It must have been hard for you to see your childhood home like that.

Wow... this was such a beautiful home. so man rooms, and all of the fireplaces . So sad.

This was a beautiful home at one time. I would say it was built in the late 1800's, and of course updated with bathrooms, and electricity. It looked so repairable. Really in great condition, and not really any vandal damage. What a great house for you, to grow up in. It's really too bad to see this bit of history torn down, and the peaceful acreage filled in with a sub division, of boxy expensive home, with huge house payments. LOL

That is kinda sad really.......the house had this old charme about it...... I can "hear " the noises....dishes clatter from the kitchen....people talk about their daily stuff - children playing in the yard....... I like these golden charmers so much more than the modern once..... Thank you very much for this wonderful tour through your childhood universe... I hope one day you get such a great house yourself....

Felt emotional watching this Brian, I think it was the pictures you inserted... great memories, great video. Thanks for sharing your childhood home.. Hey Tony Lee Glenn you have to watch this....

If I was a billionaire I'd pay to restore the home and return it to you. They recently tore down my old home to put in an eye clinic, it was heart and gut wrenching. Man, if only walls could speak and tell what they've seen. Nice video. Sorry it had to be torn down friend.

Hi, Brian. Your home was magnificent when you lived there. Thank your for sharing your photo memories with us. That must have been disheartening seeing your beautiful childhood home in this condition. God bless you. Stay safe. Hugs, Linda Lee

It's heartbreaking to see beautiful homes like this end up falling into disrepair, imagine how gorgeous it would have been had it been maintained. Thank you for sharing

What a lovely place to grow up. So sad its gone.

What a beautiful, bright, gracious old house! What a shame that it was/will be lost forever! My heart ached for you as I watched, and those added photos were such a poignant touch. My mother-in-law grew up in a small Illinois farm town, in a lovely victorian farmhouse that had been in the family for decades. Long after she was grown and moved away, it was sold out of the family and eventually abandoned. In the early 80's, a cousin got my husband and me inside to see it, after vandals and copper thieves had down their cruel work and shortly before it was torn down. The photos were hard for my m-in-l to look at-she was actually glad when the house was pulled down-she wanted to remember it as her home. Sad, so sad. Thank you for sharing this house with us-you're a reminder of the real people who have lived in these old places and turned houses into homes.

I love that you added pictures of what it looked like when you were growing up there. It gives the viewer a nice perspective and shows how a family enjoyed living there when the house was full of life.

This must have been so heart breaking. I was born in Topeka, and could have not been more blessed to have had my grandparents in my life well into my forties. I went back to Topeka to the nome that was my joy, and it was for sale. The beautiful, loved trees there had grown and shut out the light.

Wow.. That must be so eerie, to see how a place you knew so well has decayed. It's heartbreaking to see grand old houses like these fall into disrepair only to be replaced with subdivisions...

That's typical for developers. This house is about (if not over) a hundred years old and it's still holding up even though it's rundown now. Someone could put a couple of thousand $$ into restoring this place back to perfection and it would probably last another hundred years. Instead they're going to tear it down and build a bunch of pre-fab P.O.S houses that will start to fall apart in about 10-15 years time along with streets and cul-de-sacs running through this beautiful piece of farmland! That's a shame. Great video man! It really hits home!!

This house could have been restored at one time. It amazes me how wasteful we Americans are. Very sad I think.

Loved this video. I grew up in the house my Dad was born in, 1933. They adopted me at 6 months of age in 1968. It was a big center hall colonial farmhouse that my great grandfather purchased for my grandparents as a wedding gift in 1927. It was my "home" until December 2002 when my parents sold the farm as it was too much for them to keep up with for just the two of them. It represented all that was good and safe as well as an abundance of love and memories. The new owners split shortly thereafter and they tore it down. I felt, as my parents did, as if a part of us fell with that house. I loved that house. You're so fortunate that you were able to go inside one more time. Old houses (my home was built 1860s) are so much better built than a lot of newer homes and have character. I sometimes think some of the happy and loving energy that is in them throughout the years remains behind and we feel it. I'm not one to believe in all of that but someone once said that and it made sense. Large, old houses can be scary but at the same time they can feel comforting too, as was my childhood home and appears yours was as well. Thank you for posting this!

Awww man, that was a neat house to grow up in! What a shame it got let go. Also a shame you had to see it like that. Try and remember it the way it was instead.

Such a beautiful house......I can see just how many memories were there....I love your childhood house...

Abandoned houses are such a cool thing to explore but at the same time it's sad to know that those houses were once so full of life and now they are just dead empty shells with precious memories attached to them. It's the same feeling I get when I see cemeteries. It was hard leaving my childhood home 18 years ago, I would feel devastated if it was abandoned or torn down. I can only imagine how it felt to be in your childhood home again and knowing it would soon cease to exist.

This looks like a really cool house to have grown up in! My heart ached when I saw the house though compared to the pictures! Thanks for filming for us! (:

Such a beautiful house. I can only imagine how nice it was back in the day.

Hey, I really enjoyed your video of your childhood home. I too grew up in an old farmhouse out in the middle of nowhere..LOL...I loved that old house and still do. We left it after I graduated in '74. I've only been back to see it once in '95 and a family was living in it, which I was very pleased to see. They invited me in to walk around to see the changes they'd made. I'm finally going back to my home town in a couple of months. I've googled it and found it's still standing...so am planning on visiting probably for the last time. Sorry that yours is going to be demolished. When you grow up in a special place it always stays with you. Your video was very touching! Thanks for sharing!! :)

Easily among our favourite "abandoned" videos. You've provided a historic record for your family and even though we don't know you, my wife and I really enjoyed the tour of your childhood home. Thanks for sharing (PS my wife teared up at the end)

I am so glad you got to go back and film your home before it was torn down, it looks like it was a beautiful and roomy home back in the day. I love the land around it, so sad to see all this farmland being taken over by subdivisions, no one would understand that unless they grew up around farm living. I wish I could go back and see my childhood home again but they tore it down years ago and another home stands where it did, but at least we have the memories. I wish they could restore your childhood home.

I would've loved to live there such a wonderful home.

You were lucky to have been able to go back, and revisit your memories.

😥heartbreaking that this great house is gone! I'm glad you were able to go back one last time. Thanks for including the pics! So many great features, the fireplaces, those windows, the pocket doors, the flooring. Looks like it was a great house to grow up in!

How very sad to see such a beautiful home just left to ruin. The photos of you living there are such a nice touch. Thank you for sharing this!

Good video Brian. You looked really happy there as a child. Haunting to watch. Such a big pretty old home. Shame that awesome land has to become a development.

I bet that was an amazing home! wish you could have kept it in the family!

I cannot imagine how emotional it was for you to see your childhood home that you grew up in in that condition. Great video though it was super interesting to watch! :)

BRIAN, THIS IS VERY KIND OF YOU TO SHARE THIS WITH ALL OF US.THANK YOU.

I feel your pain bro ! I went though the same thing,but my parents house could never compare to this. So many memories,so many joyous ocassions,time heals all pains,keep the faith man!

This obviously was a gorgeous little house at one time. I am so very sad that it is being torn down, This where you lived and had many memories to cherish. I am so sorry! Seeing the house in it's past glory is amazing. Knowing what the house's demise will be makes me want to cry! So very saddened!!

Wow man this is an amazing video Rarely do these abandoned places hit home like this I believe this is one of the best videos I've seen, because it hits so close to home on so many levels Felt kinda sad knowing they're going to tear it down. Ive done videos of places because of development it's just unique hearing the story and seeing the pics from someone who lived there. I'm going to add this to my favorites I did really enjoy this one. Awesome job!

Loved how you included your own photos.

Such a Beautiful house. What a shame to be torn down. What a place to live, and that wide open view. A house like that should be lived-in.

The family photos flesh it out. Nice touch. That seems like a great place to grow up. Thanks, Brian.

Brian... thank you for sharing your awesome video and pictures of your childhood memories with us. You grew up in such a beautiful happy home. I can relate to what your talking about. It's good that you saved this brief documentary for others to watch. Take care!

I feel for you being back in your old house once again. You were such a cute kid!! And what a gorgeous home. I love that staircase! So sad it can't be restored. Life goes on, they say.

This was a very interesting and touching video to watch.What a shame such a grand lady of a house has to be torn down.Thank you for sharing.

I was going to go look at one of my childhood homes but would have found it too sad and nostalgic without someone else from my family there.

This is the first time I have seen the use of putting your childhood photos into the current frame. Nice touch. I loved this.

I went through a similar experience when I was in third grade. The city council decided that they were going to tear down 5 downtown houses and replace the houses with a parking lot. That’s eminent domain. There was an empty field a block away, but the city council wanted the parking lot in the exact center of the business district. The houses had been built in the 1920’s. The houses were beautiful. We lived in one of those 5 houses. After we moved to a new house, we were driving by the old house, and noticed that the front door was open... so we all went inside. The house had a semicircular breakfast nook and a big backyard. I still miss the house.

Beautiful old home, it's a real pity it wasn't restored. They just don't make houses like this anymore.

Sad when your home that you once lived in is being torn down, it was such a beautiful home.

Amazing Brian thanks for taking us on your adventures some of the homes and mansions you visit are stunning and must of been grand and filled with love and laughter back in the day. I’m watching from New Zealand 🇳🇿 so really love your vids

What a sweet home. It must of been so cozy with all those fireplaces.

Thank you for sharing. It was nice to see your photos of when you lived there.

I am so glad you were able to visit your memories one more time.

I can only imagine how lovely it once looked.

How special for you to revisit, beautiful farm house and all the light!....Loved how you inserted Photos of you in each area!

Why demolished and not restored? omg omg so sad! I'm from Brazil, I love old/victorian USA houses, they are stunning. My brazilian friend bought a victorian house from 1800's in South Carolina and she restored everything. A big and cheap house with lots bedrooms etc... amazing vegetables garden... I love it. Thanks for sharing the video with us. Brazilian hugs flying to you from São Paulo/Brasil.

Wow! So sad it's now gone but you captured it forever on the cam.

That video was great, I love how you put pictures of memories from your childhood. I'm so sorry it was torn down, I know that house has a special place in your heart. Thank you for sharing!

Wow Brian, your video really struck home for me. I grew up in an old farm house too but not even close to being this huge and gorgeous. Its still standing and lived in and not that far away from me. Sometimes i would like to go ask the people if i could go take a walk through for nostalgia reasons but i wont. It really breaks my heart that they are going to tear this beautiful house down. I live in a brand new house and this one is 3 times the size of mine lol. I am happy that you at least have so many good memories with your sisters and family. It must have been so cool to have that much room to run around and play when you were a kid.Its just a shame that there isnt anything you can do to save it from destruction.

its so sad when they teardown houses you lived in :( to me it feels like they are tearing up your memories...

Brian, thank you for making this special video. What it must have meant to be able to document a much loved home. I'm know you saw the decay that is there now, but i'm sure your memories over road the bad and brought the good back to life. The pictures were amazing and so nice to see the happy and innocent little boy that you were. I would give anything to have such a video of houses I've lived in and loved.

Gosh I'm sorry it's just popped up on my you tube. This really tugged at my heart strings. The memories had to come flying back to you. I love the old photos you put in to relate to.

Brian, That was such a well built house and its dry roof was just one example of that. It is a shame that it wasn't repaired as a part of the new development. It has to be painful for you to see in that stàte. Thank you for sharing this with us and the addition of your childhood photos was gripping. I hope you'll go back to remember it as it had been while you lived there. You can be sure that whatever they build in its place will never be as well built or have the beautiful wood interior of the original.

This video made me quite sad and I can't imagine how you must've felt going back. Thanks for uploading

Circa 1850 ....The true measure of age would be the simple design of the central oak fireplaces in almost every room quite commonly found from 1776 thru 1850, with oak pocket doors to the parlor, ornate oak staircase, solid oak panel doors, lathe and plaster walls, and wide oak baseboards. Quite an expensive home in its time with spacious rooms with the wealth displayed in the windows for only the rich could afford so many windows. In the 1800's a tax was levied on the quantity of windows in a home and only the rich could afford such an abundance of windows.

Such a lovely home, I would have had a knot in my throat to have walked through those many rooms with such memories of it having been your childhood home. So very sad !

This is my favorite abandoned video of all time, because of your personal connection to it. Including photos from your childhood when you lived there was especially moving.

What a beautiful house..a lot of rooms and stairs...i m so sad for you..you have something special in your hands..this video..this video will accompany your memories..

sad its being torn down. so many memories must be held there.

What a beautiful old house. Thank you for sharing your memories with us. It must have broken your heart to see it like this.

Wonderful house & video! Brian, thank you for not only sharing this video, but the added photos really brought us along with you. Such a bittersweet experience, I`m sure.

A toilet in the porch! What a fantastic idea!

so sad to see these old houses go.

That is an awesome house. Adding the photos was really cool to see. I hate that these old homes get torn down. Thank you for sharing!

Incredible video. I love the still photos you posted as well. That is such a big house....looks like it could be salvaged or restored. Sad to hear it is going to be or already is demolished. Thank you for another Awesome Video!

I love that house. How Beautiful*

Where I lived my grandmother and great grandmother lived in the same town. It was a small town in WV named Rhodell. I loved it when I was young, now it's a sad display of a dying community. Replacing the old folk with destructive people. My grandmother moved from there many years ago, and people still live in it, but it looks awful, they trashed the place, they ruined the carpet, dug holes in the yard, hardly cuts the grass, and let's vegetation grow on the walls. And they are letting the garage cave in. My great grandmother died in the early 2000's and the house was broken into multiple times, I found a rat in the bathroom, the ceiling was falling in, and in some places it already did. I took some memorabilia out, and good thing because some people burned it down. That wasn't the last nor first place burnt. The burned the convenience store, my uncle's old house, parts of a forest nearby, two other homes, and recently a gas station...good lord. And one of my grandmother's friends has Alzheimer's and had to leave the same place she lived for 60 years. Depressing stuff.

Such a beautiful house it once was. Must have been heartbreaking for you to see it in it's decayed condition. I was kind of lucky in watching my childhood home of 1800's Victorian fall to the wrecking ball before it had a chance to become decayed. I lived in my house for over 11 years and had to move due to a freeway being built through the neighborhood. Even after over 50 years I still remember it as though I was just in it yesterday. You will keep those wonderful memories in your heart always. Thank you so much for sharing.

What a beautiful house. I'm always saddened a little when I hear houses like this have been demolished! Great video, thank you.

I loved this video, but I found it absolutely heartbreaking as well.

If there was ever a reason to explore an abandoned house, yours would be it. Well done with the matching photographs. A shame whomever painted over that wood work.. Thanks for this.

Great video of a lovely big house. I hate seeing these big old houses being left to rot and then flattened. The photos from your childhood compared to what became is very interesting

Wow! That was a pretty intense video and that music you added to it at the end with the pictures made it even more eerie. Awesome job. Sorry to learn that it has been demolished. Was a beautiful house.

UPDATE: As of 1/28/15 the house has been demolished.

Developers are so stupid. If you must subdivide an old estate, at least save the old house on it so it can be the oldest house in the neighborhood. They'll tell you it's cheaper to tear down and build new, but they're liars and too lazy to clean it up. That house would have been worth a fortune for only a little money and a lot of elbow grease.

This must be sad for you to see the home you grew up in and all of the happy memories there just in ruins! It would make me sad! What a nice, beautiful house! 🙂🔮ɱყʂɬıƈąƖɱơơŋ 🌙

What a beautiful old house. So many fireplaces. It must have been great to live there. Sad that its been torn down. Thanks for sharing your old home with us.

Damn :/ ive been throught the same feelings as you! sad but what can ya do!

Why did you leave?

Thank you, Mr. Sterowski, for bravely sharing with us this video of your childhood home. Having lived for a number of years in the beautiful state of Virginia, I've seen many wonderful old homes suffer the same exact fate as yours, often in favor of some development of hopelessly tacky tract mansions, etc. I'm originally from Ohio myself. I witnessed the same sort of destruction overtake Grandma Jones' farm. Also, I largely "came of age" in a wonderful old Arts & Crafts style home in Akron. But, Dad was a preacher. And preachers move around from time to time. Just the same, that old house was special in my memory. Consequently, I would drive back to the old neighborhood on occasion, and revisit the old home place. That was until the day when I did so, and there was nothing but an empty lot where the house had stood. It was as if someone had just cut my heart out, right on the spot! So I can well imagine the heartsick, bittersweet feeling you experienced, as you took us through that very special place. And for that, kudos to you, sir. All the best!

How crazy is this, I watched one of your abandoned videos, and this be the second abandoned video I saw of yours, without knowing that you were the fellow kingsdominion mushroom guy that I had wrote too! I also love abandoned places like houses. Thank you so much for sharing such a beautiful childhood memory. It's a shame that their tearing it down. But luckily you got photos, video film and good memories of the house. It's great that your doing these types of videos. Keep up the great work!!

Too bad this once awesome home is now left to ruin!

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Lovely old home. It's sad to see a house that's been allowed to deteriorate and one can only wonder how it looked in it's heyday. It must have been bittersweet filming it. Thank you for sharing.

WOW Brian! This is one of the most poignant and well made 'abandoned' videos i've ever seen, especially since this was your childhood home! The way you included photos of your childhood at key points throughout the house was especially fantastic. Hold on to the memories and cherish them! I'm 53, and my father passed away in January of this year. My mom is still alive, but thinking of selling our older home (my childhood home), which will probably be razed as well. Memories are everything. Well done.

Thanks for letting us in to your old home. You mus have had a nice childhood in this beautiful home.

Your photos along with the video make it more than real. Great place. Great video, my fav so far of hundreds I have watched.

Hey Brian. I just subbed to your channel. What drew me here is the explore of older homes. I sub to quite a few channels that seek out homes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is the first vid I've ever seen where an older structure was the home of the explorer. This must have been a serious walk down memory lane for you. Lots of memories. I enjoyed joining you on the tour of your childhood home. By now (June 2021) I'm sure the house is long gone. That's sad. So many families like yours had history in that house. I looked at your channel vids and found many that I'll be viewing. Take care.👍✌

I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for you to see your beautiful home in this state of neglect I'm so sorry. The pictures that you shared of when you were growing up show's how much you loved this beautiful home and how happy you were there. Such a shame that they are taking it down she still has alot of life let in her. Thank you for sharing.

That's an awesome old house! All the fireplaces. It's sad that it's gettng torn down. It's really good that you got to go see it again and got some video.

How special you were able to go "home again", but how sad to see it looking like this. Should have been rescued they don't build houses like that anymore! Loved your childhood photo's! Great video!!

So sad to see all your memories... Just gone. I can only imagine what my current childhood home will look like in about 30 years...

Wow, I just love seeing now and then photos of the house. Thanks! :-)