches, built-ins, and arches in nearly every room! As we head below ground, questions arise from the intended function of the sprawling cast concrete work encasing the basement.
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Location: University City, MO
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Listing Description: "Here's your chance to own a stunning 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home in University Hills! Fully renovated while still maintaining many of the historic charms found in the neighborhood. Newer roof & HVAC for your convenience & comfort. Enter through the foyer into the large living room. Have a cup a coffee on the side porch. Host a large gathering in the formal dining room or an intimate family meal in the eat-in kitchen, sporting granite counter tops, custom cabinets, stainless appliances & a walk in pantry. 1st floor hall bath for your guests. Main floor master bedroom affords plenty of space to move around. Built-in shelves, a sitting area, custom walk in closet by St. Louis Closet Company & en suite master bathroom with double vanity. Upstairs are 2 more beds. One is currently being used as a sprawling office space with ~500 sq. ft. Downstairs features a cozy fireplace & built in bar, with an incredible cast concrete ceiling & newer vinyl flooring. 2 car detached garage in back."
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Reddit User: NotenufCoffee comments this on reddit:
"Could it instead be a fallout shelter?
Fallout shelters were popular in the 1950's and the early 60's and would have been added into the basement of the home. Unlike a bomb shelter, it would be designed to store food and water and provide a livable, radiation-free space for a week or more should the Russians attack with an Atomic bomb.
Typically they were about 50 square feet in size and would have a concrete roof all it's own underneath the basement rafters."
Bomb shelter could be more accurate but it's 100% not a "fallout shelter" being that atomic/nuclear weapons hadn't been invented yet in 1939 so there was no such thing as "fall out" at that time.
The glass on the Dining Room door was a push plate. It was there so that when the the maid or cook served the meals, they would not get anything on the painted door woodwork. That is really special that it has survived. Absolutely love this house! Phenomenal that so many original details survived.
Very aesthetic rehab . back in the day when building a home was still done with craftsmanship not cookie cutter and subpar building construction. Oh the good days when pride and ethics were the norm ! Thank you Ken for another great home tour .
Glad you enjoyed it!
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There is something special with homes built in the 30’s. Looks like a cute neighborhood too.
Kudos to the owners for preserving all those wonderful details in drywall. I loved every feature of this home. Truly a treasure.
What a lovely home. It’s beautifully restored - who would ever guess that was drywall? - with so many pretty features and I even love all the furnishings. When you walked in, I just sort of breathed out and felt instantly relaxed and comfortable. Just what we’re all looking for!
I’m about to close on what was my home for many years on Oct 29th and while it wasn’t as large as this, it was built in 1941 so they shared some common features. I know someone mentioned replacing the wrought iron railings, but those were original. They were definitely a thing during this time period and I had them in my home as well.
All the niches, wood trim, the barrel ceilings, the sloped ceilings upstairs, the lovely windows and light - all remind me of my old home and the homes of the neighborhood.
Thanks, Ken! I’m excited to hear you’ll be showing more in this neighborhood. I do hope we’ll see some more much older homes again, too. I miss those!
Your house sounds gorgeous! The homes from this period really are spectacular in the most understated way.
Our next house tour is going to be of a Mid Century Modern home, but don’t worry, the following video on Friday will be of a Victorian Era house 😃
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I can’t wait! I like MCM houses, too!
Its a push plate. The door probably swings back and forth. Cute house.
Thank you! It caught me off guard because it was transparent.
-Ken
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They were often made of glass! The ones on my swinging dining room door in my 1920 house were glass on the kitchen side and decorative brass on the dining room side (when the door was in closed position).
That’s so interesting! Nice to learn something new!
We use them on swinging doors in restaurants as well. Mostly because it's a spot that gets dirty and worn quickly. Just replace the plate instead of refinishing the door. Nowadays they are usually made of clear plastic or aluminum. Cheers.
My 1897 house has a swinging door that separates the kitchen and dining room. I think it’s original although it could have been added when the original owners did a massive renovation of the house in 1915-1920. I think both sides of mine are brass but one side is smooth and the other side is decorated with raised designs. I’m renovating my house now, so I have to remove the paint from the door. I’ll know for sure in the spring (when I continue my lead paint removal) but I’m pretty sure mine is all brass. My house is located in the Hamilton Heights/West End area of St. Louis city.
This is a really nice house. I like the niches and the unfussy way it is furnished. Thank you for the tour.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love old houses as I myself live in an apartment building built in 1937. I also have a push plate on my kitchen door that swings into my dining room. Nice hardwood floors. The only thing I would change is the wrought iron railing inside the home. This home is in very nice condition. Thanks for the tour Ken!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The thing about the handplate / push plate that caught me off-guard was that it was transparent. I had never seen a transparent one in an older home.
@@ThisHouse The push plate on my door is clear as well dated back to 1937.
@@dewdrop3302 that’s so interesting! Most of the homes I’ve seen from that period have metal push plates.
@@ThisHouse Clear push plates were beveled glass. Not as popular as decorative ones.
@Kathy Kline , please do not change the wrought iron railings , they are made by an ironwork craftsman they are very authentic to 30 's construction. Thank you.
Now that’s a really nice house Ken, I love all the niches and the ceilings. It’s a little pricey for my budget but it’s a great home for a family with so much living space. As again, I thoroughly enjoyed your tour and am constantly amazed at the wide variety of homes you tour, you’re doing a fantastic job. Your friends ChuckandMax
We're so glad you enjoyed it! It really encapsulates everything about 30's design, we hope to tour more homes in this neighborhood.. the whole street would blow you away as each home is unique and from the same time period.
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Oh, yes, please!
I always wanted to see inside homes of that era, and courtesy of this channel I got the chance. Great house. It's roomier inside than I had imagined it could be.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Being a 1939 home I'd say the "Bomb shelter" was more of a tornado shelter/root cellar in addition to a being cool place to hang out on a hot, muggy Missouri afternoon before air conditioning was a thing.
GREAT JOB 👏 Ken. A lovely home with a wonderful presentation. Well done. ✅
Lovely !
Love all of this house. Thank you for the tour. I enjoy your tours so much.
Very beautiful !!!! I just love older homes.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You had me at the front door. Lice that little window!!!
I love the house. You do a great job of orienting us as you go through the house, I don't ever feel like I'm lost and don't know where in the house we are. The basement is awesome.
Thank you so much! We strive to create comprehensive tours that make you feel like you are right there with us. Glad you enjoyed it!
-Ken
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Like the peep hole window ,for looking outside the house.
The thing on door going into the kitchen is just a push panel. It is a protective plate that you push on ( instead of pushing on the paint and wearing it off and getting it dirty). 🙂
Excellent home and presentation!!
Beautiful house
So lovely. 🥰
Each room is unique. The built ins and recessed shelving add a lot of character. If you're worried about what's on the news.. head to the basement.
Darling home…with a very upscale price!!
Tuning in from CA, adorable house..!! Love all the unique features. I see a super fun nursery upstairs with the low window. : )
Glad you enjoyed it! That space certainly would make for the most adorable nursery!
Great tour! thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
On the door - looked like a "push plate" so you don't have to mark up the wood or paint finish on the door.
Wonderful stained woodwork! That door cover is a "push plate." Looks like electric heat. How high is the ceiling going upstairs? Upstairs painted woodwork. GREAT video! Does the basement have a sump pump?
Very nice home.
Glad you enjoyed it!
We've looked at several 1930's houses in U City that have that type of concrete form ceiling in parts. usually over a garage space- e.g. a basement garage, or with an outdoor deck or bonus room of some sort above. etc. For whatever reason, it was simply a common construction method of the time. 30's is much too old for a "bomb shelter" which did not come into fashion until "the atomic age" Cuban Missile Crisis, etc. Not only that, a shelter would not have windows or an open staircase, etc.
Good point!
My favorite dream home
That piece on the dining room door 🚪 is for pushing it open n not touching the main door 🚪
Glass on swinging door ..... for hands and easy cleaning .
I hope someone replaced the smoke detector battery.
Handplate, I have one on my swinging door into the kitchen, that home is much more spacious than it appears from the street. Nice master addition. I vote tornado.
Being transparent, the handplate caught me off-guard! I believe that you are right, that it is a handplate.
@@ThisHouse I later Googled hand plate and at home supply stores they are calling them push plates. I still have plans for a fallout shelter that my Dad had amongst papers (printed by General Motors), but I can remember him looking at the plan in the sixties and saying, "this is not going to save anyone." He did not build one. Cuban missle crisis freaked the parents out temporarily. Later, people said "the living shall envy the dead," so not much point to give up part of the rathskellar, a St. Louis favored word for basement recroom in the sixties.
That's interesting
He is a great narrator
Chicago has lots of homes like that
I have watched several of this channel’s house tours. I noticed that Ken calls doorways “archways”. He calls them that even when they are square rather than arches. Is that what doorways are called in Missouri?
The basement is of an interesting construction with the concrete, but I don't think it would have been a bomb shelter. It would not have had a window or fireplace and would have had a heavy solid door. Still, it was interesting.
Good point!
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Finger plates. Kept people from touching the door.
"Let's just take a moment and admire the push plate."
I think you should grab the camera and record yourself and narrate the video as you see the screen, you talk about a lot of details of the houses while i can only see you at all times.
Any wavy glass left or all new windows? Do people finally realize some updates (like the horrific kitchen!!!) are not only aesthetically unpleasing but are an assault to history? I would have found a house that is being torn down and found old things to restore, not update. UGH!
It's not bead board in the basement, it's Pickwick knotty pine. That's $15-$20 a board foot that someone slapped paint on. Painful to look at.
Aw, we could all use a bomb shelter these days - just in case, of course!
Smoke detector needs a battery
What a charmer. It reminds me of a childhood friend’s house in an old established neighborhood in the west end of Baltimore City. Alas, it is probably a slum now……..just sayin’ 😥
Did this house possibly have a bomb shelter or tornado shelter? Let us know below!
(Re post) Being a 1939 home I'd say the "Bomb shelter" was more of a tornado shelter/root cellar in addition to a being cool place to hang out on a hot, muggy Missouri afternoon before air conditioning was a thing. If it was civil war era or 50/60's that might be a thing but nobody in the 1930's living in the center of the US was worried about getting bombed. I bet it was mostly about cooling.
lovely home, but no way on earth is it worth half a million dollars...
Ugh, will someone please replace the battery in the smoke detector! House is nice, but not the price.
What a talent to state the obvious. "Here is a bathroom, here is the sink"... tell us something we don't know "...I really liked how you originally started your channel talking about the history of your town, it has now morfed into the most boring real estate channel....sad...the houses are nice, the narration: meh
I think This House is doing a great job. A week old youtube account that someone made to troll with definetly confirms it. Cant have success without haters. Keep up the great work Ken!
🤷🏼♀️ You’re the exception that confirms the rule - Ken and This House are the best!
We are not a real estate channel, nor do we benefit from the sale of these homes in any way. This channel focuses on older homes, their architecture, and their history.
It is curious how young your account is. Did you make it to troll us? We welcome constructive criticism, but will not tolerate toxic negativity.
@Ken ,so sad that the troll a lonely hurt person is compelled to spew their vitriol thinking it will make them powerful for a nanosecond. So glad you replied to this troll with dignity.
Maybe you should start your own TH-cam channel Deali Sadie. So we can give you some "constructive" criticism about your work.