Here in NC we call houses laid out like this one ; "Four Square" ...Four rooms on the first floor and four on the second. You got the date right on this one-- very simple exterior with little architectural detail was indicative of the south east before train travel was accessible to most (that was by the late 1850s).
Was a beautiful house. 4 over 4. They needed those fireplaces to keep the rooms warm. Too bad the mantles are gone. The house is in surprisingly fair shape. I can just imagine sitting out on the top porch during the summer with a glass of ice tea.
Mostly the top floor porches or sleeping porchesporches. These houses got extremely hot in the summertime in the south. And it was the only way you could sleep. There was also a summer kitchen So they wouldn't heat the house with the heat of cooking.They used the inside kitchen for the cold weather.
Viewing from Australia..my dream home..love anything white mansion/ plantation..thanks for taking me through this home..tho I sm a million miles away ❤
Interesting place. All empty and abandoned for a long, long time. The kitchen and bathroom completely stripped out, just natural decay and no graffiti. One almighty restoration job to do
Glad you too recognized the kitchen, so many people here think there just wasn't a kitchen 🤦🏻♂️ it was obviously in the back left room and has been stripped
It is amazing w me to see time and time again these old old houses seem to stand the test of time. Newer homes seem to decay at a much more rapid pace! The shelf outside the one window probably once held an air conditioning unit . Great location! 😊
hey kappy great find nc is awesome with amazing plantation houses i misss it there i love the south has alot of history and the church wowwww so sad though have fun hope your christmas was great happy new year 2020
I bet this was quite a beauty back in her day. So sad to see these historic places left to rot. Someone should be saving them. Thank you for sharing,Kappy! Have a wonderful, safe new year!! ♥️♥️
I know I sound crazy, but this house is GORGEOUS!! I see these old beauties as they would be in their heyday. ❤️ I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and you have an amazing and blessed New Year! Thanks for sharing Kappy😊
Absolutely Breathtaking!!. This place is amazing!!. I almost cant watch because it is so sad seeing it not saved.. Isnt there a historical society somewhere?? Wth!
Monica Peterson I always say if I could only hit it big by winning the Lotto, I’d buy all the houses that still have a shot at being restored. I’m so grateful that people like Kappy go in and record such history, in such a respectful way and share it with us.
It is still fixable. I love all the fireplaces n big windows n both porches! Great find Kappy. Thanks for sharing it. Stay safe and God bless you in 2020.
It breaks my heart to see beautiful places like this go to ruin . Especially that church, I’ll bet that church was an imposing edifice in it’s time . Definitely Gothic style . The house was as equally beautiful, nice and airy . The massive hallways and doors . 1850’s sounds correct. What a find. Thank you Kappy.
Outside the upper bedroom window, that was a bracket for a air conditioner. Love this house, especially the upstairs porch. It would have taken a lot of wood to keep all those fireplaces going. As usual Kappy another excellent video!
@John Smith Oh, yeah, even to feed a decorative fireplace or wood heating stove. You not only have to "Make hay while the sun shines," meaning spring-summer-fall, but that's when you had to gather wood for the coming cold months. What d'you want to bet the rooms were full of chilly spots away from the open fires? Our forebears were hardy folk!
My grandparents heated with a big wood burning stove in the basement... they lived in Iowa so long cold winters... they started getting up wood in July so they had plenty in the really bad months
Really nice house. You can tell that the people who owned it many years ago had a lot of pride in it. Ashame it sits there and rots, because it could still be saved. I think it would be really wonderful to have a few vacant city blocks where these historical homes could be moved to, and then renovated for people to view and admire their beauty. Kind of like these developers who build these Streets of Dreams, only this would be with historical homes. America needs to take care of these old beauties. They ( the houses) tell wonderful stories. They are apart of our history.
The church was still amazing, despite being in such ruin. I love those windows. The stained glass that they would have contained would have been stunning. Thanks for exploring and sharing your finds. Love your work, and don't take any unnecessary risks.
The porch on the upper floor is really cool. Great place to spend time by just looking at the green belt of trees and enjoying the breeze. So romantic and peaceful.
That was a wonderful house at one time. Well thought out floor plan with a fireplace in each room and each with plenty of light. You know what I appreciate about your videos Kappy is that YOU appreciate what you are looking at!! Around 10:20 to 10:35 there is something in the middle bottom screen made of medal. Wonder what that was. Thanks again, Kappy!
Best guess of mine would be that with the strings, it was some type of musical instrument. Kap gotta slow down a tad for these 73 yr old eyes of mine! LOL I normally do playback at 75, with a boat load of back up's and go forward's!😂
Very nice house back in its day! Nice big rooms! Those porches are awesome! I can imagine waking up in the morning and drinking my coffee on them, looking at the view and watching the world go by! 😊
Would have been lovely in its day. Thanks for capturing it on video. It does look like someone had started working on it. It can take lotsa $ to redo an old house and keep it going. Where’s the kitchen? For age of house, probably had a summer kitchen but would have needed one inside too. Beautiful windows and doors. I’ll bet that before the bath was put in that was a “shotgun” house. Thanks for taking us with you!
Love the plantation house so pretty from the outside ! But ravaged on the inside someone took all the fireplace mantel's most likely to sell ! Its not to late with a good chunk of 💰 if the foundation is good it can be saved and brought back to life . I would have loved to have seen it back when it was first built . So sad to see places like this forgotten and left to decay all the life lived here you can almost hear people's voice's and conversation's think of the pictures that once hung on those walls, the furniture once in the rooms, the fireplaces all going on a chilly day of the life lived here makes me sad to think this is the fate of such a once grand home . The church at the end is a shame as well a new church built and this one forgotten about left to time and the elements thank you for finding theses and documenting them before they are gone . Keep up the excellent work Kappy love your videos !
What a neat house! The big windows, porches and fireplaces. Not to mention the detailing on the porches....man, it's all so beautiful still. The land itself seems so peaceful. Awesome explore
Thanks Kappy my friend for being safe filming this video about the Abandoned Antebellum house & historic church in ruin it was a real shame Kappy that the church was in so bad of shape i am glad my friend you was being safe doing this video and i can't wait to see your next video and HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIEND AND THANKS AGAIN.
This antique plantation house, of the mid 1800s, must have also been used as a presbytarian, since it was located so close to the church like that. I mean, it's only my guess. I think that this entire mansion house deserves to be completely restored and renovated, in spite of all its deterioration with time. Another one of my uneducated guess. Lol! Kappy, in the event of the Hollidays Season, i would simply like to extend you, all of my warmest wishes, in this forth coming decade of the year 2020. Happy New Year ! All my best! Thanks for entertaining us with all of your most uplifting and educational video documentaries ever produced... in living color, of course! Lol! Johnny from Montreal, Canada !
@@CarpeDiem-ii5fu I just figured a dog trot was when it had no front or back door; it was just open. And a breezeway would be what this house has, a hallway with large doors or windows
@@samuelfritz2446 when I was a kid I read the book Old Yeller. A dog run was mentioned in the book. I asked my mom was a dog run was. She had to draw me a picture so I could understand. Lol So when the original post stated the house has a dog trot I had to look it up. After reading your post to me I looked a little deeper into it. You are correct. A dog trot typically had no doors with living quarters on either side. This was also called a breeze way. As far as doors go, seems it depends on the amount of money the family had. Wealthy families had doors that folded back. At least according to Southern Living magazine. Homes with dog trots, dog runs, possum trots were typically one level and raised off the ground so air could also pass underneath the home. Dog trots are typically Southern but my parents were from the North. So, the name and definition may depend on location of the house. IDK
What a beauty!! This place is awesome, and I love the house because it has all of the fireplaces in the rooms! That upstairs porch is just awesome! I was surprised that you could walk on it too, considering how the front porch looks!! Awesome video Kappy!! Happy New Year!!!
Another really good one Kappy. I am now too old to do any more exploring. Therefore, I really appreciate you taking me along VIA TH-cam. It is a shame that the Church is so far gone, but the house looked very interesting. 4X4 it is. I guess the kitchen was separate as in many homes that old. (fire hazard) Those rooms are so big that one can insulate them by adding an inside wall with insulation and perhaps a little wiring...Thank you so much..
Poor old house going back to nature pretty quickly now. Looks like someone wanted to take the floors from the church and then just left the wood behind or only took what they needed. Good finds Kappy
Kitchen was in the back left room with all the wallpaper. It's got a laundry room that he steps into and the door to the back porch. It's obviously a kitchen
This reminded me of my parents old house but they opened up the downstairs and left one bedroom I always loved seeing old houses like this decorated for the season
Such a wonderful old house! I loved the wide hallways and both porches. Looked like it had a tin roof. That’s probably why it’s so well preserved. The church was gorgeous back in it’s time! I’m sure most of the windows were stained glass and I bet someone tried to salvage as much flooring and wood as they could out of it. Maybe to use in a new church! Great explores Kappy!! Have a Safe & Happy New Year!!🎉🥳🥂🍾
So beautiful yet sad to these olds places just rot away. Thanks for sharing. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas & have a great New Year! Wishing you blessings for an awesome 2020! 💜
It was a good explore. I really liked the layout of the house. The colors in the first room really left a lot to be desired. It was pink on the top and green on the bottom. I'm not a fan of pink for a wall color. The last room ws also pink. But after that first room, which I found to be an eye sore, the last room was well done in spite of the color. I liked the fireplace in every room. Good video, Kappy.
What a lovely house, a real beauty left alone with its memories. It seems sad, somehow, like it's waiting for all the people who have lived here, but who will never return. It's been pretty well stripped of everything of value, unfortunately. Being so close to a busy road makes it accessible to nearly every sort of scavenger who wants to make a quick buck with his crowbar. We call those people thieves where I come from. There had to be a fireplace in every room, Kappy. That was the only way of heating a house in the 1850s. It was also a great way to use all the wood cut down in clearing the fields. The gingerbread trim on that porch is sweet. Too bad most of it has already been lost to time or thieves. The church is very pretty from the outside. Heavens to Betsy, this place is a real mess! It's sad to see this house of worship being so desecrated and forlorn. Thanks for this video, Kappy. It's nice to see how the house and even church building styles differed from place to place back then. So few large houses survived federal occupation during Reconstruction, it's nice to see those that missed destruction because of their remote locations. Good job!
Only kind of heat they had back in those days a fireplace. Just love this house. Looks like @11:23 someone could have had a air conditioning window unit later on? Just guessing. Thanks for showing this beauty!
I like that most of the gingerbread decorations are still in place on the second floor porch. Considering there's a fireplace in each room, it might mean that the filigree work was done by hand, using a fret saw, back when this place was built. There several well maintained houses with even more elaborate wooden bracketry around the country, particularly one called "The Lace House," in Black Hawk, CO. The church is a good addition to the "Damn Shame list!" I may have mentioned how much I like brick structures and this one, from the exterior, is a beaut. Pure Gothic style, including both simple Gothic windows to the artistic big multi-pane job in the front wall. Sad to see yet another church falling into ruin...
Merry Christmas and a safe Happy New Year to everyone here! I would luv to metal detect there. Poor home & church. People are so wasteful. Both could be brought back if done now, but take a lot of money. Amazing how Mother Nature reclaims her land.
The weird little flowery room at the back was probably a half bath. I love that wide hallway upstairs. And, I have always wondered why the doorknobs and light switches were placed so high. It looks strange, and I don't understand the purpose.
Love your videos. Always show bathroom okay. Thanks for not having crazy music playing. Wonderful place Thing in window was a brace for a window air conditioner
I really enjoyed watching the videos & it's a shame that the church was let go so badly! The house looked like it could have been closer to a mansion! Great video content
That house can be saved. The decorations on the walls like from the 1990's. The back left room on the first floor most likely the kitchen. I hope somebody can save this house before it's too late.
It can be saved. Thanks to the roof there is no water damage which is almost always what finally destroys these old beauties. I hope someone restores it.
Did the house have a kitchen? Off hand I didn't notice but this could be a fixer if someone had the time and the funds. That church, holy moly how'd that floor get like that?
I think the room leading out to the back porch may have been the kitchen at some point but I’m not sure! The church suffered a massive storm and was flooded it sits ina very Swampy low area! Thank you for watching!
Looked like there was tile on the wall in that back room with the wallpaper, indicating a kitchen backsplash of some kind. Had to be the kitchen; no other place in the house makes sense. Also, the back of the house is where the bathroom was added, which means all the plumbing was kept in the back of the house where it was easier to install along the same line as the kitchen.
That house wow . Can someone please save it . Those bedroom’s wow, wow,wow could you imagine waking up to the sun coming into your room and to curl up in bed at night with a fire going in that fireplace? The view from that top balcony was awesome especially if those trees where trimmed down . I did not notice a slave stairwell or room though which does seem rather out of place for this era . The front porch was also very cool . The detail in the woodwork as well . The fact the upper porch is still up is because that lower porch was built sturdy enough to hold it up . I think that thing outside the one bedroom window was a place for a a/c unit older style 12,000 BTU I think . My son had one given to him 10-15 years ago . Thing was heavy as heck and quite large . If I had to guess was about 1 1/2 -2 feet from front to back and just over a foot wide side to side and about 14 inches top to bottom had knobs on the front to select high or low and on off . The back part which went outside the window would of sat on that platform that is how this one had been installed initially from a second story window . You don’t want something like that to come crashing down out of a window from that height. Thank you again for the video even if it was depressing to know this home is probably going to just rot away . In light of the most recent discovery here in Canada of the skeletal remains of over 1,000 indigenous children in shallow graves at former residential school sites I can not watch the tour of the church sorry . Those people are responsible for torturing, rapping , abusing and killing to many indigenous children . The Canadian government should of listened sooner to what the indigenous survivors where saying . Who will speak for the babies of sin thrown into the fires now no skeletons so no number can not be tallied ?
Such a solid structure! If I hit the lottery it's mine to restore!😊 I'd have NO A/C, electric or central heating...solar only. They lived off the grid then and survived. Heck, I pump my own water now, heat & cook with wood and use solar. When solar is low I use lanterns at night so my radio and phone can still work.
I really like this house big windows, big rooms, I believe that was hand stenciling on the floor by the stairs. I didn't see any signs of central heating though. Maybe there were small wood stoves in the rooms after the fireplaces were closed up? Great video, Kappy, Thanks. Have a Happy New Year!
Looked like stenciling to me also, and on the wall at the top - it was cheaper than molding. When I took down the crown molding to refinish in my 1890's house, there was stenciling behind it. It was a dilemma whether to put it back up, but the stenciling was in such bad shape that I did.
Yes , that stenciling is quite interesting and beautiful. Stenciling is kind of a dying art , you really don’t see it as much , it gives an “ old -fashioned “ charm and appeal . It’s very rare to see it. But quite correct , it’s cheaper than molding.
A fire place was common when the house was built but it become apparent over time that they are just not that efficient. Much of the heat goes out with the smoke. Even a small simple two eyed Ben Franklin iron stove gives more heat and burns much less wood. That’s why it’s so common to see big fireplaces closed up and small hole for a stove pipe. People were getting more economical and efficient, kinda like buying a smaller car, but in this case the benefit was less wood to cut and split and store. I grew up in an old farm house in Ohio that was heated with wood, three wood burning stoves, only electric heat was in the bathroom. Wood cutting was a year round job. I’d get up in the morning for school, turn on the bathroom heater and then stoke up the fires in the stoves and hustle back to the bathroom and get dressed in front of the heater. I really didn’t think too much about it at the time, it’s just the way it was. If the weather was extra cold, Dad would stay up a little later and load up the stoves with extra wood before he went to bed. He talked like there was some kind of mystical knowledge about how to do that and maybe there was, waking up in minus degrees outside and it still be in the 50’s inside a big farm house is a pretty good trick.
Awesome house, awesome church! Very old! The house looked well built and sturdy like so many of these old places! The thickness of materials were so cool! Possibly a widow or girls lived there years ago cause the colors of some rooms were pinkish, just a guess. Was that thing outside the window possibly a place someone could rest a hunting rifle on for deer season, etc? Interesting, just a guess, I'm probably off on that one. And those old churches, so many of them, are so well built and massive. Must have cost a ton to build those! Safe to say mass is no longer in service at this location lol. Awesome finds once again, thanks!!! So tranquil, so peaceful compared to the hustle bustle city or suburb!
Kappy you should buy that house and restore it. It has all of the porches that you love. Fireplaces are the only way they could heat homes in those days. I dont remember a kitchen. Did it have one?
Always such a shame to see old beautiful structures that once were wonderful examples of craftsmanship end up in ruins. I'm sure that the church ⛪ was spectacular in it's glory days as well.
Another Beauty...love the wallpaper, didn't most those places in that era have fireplaces in every room, I'm from the midwest, just wondering, excellent job of filming again
Kappy, beautiful old home and I want to say your filming is great as I don't get "seasick" watching it. Thanks for the slow pace so we can enjoy.
Here in NC we call houses laid out like this one ; "Four Square" ...Four rooms on the first floor and four on the second. You got the date right on this one-- very simple exterior with little architectural detail was indicative of the south east before train travel was accessible to most (that was by the late 1850s).
Also the fact there is a fireplace in every room means it was certainly built before electricity was commonplace.
Wow! Thanks, Tiger Ann, for the great info!
I love the way they use to make porches.
Was a beautiful house. 4 over 4. They needed those fireplaces to keep the rooms warm. Too bad the mantles are gone. The house is in surprisingly fair shape. I can just imagine sitting out on the top porch during the summer with a glass of ice tea.
Mostly the top floor porches or sleeping porchesporches. These houses got extremely hot in the summertime in the south. And it was the only way you could sleep. There was also a summer kitchen So they wouldn't heat the house with the heat of cooking.They used the inside kitchen for the cold weather.
Viewing from Australia..my dream home..love anything white mansion/ plantation..thanks for taking me through this home..tho I sm a million miles away ❤
Interesting place. All empty and abandoned for a long, long time. The kitchen and bathroom completely stripped out, just natural decay and no graffiti. One almighty restoration job to do
Glad you too recognized the kitchen, so many people here think there just wasn't a kitchen 🤦🏻♂️ it was obviously in the back left room and has been stripped
WOW!!!! This is So Sad....
THIS HOUSE NEEDS SAVED!!!
Back in the day, a beautiful southern house. Great find!
It is amazing w me to see time and time again these old old houses seem to stand the test of time. Newer homes seem to decay at a much more rapid pace! The shelf outside the one window probably once held an air conditioning unit . Great location! 😊
Love the long windows and the old fireplaces. I know YOU love that porch, kappy. This is an old house.
What a beautiful house, I bet it was lovely living there back in its day. THANK YOU kAPPY
The house was gorgeous!! Could just imagine warm summer nights on the upper and lower porch! Such a shame.... the poor church
hey kappy great find nc is awesome with amazing plantation houses i misss it there i love the south has alot of history and the church wowwww so sad though have fun hope your christmas was great happy new year 2020
Love the simplicity of this house. Very cool find.
That was the best! I lv that house!
I don't get out much, but I go w/ u everywhere u go!
Thank you!
(Boomer in Arkansas)💚
What a nice elegant southern home it was! Love the porches, surprised how well they’ve held up!
I bet this was quite a beauty back in her day. So sad to see these historic places left to rot. Someone should be saving them. Thank you for sharing,Kappy! Have a wonderful, safe new year!! ♥️♥️
I know I sound crazy, but this house is GORGEOUS!! I see these old beauties as they would be in their heyday. ❤️ I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and you have an amazing and blessed New Year! Thanks for sharing Kappy😊
Absolutely Breathtaking!!. This place is amazing!!. I almost cant watch because it is so sad seeing it not saved.. Isnt there a historical society somewhere?? Wth!
Monica Peterson I always say if I could only hit it big by winning the Lotto, I’d buy all the houses that still have a shot at being restored. I’m so grateful that people like Kappy go in and record such history, in such a respectful way and share it with us.
@@melissaboggs5889 I am sure its hard on him. I can hear it in his voice.
Melissa Boggs - hi. Are you by any chance related to Boggs from Spencer WVA? My daughter is also Melissa Boggs ☺️
Deborah Rogers Yes, from my husbands side. 😊
It is still fixable. I love all the fireplaces n big windows n both porches! Great find Kappy. Thanks for sharing it. Stay safe and God bless you in 2020.
A very beautiful old house nice find.
Big, open , & spacious are the three words that come to mind to describe this house.
It breaks my heart to see beautiful places like this go to ruin . Especially that church, I’ll bet that church was an imposing edifice in it’s time . Definitely Gothic style . The house was as equally beautiful, nice and airy . The massive hallways and doors . 1850’s sounds correct. What a find.
Thank you Kappy.
Outside the upper bedroom window, that was a bracket for a air conditioner. Love this house, especially the upstairs porch. It would have taken a lot of wood to keep all those fireplaces going. As usual Kappy another excellent video!
@John Smith Oh, yeah, even to feed a decorative fireplace or wood heating stove. You not only have to "Make hay while the sun shines," meaning spring-summer-fall, but that's when you had to gather wood for the coming cold months. What d'you want to bet the rooms were full of chilly spots away from the open fires? Our forebears were hardy folk!
My grandparents heated with a big wood burning stove in the basement... they lived in Iowa so long cold winters... they started getting up wood in July so they had plenty in the really bad months
They didn't care they had slaves who did all the hard work. Let's keep it real here folks.
This must have been a beautiful house and property in its day. I wish someone would come along and restore it to its former glory.
That house was well built in its day. Love the woodwork and trim. That porch is a dream.
Really nice house. You can tell that the people who owned it many years ago had a lot of pride in it. Ashame it sits there and rots, because it could still be saved. I think it would be really wonderful to have a few vacant city blocks where these historical homes could be moved to, and then renovated for people to view and admire their beauty. Kind of like these developers who build these Streets of Dreams, only this would be with historical homes. America needs to take care of these old beauties. They ( the houses) tell wonderful stories. They are apart of our history.
Appreciate your videos. Calming. Good work.
The church was still amazing, despite being in such ruin. I love those windows. The stained glass that they would have contained would have been stunning. Thanks for exploring and sharing your finds. Love your work, and don't take any unnecessary risks.
I like the wallpaper real petty it was beautiful back in the day!
It would have been a beauty in it’s day. Nice work,Kappy
The porch on the upper floor is really cool. Great place to spend time by just looking at the green belt of trees and enjoying the breeze. So romantic and peaceful.
That was a wonderful house at one time. Well thought out floor plan with a fireplace in each room and each with plenty of light. You know what I appreciate about your videos Kappy is that YOU appreciate what you are looking at!! Around 10:20 to 10:35 there is something in the middle bottom screen made of medal. Wonder what that was. Thanks again, Kappy!
Best guess of mine would be that with the strings, it was some type of musical instrument. Kap gotta slow down a tad for these 73 yr old eyes of mine! LOL I normally do playback at 75, with a boat load of back up's and go forward's!😂
@@juanitapate913 church organ parts
I believe it was an old piano or organ thank you for watching!
I think it’s the sound board and strings from an upright piano.
i like your videos.
This is beautifel.the chuch wow.thank you.
(i am from the netherlands i hoop you can read it).
Very nice house back in its day! Nice big rooms! Those porches are awesome! I can imagine waking up in the morning and drinking my coffee on them, looking at the view and watching the world go by! 😊
Would have been lovely in its day. Thanks for capturing it on video.
It does look like someone had started working on it. It can take lotsa $ to redo an old house and keep it going.
Where’s the kitchen? For age of house, probably had a summer kitchen but would have needed one inside too.
Beautiful windows and doors. I’ll bet that before the bath was put in that was a “shotgun” house.
Thanks for taking us with you!
Love the plantation house so pretty from the outside ! But ravaged on the inside someone took all the fireplace mantel's most likely to sell ! Its not to late with a good chunk of 💰 if the foundation is good it can be saved and brought back to life . I would have loved to have seen it back when it was first built . So sad to see places like this forgotten and left to decay all the life lived here you can almost hear people's voice's and conversation's think of the pictures that once hung on those walls, the furniture once in the rooms, the fireplaces all going on a chilly day of the life lived here makes me sad to think this is the fate of such a once grand home . The church at the end is a shame as well a new church built and this one forgotten about left to time and the elements thank you for finding theses and documenting them before they are gone . Keep up the excellent work Kappy love your videos !
Awesome old house! Sad to see these parts of history let go. I just imagine how it was back then. TY for the great video! 😊
What a neat house! The big windows, porches and fireplaces. Not to mention the detailing on the porches....man, it's all so beautiful still. The land itself seems so peaceful. Awesome explore
Great finds. The house still beautiful. Hopefully someone can save it.
Love ❤️ these old homes. If walls, could talk. Thank you 😊
Nice house. It was built to last.
Thanks Kappy my friend for being safe filming this video about the Abandoned Antebellum house & historic church in ruin it was a real shame Kappy that the church was in so bad of shape i am glad my friend you was being safe doing this video and i can't wait to see your next video and HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIEND AND THANKS AGAIN.
The house was in remarkable shape on the inside,great porches,had been a lovely place no doubt..the church was done though...Thanks Kappy
This antique plantation house, of the mid 1800s, must have also been used as a presbytarian, since it was located so close to the church like that. I mean, it's only my guess. I think that this entire mansion house deserves to be completely restored and renovated, in spite of all its deterioration with time. Another one of my uneducated guess. Lol! Kappy, in the event of the Hollidays Season, i would simply like to extend you, all of my warmest wishes, in this forth coming decade of the year 2020. Happy New Year ! All my best! Thanks for entertaining us with all of your most uplifting and educational video documentaries ever produced... in living color, of course! Lol! Johnny from Montreal, Canada !
Oh how I love this house.
Great job Kappy ♡
Happy New Year
This is so sad. Stunning home and church just crumbling down.
Awesome house and church. Glad you play it safe and take no take no unnecessary risks. It nice to see it no matter the angle. Thanks for sharing.
I would love to see it back when it was new
Nice explore here. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful home
I’m hooked on these abandoned house explorations, love how in depth your explorations are and how respectful you are of these places
That house has what was called a "dog trot" down the center which was used to allow air to circulate through the house in summer to keep it cool.
Breeze way is what I've always heard it called
@@tashasmith6179 I've always heard a breezeway was the covered area between a house and a garage. Like a roofed hallway that was open to the elements
Both are correct. It was also called a dog run and possum trot
@@CarpeDiem-ii5fu I just figured a dog trot was when it had no front or back door; it was just open. And a breezeway would be what this house has, a hallway with large doors or windows
@@samuelfritz2446 when I was a kid I read the book Old Yeller. A dog run was mentioned in the book. I asked my mom was a dog run was. She had to draw me a picture so I could understand. Lol So when the original post stated the house has a dog trot I had to look it up. After reading your post to me I looked a little deeper into it. You are correct. A dog trot typically had no doors with living quarters on either side. This was also called a breeze way. As far as doors go, seems it depends on the amount of money the family had. Wealthy families had doors that folded back. At least according to Southern Living magazine. Homes with dog trots, dog runs, possum trots were typically one level and raised off the ground so air could also pass underneath the home. Dog trots are typically Southern but my parents were from the North. So, the name and definition may depend on location of the house. IDK
Thank you for taking us on a tour of what once was a very beautiful and comfortable home. Too bad that it hasn't been salvaged.
What a beauty!! This place is awesome, and I love the house because it has all of the fireplaces in the rooms! That upstairs porch is just awesome! I was surprised that you could walk on it too, considering how the front porch looks!! Awesome video Kappy!! Happy New Year!!!
Another really good one Kappy. I am now too old to do any more exploring. Therefore, I really appreciate
you taking me along VIA TH-cam. It is a shame that the Church is so far gone, but the house looked
very interesting. 4X4 it is. I guess the kitchen was separate as in many homes that old. (fire hazard)
Those rooms are so big that one can insulate them by adding an inside wall with insulation and perhaps
a little wiring...Thank you so much..
The kitchen was the back left room with the door to the back porch
Poor old house going back to nature pretty quickly now. Looks like someone wanted to take the floors from the church and then just left the wood behind or only took what they needed. Good finds Kappy
That was the prettiest fireplace bricks I have seen, in all different colors like that. Made it really pretty.
That house was still in pretty good shape. Love all the fireplaces.
It's funny that the added bathroom was there but not the kitchen.......Very cool house. I believe it could be saved.
Kitchen was in the back left room with all the wallpaper. It's got a laundry room that he steps into and the door to the back porch. It's obviously a kitchen
This reminded me of my parents old house but they opened up the downstairs and left one bedroom I always loved seeing old houses like this decorated for the season
Such a wonderful old house! I loved the wide hallways and both porches. Looked like it had a tin roof. That’s probably why it’s so well preserved. The church was gorgeous back in it’s time! I’m sure most of the windows were stained glass and I bet someone tried to salvage as much flooring and wood as they could out of it. Maybe to use in a new church! Great explores Kappy!! Have a Safe & Happy New Year!!🎉🥳🥂🍾
Same here I loved the porches! Thank you very much for watching!!
So beautiful yet sad to these olds places just rot away. Thanks for sharing. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas & have a great New Year! Wishing you blessings for an awesome 2020! 💜
It was a good explore. I really liked the layout of the house. The colors in the first room really left a lot to be desired. It was pink on the top and green on the bottom. I'm not a fan of pink for a wall color. The last room ws also pink. But after that first room, which I found to be an eye sore, the last room was well done in spite of the color. I liked the fireplace in every room. Good video, Kappy.
This home would have been so warm and welcoming before the deteriorating. Love it. Thank you. The church is really in very bad shape.
Would have been a beautiful house with the breeze blowing through & sunlight shining in in the summer.
Great video 👍 it's a shame it's deteriorating it should be saved I hope
What a lovely house, a real beauty left alone with its memories. It seems sad, somehow, like it's waiting for all the people who have lived here, but who will never return.
It's been pretty well stripped of everything of value, unfortunately. Being so close to a busy road makes it accessible to nearly every sort of scavenger who wants to make a quick buck with his crowbar. We call those people thieves where I come from.
There had to be a fireplace in every room, Kappy. That was the only way of heating a house in the 1850s. It was also a great way to use all the wood cut down in clearing the fields.
The gingerbread trim on that porch is sweet. Too bad most of it has already been lost to time or thieves.
The church is very pretty from the outside. Heavens to Betsy, this place is a real mess! It's sad to see this house of worship being so desecrated and forlorn.
Thanks for this video, Kappy. It's nice to see how the house and even church building styles differed from place to place back then.
So few large houses survived federal occupation during Reconstruction, it's nice to see those that missed destruction because of their remote locations. Good job!
Love the porch on this location, also the church looks like it used to be a real pretty place. Great work capturing these two.
Only kind of heat they had back in those days a fireplace. Just love this house. Looks like @11:23 someone could have had a air conditioning window unit later on? Just guessing. Thanks for showing this beauty!
The arrangement of the windows and doors made for good ventilation in the summertime
I like that most of the gingerbread decorations are still in place on the second floor porch. Considering there's a fireplace in each room, it might mean that the filigree work was done by hand, using a fret saw, back when this place was built. There several well maintained houses with even more elaborate wooden bracketry around the country, particularly one called "The Lace House," in Black Hawk, CO. The church is a good addition to the "Damn Shame list!" I may have mentioned how much I like brick structures and this one, from the exterior, is a beaut. Pure Gothic style, including both simple Gothic windows to the artistic big multi-pane job in the front wall. Sad to see yet another church falling into ruin...
Merry Christmas and a safe Happy New Year to everyone here!
I would luv to metal detect there. Poor home & church. People are so wasteful. Both could be brought back if done now, but take a lot of money.
Amazing how Mother Nature reclaims her land.
The weird little flowery room at the back was probably a half bath. I love that wide hallway upstairs. And, I have always wondered why the doorknobs and light switches were placed so high. It looks strange, and I don't understand the purpose.
How do you keep doing this?? Awesome find and amazing video'ing!
Thanks for sharing. Bet both places were beautiful in their day. ❤️
Love your videos. Always show bathroom okay. Thanks for not having crazy music playing. Wonderful place
Thing in window was a brace for a window air conditioner
Central heat is a modern luxury. Fire places were the only way to heat!
Wow that is a beautiful house, still in pretty good condition. I would move in there tomorrow !
Reminds me of the plantation house in the movie Fletch Lives! Very cool though!
You crack me up “ The church is not in session.” Thanks for another great video!
I really enjoyed watching the videos & it's a shame that the church was let go so badly! The house looked like it could have been closer to a mansion! Great video content
It was a real chore to keep firewood available for every room.
That wrap around porch is awesome!
That house can be saved. The decorations on the walls like from the 1990's. The back left room on the first floor most likely the kitchen. I hope somebody can save this house before it's too late.
It can be saved. Thanks to the roof there is no water damage which is almost always what finally destroys these old beauties. I hope someone restores it.
This house is cool!
The house would have been a beauty in it’s day. Love the gingerbread and the porch.
Did the house have a kitchen? Off hand I didn't notice but this could be a fixer if someone had the time and the funds. That church, holy moly how'd that floor get like that?
I think the room leading out to the back porch may have been the kitchen at some point but I’m not sure! The church suffered a massive storm and was flooded it sits ina very Swampy low area! Thank you for watching!
Beautiful old house.sad to see it in ruin,what it must have been.l sure do enjoy your videos keep up the good work.
Looked like there was tile on the wall in that back room with the wallpaper, indicating a kitchen backsplash of some kind. Had to be the kitchen; no other place in the house makes sense. Also, the back of the house is where the bathroom was added, which means all the plumbing was kept in the back of the house where it was easier to install along the same line as the kitchen.
That house wow . Can someone please save it . Those bedroom’s wow, wow,wow could you imagine waking up to the sun coming into your room and to curl up in bed at night with a fire going in that fireplace? The view from that top balcony was awesome especially if those trees where trimmed down . I did not notice a slave stairwell or room though which does seem rather out of place for this era . The front porch was also very cool . The detail in the woodwork as well . The fact the upper porch is still up is because that lower porch was built sturdy enough to hold it up . I think that thing outside the one bedroom window was a place for a a/c unit older style 12,000 BTU I think . My son had one given to him 10-15 years ago . Thing was heavy as heck and quite large . If I had to guess was about 1 1/2 -2 feet from front to back and just over a foot wide side to side and about 14 inches top to bottom had knobs on the front to select high or low and on off . The back part which went outside the window would of sat on that platform that is how this one had been installed initially from a second story window . You don’t want something like that to come crashing down out of a window from that height.
Thank you again for the video even if it was depressing to know this home is probably going to just rot away .
In light of the most recent discovery here in Canada of the skeletal remains of over 1,000 indigenous children in shallow graves at former residential school sites I can not watch the tour of the church sorry . Those people are responsible for torturing, rapping , abusing and killing to many indigenous children . The Canadian government should of listened sooner to what the indigenous survivors where saying . Who will speak for the babies of sin thrown into the fires now no skeletons so no number can not be tallied ?
Such a solid structure! If I hit the lottery it's mine to restore!😊 I'd have NO A/C, electric or central heating...solar only. They lived off the grid then and survived. Heck, I pump my own water now, heat & cook with wood and use solar. When solar is low I use lanterns at night so my radio and phone can still work.
I like the lamps either side of the front door.
Thank you for another beautiful video ❤️ and an happy 2020🎆🎉❤️
I love the country setting. It seem that's the main abandoned homes and churches.
I really like this house big windows, big rooms, I believe that was hand stenciling on the floor by the stairs. I didn't see any signs of central heating though. Maybe there were small wood stoves in the rooms after the fireplaces were closed up? Great video, Kappy, Thanks. Have a Happy New Year!
Looked like stenciling to me also, and on the wall at the top - it was cheaper than molding. When I took down the crown molding to refinish in my 1890's house, there was stenciling behind it. It was a dilemma whether to put it back up, but the stenciling was in such bad shape that I did.
Yes , that stenciling is quite interesting and beautiful. Stenciling is kind of a dying art , you really don’t see it as much , it gives an “ old -fashioned “ charm and appeal . It’s very rare to see it. But quite correct , it’s cheaper than molding.
A fire place was common when the house was built but it become apparent over time that they are just not that efficient. Much of the heat goes out with the smoke. Even a small simple two eyed Ben Franklin iron stove gives more heat and burns much less wood. That’s why it’s so common to see big fireplaces closed up and small hole for a stove pipe. People were getting more economical and efficient, kinda like buying a smaller car, but in this case the benefit was less wood to cut and split and store.
I grew up in an old farm house in Ohio that was heated with wood, three wood burning stoves, only electric heat was in the bathroom. Wood cutting was a year round job. I’d get up in the morning for school, turn on the bathroom heater and then stoke up the fires in the stoves and hustle back to the bathroom and get dressed in front of the heater. I really didn’t think too much about it at the time, it’s just the way it was. If the weather was extra cold, Dad would stay up a little later and load up the stoves with extra wood before he went to bed. He talked like there was some kind of mystical knowledge about how to do that and maybe there was, waking up in minus degrees outside and it still be in the 50’s inside a big farm house is a pretty good trick.
I love the Carolinas and this house is still nice. It seems so peaceful.
Nice house. A real beauty. Poor old church, that's bad. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awesome house, awesome church! Very old! The house looked well built and sturdy like so many of these old places! The thickness of materials were so cool! Possibly a widow or girls lived there years ago cause the colors of some rooms were pinkish, just a guess. Was that thing outside the window possibly a place someone could rest a hunting rifle on for deer season, etc? Interesting, just a guess, I'm probably off on that one. And those old churches, so many of them, are so well built and massive. Must have cost a ton to build those! Safe to say mass is no longer in service at this location lol. Awesome finds once again, thanks!!! So tranquil, so peaceful compared to the hustle bustle city or suburb!
The thing outside the window is to hold an air conditioner lol
Kappy you should buy that house and restore it. It has all of the porches that you love. Fireplaces are the only way they could heat homes in those days. I dont remember a kitchen. Did it have one?
Always such a shame to see old beautiful structures that once were wonderful examples of craftsmanship end up in ruins. I'm sure that the church ⛪ was spectacular in it's glory days as well.
Another Beauty...love the wallpaper, didn't most those places in that era have fireplaces in every room, I'm from the midwest, just wondering, excellent job of filming again
beautiful house and beautiful church