This was my brothers house. He passed away a few years ago and none of my children wanted to live in town. It was a sad day when we sold it last year.

You are my favorite KZfaq in this genre. No glamor, no dumb music, no click bait, no bs! Keep it up and I'll keep watching!

Awesome house! That was a saw handle. Bonus fun: every time you said "turret" I thought it sounded like "turd."

Casper the friendly ghost he was opening doors on the house. The house looks like a haunted house. It should be preserved as a historical landmark

Tower vs turret: Towers start on the first floor and connect to the ground. Turrets start higher up and have empty space below, no connection to the ground. This house has a Second Empire (1860s - 1880s) style tower.

This is my hometown, from my understanding when we had a mayor way before my time. This used to be his home. There was someone restoring it but I believe that fell through I drive by it daily almost and it’s such a shame to see the condition it’s in.

Hey Kappy! This is in my home town! I’ve driven past that home countless times! A lot of the old town style houses in town range from early 1800s and 1900s. The man who lived in that house was the fire chief!

Imagine my surprise. I pass this house all the time and wonder why was it left to die. Located in Thompsontown Pa. settled in 1755 and incorporated in 1867. It's located on old route 22 between Port Royal and Millerstown. The house is across from the T.town corner deli and the local park. And up the street is a Chevy dealership. There's not a street light in the town. I guess that's the way the house likes it, like the good old days.

I live in west Michigan on a farm. My house was built in 1885 and all the outbuildings and huge barn were built in 1900. I see a lot of similarities in this house that are in mine. Like the one commenter said, I wish these walls could talk! Edit: I kept everything as authentic and restored as I could and it always gets people talking 😊 I love history and I love your channel. You and Ruby keep up the fantastic work!

I thought you were saying turd. I had to listen to it a few times to realize you were saying turret. 😂😂😂😂😂

I don’t think you have any idea how much these videos are appreciated, I love old historic homes. Thank you so much, and keep up the good work!

This makes me so sad. This house was featured last year (I think) or maybe in 2020 on a wonderful website called Old House Dreams. It was listed for sale and we were all hoping that someone historically minded would be able to restore this incredible house to her former glory. I guess that never happened 😢. I'm so glad that you are able to document her before she is gone forever.

I have a strong feeling that this log house started out in the mid to latter part of the 18th century as a settlement cabin. PA was then known as New Sweden, and the Swedes brought their log house knowledge and skills with them. One of the clues lies in that stairway that is outside but under the roof and enclosed between the two "pens". That was typical of "saddlebag" style log houses and would speak to the first of the additions. It would have been taken up to a second story sometime during the 19th century. And, then, somewhere between 1880 and 1890 would have been tricked out in full Queen Anne glory. The "pretty thing" at 7:20 that Ruby was holding is the handle to a handsaw. They used to have beautifully carved and ergonomically designed handles, back in the day. My granddad had three of them with various sawblade lengths. ... Nice tour, thanks!

This beautiful huge Victorian mansion, or farm house like you call it, deserves to be restored and pampered, as soon as possible. With all it’s elegant character and architectural features, you can tell that this iconic place use to dominate the whole entire land all around at one time, until these neighborhood little houses came along, throughout the course of the years. Hence! I want to take this special opportunity to thank you for bringing us so much entertainment and for taking so much pride in the the kind of work that you do, as you remain the ultimate presentator of this show, Kappy. All the best to you. Johnny, Montréal, Canada 🇨🇦

It never takes long for a leaky roof to take these magnificent old beauties down...😞The log cabin...what a find there!!

The size of those 'logs' is impressive... (those were not Spring Saplings!) However old that house/cabin is, the log materials represent ages of old growth! Not to mention the hours of hard sweat put into just shaping that hard wood, swinging the adze, as fueled by homemakers producing rib-sticking food and care for aching muscles! (those folks didn't need for a gym membership cause they worked to live, building structural monuments to their courage, persistence and raw strength. Something's from this time period, we really ought to get back into. A couple hundred years from now, a gym membership certificate will be nothing to show for, considering all the hours consumed by it. We really need to get back to building basic monuments of our lives, be it dwellings and/or families....

Hi Kappy and Ruby. That item hanging on the wall was a handle for a hand saw. My dad had one. Loved this place with the log cabin interior. Also loved the turret. You and Ruby make a great team. Been enjoying hearing her talking with you. Looking forward to the next adventure.

Hey Kappy and Ruby. Beautiful house. Did look a bit haunted! The first item was a saw handle. Great find on the amazing wallpaper. (And the attic stairs, Ruby) Thanks again for the explore. ✌️

Is there any way you can take these pictures to the historical society to see if they could save this house.. ? That is a national treasure. Not many log cabins have survived

I wish that we still made houses like this and others shown by this channel. They all have so much character that you just don’t see in modern constructions. They were also built to last longer by using of higher quality materials. My husband and I just bought a colonial foursquare that was built in 1910 that I love dearly, which has made my love for old houses even more pronounced.

Update on the house. I was just there this morning 12/16/23 and talked to a contractor that bought the house to restore it. He said give it a year and it wont look the same. Can't wait to see the progress. The house deserves it.

Hanging up was a grip from a saw I believe. The door on the second level is part of a set of pocket doors, or a barn door on a rail.

As a buildings archaeologist in UK I find that early fabric fossilised in the C19 house 'truly awesome'. 👍

Wow if those walls could talk, oh what stories they would tell. I wish I knew who all lived there through the years. It looks like it was a very interesting place. I'm sure the original owners are still there. They put a lot of hard work n love into building that home. It's special.

Interesting house. Thanks to Ruby for pointing out the wallpaper and other items in the house. I always like to see the old wallpaper. I love Kappy's sigh and resignation when he discovers a house has a basement, lol. Thanks for taking us through these old houses!

That place is wild. Who’d have expected that lovely statue left way up there. I cannot believe you two are out in this cold. Thank you though.

I do believe the front rectangle was the log cabin with 2 up and 2 down as in rooms originally. It was very common practice for a couple to build what they could starting out and as the family grew and they prospered over time they would add on to the house and upgrade. That's why u will see odd lay outs and short up and down set of steps leading to rooms in in-between levels in these really old houses. It looks like the last big upgrades they did were during the Victorian period. Really interesting house. To bad there's no history on it.

"Now I'll go down in the basement, I said I would. You don't have to come down here Ruby" Kappy, you didn't have too get Ruby on camera, I KNOW she was right behind you!! When that log cabin part of that house was built, I'm betting there was a wagon path going up to it. There was a poetry book on the end of that row of books, they are highly collectable!

What a beautiful relic. When you get that spooky vibe and doors are opening on their own, there's a reason for that. Definitely still inhabited. I love the way you show these old houses.

Beautiful old house with a lot of history I believe. I hope someone can buy it and save it.

I love seeing these old homes! Looks like the highway out front was widened after the house! You could walk out the front door and get hit by a car! Makes me wonder if they sold the place when they planned to put the highway in! I see many old farms sitting vacant because the highways bought them out. It's sad because they put the big highways through and years later the house still sits there in disrepair! Thanks for the tour! Stay safe! 😁. Claw foot tubs are rare finds.... especially when they are that old! It's sad someone couldn't remove it to be salvaged to be put in someone's home. They are truly diamonds in the ruff, especially if they have all four claws! Beautiful find!

Thankyou Ruby. I do like to see the old wallpaper designs. I like to think of people choosing them for their home, for the look they wanted. Then times move on & there are different looks, covering earlier looks up & then decay. An accaptance of the movement of time is not always easy to achieve.

That must have been a charming home in its day. Thank you for documenting it before it decays any further.

The doors were called "pocket doors". They would slide into the wall on each side to keep heat in different rooms without taking "swing" space that normal doors take up. The wooden thing you thought was cool and hung back up on the wall was saw handle. The outside doors often have small upper window above regular door to add light, and some would open for circulation. The first stairway you came to off the kitchen was often built for the servants. Great old house!

I think the item Ruby found hanging on the wall at 7:24 is the grip portion to a hand saw. You put the metal blade in the slot and the pins go through to keep it onto the handle. It looks beautifully hand carved and used for many years too. Ruby has a good eye, she points out lovely things when she is with you. 👍🏻

Very polite ghosts 👻 This was a gorgeous house at one point in it's lifetime. Thanks for the showing! Next time, please remember to say thank you to the ghosts...it was most likely a previous home owner showing you around. When they open doors for you, they are welcoming you. If they slam doors on you, they want you out.

Love the doors opening up house is 100 years older than the house I rent has to be haunted

Down here in Georgia we have houses like this. Most of them are antebellum homes. They originally started out as a dog trot log cabin. As the family prospered and got more money they eventually built bigger houses around the original log cabin. I have a friend of mine who purchased an Annabellum home. When they went to start the renovations the two front rooms of the house were discovered to be original log cabin home. It was built with two rooms with a connecting roof. Between the two rooms was a passageway called a dog trot. Overtime the dog trot was enclosed in and turned into the main hallway and a second floor was added.

Awesome place......spotted a light anomaly/spirit orb coming out of the floor and going upward in front of that little cabinet at 16:07 Great Capture!!

Would love to go to ALL the places this guy films. What a cool exciting hobby to be part of these historical places & his gf is VERY LUCKY to be able to accompany him in his exploration

Very interesting. We always love it when you come up and vist us in PA. It makes my day when I see you post a new video, hope you never run out of cool old houses to show us.

Those claw footed bath tubs are popular antiques now my grandmother had one.

The small blue jar was a Vicks vapor rub jar. When kids got sick parents would rub that on their chest and button the PJ's up.

That place looks salvageable but I bet there are some other energies there.

Those little pictures with the white borders were for a slide projector. And the ''what's that'' in the basement is/was likely a sump pump.

It's so beautiful from the outside, especially the ornate porch! Nobody could build something like this house nowadays!

I always comment to my husband when we drive past this house...there is my favorite old home.

I can only imagine this house in it's Glory years...and to me it seemed to give a contented feel, as though no matter her condition today, her purpose was fulfilled as it was intended. I believe she 'could be' saved, but I'm not sure she really wants to be. Au revoir beautiful, may your remaining days be peaceful.

I lived in an old log cabin turned into a bigger house. One wall in the dining room was an outside wall at one time. So cool. Also had old stone walls in the basement.

The basement has field stone walls & maybe floor too. Some of it looks like what we call a michigan basement - low ceilings and poured walls half way up in some of it. Neat house with log cabin walls ! Really old ! Thanks!

So amazing! Someone please bring it back to life. Thank you Ruby for pointing out the wallpaper. He tends to overlook it.

My father used to have an old saw with a handle like that one hanging up, that you asked about. Circa 1950s.

Very fascinating!!! Never would have guessed a cabin could be turned into a beautiful Victorian home👍 Sooo many bedrooms!!! You could definitely tell that this place has been added onto, remodeled then remodeled again!!! I’m sure very haunted…with no wind or breeze & doors were opening by themselves 🥺😳🧐 The hand hewn logs were craftsmanship & talented workmanship!!! The wooden piece that Ruby picked up was a handle to a hand saw! The medal blade & teeth were missing! The kitchen could have been bigger & designed better fo allow for more cabinets & a possible island! The outside kitchen door let a lot of cold air & mice in!!! The gap was enormous!!! I’m sooo very glad that Ruby is along with you on your adventures Kappy, it’s good to have a partner 👍🙏❤️

Hey guys, that house literally looks like a house I restored years ago minus the logs ❤️❤️❤️ video I’ll watch couple more times!! Be safe!

This was one cool house! Not in very bad shape, just junked up. Thanks, Ruby, for helping Kappy navigate these old houses.

Quite the makeover of a log cabin. 👍Great presentation guys! Imagine a log cabin years ago now surrounded by a community.

Awesome house in my home state.Maybe when they make the next Steven King movie this could be one of the sets.

Thanks Kappy and Ruby for another awesome find!! Ruby has a great eye for the things that make this house a home. The thing that she hung back on the wall is a handle for a hand saw. By now I’m sure you already know that! Lol. I lived in an over 200 year old log cabin for years. It was just beautiful with all of it’s charm and imperfections. It still had the ladder to get upstairs. With the size of the logs it stayed nice and warm in the winter. Especially upstairs. Y’all stay safe out there together. Looking forward to your next find!!

The "firemen" jacket hanging up looks EXACTLY like the jacket my tow truck driver friend wears for work. Thanks for the video! Your videos are my favorite😊

What an amazing and surprising place! Serious grandma and grandpa vibes. Pieces of their energy still there. Loving though. Thanks for the explore!

One of the most unique houses you've shown us. I have never seen one exactly like it. I kept wishing all through the video that it could be dismantled and the original log cabin reconstructed in a quieter setting. I'm sure the house was there before the highway, but could you imagine listening to that road noise all the time?

It's possible that this house began in the late 1700's given the log framing in parts.

It was amazing to see the logs inside this house , and a lot of add ons !!!! Thanks Kappy and Ruby !!!

The handle you found on the wall goes to a saw blade. My Poppa had one of those. I knew a couple in Thornville Ohio who had a log cabin in the front part of their home also but don't remember how old it was but early 1800's. Ohio became a state in 1806 so you can get a good idea of when that home would have been built. It needs to be preserved! At least the log cabin portion. Oh, and those old houses always had doors that opened and shut on their own. Ha! Ha! I grew up in a house built in the 1840's. We just named our ghost George.

Guys you never disappoint and this home is no exception. Wish we could have seen it with all its porches intact. Again you bring us unusual architecture. Thanks again for documenting American history that is rapidly disappearing. Log cabin then a Colonial then a Victorian .

WOW love this one!! Very unique- looks like there was a squatter living there for a bit. Thank you Ruby for finding the attic stairs, that turret was a must see! Loved it! Thank you!

What a place of history there! It's sad that more than likely it'll be torn down. Thank you Kappy for another most excellent video

Love it! So interesting a hidden log cabin. I see several chanels of people showing old vacant homes and I like the way you show the house structure and house details the best. Thank you so much

I'm sure in its day, it was a beautiful house. It still has many fine details. It surprises me that no one has stripped those details out to use in other builds. It would cost a small fortune to rebuild it. Thanks for the tour.

Thanks for sharing another great find Kappy and Ruby. Those walls were a surprise! 😯 Loved the art deco sculpture and the pink floral wall paper. This home was loved.

Beautiful old home. Pretty good shape. I love the old log. So happy you brought Ruby with you. Another good find Kappy.❤️❤️❤️

Hey Kapps! Awesome exploration! You know, that house reminds me of the time I spent a long day at work and was in a hurry to go back to sleep. It helps to keep track of your progress on a daily routine and get your thoughts on the topic of your business. Anyway, my husband has been dissolved for a long time. Bye Kappy!

Sorry for spamming but.. You're going to be busy if you stay in PA for a while, PA is chalked full of old places like this. 🙂 Also most old houses in PA only have crawl spaces, so if the "basement" is taller than kneeling, it's been dug out by an owner at some point 😋

Very cool, Kappy! The deconstruction makes me think someone is slowly dismantling that to maybe take it back to the log stage. Thank you for sharing!

Our old apartment was a renovated farm house. Kind of reminds me of the architectural design a little. We live in York County Pennsylvania… the barn that went with the property was torn down… before they tore it down, our neighbor had some old wood and a door from it with German writing on it. It was really beautiful. This place is so cool.

Beautiful old house just sitting there among newer homes. In the background I could see a modular home park. Cookie cutter houses. Wish someone could at least save the logs.

Wow very cool log cabin! This place could be restored, looks strong still. Thanks, Kapp! And, Ruby! I'm sure someone has probably said it, but on the off chance they haven't.. that wooden thingy was a handle off a hand saw, and that thingy in the basement is a sub-pump to pump the ground water out of it so that it doesn't flood.

Hi kappy, considering the age of this house,it's in pretty good shape! The wood in the log cabin part,if not demolished could last another two hundred years! No house today could last that long.love the turret, pretty but a little Erie,thanks kappy

I’ve lived near here my whole life and I’ve always wondered what that house looked like on the inside. It’s sad how many have gone to nature and their demise and it would be amazing to see them come back to life. Unfortunately many around here can’t afford that task or the necessary mandates it would take to get them up to codes. Thank you great video to see 😊

Cool old house. Too bad someone doesn’t try and save it.

Awwww Ruby I loved the old wallpaper. So Beautiful. Thank you Ruby❤️😍❤️

Cabin is a single space, perhaps two stories the same size, and that place is a house built of square cut timber, maybe even older than you think, but I'd have to be there to say for sure. You surely have a good eye, Kappy, and thanks for this one

Amazing and beautiful. I thought maybe there were a few log rooms but that log structure was massive. It’s a shame those logs have not been repurposed. Always my dream to have a repurposed log home. My grandfather’s home next door was log covered with siding.

What a cool lady! 1st a cooling room/ basement to dig and rock up, what must've been a big log cabin for its day, then a typical PA house next to the carriage road, then Vitorianized! Still wish someone would save it! E as that a Hoosier cabinet upstairs? Pretty wallpaper. Ruby! Love and thanks to you

It’s always an extra treat when the outside looks rough and then you go in and the inside still has so much character left. I think that gothic looking add on will prob be this home’s ultimate demise. Crazy but I have this dream a lot that I’ve bought this house with a turret that needs to be torn down but it was what I really liked about the house. Not kidding! Lol This house would be worth tearing that off because the log structure is amazing. Thank you both. You really bring out the best in each other in these videos. Have fun and keep warm. ❤️

We used to live in that house. Our family lived in the front part and Lou and Dottie Cook lived in the back part.

This is such a wonderful video. The house seemed to open itself to you because of your respectful approach and appreciation for its former beauty. It's like someone smiled while showing you around.

I love this house so much. I hope somebody saves it, the floors aren’t too bad

A great video,sorry it was so cold! 🧚🙋🌟

Those pictures upstairs are called slides. You put them in a slide projector and shine it on a blank wall or screen. It's like a movie projector like at theaters. Not sure if this was mentioned already. The foundation in the basement, I couldn't believe how big those stones where. Imagine lifting them to stack, wow!

ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO OF A VARY OLD HOUSE ! I SURE ENJOY WHAT YOU SHOW US. & HOW YOU SHOW IT ALL TO US ! GOD BLESS YOU🤗❤️😇🙏👍 & KEEP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING ! I LOVE IT SO MUCH! GREAT JOB HI TO RUBY !👋❤️

What a beautiful old home. Those hand hewn beams were gorgeous! You definitely would never guessed that it was a log home first. So what was up with all the doors opening and closing on their own. I was going to ask you how much you encounter as far as restless spirits in your explorations. I’m glad that Ruby is with you with these explorers. You should never go alone. Love from me out in California💜🍀🤟🏻😎

Gorgeous old home, I'd think the log cabin may be 1700's. Maybe the ghosts of family past was opening the doors for you to come look.

What a neat project to make this house brand new again. 2yr and half a million dollars, I could have every square inch of this place sparkling !!

I have watched this more than once. I love it! You and Ruby do awesome presentations. Thanks for showing us these houses. 😀

Great place, outside Victorian inside log cabin. I don't think that happens often. Wonder if someone was going to restore the Victorian theme or the log cabin aspect. Interesting either way. Thanks, Kappy and Ruby

Thanks for sharing this. I love this house and if I could, I would restore it hands down. All it takes is tons of money. But besides all that, it's odd how the doors opened as if on cue. Could be a draft but maybe not because there's voices in this house too. There's more than these but here's some I can hear really well. A guys voice at 2:50-2:53 says "You can't tell me that- then I don't know who'll tell her" the second part is easier to hear. A way louder voice is a lady who says "I see you!" at 7:18.

Kappy and Ruby! Great find! You found some photo slides!

I LIKE that!! Seeing the original logs, that is SO COOL!! It looks like if what you say about it being a farm house, seeing all the other buildings around that land from the farm got sold off. So it would make sense that the place is that old. Watching this and seeing how close the road is to the house, I'm imagining what life was like back then. I'm sure looking at that bathroom shower that the house didnt have indoor plumbing way back then. Definetly a cool old house!! LOVED the tour, Thank you!!

Hi Kappy and Ruby! What a find, but the house looked so forlorn, I think it's haunted, I felt that you both were being followed, that's why the doors were opening on their own, those log beams and stone foundation were amazing, love how Ruby sees details that we would otherwise miss, this was a fun adventure, keep warm out there, can't wait for the next exploring, enjoy your weekend, hello from Orange County, CA 👋👻🏚️