I absolutely hate people who think that they can vandalize anything, and it won't matter. that house would have been way more gorgeous if they had just respected it like normal people. it doesn't matter if it is abandoned or not, it deserves respect. how would they feel if they had spent years building and raising a family, allowing your kids to be trained and have the experience to grow into responsible people, in such a gorgeous work of art, only for some idiots to come and trash it? it doesn't matter who lived there or how long nobody had, people spent part of their lives there. that's the type of thing people remember is the memories they had in their homes. I wonder what the reaction would be if the family that originally lived there saw it. I would just feel shocked, upset, angry, and extremely disrespected. they built that house from the ground up with possibly their own hands, and people feel the need to go and paint all over it. if you wanna paint on something go get a canvas. and penises are not appropriate to paint anywhere. to degrade a place of comfort and love like that is just disgusting. people need to grow up and learn some manners. quit taking something that valuable and beautiful and just destroying it. let it rest in peace. we need these things in our lives to remind us that no matter how battered and broken these places are, they are a moment frozen in time. they remind us that even for a time, everything was once beautiful.

Really, really hate seeing beautiful, historic homes and buildings waste away and get trashed.

When I was a kid I never would have dreamed of doing that kind of damage to an abandoned property. Sad. What's wrong with people?

I would buy a place like this just to restore it and make it beautiful once again.

The 2.5 story mansion (for which the road is named) was built between 1901 and 1906 for Charles Winship, proprietor (along with Elizabeth Boit) of the Harvard Knitting Mills, a major business presence in Wakefield from the 1880s to the 1940s. Due to the 2008 bankruptcy and departure of Theresa Whitaker, the house's final resident and owner, and subsequent foreclosure of the property in 2010, it currently sits abandoned in a moderate state of disrepair. Long story short: The mansion was built between 1901 and 1906, it wasn't abandoned at that time already. This happened in 2010.

I don't understand what people get from ruining such a beautiful place. It's just sad honestly.

It would be so nice to see these beautiful houses NOT vandalized. Geez

It's not enough they had to spray graffiti on the walls, but on the piano, too? WHY?!

see guys even the millionaires have the bag drawer

Why do people have to ruin every fucking place with spray paint?

Can't pay the mortgage. Banks say: "Too bad." Then just let it rot. Makes no sense.

Josh, I love ya, kid but look more at that gorgeous architecture!!! That house, with all its woodwork, with about 15 fireplaces: forget the junk left behind... go for that beautifulness of the house. That was craftsmanship u sure don’t see in today’s home. And the junk left behind? U can go to any junk shop or antique mall and see that. I sure wish the people with their paint cans respected that house a lot more. It was class at its finest!!! Now it’s just been abused and trashed!

That's really sad how people go in there and destroy stuff and draw stuff on the wall. Like just leave it how it is.

When someone leaves a house behind with all the stuff in, there is always something wrong with house or something terrible happened there. Mortgage is often just a convenient explanation. Otherwise bank could sell a house like that easily back in time. But they didn't for a reason. Obviously later some people moved in (i believe illegailly) and also just ran from the house.

The woodwork was amazing. You need to slow down and appreciate it. Love that you don't deface anything, and your enthusiasm about your finds. Thankyou.

You keep saying look at this, we would love to but you're moving way too fast!

Whenever I watch homes that are abandoned I always wonder if the kids are watching one of these videos of their own old family home lol

some of this house looks like it could be repaired an a good house again , what a shame

SLOW DOWN DUDE, YOU ARE MAKING MY EYEBALL HURT...

This is a reminder that you can't take things with you!! Don't live for material stuff.

I studied architecture and design. This was someones masterpiece a lot of love went into this beautiful home

I live on this street and I have been inside this mansion before it went to shit when the last owners still lived there. It was really beautiful and she was a really sweet woman. The murals on the wall were beautiful, they were landscapes paintings of the land surrounding the mansion before the rest of the west side became developed. Unfortunately the youth has had no respect for this home and they have destroyed the place, it is truly so frustrating. In the 70's and 80's the neighborhood consisted of Italian mafia. It is a neighborhood with a lot of interesting history, I have lived here for over 10 years now, I even witnessed the fire that happened in the winship mansion years ago. There used to be a bowling alley in the basement, and they also had a horse in the backyard when I first moved in. You could see the horse from the Nazareth academy side of the property. NAZ has since been knocked down and turned into a new development. The neighborhood has really changed since I was 8 years old running wild.

To hard to watch this, you move to fast and only concentrate on the belongings that are unimportant, I want to see the woodwork, the bannisters, rails.. artwork, windows.. the love that went into the building of these places.

I agree SLOW DOWN 😉 ❤💚💜💙 l was getting sea sick

it honestly breaks my heart when stupid people come and ruin it with spray paint🤬

Why do people insist on spray painting everything?! It's not even good spray painting

it looks more like the owners where running from something leaving everything behind..house looks pretty creepy

That’s not a old computer lol. It’s a word processor. Had one in middle school back in ‘97. I forget how young kids are or how old I’m getting lol 😂

Can't people just not wreck things..disrespectful. All that gorgeous woodwork and fireplaces.

I did my research...this mansion was in fact built in 1901 for Charles Winship. The house was eventually sold in 1947 to a few Sisters/Nuns. The house was passed down to a few other owners until someone by the name Theresa Whitaker purchased the house in 1998. Her whole family lived there until she filed for bankruptcy in 2008. In 2010, the mortgage was foreclosed and no one has lived there since then. So there were many other families who owned that mansion..

Just came across your videos. I love that you respect the abandoned places you go, and DON’T take anything from them!!! Thank you for making amazing respectful videos ❤️❤️

it's atrocious that someone would vandalize this house.

That house is still in pretty decent shape and could be renovated and brought back to life. It has a lot of its original wood work and architectural features in tact and I would love to see it redone. Pity.

the original owner of the house of whom it was built for was charles winship some yrs after he died his wife sold the house. and it was resold to two or three more people up until the last owner who purchased it in the yr 1998. she filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and the house was forclosed on in 2010 and has not been legally occupied since. So these items were not those of the original owner of whom the house was built for, and mostly all the last owners items were removed. the items in which u are seeing were either left by squatters or left and destroyed from when the real estate agency attempted to sell it. (m&A realty)

I would restore that place and make it in to a museum

I find it incredibly sad that such a beautiful home first of all, for whatever reason was abandoned and personal items left and second, that there is no regard for personal space. Why do people get such a thrill out of destroying what is not theirs!! It rips at my heart every time I see it. Thank you Josh for the look into someone else’s life!!! 💕

That house was full of beauitful wood and other notable things- why destroy it? What is wrong with our society that people have no respect for other people's property.

I feel like they maybe left in the early to mid 2000's because a lot of the appliances in the kitchen and some furniture look like they're from the 2000's. Hence why a lot of the older 80's and 90's looking stuff was left behind. Some people commenting have been saying that they left everything behind, but considering they were filthy rich that's probably only they're old stuff.

That has to be one of the most beautiful houses I have ever seen!!!! All of that wood and the ornamental wood work is unbelievable!!!! To have the money to buy it and fix it back up...... thank you so much for sharing this!!!! We had the fortunate opportunity to rent an old farm house in Kansas. It also had a narrow staircase that went up to the 4 bedrooms. Then you had the grand staircase that brought you to the entrance. Every since then I have been in love with those old houses. Thank you again!!!! ♥️♥️😍😍

Btw that's called a fainting couch... They were very popular in the 19th/20th century, esp in movies. As women would faint coincidentally right there... lollll

minus the graffiti, that place is beautiful. I can't even begin to imagine how big it really would be.

God the woodwork in that house is beautiful! But of course some assclowns have to ruin what they can't have. However when a bank takes your house and gives a 3 day notice to vacate, many family's have to grab what they can and dash. That's what most likely happened and the sad part is the bank would rather let it rot than rent or sell to a lower price bracket. However you would have to make about 200k a year or more to just be able to do the yearly maintenance on a house that size.

Oh my goodness how beautiful all the lost memories you can tell this place was really a good home for whoever did get to live there. How sad. Maybe somebody will buy it and repair everything. It's a fixer upper forsure

Am I the only person who doesn't get why people want to attack buildings with spray paint? It would be so much better if these people had left it alone. It was an interesting video, but please take a deep breath, slow down in your speech, and go round the rooms slowly with you camera. At times it felt neurotic as some really interesting pictures flashed past like a stroboscope.

"Never seen a mansion with this much stuff before... Welp, Cya later!" *turns camera off* "...Alright boys, back up the truck and lets start loadin up. Chris and Mike you guys are on the grand piano, Jason you got all the ski equipment, Ryan grab all the computer gear... and me, im taking this DOOM cd"

I would love to clean these homes up and make them beautiful again a couple weeks of hard work and damn it could be wonderful

I would love to see a vid of this mansion getting restored

It is such a shame that these big beautiful homes just got away and get destroyed. That house is a work of art!

what a beautiful house. It's so sad to see it in such bad shape. I remember that the house we used to live in came up for sale many years ago. It was pretty much a shell when we moved in, and my dad worked hard to repair it and make it a beautiful home. It had a massive hole in the floor too, that he had to repair. When we looked round it for fun all those years after moving out, it was much like this. in ruin. It was very sad

People who think it is funny or cool to destroy a place by marking it up with graffiti and writing blah blah blah was here or get out or something like that is disrespectful to the house and to other people who want to explore the property, No one cares for your "artwork" These people need to serve jail time for this.

That would make a beautiful retirement home, hospice, or even museum. It's a shame. They don't make homes like that anymore. ❤

I agree with people you move around too much and fast. Hurt my eyes. Couldn't continue watching.

Seeing all the graffiti makes me so mad

"The marble bathrooms...the marble floors..." Josh, please, the camera pans so quickly that even at 1080p resolution, I hardly can get a sense of the rooms! A little slower would help the creep factor, too. :)

What a beautiful house. I just wish ppl didn’t vandalize these abandoned places. Thank you Josh for showing us all these places forgotten in time!

looking back, this is the first video i watched from you and i met the whole crew a few months later when you came to florida. i miss 2016, it was a simpler time. i’m really proud of how far you’ve come Josh, please never stop loving urban exploration.

I cant possibly be the only one that wants to restore some of these places Josh visits..?

Surprised they never find any homeless people in these buildings

Slow down with your camera movements, your moveing way to fast its blurry and has a dizzying effect.

What a shame that someone would do this i hate that some ppl just absolutely have no respect, no remorse. This was a very beautiful house and it still is and i wonder what ever happened to the family who lived here? You've got to wonder why they would just up and leave their beautiful home and leave behind all of their possessions and family photo's etc etc?????? Something could have very well happened to them. If they couldnt no longer afford to pay the mortgage they still should have taken their possessions with them and even get someone to help them move. I never understood why ppl leave and leave everything behind and never to return again? It makes no sense @ all. And also what bothers me is that there are homeless ppl everywhere who need places to stay and here are these abandoned houses/ mansions that could be saved and restored and fixed up and turned into rooming homes to help the homeless population all across america and it just makes me really mad, very very sad @ the same time when ppl need help and these places are just sitting there to deteriorate, and rot. No call for it it's B.S. My heart goes out to the ppl who once lived here and to the homeless population and we need a new government bc this is Wrong! 🤒🤒🤒

The couch you found is called a fainting couch. In the 1800's and early 1900's these couches were used for women who would become faint front their corsets so they would lay on theme to help clear the dizziness

Seeing that poor piano broke my heart!

'Is that a Grand Piano?' Followed by: 'I don't know. You won't hold still long enough for me to see!'

So disrespectful that people come in and vandalize/ruin everything in there....it’s so sad...it could have possibly been restored or repaired if there wasn’t all of those people who just come to ruin it when josh just comes explore and he is VERY respectful and likes to learn new things about the history/people...

grafitti is an art i get it but i dont get why people also has to use it to destroy things

It sounds like you think all the stuff you're looking at is from the 1800s. They didn't have paint ball guns and answering machines in the 1800s

You got any old houses around Iowa I love those old style houses

It breaks my heart to see the destruction here. This building could house a few families or become a boarding home....just wasteful

Josh, I love your stuff, but for the love of God, PLEASE slow down and at least let us look around as well

this is sad. I bet it was once a beautiful place.

The reason why such beautiful architecture is left with furniture and keepsakes inside is mostly tragic: 1) whole family die of tragedy,or 2) crime family all left the jurisdiction, or 3) major family breakup or financial crisis that it cost more to clean up than to bail.

so sad its now been demolished, mostly becasue the vandals lowered the value so badly it wasn't financially viable to restore. good work @josh for documenting this.

You’re right....I love this place. Great video, Josh!

am i the only one who thinks that this house looks like the house from mrs peregrines home for pecular children

That house is absolutely GORGEOUS. If I could, I would find a way to purchase it and renovate it. That would make a beautiful home. Sheesh vandalism is so annoying

I'm sure vandalism is the root of the destruction. While the family apparently left in a hurry. And may even been gross homeowners, I can't believe they would destroy the house and the contents. What a shame.

Just a little Info for you . This house was probably not abandoned. This family was most likely Evicted due to Foreclosure. The Courts send the sheriff to lock said house and you are unable to get your belongings , If you enter the house they will arrest you. Welcome to life.the Hard way. pay your bills

I would just be sitting in the office looking through the books... XD

just went here last week and the basement was completely sealed off with an asbestos warning. also they are starting to repair it i think? there was paint and ladders in the house and some of the graffiti was painted over white

“Hell is here... okay.” 😂😂

if was in that house exploring, id probably start cleaning for no reason... :)

The bank kicks them out because they can't pay their mortgage, and then just lets the house be trashed.

"look at this. Look at this." BLUR. I really appreciate the videos, but could you slow down just a touch? :)

This place is beautiful and heartbreaking! The architecture is simply magnificent, but to see it in such disrepair is a shame! Imagine renovating it to it's glory! It clearly was abandoned long after the original owners/builders lived there as much of the items left behind are modern. I wonder if this could have been something lost during the recession of '08?

I can imagine how beautiful this must've looked before it was abandoned

I have a lot of respect for a man who knows how to respect a piano

Vandalized so badly !!! Such a shame!! If only someone would have bought the house and refinished before the vandals !!

Unfortunately this house was demolished on July 8th, 2020. It was bought last year at an auction and will be replaced by two single family homes. I’m not for sure if anything was even salvaged or not as I read an article on line that said a salvage company was brought in and nothing could be salvaged.

there was a issue where only half my viewers last night was able to see this video so i had to fix it! so everyone on the phones and stuff can watch it

There was a DVD player in one of the rooms, so it couldn't have been abandoned for too long, early 00s. But it's such a shame to abandon a beautiful building like that.

sad that such a beautiful mansion is left to rot

Phenomenally beautiful house. Someone needs to buy it and repair it - bring it back to its original glory

Im surprised no one looted all that good stuff

if it was built in 1901 for a business owner... how the hell would he have lived long enough to see items such as a fax machine? either multiple families lived here, or the daughters took it over after the parents died

Hey josh idk if u see this but just a update on the house, me and my friends went the other day and we ran into some ppl who told us they’re actually knocking down the house soon, the house is almost completely empty and extremely vandalized but you should really go soon like SOON to see, it’s still a dope scene.

You forgot about the balcony

I want to fix it up so bad😕 it would be REALLY expensive though

Does anybody else just wish they could go in and organize and clean this place?

Somebody should buy the property and re- build it

I’m imagining how they lived there. Going back to that year where they all just live happily. Beautiful rooms, furniture. I wonder what happens during family gatherings and dinner gatherings. The kids must have enjoyed running and playing around that mansion.