Loved the house. I know the camera person was being polite, but geezz, I want to see the rooms not the person talking. More pans, floors, ceiling, fixtures, door knobs, visual details, please.

@sandypompilii6901

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. We could listen to the tour guide, (as she is very informative), while seeing the house.

@pattydriver9562

2 жыл бұрын

Yes agreed! I was a docent during a Christmas tour back in 1984 and wanted to see the house. Very disappointed

@vikkinicholson5880

2 жыл бұрын

@@pattydriver9562 go visit

@bonniebrown6960

2 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh, I know. I was thinking the same thing. I can tell she's give this tour many times and I know she was very well knowledgeable of the history of the house, but take a breath lady. My goodness!! 😳 I wanted to see the house too.

@whosaidcate4034

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately that is my pet peeve about so many of these and similar videos. Too much talking and not enough video of the interior 🤦‍♀️

Memories. I used to ride my bicycle around there when I was 8 years old. I lived in the upstairs apartment of one of D. Davis' sons. I was a couple blocks away on Jefferson St. A large house with a fireplace in every room. I recall Mom's room was the Master Bedroom and had a panel of switches that at one time controlled the whole house. They were the old double button (push-on push-off) type. I toured the Mansion several times and was in awe, even at 8 years old. That was in 1970. I recall that Davis assisted in the Emancipation Proclamation.

Beyond interesting and entertaining! A+ historical telling and teaching. This woman’s passion, and research and work dedicated to this important mansion is unparalleled! And fascinatingly romantic. THANK YOU

It would of been nice to see more of the house. She is very informative on the times and the Davis family.

@adrianguynn5807

3 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna be worn out before I get to see anything! If it's a house tour they need to have someone with closer ties to the visual arts giving it.

Nice knowledgeable tour guide lady but the camera work sucked!!! I would of liked to see more of the house! Most of the camera shots zeroed in on the tour guide, wide shots would of been nice.....disappointed!

I just watched this because I know I’ll never get to see it in person. Loved the information the lady was giving. Now if they could have just shown more of the house while she was talking it would have been nice.

What a wonderful house. I would love to visit it. This video made me do research on Mr. David Davis. An important man in American history, many of us didn't know about.

Victorian furniture is mad mostly of beautiful walnut. I have similar servant bells in the kitchen. Every room has a mother of pearl wall button, when pushed, the bell in the kitchen unit rings. Only the servants have not lived in my house for many years, there is no one to answer the bell but me.

Such a beautiful story back in time.😲 wow! Nice to know how they lived, with very classy etiquette love the story.

adore the house..the lady was so informative and so interesting..thank you from Melbourne Australia!

Could we see the house whilst she’s narrating?

@lyndacork2821

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I agree.

This is a wonderful, informational tour of the mansion! The family's influence on the community and society during this era was undoubtedly significant and ever lasting. I found all of Dr. Young 's tour very interesting.

This is similar to the style of the home I have which was built in 1825 and completed in 1840, except it has French and Italian style windows and a variety of different architectural styles of both French and Italian mix with Arab influences as well . The interior studs are made of walnut as well as the surrounding arches much like the David Davis mansion.

Very informative, I appreciate all the history provided. The “calling card” before telephones, fascinating. Now, I understand the calling card scene in the movie “Fort Apache” with John Wayne. 👍🏽 Thank you for the tour.

This was fantastic. Ms Young demonstrated a wealth of information which integrated 'art' with its social function in the specific milieu. What may have seemed like minutiae was relevant for a fuller explanation/understanding. Felt as if I was in one of my graduate school art history lecture classes of more than 40 years ago... nice...

@vikkinicholson5880

2 жыл бұрын

Well put, Linda. You said it all quite well.

I love the way this lady tells about there lives that's perfect I found this very interesting thank you for sharing ❤️😄

21 minutes into the video and we are not much past the front door. This lady has probably seen the house many times, so the suspense and curiosity was not an issue for her. I just gave up.

Very interesting video, thank you. I love all things Victorian, and my wife and I just built our retirement home in the Victorian style. Wrap around porches with brackets and spandrels, dental molding etc.

Lovely! I love good architecture! :) Such a handsome mansard roof!

Beautiful I enjoyed the history of the original owners and the house is absolutely Awsome

I go there all the time with my grandparents.and I love it

I love that she's explaining the house and about the original family. You can't get a feel for the house without the stories. If you want to just look at it quick, I'm sure there are pictures you can look up. The way the house was built and decorated has a lot to do with the family. The importance of the house itself is directly related to those people she's talking about. So, instead of leaving negative comments, just go watch something else. Other people will appreciate hearing the stories no matter how long it takes. It's all important.

@vikkinicholson5880

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Many don't want to hear the details but prefer cliff notes for the easy way out. Maybe this video is not for you if you are bored with knowledge.

I thought it was a tour of the house. She’s never took a breath. Still a great house.

@sandypompilii6901

3 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly

@katherinegraham2362

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@adrianguynn5807

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah sorry WAY too much verbal and not enough visual...can't walk and talk?

@jamesdalton3082

2 жыл бұрын

I've worked as a tour guide in several museum houses and learned that it's easy to overwhelm visitors with way too much information. You should leave them with questions which in answering presents an opportunity for more in depth explanations. She explains things like gravity fed hot water systems, goes into painful details about a coal fired whole house furnace, and spent a lot of time trying to make life at this time seem so alien and strange, when it's not that different from the way a lot of folks live today.

Excellent! Marsha was very well informed.

Thank you, Illinois, especially Abraham Lincoln. You never had slavery in your state, and Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation

@jennyB_In_KC

2 ай бұрын

Illinois had slavery! It was admitted to the Union (1818) as a free state but rest assured there were slaves in Illinois!!! My goodness!

Thank you for bringing this to Americans today. It’s a very important part of history thank you for explaining it

Fantastic history lesson .. and so well told! Thank you!

Greetings from Indonesia. We are in building a home for me and my love right now and I copy the model of this mansion for our house.

@gloriahanes6490

3 жыл бұрын

The Victorian era had splendid homes built to last for centuries and the architecture is one to admire, and others will gaze with delight upon your dwelling once your mansion is complete.

What a great tour and tons of info! Loved it.

I would love to see the entire home. I was surprised to see that a lot of the woodwork was painted in that time.

@robinbirdj743

Жыл бұрын

I lived in and helped restore an OR board house which was built c 1871 by a pioneer for his son upon the son’s marriage at age 19. The dining room and sm kitchen were the only rooms then, with a sleeping porch. The dining room was fairly fancy and had muslin covered walls with wallpaper laid over the muslin. My job was to strip the woodwork to match the rest of the house, also being stripped. The windows were painted at least 7 times by 1921. They operated by pins not ropes and pulleys. It seemed to me the windows were painted from the start, at least in the older portion of the room, though the built in China hutch beadboard back was not.

What great passion for story telling. Please show more, slowly around the room as you talk.

Gorgeous home.

I enjoyed this video of a lovely home. I find this "middle class" home more interesting and pleasing to the eye than most mansion of the Gilded Age. Sadly, Mrs. Davis got to enjoy her beautiful home for only about six years.

Thanks Marcia this was an awesome tour! I appreciate hearing all the history of our great America - can’t wait to see this mansion in person.

1:00:00 Omg a surviving Victorian on-suite bathroom?!?!? Wow!! 😲

Can we see the home?

The marble is magnificent. Mrs. Davis was obviously a woman of great taste and refinement. As for me, Marcia's large fund of information served to enhance the tour so it it not just a stop and see but a clear understanding of the entire picture. This family did not live w/o modern conveniences, i.e., shower, toilet, bidet and nickel plated fixtures. Bet Abe was quite impressed when he came to visit.

Incredible historical information in this video. Great material!! Thanks for sharing this ❤❤❤❤

She’s a gem and a perfect curator for such an important house. I didn’t know that part of history of the middle class that she so eloquently spoke about. That’s an interesting part of the house’s history . It’s hard for me to fathom the servants role to these houses. You had to have an entire staff of live in help to run a house like that; such different times.

I lived on Genesee in Waukegan IL, for a long time and that house is beautiful. All the Victorian houses around my neighborhood are beautiful.

5:12 - A very faint orb floating above her head when she mentioned David Davis. 35:15 ...The fireplace is French marble. 36:40 ... French shutters are long and narrow. 56:39 ... Very rare for a husband and wife to share the same bedroom in the Victorian era, most had separate bedrooms at the far end of the hall away from each other as many Victorians had arranged marriages.

@susycremers

2 жыл бұрын

indeed! thanks for pointing that orb out! yes, it's true, In victorian times they had separate bedrooms normally. Highly unusual to sleep in the same room.

The tour guide is good; very informative, bu have to admit when they walked into the living/family room and when the man said, "would you tell us about this room", I was like oohh....".

@georgemack120

3 жыл бұрын

He did seem rather disinterested. Maybe a reporter more interested in the topic should have been sent to do the piece.

@triciaselman9215

2 жыл бұрын

Me tooooooo

Excellent informative tour. I learned quite a bit, and I enjoy a lot of this type of videos. Time to make another one and better the picture quality. Hopefully this great lady is still giving tours!

Less talk. More showing of the house itself!

Outstanding job!

Loved watching!

I would like to see more of the house but the informative lady take all the screen.😕

Too much talking & not enough of the house

@Idelia412

3 жыл бұрын

Just what I was going to write, to much talking and not enough of the house viewing.

I learned a lot from thus video. Thank you.

Marsha is extremely knowledgeable about the home and social morals...very interesting...

Fantastic!

I love Victorian Style

We could never afford to make things so grand in today's times. Wow.

David Davis Walker and his wife, raised Rose Pittman. Asa Pittman and Mariam Walker Pittman, parents of Rose, died while she was just a young child. She married a Mr Du Valle, who was very rich. They even had a private rail road car. And a New York City home. Also a Mansion in Kennebunkport. After his death, and times had changed, she tried to sell the home in Maine. But couldn't. So engineers packed it full of dynamite and blew it up! The Pittman family were plantation owners in Harrodsburg, Ky. Their home was Shawnee Springs. The house burned in 1980. But the property is still known as Shawnee Springs. Shawnee Springs was initially the home of Mr Thompson, Aide de Camp to General George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette. The Thompson family was related The Duncan's of Edinburgh, Scotland, and The Phillips. Anyway, Miss Pittman, had a cousin Dorothy Walker who married George Bush, and produced Herbert Walker Bush, who married Barbara, who produced George, who married Laura.

We find it difficult to understand how these wealthy people consolidated in their minds great appreciation for high architectural art, family values, privacy and yet led their lives believing being "better" than middle or lower class people. It is all like some type of "selective psychopathy." These homes have great historical architectural values and with it, they are also resilient reminders of a way of life which fostered great sadistic oppression of both human and flora bodies. Many forests were devastated by the ruthless deforestations of rosewood, walnut, pine, oak and Caribbean mahogany, all needed to fulfill the expensive taste of the rich... This hasn't changed today in 2021. That said, the tour guide lady is phenomenal. Clear explanations, passionate delivery and "straight to the chase" approach.

Can You BOTH SMILE 😊 it doesn't HURT.

She could certainly talk. A walking history book. Beautiful house.

That was really nicely done :)

I so enjoyed this video. I love history so interesting.

Loved the history but would have loved to see the house as well.

OK, now that we are intimate with the Davis family, how about a video walk thru of the house..... with less talking

I’m afraid there is too much talking. I might not make it until the house tour starts. A “little” history is nice, but it’s getting too much. Let’s get on w/ the touring the house.

@annelefevre9457

3 жыл бұрын

Too tooo much talking! I didn’t make it thru.

@41:12 what are those blue vases?

I had the sound turned down. Took a bathroom break, and when I got back, they were still looking at the same chair!

Poor woman...I feel her pain. Appearing in this video has wrecked her nerves, as it would also have wrecked mine. B R E A T H E, my dear... b r e a t h e. 🌺

Marsha young was my first volunteer!

Second time I watched. BTW, is there a current, or any book length biography of the judge?

Also would of liked to see more of the house,disappointed, but informative. AS FAR AS SHOOTING THIS FILM SHE SHOULD OF LOOKED AT THE GENTLEMAN, INSTEAD OF STARING AT THE CAMERA THRU OUT THE FILM,instead of leaving him out of this piece, I believe he was part of this also?

Sensacional!

10:47 I believe the words used would be “receiving or not receiving”.

I was so disappointed to see the curators speaking without viewing the rooms. I appreciate the history but the cameraman was a novice & could have panned the room as she was speaking. I did not finish watching this video

Great job Marsha!

Lovely home, atleast what we could see of it.

Please google the term "walk through video".

This is much more of a substantial home than the Lincoln's

@vikkinicholson5880

2 жыл бұрын

Abe never lived in such opulence. He must have been blown away by David's bathroom alone. Mary Todd would have been green with envy.

I got two words for you mini bar.

When do we get to see the basement

TMI We wanted to see the architectural styles of the Interiors ... The Camera never covered the REAL Charms of the Actual Rooms ... Mostly on a Very Chatty Cathy ... Sadly !!! Way too much Talking ...The woman could have given us all the pertinent information with 1/5 th of words ... I gave up very Early on ... Too Bad really ...

I was in here years ago before it had been refurbished they still showed it, but it was very dingy and they were talking about how they were going to restore all the painting on the walls and ceiling, but I was with a friend and they showed us the "first indoor toilet in Illinois", and as the tour continued, my friend dropped his pants and sat on the toilet, moving aside the Velvet Rope that clearly indicated that you weren't supposed to sit there. I said:" Hey, what are you doing?" And drew the attention of the tour guide, who immediately threw us both out. As we were walking to the car I was like:" why did you do that?" And he said: " I bet Abe Lincoln sat on that toilet, and I just wanted to park my butt in the same place." Memories..

This lady loves her job

As she spoke it would have been better if the house was viewed more.

Sorry, where is this? What state?

What is the china pattern?

Would have been a 30 min video if someone else had given the tour. 😆

Did y'all see the ghost at 5:13?

WHERE IS THE HOUSE AT. I AM IN BOILING SPRING LAKES N.C.

Jeez it’s meant to be a tour of the house. All that dialogue if they thought it so necessary could have been done as a voice over while walking around talking and explaining details of the varied and slightly chaotic jumble of architectural influences, not a family history that could have been done as a separate video. Yes tell a little of history of the family but this is so dull , I expected a walk around pointing out some of the designs and style of interior decor and furnishings. I am only about 5 minutes in and am already bored of this woman. I am going to skip forward to see if it improves but if not I won’t be finishing watching the video.

Too much talking and very little visual, pity cause I'd loved to have seen more of this beautiful home!!

I use to live in this lovely home

@greenhouse4485

2 жыл бұрын

What a liar prove it woman or man

Too many talking head shots. Narration can be layered over detailing video or photos.

For something thats so Expensive..care takers Should Dust the nooks an cranıes !

This mansion is haunted. @5:14 you can see a very dim orb float up to the woman speaking then floats straight up at the top of her head.

This woman talks too much, too much explaining redundant facts. I wanted to see a tour of the entire house..?

Less talk and more shots of the house. Just like all men then it was all about the money that’s why they showed it off…

I wonder if Davis was aware that the Jesus Strand was in the Lincoln family and why he watched over Lincolns son?

I am stuck on the fact that you keep saying middle class and servants. I think we are middle class today but we have no servants. Very nice house

at that time....more was more...

The camera guy is dumb sad it would have been a great video if the camera went everywhere

I would’ve liked to see more of the house, less of the David Davis opinions or history. Somewhat offended that George Washington was said to have married Martha for money! She was courted by at least one other man (quite famous too, if ya really know your history) I’ve never never heard a Washington biographer or even amateur historian say he married her for financial security. Yes, she was VERY wealthy after Daniel Custis died but it doesn’t seem like Washington was necessarily looking for money OR love…it just happened. Also, to say that David Davis was, “middle class” - well, honestly, what portion of the population in 1850’s lived in a mansion?!? 😂 It’s a beautiful Italianate mansion and it’s kind of a shame we had to be subjected to such long-winded explanations of things like an intricately nature-inspired hall tree.

i think this house is haunted or there is 1 that looks very similar been on the market for a while because nobody wants to buy a haunted house