Ken, I love all your videos, but the in-person tours are just so special! Hearing the current owners describe their position as ‘caretakers’ really moved me. You can tell they truly love the home.

The tour was great by itself. Like other commenters, I thoroughly enjoyed the interview at the end as well as hearing what happened to the original owner. PS That line about just being caretakers for a house hopefully lasting centuries was a great cherry on top.

That was great Ken, I've missed these longer deep dives into a house. And PLEASE pass my thanks on to Ted and Justin for giving us this tour of their home. So nice to meet the actual people.

Hey Ken! I love these "real" house tours. You should do that more often if possible. For me it's seems the rooms are many but quite small in this massive house. Is it the cam or are they really quite small? Anyway, the house is stunning and you did a phantastic job with the narration. Love the calm accuracy.

Such a lovely home. Very generous of the owners to open their home and share.

Ken, you do the best job of showing old houses of anyone. One of the main reasons is that you give a panoramic view of each room. You give a lot of facts about the house in a well organized manner without going on and on. Many others have the camera focused on themselves while they are talking forever and all we see is them. You are the best. Love your house tours.

Still the BEST voice on KZfaq. I never stop appreciating your eloquent grasp of the English language. 🙏☺️ for all your efforts Ken

loved it. would love to learn more about these caretaker owners of historic homes - why they took it on, how they afford it, when they know it's time to move on. Looks like these fellas have done a lovely job maintaining this house at a high level.

Stunning house Ken! Spilling the Tea is a fantastic use of colorful china as opposed to it sitting behind glass doors in a cabinet! Very enjoyable to meet Ted and Justin...please thank them for allowing us into their private lives to see this magnificent house!

These gorgeous gentlemen are the PERFECT owners for such a magnificent property. This house is blessed to have these lads as the owners. ☺️☺️☺️❤️

A wonderful historic home Ken! I can't get over the ruthlessness of the wife and son. It's 2023 and I'm scandalized by this tale! 😱

LOVED the kitchen ceiling, "spilling the tea". Beautiful home.

I love the old picture of the original parlor! I love photography, history and architecture... and who doesn't love a pocket door?

A point about the rounded enclave. Rounded spaces are a great design concept, but they are extremely expensive to construct using wood or metal as in this case. Curved glass windows are also very difficult to create. Think about the difficulty of replacing a curved window pane if it broke! Very interesting space rounded or curved but big bucks to create.

Absolutely love the way Ken shows off these old houses! ❤

So great to meet the owners & to learn more about the history of this amazing home. Thank you, all.

So glad to see you are returning to the walk-through style again. You always point out amazing things that I would never notice. The interview was an added bonus! Thank you

I love that St. Louis homes are getting shown and recognized

“Spilling the Tea” installation is perfection!!

I love the "spilling the tea" art installation.

Loved the interview with the owners! Nice added touch to the house's history and current state.

You are SO knowledgeable about architectural periods, details and history. Your presentations are simply awesome! THANKYOU !

Diggin' the new Spring duds! These guys did an impeccable job decorating this house. Their love for the house shows.

I loved the tea cup art installation! Fabulous idea to make the ballroom into a master bedroom. House is gorgeous.

Glad to see the in-person tours resume-would be delighted to see more!

gorgeous. it is not only grand but cozy at the same time.

It is great to be able to see inside these historic homes! I just love stories about the owners! If walls could talk...🥰

Thanks Ken for going back to St Louis, as a resident in the county currently, and lived in STL most of my life I know exactly where this house is at, I never knew about the 'wild' story behind it.. but I'm sure there's many stories in many houses / mansions here in the city and all over. Great video as always.

Finally an interesting channel where the narrator has a calm way of conveying the subject. Thank you

This in person tour was incredible! I really loved the Judy Garland, Meet Me in St Louis, Friends of Dorothy, all in our family good feeling that I got from this fun and incredibly informative video! Thank you so much. Those that get to be in St Louis to visit these historic homes that are not house museums that are open to the public are going to have an incredible time!

Yes I like the in person house tours it’s good to see you instead of just hearing your voice. I really like the dining room, the first set of stairs and the beautiful stain glass windows.

LOVE this channel! I've always loved the Gilded Age stuff and you do such a great job showing this type of Architecture that pretty much doesnt exist down here in Australia More of these please!

I have met the owners and heard about the house...now I have enjoyed this tour. Thank you Justin & Ted. It is beautiful! If I lived closer, I would certainly be visiting these homes on the Compton Heights Home Tour.

Wow 🤩 This house is gorgeous! And I love the kitchen and the spilling the tea art installation! I cannot even imagine living in a house like that. Thank you for the tour!

Beautiful house and beautifully maintained all those years. Wood paneling is such a nice look.

The exterior appears recent in it's pristine condition. It is a solid structure, far more appealing than the Era's full Victorian. Ted is truly charming. They made a worthy purchase.

Spilling tea is a unique design in this fabulous home

Loved seeing the owners of this historic home. Knowing that it's in good hands of people who will take the upmost care of it is a wonderful thing! They are awesome!

They did such an amazing job bringing this house back to its former glory, the love really shows in every detail. 🥰

A very beautiful home.The wood is lovingly taken care of.😊

This was such a treat! We live nearby and make a point of driving the streets of St. Louis at least once a year and it just happened that today we took a turn on Grand just to look at all the beautiful homes. I love the way Ted and Justin said that they are just caretakers of the home for now. What a wonderful way to put it! Thank you so much for posting!

Great Job Ken...Glad to see you personally touring and explaining these homes. The Trabert Mansion has been beautifully decorated and restored in the "Period Era!"

Very much enjoyed the real house tours. I’m gland the current owners appreciate what they have and look after the house too

Ken, thanks for another great video! I thoroughly enjoy all of your videos. They are, to me, the most entertaining well produced media available on KZfaq. I check daily excitedly to find new content from This House. I am an architectural historian and from a professional standpoint you do a magnificent job! Keep up the very good work. You should come do some videos in Louisiana. We have some fantastic architecture. Remember, there is much more to our great state than New Orleans.

I just love This House tours and presentations! So much social and architectural history 🙂Love the unique "Spilling the Tea" artwork and the window in the Art Deco bathroom! Thank you, Ken, for taking us along on your This House journeys!

Great job, Ken. My wife and I lived in St. Louis for almost 15 years and continue to hold a special part of our hearts for it. Expecially the historic areas.

What a FANTASTIC house tour! And it is great to see you in front of the camera again, Ken!

What a beautiful home. Love to see your tours again.

Wonderful tour and presentation, Ken. Thank you for letting us meet Ted And Justin, who've done inspiring work saving this lovely house for future generations!

Wonderful tour, beautiful home! I loved the mix of preservation and personal design/modern art. Such personality and you can tell the owners love this house. The term "caretaker" was so adoring, I loved it. Thank you for the tour and to the owners for allowing us to see inside.

Great episode and I love how you always include the history and story of the house and it’s builders.

Ken, it's so nice to see you back again. Any in person tour you do is my favorite tour. As much as I liked the dining room in that house, I am a sucker for stair landings, and those did not disappoint.

I’ve mostly been watching your home tour videos and they’re all very informative and interesting. The added information about the family who lived at the residence makes it that much more enjoyable. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Great job! I really like this style of a personal tour of the house and then an interview with the owners about the history. I know you can't do this with buildings that no longer exist, but keep up the good work on existing buildings.

OOOhh! As much as i love your usual Mini Documentary style videos, tours like this are really what i look foreword to on your channel. I love to see it, Keep up the great work!

Fascinating! I also love the comment about being the caretakers and leaving it even better for the next owners! We have tried to do the same with our homes.

Loved the research and interview with the couple who own this beautiful house!

I am old! In my next life,I hope to own one of these grand ladies!

Really and truly original interiors and just a lovely home. Thank you so much mr Ken for offering such a georgious channel for all of us to enjoy.

What a wonderful new way of introducing us to another gilded aged estate. Thank you for the interview at the end and for giving us the back story about what happened to the original owner. I thoroughly enjoyed this entire tour.

Awesome house!! Beautiful restoration & very interesting to hear the original owners history. Great tour!!

Ken thank you for a wonderful and tasteful tour of a lovely property. The St Louis event on May 13 2023 sounds so fun and interesting. Big thanks to Ted and Justin for sharing their lovely property. The history (for the original owner) was so sad, but thanks so much for digging that up. LOVED this! That blue parlor was a beautiful sight to behold, and the maid's patio , were both were favorite features.

I’m always so happy when I find a new upload. Thank you Ken. Have a beautiful weekend 🙏☺️

Ken first I love your attention to detail and depth and second I would have to have a cocktail with Ted and Justin!

I love your house tours Ken, and this one is fantabulous. So glad to see the owners taking such great care of a magnificent place. And kudos to the gentlemen for sharing their home and the stories connected with it.

Amazing House.. and How Cool to be able to sit with the owners - who have Amazing good taste, mixing the old and new - and making it work! St. Louis is truly the City of Homes.

Loved it!! I would love for you to come to Old Louisville in Louisville and do your magic on some of the gorgeous historic homes here in our neighborhood!! Old Louisville is the 3rd largest historic landmark designated to exclusively brick Victorian mansions and homes mostly erected between 1885 and 1910! Thanks for the great stories on historic homes that are on our forgotten historical legacy!!!

Of all the beautiful homes with fabulous furnishing this house appears incredibly warm and livable. Absolutely love the aesthetic and sense of whimsy. The tragic events that transpired do not tarnish the symmetry or beauty of this lovely exciting home. Thank you and your gracious hosts.

Be still my heart I love this house. I’ve already texted my cousin in St Charles to see if she is going, I want her to FaceTime me while she is there. @Ted & Justin … thank you so much for sharing your home. It is so breathtaking. Most of all thank you for putting into words & capturing the essence of how I feel historic homes and places. Each of them is full of individual stories and that we are merely the caretakers that strive to leave things better than we found them. *yes please continue the live tours, maybe even tour some of the sites already featured and open to tours.

Henry Jr. was Truly his mothers son....UGH. Loved that stained glass window in the upstairs Jack and Jill bath.

I LOVED this NEW Style of video!! Historical, personal & intrigue!! Great video❤

What a fantastic tour! These guys did a fantastic job of bringing this beautiful piece of history back to life! I found it fascinating that they came from Miami and felt drawn to this house. There could be a connection in their family tree, maybe an ancestor who knew the original family or just like they stated they are the caretakers of this house for future generations. That could also be why they were drawn here. Destiny works in mysterious ways! Thank goodness they saved this magnificent home!

Loved it! Wow, love every room and their artistic decorating style. Magnificent!

Ken BRAVO I love the longer video's and house tours. Must do more Thank you

Great viewing this beautiful home and thanks to the two home owners for allowing us in, cheers..

It's nice to see you as well as hear you!

This feels like a PBS special! I love it ❤

What a lovely home, it looks beautiful and comfortable. Thank you for the tour!

Great episode. Loved the interview with the homeowners at the end!

I enjoy all the historical details Ken finds about the houses, and the people who live and lived in them. Great job!

Ken thank you so much for sharing this outstanding house with us.. kudos to the owners for being so charming and have preserved the home's extraordinary woodwork. Thanks to you all

The documentary-style videos are nice (and informative) but the video tours are so satisfying. Overall I like what they've done with the house. Even if the art chosen isn't my preference, there are a lot of interesting pieces. I'm glad there could be a virtual tour for everyone who can't visit in person.

This was really enjoyable. Thanks so much for the great work you do and the detailed information you provide. 👍❤️

First timer to comment… However,Long time follower Felt compelled, moved by your authentic enthusiasm for this house right from the start! As I watch and write my comment now… I mutually authentically enthusiastic and am loving this house and backstory!!! So much so considering traveling that way in May…❤

Glad the house tours are back!❤

Favourites from this video were the master bedroom/ballroom, and Ken's suit.

Well made, entertaining and educational video. Such a beautiful home. Appreciate your work.

Of all the houses you have shown this is my favorite

What a beautiful piece of history! That was an amazing tour! The art installation in the kitchen was magic❤️ Thanks for sharing👍🏻 Happy Easter🐰

The tea cup art is adorable but then again I love a good cup of coffee.☕️

Great job Ken, and two thumbs up, pointing out the Compton Heights home tour in May. I’m gonna plan on coming to it from Columbus, Ohio and see for myself many of the beautiful homes that you have been lucky and fortunate to highlight and show off. And as for this particular post, I really liked “spilling the tea“ the art installation in the kitchen. As a collector of unique and unusual China, I’m always looking for someway to show it off, and I never considered the ceiling as an option! Now I have some ideas. Also, you didn’t mention it when you showed the picture of the half bath downstairs, but the floor tile with its yellow band around the border was something I’ve never seen before and wondered if that was the new homeowners creation, or if it was original in any case it was very striking. I look forward to your other personal tours you mentioned, Cheers!

I really enjoyed this video. Having grown up in the neighborhood it was really cool to see a video from the neighborhood.

Yes, please continue to do in person shows

Gorgeous home. I loved that blue in the parlor.

Yay! He’s back! Love the outfit and the gorgeous home, the art installation is awesome! Also the lamps 😍

Thanks Ken, love your tour inside this house.

Wonderful to see this!

Excellent!! Spectacular house and a very well thought-out presentation of it also including historical data and background on the owners... Very enjoyable thank you for taking the time and effort to present it!

Great tour, and a spectacular house. Also, Ken's outfit makes me want to smoke a cigar and call my bookie. Nice.

This was fascinating. I would love to live in a historic house but they're kind of few and far between here in SA. I can just imagine that keeping up with the maintenance is quite an endeavor and you must have your heart in it.