Thanks!

Fireplace in every room in the 1800's was not a theme. It was a necessity dude!

Great house! It should be illegal to tear down historical houses.I hope they save this place.

I pray for this old mansion to be saved and restored to greatness again!!

In the basement the the sub-basement makes perfect sense, it was a cellar for foods like vegetables that need a cool dark place could to be stored, like cabbages and potatoes. So it did make sense. Everything they did in that house made since to them. Just like the fire places. Has anyone ever lived in a house that depended on fire places as they only heat source? If you have you know how cold they are. They had fireplaces to survive and the amount of work that had to be done to have enough wood to use in those fire places is mind blowing. I grew up in a house that used a wood stove and a fireplace for heat. I know how much work was put in to having enough wood for the winter. It took all spring, summer and fall to prepare for winter. Much love from Southeastern Kentucky, where some still use wood for heating! I’m coming from a place where off grid homesteads hundreds of years before it became popular! 😂

The house we just inherited from my dad has push button light switches and a crank doorbell!!! It has been in my family for 4 generations and 120 years!! Those switches are awesome!

The rooms that you said were nothing and not big enough for furniture would make a great room for a reading nook, a chair and small side table for a drink and to set your book or books on also a great sewing area with a sewing machine, chair and a shelf or two for clothing that needs to be repaired or some extra cloth to make something. Love that old house.

The investors who own this beauty should be forced to restore or sell to someone who will

❤love this , know wonder she lived till 103, she didn't want to leave. Good job

I love that old conservatory/greenhouse. It still is neat, but must have been just gorgeous back in the day,

The butler’s pantry is where you said was a curio cabinet, it usually is next to the kitchen.

I hope they save it and restore it to the glory it would have been and open it to the public.This is a beautiful home and it would be sad to loose it.Usually the downstairs was rooms for servants,but later they just hired daily servants to help.Those holes in the basement would have been used for storage,could have been food.It would keep better down under the ground as it would be cooler there.But they would have had heavier wood doors to keep the cooler air in.Its an old way of keeping food longer.They may even have added blocks of ice too.But because it’s so mow below ground it’s naturally cooler..The fireplaces were beautiful.The brick one is a replacement .its out of character to the building..I love the house,it would have been gorgeous when it was first done.So sad to see it let go like this .Wonderful tour thank you 🥰

At 9:55 that woodwork is what holds the plaster to the wall. I’ve had the pleasure of touring the mansion with Heather Beach president of the foundation to restore it. I’ve drawn a picture of the mansion and plan on doing more. I hope your video increases positive interest. It was recently vandalized. Such a shame.

This feels like disrepair came on quick for this beauty. 20 years is not that long, for it to go from prestine to rubble. So sad that foreign investors, just didn't care. It's a shame the buyers lied about their intentions.

Awesome old house. The history of it is great, it's not usually that available. All the fireplaces are because that was the only source of heat. If you notice there's always a mirror above them. That's because candles were the only source of lighting, so they used alot of mirrors. I don't know what year it became common but they used a metal pan with a long handle on it for keeping warm at night. They would put hot coals from the fire in them and slide them under the bed to warm it. It's amazing the things they would do for comfort. I was really impressed with the basement stairs with the wear on each step from use. It's so sad to see these wonderful places demolished, there's so much history of this country that future generations will miss out on.

I love the fireplaces and the big parlor doors. From what I read, they housed baby calves in the basement and bottle fed them and kept them warm. I wonder if coal or wood was down in those floor hatches. I thought it was a cistern at first, but there's no water. Also it said the flowers had a heat source so she could grow certain flowers during the winter. Tyfs this. Your voice is magical.

Do you ever, when researching pull pictures of how the house looked in its pristine state, and do a side by side in your videos? That would be awesome to see them back in the day! 22:28

The room in the attic was the punishment room. Always hanging over the heads of the young or servants if they didn’t hop to do what they were told. Not storage because there was only a wooden bench/bed sized “shelf” and no other shelves. The eyes of the civil war officer were not pleasant. He would be used to the idea of a brig. The shaft in the floor of the basement, I gotta go with an updated version of jail rooms. They believed in heavy punishment in those days and it would be a more than difficult place to store things with just a latter and a 6x6 area to deal with a screen door above? (From the angle it didn’t look much bigger than that.). Good video! Thanks for your efforts and time to show us a wonderful building.

I love these videos of old Mansions, especially since someone has bought it and wants to stop the damage right where it is!!! The GOOD thing that this mansion has lots of the original fireplace & staircases and woodwork !! There is a LOT of work to bb done, but most likely not as much as it looks like right now!! I subscribed just as you asked!!! Mushrooms can grown in any dark,, moist place. The one room you asked about earlier that was totally dark when you closed the door was most likely a room to store potatoes, apples and the like. My Grandmother had a room like that to keep her canned goods, veggies & fruit that needed to be in the dark. THANKS !!! Rick you are a ONE MAN CREW,, You Do it ALL and You Do a Wonderful Job!!! Now I am going to see what has been done for this wonderful old mansion so far!!!

That “closet “ next to a fireplace was more likely a space to hold firewood

The room in the basement could possibly be a cellar where most likely in the early days they would store their food beings there were no place to keep them cool, Absolutely beautiful

Love that u get the backstory on the places u visit!!! The kitchen was the only room I saw any electrical outlets but if u noticed there’s radiator heaters in most of the bedrooms and in the basement is the radiator base where u put coal to go throughout and heat the rooms

Fireplaces were for heat, that’s why they are in every room & the hallways. Really nice home.

This is an amazing, beautiful mansion. I don’t blame people if they don’t believe in ghosts if they have never experienced a ghost. I have had my experiences for sure. Thank you Rick for telling the story of the people behind this mansion. It’s incredible! You said they’d tearing this place down next month. Makes me sad. I think those bees you showed us looked like wasps to me, not sure?

In the 1800’s the only heat was the fireplaces that’s why one in every room.😊😮

Making playlists with your videos and history underground videos brings me so much joy, relaxation, and peacefulness 🖤

The kitchen you showed us the first part here is what's known as a summer kitchen. Yes, that's a buffet for China to serve a meal out on that porch area in the summertime. Because they cooked on woodstove that gave off a lot of heat into the room, even in the summertime of fire is hot, they learned to have Cross ventilation in the summer and eat out on the porch for meals.

What an amazing gem you've found. It's ashamed that it's just rotting away.

That would be a nice place to live at back in the day.

OMG! I grew up in an older home with a wooden horse tie out and a granite post with a metal ring, out front. There were pocket doors and built in dressers in all the bedrooms. It was amazing... absolutely amazing and I loved it so much. Its on my bucket list to visit my childhood home, in California, before I leave this earth. I absolutely LOVE LOVE this video. BTW - the area 'inside outside' is either a butler's pantry or a pantry for storing canned goods (hence the sink) and has access beyond the delipidated patio to the garden outside. The 'sanitarium green' was most likely done in the 60s renovation as well as the flowery/vertical decor wallpaper @23:30 in the one room. You're killing me with the shower head LMAO!! Its not really that old given the age of the house. The bathroom tile is new too... which I'm sure you know. Its interesting there are 2 bathrooms next too each other. I wonder if that was to accommodate guests or servants. The area @24:00 is most likely the upstairs linen closet, hence all the shelving, windows (for freshness) and light. OMG I wish I was there with you... I'm totally fascinated by this home. The closet at 29:00 was most likely a built in at one point. It would have had a built in dresser with drawers up to that 1st broken shelf. There is probably another closet nearby for hanging items. If so, and if its like mine, there would have been storage above the closet all the way to the ceiling. The room in the attic looks like wood storage probably for the upstairs fireplaces but what is the brick structure at 30:05? I wonder if its some sort of dumbwaiter to bring the wood up?? Also, what was the ramp for??? I'm dying to know? I lost a bunch of my comments when I clicked the wrong button but the fireplace in the basement is for the servants and the area where you said chicken coop was the dining area for servants. The cellar pens are for chicken, rabbits and goats to eat and milk. the area where the water heater was looked like a milking room for a cow. I am so heartbroken they are tearing it down!! Its so worth saving. I LOVE THIS VIDEO and i'm so completely FACINATED by this tour!! Thank you!

Have seen this mansion in other video's, now for it's history RangerRick you are Amazing, why I am Subscribed... Just sad to see abandoned & like the 1 room, floor gone, instead of being restored for would be great to have tours .... Yes, saw the link, will check into... Thank You.

Your narrative is stunning. I would recommend quite strongly that you consider a career change. Don't stand in your own shadow, and then look back in 30 years' time, regretting your fear, which held you back. Nice work and congratulations on your channel going from strength to strength. All power to you Rick great explorer ..... Janice 👵 🇬🇧 xxx

Yes my childhood home was built in 1800 s and moved and put back together with a huge addition. It was only a saltbox but central chimney and 3 fireplace down stairs and one in mawster. The Dr had a lagged cooking fil. It was very cool with numbered beams you could see in the bathroom in between the wa,LDS under the front stairs was a tiny room.made for coffins if they died in winter . They were kelt till spring. ! Love this stuff.

Hi Rick, I think the holes in the basement are what they called a "cold cellar" before refrigeration.

I had that same shower curtain and comforter back in the mid 90's except they were in red, same pattern.

The little pot by the front entrance fireplace might have been to add moisture to the air. I used one on mine. Fireplace heat is very drying. Great video.

This old house is still beautiful hope it's not tore down love this explore thanks for taking me along.

The trap doors in the basement are for keeping things cool, there wasn’t refrigeration back in the day & cooling only happened underground

A good video on what was a lovely mansion. Thank you Carol from California

The original owner bought it in 1826, its very old!

Wouldn't India be so distraught if she could see her home today

... they definitely lived a full life in that home! BEAUTIFUL

I think you're looking at the cistern in the days before water was piped into the house when that house was built they would have a cistern that they would draw water from in the house for cooking and bathing, and this sort of thing. Rainwater hit the roof and the runoff gathering would run the water into the cistern in the basement so they have plenty of water. When pressurize water came in in the form of community water source or even a self owned hand pump, they would use the water from the cistern for those above listed necessities. That's why I think you're looking down into a sister and somebody put those doors over it to keep people from falling into it.

This is one of the most beautiful house.You do a wonderful job on your video, you go slow and let us see and dream or imagine how it must have looked like at one time.l hope you do more of these,thank you.

One explanation for the small closets is because in those days for property tax purposes they counted each room and charged accordingly. If a closet was too large, walking in wise, it would be considered a separate room and taxed. This was before they bundled everything under one tax. Interesting 🤔 fact, they used to tax the items inside the house 🏠; the furniture and so on. Hence the reference by CCR in one of their songs.

Good job, Rick. Impressive find!

Not a sunroom but a back porch/mudroom service entry. Not a China hutch nor curio cabinet but a butlers pantry. Original kitchen would've been in the basement or in a detached bldg/kitchen. Lol domeroom nooo but a conservatory. Wealthy homes from that time period always had fireplaces in each room. No other source of heat at the time. All bathrooms added later. (Old outhouse pit/s would be an awesome find to dig out). Below the Plains on KZfaq finds amazing things in old pits. People had such style architecturally back then. All those architectural pieces will be removed and auctioned as salvage. Nice video ty. Basement pantry under those doors. Old coal furnace had to be down there somewhere.

Nature is never a vandel. If anything himan are tge vandels of nature

This is Tammy.....Basement is food storage areas......Small rooms make a good tea room sitting or reading.

What a home!! And you can really see the difference in the servants' area versus the main living area--the back staircase, the rooms back there--they still gave them a beautiful area to live in! I would love the schematic for this home lol! I love period homes and decor!! Great tour of a home with so many neat surprises in it!

You are a very good writer. Merry Christmas.

What a beautiful gem this historical mansion was, is, and would be again wiith tender loving care.

How else would you heat a building that size without fireplaces in every room?l imagine it was very cold in winter.

There's a Dunnington mansion foundation, and you can donate, but I'm not quite sure what you're donating too, but it has photos of what it looked like in all its glory and its wonderful, such ashamed its been left to rot like this so sad ,

That long corridor upstairs looks like the helps quarters. Ma grandparents had a mansion in Vermont on qtop of a met and above the kitchen there were stairs and 3-4 small bdr for help . It’s where I stayed with my friend when we visited.

The little room in the attic was usually for storage. Sometimes they would build them out of cedar, and usecthem for furcoats and other winter clothes. Maybe they where for luggage. But anything, really, that you might want to protect a little extra. There was one room in the basement, the one with the fireplace. I almost wondered, if it had been the original kitchen, or a preproom? But certainly they needed the space to keep all the coal and different foods, etc. The "radiator" was the old heater, that kept the house and orangerie warm. The hole in the floor could have been for ice, and things that neede to be kept extra cool? Or, well, since they would keep calfes in the basement in winter, then maybe that was for chickens? 😂 The "furniture", by the ground floor kitchen, was the butlers pantry, used to keep all sorts of servingdishes, plates, silverware and glasses. It must have been absolutely heartbreaking for the Bolts, to sell the place on good fait, and then it is just left to r

Thank you it’s so beautiful I wish I had like this house it’s a lot of memoryIn my mind about it

The room near the kitchen with (what you referred to as) the curio cabinet and "buffet" is the butlers pantry where they kept the fine China, crystal and silver dinnerware.

The place looks so sad

I 'm surprise others haven't looked into these properties when they're abandoned, sometimes you can get it for back Tax's , Each state has escheatment laws that determine when an asset is legally considered abandoned and how to recover such assets. it's a shame families out there don't team up and purchase these and fix them up .

Nice looking green dome

America is horrible on most homestead's like this. They rather demolish it build something new, but yet claim the land is historical. We were rentivating our main street and there was a couple of historical homes and chose the best of them to keep. It was built in 1870 3 story home massive wood carvings and original for the time period. It cost the city a lot of money to move it 2 blocks from my home until they could find a piece of land to put it on. After 6 mths. they sold off anything and everything that was valuable and then tore it down. I sat out there and cried!! I was happy I was able to tour this Beautiful home before they moved it. Our Historical Society in some states are the worst!!! You go to other countries and they have so many historical sites. America not so much. I hope they repair this home it's Absolutely Beautiful!!❤

I never understand why these homes weren’t sold off

You said they are going to tear down the house next month or so , later you said they are going to save it??? I hope it’s save it it stunning ❤

That river in back probably contributes to the seafood smell.

The older homes like this had No insulation, thus the need for fire places in every room!

At 35:03 the ceiling panels would open up when it was cared for. All this damage in 20 years. So sad.

Holy cow I was thinking this reminds me of Cinderella then seen the secret room in the attic love it. ❤️

I think the hole in the basement floor is where they stored old to keep it cool before refrigeration.

All the fireplaces are beyond beautiful.

Your a great investigator my friend i love the paranormal and investigating and knowing the history of places.

The green house probably grew lemons an oranges. Other tropical plants.

Beautiful mansion❤nice surroundings, in need of a garden😊

You mentioned the amount of work It would take to bring this house back to life -- I see lots of dollars to make that happen!

The staircase in the cellar is where you would keep your cold goods for storage

great video like always , thast a amazing house Id love to see that brought back to life, I did notice allot of the fireplaces inside was very small for the first do you have any idea that is? Also wats that doom sun room type thing ?

What a beauty so sad hope it is restored to it's former glory !

Would love to restore it 😢

The details on the fireplace's are amazing. Don't see anything like that anymore.

Mushrooms grow where it's damp and dark, Lord knows I've picked my share of them - edible of course!

You didn't need much closet space as you only had a limited number of changes, unless you were the Vanderbilt's. Clothes were kept in a clothes press.

I lived in a house when I was young that had the push button light switches & they still worked! Very cool

Wow what a tour really enjoyed it and found it very exciting you made me laugh about the bees and the spiders what a wonderful place I wish I could own it and live in it thank you for sharing ❤

This place can be saved. The last home in Madison Georgia on Main Street has finalky been remodeled. It is more of the Greek style. It was in terrible condition. Built before the civil war like a lot of the mansions in this pretty town. There's several Victorian homes also. I hope when the work is done,it's put on the tour of homes. Not long ago i drove by there an the outside looked like it was painted a light green. I thought oh no! White with black shutters is what the color should be. Glad to say that's the color it is now. The home had not been lived in for at least seventy years. A long time. But these homes were built of real wood. These homes stood the test if time just being neglected. No home built today would hold up seventy years of neglect. They would be long gone back into the ground.

Such a big house and a dinky, small kitchen! If house restored ($$$) would have to have a grand kitchen. If torn down lots could be salvaged.

Root cellar is your mystery in the basement. As beautiful as it had been, it is too late to restore, I do hope they gleen some of the items that would be removable.

I wish people would just give up these places when they can't afford them. Let some historical society purchase them.

I love it. Thanks for letting us see

That glass room is called a salarium

Smaller people way back when. Honestly. They also did not have many clothes. I lived in a house 1970 in Ohio and we had closets just the same size.

The front house section appears circa 1890’s, the rear section is much older

The Dexter rooms in the basement was probably used for staff that serve the master and his wife. Remember, this was built during slave times in the US so many escaped slaves would be hired for hardly more than the place to live and food to eat for a few pennies a dayto help look after the house.

That two door in the floor of the basement I would bet is a ‘safe room’ In case of tornadoes and such. In the south tornadoes are prominent more than anywhere else.

Imagine back when it was first built how nice it was

That little cellar thing might have been to store coal, they used to have coal delivered and put in a chute to a storage space typically down in the basement area

Amazing, Rick. Looks like you've actually managed to transition into a full time urban explorer! A difficult and risky endeavor, I'm sure. Congrats, bro! You deserve every last subscriber, and more. 😎🙌

Beautiful ‼️ Thank you 🌈☀️I subscribed⭐️

I would fix it up in a heart beat

Wow this house is beautiful they knew how how to build house then

Good job Rick!