I loved your narration and introduction to the house. It sounds like you know something about the importance of mid-century modern architecture. I enjoyed your information.
Would have loved to see Floorplan of this house in the video as a graphic. Perhaps ypu can team up with our video host and do all his introductions and narration? 😊
I’m a 56 year old builder, that’s a crime this is being destroyed, that lumber is unobtainable today & everything else so expensive might as well be, this is our history being destroyed in real time
I agree! Plus it's beautiful! OMG! So many of us would love to buy and live in a house just like this, just clean, maybe technically updated but with all finishes preserved. Heart breaking.
Insane to demolish it. What a pity. We are a sick, throwaway society. The previous owners should have been better stewards of this treasure and found a buyer who would step in and preserve it.
NO!!! This house is going to be demolished? Why??? God, this ruined my day. I’m sick! I’d love to own this treasure!!! That slate floor alone is $4,000 dollars. I priced putting slate into the entry of my MCM home. It is (now) incredibly expensive. That floor should be salvaged. And those glass cased cabinets - Holy Hell!!! That hanging piece is a bakers rack…and that fridge is a sub zero fridge, man. That kitchen is PERFECT!!!
This place was BEAUTIFUL. Wow. Doesn't even look like it was in terrible shape. Thanks for preserving this pieces of history online. Love the intro with Destruction Nation. He was super informative, and I really love that backstory prior to the explore. Cheers for another quality vid! Thanks as always.
Hi!😊 You seem to have a lot of subs, but not a lot of likes or comments. Just my thoughts from someone who watches a lot of abandoned utube: -do some research on buildings from the past so you can talk more about history and the elements. The stone work, wood accents. Ie.the metal thing in the kitchen is a pot/pan hanger. The kitchen wall was a wooden slat room divider. -Don't point out a toilet. I can see that. -Do point out neat architectural things, its fun to learn more about the home. The intro was great! -Do look into closets and drawers, its interesting. Is there stuff left? -Don't assume the owners did ebay because they have a massive room. Rich people have big rooms. They probably threw big indoor bbq parties with fancy 50's drinks. 😂 Lead people's minds to wander about the past owners. It's fun and humorous. 😉 Thank you for sharing. This home is beautiful.
Beautiful home and so sad that it's going to be torn down. Who cares if it's smaller than the other houses in the area, it's a special home! One of the prettiest ones I've ever seen and the kitchen is beautiful, esp. the cabinets. I would love to live in this house just as it is! Most people think this style is outdated, but then they don't know what mid-century modern really is! Why would anyone want to update a true mid-century modern home like this one anyway? I mean you can update one without destroying its original style. I mean, they updated most of the appliances and kept this looking like they were made for the kitchen. I didn't see any structural issues anywhere in this home. The more one of these homes is left original the better it is to someone that actually knows what that style and build is! More and more of them are being torn down and we lose another big piece of beautiful history. It just needed a lover of mid-century modern style instead of being torn down.
Great introduction in the beginning. You need more of that. Floor plans of the house would be a treat to see. THIS is a mid-century modern classic Frank Lloyd Wright STYLE prarie home. It is built to accent and fit in with nature. The strange angles reflect the shapes of leaves, the ceiling beams holding it up are cantilievered on that brick fireplace and outer wall. The "unfinished" room is the mechanical room which contains the furnace, HWH, etc. Also doubles as the mud room. You dount want to come in from working outside and trapes mud though the house to shower and change your dirty clothes so tiy would do it there then, go to your room and put on fresh clothes. That glass is single pane plate glass. HOT in the summer and COLD in the winter. Actually the whole house though visually stunning, is a NIGHTMARE to heat and cool. The missi g floor registers in the bedroom were probably electric heat fans used to preheat tge cold air coming out of the floor under the house before the hot air from the furnace got there all the way from the other side of the house. Also, because this is a sprawling ranch, the furthest bathroom from the mechanical room will take several minutes before hot water fills the pipe to get to the shower. All sprawling ranches are like this. Now-a-days, cold climate houses are designed with the waterwalls all connected and none are on the outside walls of the house. The furniture in that house is also designed by the architect and made for that house. Flat roofs in illinois are exremely hard to keep from leaking because of the snow and ice, pooling of water and can collapse from heavy snow load. This house looked well taken care of. Its ashame it has to go. Again, i would kill for the glass and marble. Thanks for the tour. I loved the house. ❤ Sad to see it go. 😢
Takes me back to my childhood, I remember playing with friends in houses like this. That house was built for entertaining, with that open fire to grill on and all the couches so your guest can be part of it, the 60's cocktail parties. Seems a real shame to tear it down, but trying to update it would be a nightmare, the windows alone...
I can just tell whoever owns this house has way to much money. I see it every day where I live. People knock down a nice home to just build another one.
That house is beautiful. Retrofitting and remodeling that thing would be a nightmare. The beauty of drywall is you can cut into it and then patch and retuexture easily. All that brick and cinder block and wood makes everything tricky and EXPENSIVE!! Aluminum wire was outlawed because it got hot and would expand and contract markedly and would come loose in its clamps. It also oxidized in the clamps and created resistance thus making the wire grow hot. It was a cycle of guaranteed failure.
That refrigerator probably said, "Sub Zero" or Thermo cool" . . both high end, built in appliances. I could live there with "no strain at all" !!! I love mid-century modern - I just can't afford it. The crank out, glass panel windows are called "Jalousie" windows - we had one in our kitchen door back in the 60's. That last room you were in, with the marble bathroom was the MASTER bedroom - nicest one in the house.
Nice house. Love the angled bathroom counters and kitchen pass-through cabinets. I bet it was so great when first built with original lighting and furniture. Thanks for the video.
That kitchen is a trip. The appliances are all over the place. I sure would have liked to hear what Destruction Nation had to say but he was so quiet and mumbled through most of the video. The only thing clearly audible was his sneeze.
The bathroom counter has an ‘Atomic’ 50’s vibe….I actually like it. I would live there, but they’re tearing down what could be a great little home with some work.
Mid-century modern is a style that was built, mainly in the 50s, and look alikes are built from time to time. Some of the very best designers created them. I would love to have one! They are few and far between, nowadays. It's so sad to see this torn down!😢
A house with all that glass would be expensive to heat and cool these days! That kitchen is a monster! Very, very poor design. It probably has mold in the walls too. My mom bought a mid century modern house built in 1966. It was split level with a huge fireplace in the living room and on the opposite side, an indoor grill in the dining room. Stone foyer, and a wood paneling wall in the living room. Downstairs was a family room and utility room with a half bath. Upstairs were three bedrooms and a “duplex” bathroom. My mom’s room had a toilet and sink and a shower with two doors! You could enter the shower from the big bathroom my sister and I shared and my mom’s bathroom. The big bathroom had a soaking tub. It was a great house!
Aluminum wiring is very common in these older houses. However I believe it's illegal to have it Because it's a fire hazzard I could be wrong on that though
Might be illegal in some electrical code jurisdictions, probably not all and maybe older installations would be grandfathered in. Properly installed and maintained aluminum wiring is usually safe, but it can’t safely be modified or combined with copper cabling and fixtures outside of strict procedures. One of the worst examples was the Beverly Hills Supper Club, where 165 people died after the dormant club reopened after modifications and expansions.
Aluminum wire is still fairly common for the "feeder" wire coming in from the utility up to the meter, and from the meter to the panel. Inside the house, though, aluminum is now a big no-no. Many decades ago, internal wiring was commonly aluminum, but that has all switched over to copper now. Mixing aluminum and copper wiring together inside the house can cause galvanic corrosion where wires of the different metals are wire-nutted together, and can become a fire hazard.
Said Jaredwblack from Illinois who was an Electrician's Apprentice but now a Journeyman Electrician who aspires to write his Master's to be a licensed electrician one day and own his own business and Sprinter van.
7:00, When it comes to wiring, aluminum is no longer used throughout houses, but if you have it as long as everything is wired correctly, it's safe. But did you still use aluminum as the feeder lines underground or overhead.
I suspect all that stainless steel was considerably newer than the house. I had to smile, though, when I saw the pegboard (6:32). I think every house in the 1960's had pegboard in it's garage or utility room. If I had the money to buy it and restore it, I would. The one guy in the video mentoned "North Shore." Is this in the Chicago area or some other city with a north shore area?
VERY NICE ! Wish your partner had a 🎤 hope you can update us on the information you find on the previous owners. That metal object hanging from the ceiling is a pot holder
Amazing how many things are left to decay. Are we truly lost? Or misled? Thanks for sharing... Subzero not subthermal fridge, they evwn made doors to match cabinetry. High dollar equipment
I personally LOVE this guy’s videos! All the criticism and negativity directed at a young person who is developing his craft and learning as he goes, plus sharing cool stuff with the rest of us. People, please send out some positivity and encouragement!!
Aluminum wiring is not rare and is used all the time for service entrances, it is cheaper than copper wire when running low gage wiring so it is used a lot. There were issues with aluminum wiring when used within the house, you have to use certain connectors with certain torque and also compound like noalox. I probably just stick with copper wire in the house, but aluminum wire for service is perfectly fine.
Looks like an office building converted into some type of living space. Very interesting but to me it's off-putting trying to think of it as a Residential house? However, I Do you like some elements like the backyard and the open foryer area.
You would have got someone who knows about this architectural period to accompany you. They would educated us on this beautiful house that will be torn down in favour of some open plan fakery.
It’s too bad that such a great home was reviewed by such a hack of an explorer of abandoned homes. You didn’t pay any attention to certain details that were absolutely essential to the architecture of the house. It’s unbelievable that you don’t even know what a Sub Zero fridge is and that isn’t a radiator on top of the fridge, but a compressor.The sconces in the hallway should have been highlighted. You didn’t even notice the different colored glass panes in the clerestory windows in the bedrooms. You should really try to do just a little bit of homework to do these homes some sense of justice.
ha ha that's me!
Nice plug. Desperate much?
I loved your narration and introduction to the house. It sounds like you know something about the importance of mid-century modern architecture. I enjoyed your information.
@@DLeadVox thank you, much appreciated.
Would have loved to see Floorplan of this house in the video as a graphic. Perhaps ypu can team up with our video host and do all his introductions and narration? 😊
Alot of nice fixtures, windows & appliances probably could be salvaged & reused or sold
I’m a 56 year old builder, that’s a crime this is being destroyed, that lumber is unobtainable today & everything else so expensive might as well be, this is our history being destroyed in real time
I cant understand why they would tear it down, what a waste
I agree! Plus it's beautiful! OMG! So many of us would love to buy and live in a house just like this, just clean, maybe technically updated but with all finishes preserved. Heart breaking.
Insane to demolish it. What a pity. We are a sick, throwaway society. The previous owners should have been better stewards of this treasure and found a buyer who would step in and preserve it.
It's garbage.
NO!!! This house is going to be demolished? Why???
God, this ruined my day. I’m sick!
I’d love to own this treasure!!!
That slate floor alone is $4,000 dollars. I priced putting slate into the entry of my MCM home. It is (now) incredibly expensive. That floor should be salvaged.
And those glass cased cabinets - Holy Hell!!!
That hanging piece is a bakers rack…and that fridge is a sub zero fridge, man. That kitchen is PERFECT!!!
Makes me sick too.
What a waste! You can never rebuild that! That is a piece of art. What is wrong with people wanting sterile white & grey boxes.
It's garbage.
This place was BEAUTIFUL. Wow. Doesn't even look like it was in terrible shape. Thanks for preserving this pieces of history online. Love the intro with Destruction Nation. He was super informative, and I really love that backstory prior to the explore. Cheers for another quality vid! Thanks as always.
Hi!😊
You seem to have a lot of subs, but not a lot of likes or comments. Just my thoughts from someone who watches a lot of abandoned utube:
-do some research on buildings from the past so you can talk more about history and the elements. The stone work, wood accents. Ie.the metal thing in the kitchen is a pot/pan hanger. The kitchen wall was a wooden slat room divider.
-Don't point out a toilet. I can see that.
-Do point out neat architectural things, its fun to learn more about the home. The intro was great!
-Do look into closets and drawers, its interesting. Is there stuff left?
-Don't assume the owners did ebay because they have a massive room. Rich people have big rooms. They probably threw big indoor bbq parties with fancy 50's drinks. 😂 Lead people's minds to wander about the past owners. It's fun and humorous. 😉
Thank you for sharing. This home is beautiful.
Beautiful home and so sad that it's going to be torn down. Who cares if it's smaller than the other houses in the area, it's a special home!
One of the prettiest ones I've ever seen and the kitchen is beautiful, esp. the cabinets.
I would love to live in this house just as it is! Most people think this style is outdated, but then they don't know what mid-century modern really is!
Why would anyone want to update a true mid-century modern home like this one anyway? I mean you can update one without destroying its original style. I mean, they updated most of the appliances and kept this looking like they were made for the kitchen. I didn't see any structural issues anywhere in this home.
The more one of these homes is left original the better it is to someone that actually knows what that style and build is! More and more of them are being torn down and we lose another big piece of beautiful history. It just needed a lover of mid-century modern style instead of being torn down.
Great introduction in the beginning. You need more of that. Floor plans of the house would be a treat to see. THIS is a mid-century modern classic Frank Lloyd Wright STYLE prarie home. It is built to accent and fit in with nature. The strange angles reflect the shapes of leaves, the ceiling beams holding it up are cantilievered on that brick fireplace and outer wall. The "unfinished" room is the mechanical room which contains the furnace, HWH, etc. Also doubles as the mud room. You dount want to come in from working outside and trapes mud though the house to shower and change your dirty clothes so tiy would do it there then, go to your room and put on fresh clothes. That glass is single pane plate glass. HOT in the summer and COLD in the winter. Actually the whole house though visually stunning, is a NIGHTMARE to heat and cool. The missi g floor registers in the bedroom were probably electric heat fans used to preheat tge cold air coming out of the floor under the house before the hot air from the furnace got there all the way from the other side of the house. Also, because this is a sprawling ranch, the furthest bathroom from the mechanical room will take several minutes before hot water fills the pipe to get to the shower. All sprawling ranches are like this. Now-a-days, cold climate houses are designed with the waterwalls all connected and none are on the outside walls of the house. The furniture in that house is also designed by the architect and made for that house. Flat roofs in illinois are exremely hard to keep from leaking because of the snow and ice, pooling of water and can collapse from heavy snow load. This house looked well taken care of. Its ashame it has to go. Again, i would kill for the glass and marble. Thanks for the tour. I loved the house. ❤ Sad to see it go. 😢
Takes me back to my childhood, I remember playing with friends in houses like this.
That house was built for entertaining, with that open fire to grill on and all the couches so your guest can be part of it, the 60's cocktail parties.
Seems a real shame to tear it down, but trying to update it would be a nightmare, the windows alone...
I can just tell whoever owns this house has way to much money. I see it every day where I live. People knock down a nice home to just build another one.
That house is beautiful. Retrofitting and remodeling that thing would be a nightmare. The beauty of drywall is you can cut into it and then patch and retuexture easily.
All that brick and cinder block and wood makes everything tricky and EXPENSIVE!!
Aluminum wire was outlawed because it got hot and would expand and contract markedly and would come loose in its clamps. It also oxidized in the clamps and created resistance thus making the wire grow hot. It was a cycle of guaranteed failure.
Then, you work it. Replace the wiring, work a bit more to fix what needs fixing. Drywall is overrated in my opinion, sorry. 😬
That refrigerator probably said, "Sub Zero" or Thermo cool" . . both high end, built in appliances. I could live there with "no strain at all" !!! I love mid-century modern - I just can't afford it. The crank out, glass panel windows are called "Jalousie" windows - we had one in our kitchen door back in the 60's. That last room you were in, with the marble bathroom was the MASTER bedroom - nicest one in the house.
Nice house. Love the angled bathroom counters and kitchen pass-through cabinets. I bet it was so great when first built with original lighting and furniture. Thanks for the video.
Wish that house could be saved. Totally unique. Not everyone needs mcmansion.
Why in world they' tear this special house down it's a type of house 🏠 that I would like to live in
It’s like a restaurant frig & the rack on ceiling in kitchen was for pots & pans
Your friend looks so YOUNG! That skin! He's going to be so happy when he's 60 and still looks like he's in his 30's! Take care of yourself, bud!
Very unique! Thanks for showing us. The louvered are called Jalousie windows. Will definitely check out destructionation!
Really nice house. It could be warm and inviting with some TLC. Its pretty clean
That kitchen is a trip. The appliances are all over the place. I sure would have liked to hear what Destruction Nation had to say but he was so quiet and mumbled through most of the video. The only thing clearly audible was his sneeze.
Timeless... I can remember when it was new..
needs to be completely recycled if torn down. so much good materials to reuse.
Love that fireplace..Great video guys
The bathroom counter has an ‘Atomic’ 50’s vibe….I actually like it. I would live there, but they’re tearing down what could be a great little home with some work.
Mid-century modern is a style that was built, mainly in the 50s, and look alikes are built from time to time. Some of the very best designers created them. I would love to have one! They are few and far between, nowadays. It's so sad to see this torn down!😢
A house with all that glass would be expensive to heat and cool these days! That kitchen is a monster! Very, very poor design. It probably has mold in the walls too. My mom bought a mid century modern house built in 1966. It was split level with a huge fireplace in the living room and on the opposite side, an indoor grill in the dining room. Stone foyer, and a wood paneling wall in the living room. Downstairs was a family room and utility room with a half bath. Upstairs were three bedrooms and a “duplex” bathroom. My mom’s room had a toilet and sink and a shower with two doors! You could enter the shower from the big bathroom my sister and I shared and my mom’s bathroom. The big bathroom had a soaking tub. It was a great house!
What a great walk though. Thank you for sharing.
Aluminum wiring is very common in these older houses. However I believe it's illegal to have it Because it's a fire hazzard I could be wrong on that though
Can't use for new construction, but if it's already there you can leave it.
All kinds of trouble with aluminium.
Might be illegal in some electrical code jurisdictions, probably not all and maybe older installations would be grandfathered in. Properly installed and maintained aluminum wiring is usually safe, but it can’t safely be modified or combined with copper cabling and fixtures outside of strict procedures. One of the worst examples was the Beverly Hills Supper Club, where 165 people died after the dormant club reopened after modifications and expansions.
It's nasty!
Aluminum wire is still fairly common for the "feeder" wire coming in from the utility up to the meter, and from the meter to the panel. Inside the house, though, aluminum is now a big no-no. Many decades ago, internal wiring was commonly aluminum, but that has all switched over to copper now. Mixing aluminum and copper wiring together inside the house can cause galvanic corrosion where wires of the different metals are wire-nutted together, and can become a fire hazard.
Said Jaredwblack from Illinois who was an Electrician's Apprentice but now a Journeyman Electrician who aspires to write his Master's to be a licensed electrician one day and own his own business and Sprinter van.
Sub-Zero, jalousie windows,covid, and it looks like the house where Ferris Bueller stole the Ferrari
😂 it kinda does look like that 😂
7:00, When it comes to wiring, aluminum is no longer used throughout houses, but if you have it as long as everything is wired correctly, it's safe.
But did you still use aluminum as the feeder lines underground or overhead.
Love the house! All the sunlight that must come in!
It’s amazing looking way ahead of its time but better then most modern Designed homes
I suspect all that stainless steel was considerably newer than the house. I had to smile, though, when I saw the pegboard (6:32). I think every house in the 1960's had pegboard in it's garage or utility room. If I had the money to buy it and restore it, I would. The one guy in the video mentoned "North Shore." Is this in the Chicago area or some other city with a north shore area?
VERY NICE ! Wish your partner had a 🎤 hope you can update us on the information you find on the previous owners. That metal object hanging from the ceiling is a pot holder
Gorgeous home!
I was just about to say this has Frank Lloyd Wright written all over it.. he has a home in Rockford IL
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Wow 😮 Gorgeous!!
I love this old house.Would be awesome updated.Shame gonna tear down
What a shame it’s being torn down!
They don’t make houses this good no more
This is a cool 50 s style house. I’d live there. I bet it costs a lot to heat.
What a great house! Would love to see the place in its prime.
I wish some wealthy late mid century lover sees it and buys it to preserve! 🙏🏻
Woodgraaaaaaaaaaaain... So beautiful! OMG!
I’d live here easily!! Such a beautiful layout and design
I’ve never been a fan of mid century modern but this house is beautiful.
Need better audio or tell orange ballcap to talk louder.
Terrific.
Stay curious
Awesome Content.
This house reminds me my primary school.🤭🤭🤭sooooo 70's!
DOPE💥PARTY SPOT 🎆🎉🎆
Looks like it was used for a office more than a home.
Dentist office feels.
Amazing how many things are left to decay. Are we truly lost? Or misled? Thanks for sharing... Subzero not subthermal fridge, they evwn made doors to match cabinetry. High dollar equipment
I would love that home!
This happen when you have too much money ...
See in the UK we would call that house a large bungalow, as a bungalow is all one floor like this house 🏡
That house is beautiful but very different!
It's crazy that there are so many homes and towns that are abandoned. They could house so many homeless people.
It’s a shame that the home is not being renovated. However, it would probably cost a huge amount of money to restore it correctly.
Very Frank Lloyd Wright looking
Cheap imposter copy.
I personally LOVE this guy’s videos! All the criticism and negativity directed at a young person who is developing his craft and learning as he goes, plus sharing cool stuff with the rest of us. People, please send out some positivity and encouragement!!
Aluminum wiring is not rare and is used all the time for service entrances, it is cheaper than copper wire when running low gage wiring so it is used a lot. There were issues with aluminum wiring when used within the house, you have to use certain connectors with certain torque and also compound like noalox. I probably just stick with copper wire in the house, but aluminum wire for service is perfectly fine.
Yes, Absolutely!
A crime to demolish this. How can that be allowed.
LOVE IT!
Looks like an office building converted into some type of living space. Very interesting but to me it's off-putting trying to think of it as a Residential house? However, I Do you like some elements like the backyard and the open foryer area.
I'd LOVE to buy it! If you find the owners, get the price. The North Shore of Massachusetts? I really love it. It's just right for us. It's gorgeous!
North Shore of Lake Michigan near Chicago.
I hope they don’t demolish it such a shame it’s so beautiful
would love to live there.
Whats up with the hat and glasses. Incognito style 😅
It had to have been some sort of lounge or a private bar.
Looks like they tried to avoid 90° angles with the walls.
Looks like it would be cold inside.
That refrigerator would resell for over $10,000
Wow
Strange design, it's like a large "tiny house".
I’d love to live there
I think it’s a cool house. I would live there.
Dude where is this house I want to buy it before it’s destroyed
Back in the day a few people built to quality, not square feet.
I love the design, new houses are garbage
I thought this guy was that cowboy dance kid for a minute.😂Looks like a Frank L oyd
Right house.
This is a cheaply made imposter copy designed by Frank Lloyd Jennison.
The brady bunch dadada the brady bunch, thats the way we became the brady bunch
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Those crank windows were called “jaloiside” windows jaloside” sp?
Looks very Northern Illinois or Southern Wisconsin
Aluminum wire isn't rare especially for a house built in the 50s
Sub-Zero. They are super expensive
They are only "Super expensive" for the poor.
Kinda reflects Frank Lloyd Wright homes
thumbnail looks like raytraced minecraft
Sub-Zero you mean not sub thermal. Looks like an old commercial fridge. I use to work on commercial refrigerators
🧑🎄👍
of course who wouldnt want to live there??
Sad that it will be destroyed
What a pity
So this is a one bedroom house?
Sad you kids have zero clue what your seeing because you’ll never see it again
You would have got someone who knows about this architectural period to accompany you. They would educated us on this beautiful house that will be torn down in favour of some open plan fakery.
It’s too bad that such a great home was reviewed by such a hack of an explorer of abandoned homes. You didn’t pay any attention to certain details that were absolutely essential to the architecture of the house. It’s unbelievable that you don’t even know what a Sub Zero fridge is and that isn’t a radiator on top of the fridge, but a compressor.The sconces in the hallway should have been highlighted. You didn’t even notice the different colored glass panes in the clerestory windows in the bedrooms. You should really try to do just a little bit of homework to do these homes some sense of justice.