Yay I’ve been waiting with baited breath for this one!! I ended up replaying part 1 then this for my husband. Such a gem find! 🌸✌️💜

How was this posted 15 minutes ago, when your comment, and another was posted a day ago? 🤔

@brendan wilson the video was probably unlisted or private for a day

Heya, how'd it all go

Oh my gosh, what an amazing place! You just don’t see craftsmanship like that anymore. P.S. Please tell us the title of the outro and the artist.

I agree- the biggest portrait has a typically late-Victorian mustache and high collar. I can't imagine today's taggers doodling anything like that.

@@snappylobster3118 Yup, and the numbers on the right side look like maybe dimensions for something.

You can see they're above a fireplace setting - these were common spots to put doodles, names, and profanity because they would be completely covered by the mantelpiece and mirror when they were installed nearer the end, but not covered by paint or paneling.

It's funny seeing just boobs drawn on there that possibly date back from 1899

Those doodles are technically OLDER then the building itself ! Makes me wonder if they were from someone FAMOUS back then !

Ah, much better explanation than my guess it was the septic system LOL.

Im guessing the shutters on the roof was to open during summer months for ventilation and close for winter to retain heat.

That makes a lot of sense why the blower was in that area.

to build something like that today would truly be a small fortune. Perhaps more than some countries GDP. But, can you imagine the costs to maintain and worse, to heat and cool such a home? You'd have to devote 5 acres of land just for the solar farm it would need to handle it's power needs.

Something I just noticed. Don't know if there's any relevance. If you notice, looking at the home from the air, down, it looks like an upside down cross. Much like the prison in Tn., Brushy Mtn. State prison. It was built in the same time period as this home. Wondering if there was an upswing of Satanism during this time period or just coincidence?????

​@@MarkBrown-uf8ct My exact thought was ... "I couldn't imagine how much it would cost to heat this place today". In England, even wealthy households of this size would tell you to put on another jumper or layer of clothes rather than to turn up the heating.

@@emmanicholson7610 If you owned such a home, the smart thing to do would be to add solar to your power grid.

These places were unsustainable, for the most part. The materials and craftmanship were extremely expensive even then and there was a lot of time involved to create such immense, beautiful, and detailed structures. They were extravagant displays of wealth. There weren't many built in the first place due to the labor and budget needed and there are very few left, most of which are in awful states of disrepair. Imagine the expense to maintain and staff such a place now, even if you weren't building it from scratch.

I already that because I travel with my entourage. Cooks, hair stylist, chauffeur, and a bevy of beauties. They have to sleep somewhere too so all my friends are umber loaded. Black gold, Texas tea wealthy. 😜. I wish...

Keep in mind that horses only walk at a speed of 4 MPH. That limits how far they could travel in a reasonable amount of time. If you lived 40 miles away, you weren't going to pop over for an evening party and go back home.

Wow, that makes complete sense!

@@magmajctaz1405 something else. Back in the day, rich folk, like the ones that would visit a house like this, would take the train to the closest station near the destination and from their take a luxury carriage(s) to the house. With them would be a large entourage with lots of luggage. That's just how it was done. For a good story about this, google the Vanderbilt story of how George Vanderbilt built Biltmore Estate. He even had a railroad spur built close to the house. Not only to bring in luxury items to build the house but to bring in family and friends when it was complete.

The Wej World Order Gesuit and Maysonic monsters living there should've been killed and everything looted by poor people like me.

Second that, or I guess 87th that as of now.

What does that mean

@@broncotrolly it means they film very professional for just two urban explorers. With the music and lighting. The package as a whole is top tier

And how useful was the floorplan overlay.

agree. the love and respect for the places they go really shows in the video

Well the one holding it now is a business man who only took it for insurance purposes & doesn't give a crap to history or arts... Shame really man...

I wholeheartedly agree with your answer

Agreed. Actually, you can't take any of it with you.😉

@@SMac-bq8sk exactly

Especially in these times

Not only can you not take it with you... you can't even enjoy the excesses that exist around you when there is too much of it. This place is so massive and so detailed it is impossible one man could conceivably "enjoy" all of it.

You can see plenty of photos of the rooms in their heyday on the Lynnewood Hall Instagram page...it was breathtaking.

that is correct.

I love those old slate fuse panels. The push button light switches with brass cover plates are my favourite. Those custom cover plates with engraved text must have cost a fortune. Much better than the cheap plastic decora crap you see in new residential construction. I love collecting older wiring devices and panels. I would have loved to see the main distribution panels for this house. I wonder what the size of the electrical service(s) was? Also wonder if the whole place was wired with knob and tube or if they used ridged metal conduit with individual conductors pulled inside. The master bedroom appeared to have had some ridged conduit added during the 1920s renovation that was mentioned.

That was exactly what I thought too; "upper" servants and guests' servants, or possibly for a husband and wife who worked there.

Exactly. Everything we needed to know about those houses came from Downton Abbey. 😄

@@eily_b Not gonna lie...I've learned it from there too :P

Sadly today the property is worth more than the history. Coming soon your next opportunity to own a tract house that looks like every house in the neighborhood.

To restore/upgrade and maintain that house and property these days would require a billionaire like Bezos,Gates or Musk.

Well said. My thoughts exactly!!

I will second your comment on minimalist crap! Don't those people have "stuff"!? If so, where do they keep it? I keep thinking they must have a garage or basement SOMEWHERE that's crammed full🤣.

That’s an understatement.

At that time materials were expensive and labor was cheap; now the materials are cheap and the labor expensive. (Plus most of the craft skills are extinct.)

A building like this would cost billions to built these days, that's why everything is "minimalist crap", it's cheaper

Indeed. Another clue that lends to this conclusion for me is the cases/shelves next to the fireplace in the room. I've commonly heard of them referred to as "dress shelves" and they were a staple of high-end women's wardrobe organization during the Gilded Age before modern clothes hangers were invented. Dresses/skirts/etc would be laid flat on them and stored in that manner. One of the most notable Gilded Age homes to have them is the famous Biltmore Estate in North Carolina

The "lady" of the house passed before the home was constructed, but a room for a future Mrs. could have been in the plans. I don't know if there was ever a Mrs. in this house. If so, it would have been Joseph Winderer's wife.

It's a shame the church couldn't utilize the space without vandalizing it to such a degree.

It seems like the rich back then were richer then than the rich now. It seems like they were able to employ more servant and hire more artisans back then.

@@russellhltn1396 there was no income/federal taxes then. I'm not sure what state taxes were like. I'm sure that contributed. Plus no minimum wage and few other worker rights laws. Since the servants had room, board and uniforms provided, they probably didn't make much in actual salary.

Johnny on the spot you should research Tartaria. It was a well advanced human race that was wiped off the face of the earth and out of the history books. We were never taught about them, and for obvious reasons. They had technology in the 1800s the we think is advanced in 2021. Their structures, the designs and the architecture is all the same as this house and the level of detail and intricacies is on par with this house and all these old Victorian style houses. Research Tartaria/mudfloods

The reason why the doors were so massive is because these tartarians were giants. Literal giants, like what the Bible speaks about. You really think a 6tt tall person is going to design and build a door 20 foot tall? Come on now!!

Once again I think, Waste not want not. Unfortunately people are crazy and this goes to waste.

Abandoned nuclear power plant video they did is still my favourite of all time

@@CryptoRoast_0 Which one?

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@@CryptoRoast_0 Thanks!

Me too!

Me too!

To restore this house back to its original condition would cost somewhere around $150 million. Amortize that over 30 years and then subtract from that the money it would generate from tax breaks from the government and income from ticket sales. Does the math work? And then take into consideration the opportunity cost loss from not using the money to restore it in some other fashion that would generate a far greater outcomes in terms of profitability. You’re looking at a huge loss on whoever’s trying to restore it. At that point you have to ask yourself, is the desire to restore it strong enough to really stand the loss? In that context, there are very few individuals and or organizations that would be willing to do that. In today’s age, They’re just isn’t an entity out there that sees this as a good way to spend money. And that’s kind of funny because back in its day, it was viewed as excess and frowned upon. So if a wealthy individual restored it, it would be seen as the same. I really would love to see it restored, just like all of us, but it’s just never going to happen.

Yes this is still worth restoring his connection to titanic and not many of these houses are still standing

@@gak1893 I hear you but “worth restoring” depends on who is defining “worth”. It would take a billionaire to be able to fund this restoration project. Billionaires don’t even spend their own money to build stadiums that they themselves will make money off of. They own sports teams yet they get municipalities and local governments in states to fund the building of the stadium! And they intern own the stadium! So why in the world would a billionaire spend his own money to restore some thing for the public to use? Why would a billionaire spend over 20% of his net value to restore a building that the public at large will get to view for very little money? Most of the billionaires in the world are trying to get richer and they do that by coming up with ideas that will outperform their contemporaries’. Or they will try to make the world a better place by funding cancer research and in reality it’s just a tax break for them. Restoring an old beautiful mansion just isn’t exciting for these guys. The only way this can be restored is if the government gets involved. Personally, I see the beauty in all the details. You just don’t see work like this done anymore by artisans. So I don’t look at it like a rich guy who lived lavishly while everyone else suffered. I see it as a beautiful work of art that celebrates craftsmanship of thousands of hard-working people of a bygone era. Princes, kings, dignitaries, Dukes, Royals, et al. visited these mansions in America back in their hay-day. Many commented that they were more Alhambresque than some of their own real estate treasures in their home countries. What impressed me the most of these videos that proper has produced here, is when they’re underneath the ground, in the part that’s underneath the fountains, and even on the control board that no one will ever see, there was marble. That shows you how much money these people had back then to work with. That is astonishing and even the finest mansions today and hotels and you name it, do not have find details like that in hidden crevices. Wow. Just wow.

I recognized this painting as well, my parents have had it hung on our livingroom wall for as long as I remember, its surrounded by other horse paintings, photos, statues, and busts in the room....my mom has always had horses and her most prized one ever was an Arabian. So the "Pharaoh's Chariot Horses" makes sense I guess. Funny The Proper People thought they were creepy as I thought so too as a kid lol

This was going to be my comment!

It's remarkable the current owners haven't paid for such documentation, or allowed others to voluntarily do it. Maybe they have, though, and it isn't public

I agree. I'm happy we have it recorded now. Because who knows what will happen to the mansion in later years.

Agreed 👍

They said I think 84 1/2 by I think 40 1/2, couldn't really tell. It looked about right for that space.

@@greyeaglem mirror size

Mine too 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

it’s owned by the Korean Church of NY, according to wiki. They probably have big plans for it.

It's still a beautiful house. Even in it's current state, it's still 100 times more beautiful than 99% of other houses I've seen.

"The silver vaults, are the numbered steel cabinets. Would have been near or in the pantry, all near the servants stairs. A house this size required a lot of fine China and lots of sterling silver and gold gilt serving pieces and flat wear." I wondering if there was a "dumb waiter" to send down the china to the kitchen below rather than carry the china up and down the stairs.

Exactly. THIS is how you live if you have money at this level. THIS is class.

The "morgue" cabinets room above the kitchen would have been the corresponding area. The many cabinets with glass doors would have been plates and silver, and when not on display, the silver would have been put away to the vaults. There's likely a dumbwaiter somewhere we didn't see (or maybe the fridge with the glass door from the first video was a repurposed dumbwaiter)

@@RedRidinghoodK5 I just mentioned this in part one. The existing kitchen would have been put in later, and the original kitchen is down in the basement, under the dining room. If you look at the 1900 photograph of the dining room, you can see the dumb waiter hidden by a folding screen. If you look closely at the floor plan, you can see where the dumb waiter originally would have been, serving both the dining room and breakfast room. Appears to have been taken out when the existing kitchen was built out.

" These people make our current billionaires look like trash with money, just no taste or class." I was looking for a listing to see if this place is for sale today. The most recent one I found stated that adjusted for inflation this estate would have cost over 250 million to build today, and when you compare it to that house in LA that was the most expensive house in the US, at $250 million, the LA place looks weak and dinky by comparison.

Almost looks as though that metal beam it's resting on, might span the length of the entire staircase. Also, keep in mind, he had just seen Michael go down it so he knew it was relatively safe but I would have been Michael too - I would have been worried about those other steps giving way. I'm glad they investigated though - we would have never gotten to see the pool.

@@emilygrace1960 I too would have been terrified.

@@emilygrace1960 it was not even high, cmon , i laughed for other reasons

I thought the same thing!

Imagining what this glorious structure looked like in its day.

I don't think this was standard construction in 1900. But I do agree that this style of architecture is a lot more homey than you're average multimillion dollar new construction these days. There's probably not enough artisans in the US to do all of that work anymore 😂

There certainly is something lost in egalitarianism. To me, they reached for magnificence, and they touched it, until the tragedies of life and time embraced all for eternity.

@@stringfellowbalk2654 I can assure you that very little about that time period was egalitarian. It's roughly similar to our current time.

They don't panic walking in asbestos without Haz-Mat suits!

That ladder bridge had me hyperventilating a tad.

Oh my gosh. Me too. As a photographer who's seen some people do some stupid things... I always panic when they do this. LOL! I almost never do it but if I do, my strap is around my neck (saved my camera from a deep body of water once when someone bumped my tripod at night while waiting for fireworks on a bridge), and my hand is on my flash or light for extra security because I've had those fall off before as well. Gah! Kills me every time.

Yeah back then reputation was EVERYTHING !!! And many many people I am SURE got "cancelled" because of it ! (which was pretty much a financial "death" sentence back then) And unlike today even IF you are cancelled you can STILL have a voice in this world regardless. Back then if you got "cancelled" and no longer had the love of the press its GAME OVER for your public life !

@@10171981 Yep,yep you pretty much had to leave the country, take a trip to Egypt or a tour of Europe. And pretty much hope that when you got back a year or two later, people had forgotten or found something else to gossip about. Or maybe a nice relative that could send a letter or telegram to let you know the coast was clear.

@@10171981 Unless you had enough money. Then nothing could touch you. Even if people wanted to shun you, you could still throw great parties that they just couldn't miss.

@@greyeaglem Yeah in ITSELF you still would have that money BUT in order to "make a mark" for yourself you MUST spend money. And if you spend money then you have to have a way to make money in order to stay rich. But if you are "shunned" in that era its not like you can hop on twitter or facebook to defend yourself somehow. The ability to speak and defend yourself quickly is a relatively recent event. Before you would have to "send" someone to speak on your behalf. And that would possibly take DAYS for a response. So in the meantime....

@@10171981 I can't remember at the moment who it was, but a new money socialite was shunned when she divorced her husband but then threw a party for some high ranking visiting royal and marrying her daughter off to royalty, so the shunning didn't stick. It never did if you were rich enough.

Could you give me a hint at the location??

Looked like most if not all of the fancy metal stair railings and panels were BRONZE, but the fact that lots of walls and steps are white marble it fits, now bronze costs a fortune, back in 1899 it was like todays plastic- used for light fixtures and lots of things

My fiend there are over 100 house tours in the United States of the highest order. From Newport’s summer cottages , costing in excess of $100 million to build, the amazing homes of Baltimore and Washington DC to Chicago and New Orleans and the mega mansion to top them all, Biltmore, a literal castle so big a town had to be constructed to house its workers

@@terrytwo yeah I feel like in part one, some degree of restoration felt possible (though VERY expensive) with the rooms we saw. But in part two, there seem to be so many rooms that would pretty much need to be gutted and completely reworked. I can't even begin to comprehend what it would cost to fix this place up.

Dr Richard Yoon was offered the full asking price for Lynnewood less than two years ago, and he agreed to sell. He then pulled out because he wanted more money... he's a pain in the ass.

Id imagine a new roof, which would include fixing rot under the existing roof and a bunch of other things would be a couple million bucks easily. And thats just to get the place water tight from above. I dont even want to know what it would cost to refurbish or in most cases replace the windows, fix the rotted sills, etc

It would be in the hundreds of millions to restore it. It would have to be nearly gutted. ALL plumbing and electrical would need redone and up to code, all asbestos removed, all lead paint removed, all mold removed.The whole house would have to be inspected and made safe. The amount of man hours required would be insane and this is all before you do any cleaning, restoration to the trim, wood, stone, iron, grounds maintenance, fixtures, furnishings etc... It would take many years plus a billionaires budget.

It was estimated, ten years ago by architectural historians that toured the interior, it would cost $50,000,000.00 to restore Lynnewood Hall to it’s splendor, and that did not include the purchase price. As one commentator stated in this thread: new roof, complete replacement of all plumbing and electrical, replacement of all windows, HVAC systems including ductwork, replacing destroyed skylights (some being stained glass) replacing interior wood rot, replacing fireplaces (most were marble) restoration of interior wood detailing (if it can be saved) restoration or replacing hand painted mural ceilings, etc. etc. etc. But before any of that, a structural engineer would have to generate a thorough report on the stability of the underpinnings of that massive house. Several floors of that place are underground. Personally, I think Rev. Yoon is being highly vindictive. He was no doubt pissed when his Seminary, then located at Lynnewood, was denied tax exempt status, so he pulled up stakes and relocated. It’s as if he thought he would show them by letting the place fall into ruin before he decides to finally sell. He could care less about the mansion and it’s historical significance. What may happen, I expect, is the same fate as the larger Whitemarsh Hall that was located 5 miles from Lynnewood. That mansion was abandoned to ruin and vandalism and sold to a developer, for the acreage. They in turn had the mansion demolished and put up a housing tract. Whitemarsh Hall was designed by Horace Trumbauer, who also designed Lynnewood Hall.

Well, there was a nativity scene in the part 1. 😊

LMAO

You would have to need a Large quantity of whatever you are drinking and make it a party size!!!!

Yes 🤣

Bacchus: wine insanity and madness untamed sexual perversion and bloody sacrifices. You think it's fabulous, while a demon presided over the chapel from hades. I know what's waiting for you behind the vile. My advice, stay alive as long as possible because there is hell to pay on the other side.

I agree

Thankyou lol! Wasn't wondering but I'm glad I saw your comment!

It looked like the entire mansion was heated. I’m betting the fireplaces were just an added luxury.

I'm afraid that won't last much longer (graffiti) as many more people are going into it now. It is obvious the caretaker with the dogs isn't there anymore.... Also afraid that the next big story on local news is that it has burnt down, but I hope someone can save it. If 500 people chipped in $10,000 each, I think $5 million would buy it and create a non-profit LLC. Have it appraised then take out a loan for that same amount and start restoring it. I'm in, anyone else?

@@tilyoustilly4068it’s been bought by a historical as of 2023. Look up the Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation. They have many plans in the works but still needing funds. Asbestos remediation is the first major hurdle. Apparently servant and service areas are rife with it

Either that or dry storage

I agree. I would think that each guest's maid or manservant would have the key to their particular locker to store jewelry, documents, private letters, etc.

British in styling? Arguable, but the Roman revival is what dominates

The US has a National Register of Historic Places that is part of the National Preservation Act of the 60s. But to be considered eligible, the property has to meet certain criteria. This mansion may very well not be considered eligible because of the alterations made when it changed ownership and the overall state of disrepair. My memory is pretty rusty on the details of the National Register and its requirements, but I do remember a professor talking about it in a college class I had back in the day. He mentioned how any restoration done to buildings on the National Register has to follow certain guidelines and things like that.

It is very similar in style to Longleat, Lord Bath's residence.

@@MrCarGuy much like many mansions and castles all over Europe, styles hailing from Roman empire and Greece etc but still have their own distinctive take by the materials used and the country there in

@@gallivantingfox9337 you are right! But there are several ways a property can be registered: Architectural which is iffy with this one, at least for the inside since details are missing, but with Horace Trumbauer being the architect, that helps. Also could be nominated for historical significance or as a group nomination with structures that surround it. I think there is enough there, physically and historically for it to be nominated. Hope it's saved!!!

Yes, no way in hell could they build a building like that today. It's mind boggling the attention to detail in every room.

I’ve been to the Biltmore House many times. I would call it equal if Lynnewood were fully restored. Biltmore has the upper hand in terms of the land / landscaping.

I so wish someone would buy this and restore it! ❤