Originally we thought this was an abandoned share croppers house, which are seen quite frequently along roads in the south and often mistaken for being old dwellings of the enslaved, but are often depression era. However further studying on the history of this land and even the architecture of this house which does have some pre-Civil War era design cues has led us to believe this might indeed be a very rare surviving slave dwelling left over from this once large plantation. I believe it was later used as a tenant farmers house and was changed and upgraded over time. The hand made bricks and lack of roof overhand on the sides was a huge clue. Let me know what you think…. PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831 Subscribe to the new Vlog: kzread.info/dron/56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg.html Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures

@mandysmith3861

3 жыл бұрын

I love watching these! I hate seeing old places like this house torn down! I’ve seen an old house out in the middle of a pasture torn down and an old store that I remember going in when I was very little with my mom torn down and it breaks my heart! It’s just erasing history such a sad thing to see! Can’t wait for the cemetery! Also I LOVE that car!!!!

@shellydehart8217

3 жыл бұрын

I think your right Robert. I trust your judgment as you’ve seen a lot of these type of house’s even Rooster too. I’m beginning to despise progress. Everywhere you look progress is going on. More commercial area’s, housing development n shopping malls. Nothing n I mean nothing is sacred. History has been throw out the window along with the babies bath water. We have nothing left to show our children n our grandchildren. I’ve been watching the “ history traveler” JD is the host n he does a wonderful job giving facts on history. He’s doing the Gettysburg war. Have you ever been there to see it. I have n probably never will but he does such a great job that you feel as if your there. Anyway, I got off track, I’m looking forward to the cemetery. I so much enjoy when it’s you n Rooster (the other Robert) . You guys make a great team, that’s what grandpa always said. LOL. ♥️♥️😊👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸 Happy 4th

@decembergem4598

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome history tour. Thank you both. Love your banter as usual. ❤ from Alberta 🇨🇦

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Job Well Done As Usual.

@pattyward1632

3 жыл бұрын

yes, that's what I thought when I first watched this video. I wondered why there would be 2 front doors, so I thought it would be for 2 slave family's. i love watching your videos and I get such a kick out of the other Robert. Keep them coming, please!!

Man, so sad to know that that thing is going to be lost.

@RAKKAR7

3 жыл бұрын

For those that don't know... Go to this man's channel and check it out!!

The old house reminds me of an old slave cabin, later used for share croppers. This was most likely a plantation, with the plantation house being torn down. This is sad, the old cabin should be saved as a historical site, we have to many things lost in history.

My grandparents first home in NW Georgia is still standing. It seriously reminds me of this one. I’m going back to video it before it ends up torn down.

@19ADAM80

3 жыл бұрын

What town bud, I’m from NW GA?

@abigailnorfield111

2 жыл бұрын

you need to use a metal detector

My great grandparents followed the cotton back and forth across the country with a mule team and a living tent and my mother her twin and two more sisters. My mama said her sisters said it was the happiest time of their lives

This needs to beadea historic landmark!!! Shall we never forget the mistakes of our nation's pass!!! Grandma 🍃🌼🍃

@cdd4248

2 жыл бұрын

How does that happen?

Ya left me hanging. I was ready to see the old family cemetary. By the way, love all your videos. Can't wait to see what's next.

@Teddi-6

3 жыл бұрын

I know!

@angelk5353

2 жыл бұрын

It is easy to get sidetracked

I'm sorry but I just don't agree with America's stupidity of destroying our past. We have enough land that's been developed, abandoned and COULD AND SHOULD BE reused. Thanks for the last sight of our history. Be blessed my friends.

@randomvintagefilm273

3 жыл бұрын

Thank all the damn Liberals for destroying our statues which we WILL rebuild.

@allygee5468

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a crying shame same thing happens here in Australia too so sickening

@sallyintucson

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomvintagefilm273 Are you so delusional that you think the confederacy is still active?

@Rampant_Colt

3 жыл бұрын

It's all about this: $$ Greed knows no boundaries

@DavidSmith-sb2ix

3 жыл бұрын

I agree and I would love to see the old structures preserved but there are so many old places like this. It would cost billions to save them all and who would pay for it? Plus, so many are in such bad shape that it would be almost impossible to save them. Perhaps the local governments could offer tax incentives to developers to preserve them. When a farm in my town was turned into a commercial development they preserved the old stone farmhouse and used it as a winery. Unfortunately there would also be prioritization since not everything can be saved.

Robert (jr) , It looks like the steering wheel in that old Chev has a lot of play. If it is manual steering look on top of the steering box for a big nut and a slotted screw in the middle . If you loosen that nut just a wee bit you can turn that screw in clockwise and it will take up a lot of steering play from wear. Just turn till it stops but don't tighten then hold it while you re-tighten the nut . This was common on most old cars. Make sure wheels are pointed straight when you do this and also check for loose linkages. Tip from an old mechanic.

If you guys are in Georgia my grandfather is buried in the la grange cemetery but he only has a # location bc he was an inmate on the Troup county chain gang in 1936.

@AdventuresIntoHistory

3 жыл бұрын

We were in Troup Co….

@bethbartlett5692

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresIntoHistory Interest mention, ❤

Back in the late 70's early 80's in the area where my Uncle Joe lived in Louisiana, there are quite a few of those homes built by the enslaved still occupied by the very Family that built them, a real head scratcher to say the least. I can remember one home was leaning so bad, there were 2×6 boards nailed to the side to keep them from falling over, no joke.

It's very tragic that this house has not been preserved years ago as it tells a story of how and where and why people who came long before lived and it will fall to decay or development and once these small pieces of local history are gone that's it!

Older Robert : now , are you gonna leave us all hanging bout the cemetery ?????

RobertS', this was a butt kicking video! It scored 2 comments from this old girl. Hey if the shack is going to be demolished, then ya'll should be hauling some of the old papers home, either to donate locally or keep. Its history, it is important, and should be preserved. I'm always heartbroken about how antiquity gets torn down and shoved aside for "progress". I think you guys are right about the shack being originally built pre civil war. The mortar in those bricks is that sand mortar stuff. Do you dig up old privy sites behind old home? Lots of fascinating stuff in the dirt! Any chance you would do a digging video there at that shack? I bet you could get permission easily. Please consider doing so. Have a Happy Fourth of July!

@malleusflavus1160

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately most members of the modern generations would only be interested in this old cabin to take a selfie in front of it. Our shared past is dying because we did not instill in our children and grandchildren a respect for history and our ancestors, or a sense of culture, heritage, and mutual identity. We were moving too fast, ourselves, looking inward and coping with change and "progress." Now that we are older, and want to slow down and reflect, we turn to eBay to buy the toys of our childhood, but these toys hold little interest for the modern American, whose world isn't tangible, but is rather electronic and virtual. There isn't one modern American in ten thousand who wouldn't eagerly bulldoze this old house -- or any of the multitude just like it -- simply to get a $100 coupon toward their next smartphone purchase. Selfishness eradicates sentiment, and most people today cannot conceive of caring about anyone or anything other than themselves. One day, ten years from now, or ten thousand years from now, all of us -- or what remains of us -- will repose in unmarked graves. That is the nature of time and entropy. Well, I care, but I can't make anybody else care. There are fewer of us every day, but we're not gone yet. Thank goodness for Sidestep Adventures!

@winterweib

2 жыл бұрын

@@malleusflavus1160 I am ib fact exactly like you. I would love to share thoughts with you. And I would cherish this little house! If I would be in your country, I would ask to buy it.

That's an old share cropper's house. Two families lived there. We see them a lot down in Florida. Thank you for the video!

On the bricks that were thought to be a porch pillar, if you look carefully at the approach to it, you'll notice what appears to be an opening under the concrete slab that sits on top. My guess is that it was the well. Another reason for saying so is that I question why the rest of the house was demolished but not that particular corner of it. If it was a well, there might have been concern about debris falling in and contaminating the water table - or, at the very least, concern about being a hazard to people.

I love old buildings, so rustic, and full of history, no one except a few care about them, or save them for next generations,,,,the patina I love. And square nail, i think one side was a store,,,or was a slave cabin for 2 families,,,,

Wow so sad. It would be great to be able to keep all the good wood and bricks from chimney. I can think of awesome things to do with it.. thanks for another great video..

Geez I could see a few faces from the past near that large black tar type paper on the walls. I guess some Spirits Like to linger on! 😎

Robert & Robert i love you two..your so fun to watch. The video ended to soon!!.💞😊

I checked the area on Historic Aerials and discovered there were about 15 structures in the immediate area around 1955. The small tenant structure was flanked by a much larger structure just to the east.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Don Smith, what city/county is this?

@donsmith6815

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 Troup County, LaGrange GA.

@terranceof2007

2 жыл бұрын

Don Smith how did you locate these aerials wonder if you can find any for me in Baldwin county,ga ?

Man you guys left me hanging!! I love old cemeteries! I live in a house in upstate New York that was built in 1850 pre-civil war It's a small house that was part of a group of houses built for mull workers near an old mill The produced textiles in the 1800s They used to stand across the street from this house until they tore it down in 1987. It's all post and beam construction and the roof is tin.

That brick structure with the concrete on it could be a well. I know we lived in an old southern home that had a well under the back porch with a concrete covering similar to that one.

loved it!!!!!!!!! i'd want that little house in my backyard! so interesting! thank you! i would have taken those receipt books, the basket, they're just going to destroy it all. precious history.

The receipt book looks like it was from a yard sale or flea market, ( you use a receipt book if there is more than 1 seller in a yard sale or booth) and the sheet music probably is something that didn’t sell. I love that old house.❤️🐝🤗

Robert great adventure. That cabin had to b beautiful back n it's time. Beautiful surroundings n locations... 🤓💕

That was so dang cool!!!! I am so glad you documented it before it goes away, which will probably be soon. I'm going to say it was home for the enslaved, just by its distance from where the big house was. Newer materials replaced the ones that wore out, which is probably most of the dwelling, except for the nails you found and the fireplace. (Maybe a bit of the wood.) Wonder if there is a photo of the original house somewhere. And dang you for leaving us hanging!!! As always, thanks for the trip! :)

I Nice 👍 historical 🏠 a lot of information 🤔 watching fr jamaica 😎🌅

This reminds me of exploring old homes with my grandpa in rural south Georgia. Walking down the dirt roads, or riding the four-wheeler, and taking winding paths through the woods to find the dwellings that once were. So many good memories that fueled my love for history!

That house, although small, is interesting. I love the handmade bricks. It's sad that this place will likely be torn down, there's a lot of history in it.

Good morning Robert and Robert, how cool your new adventure car love it, thank you for sharing your history adventure, please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends

I love seein' them old places! You know the men who built it way back then was proud and happy when it was done. My dad was a Carpenter, so I got interested in it. Been wantin to build my own house Since the age of 25 (am 62 now). I've made doll houses, bird houses, 2 good dog houses, and in my 50s I made 2 little campin' cabins. It was a dream come true to build somethin like that. My daughter came to live with us, and she slept out in one cabin, and a friend made one cabin into a bathroom w a toilet, sink, and an oblong galvanized tub to bathe in. Carpentry is so much fun, because you can make whatever you can imagine.

OMG. I really love that old brick. Something about it. And the old remnants of window frames.

Just a thought.. thinking maybe one side of the house could of been a little store and the people or person lived on the other side judging by the doors ..a door for the store side and door for living space side 🤔 just a thought ..Thank you Robert and other Robert for the adventure back in time..I love the car 💯

@alanatolstad4824

3 жыл бұрын

That made sense to me too. And, maybe the one person was a basket-maker?

@deborahw6860

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanatolstad4824 I agree with you ..I never thought about it .. great thought 💯

Thoroughly enjoyed this adventure and Robert mentioned cemetery, my ears and eyes perked up and nope!! Next adventure. Can't wait!!! Sad to know progress is destroying some important history.

It's large for slave quarters, compared with some photographed at the time. I'm thinking it may have started as an overseer's house, obviously built by the plantation workers. Once the war ended, it may have become a sharecropper's house.

Well, that was *FUN*!!!😀 I absolutely *love* exploring with the two of you. You brought that wonderful little cabin to life, knowing so much about history, and using your knowledge to explain the details. I enjoyed every second of your visit! The land across the street is amazing, too. Me: sees a cement block in the ground. Other Robert: explains that they are steps of an old house, which has been long-demolished. Me: repents of my ignorance and develops an instant nostalgic love for said "cement block".😊 Thank you, Robert and The Other Robert, for this walk through history!

@alanatolstad4824

3 жыл бұрын

DITTO!

Robert has such a great grasp on the HYSTORY of construction and such good questions to ask. I always find myself thinking about his questions. Donna/Indiana

I totally hate progress. It ruins our history irreparably. Great video.

It would be fun to go around the area of the house with a metal detector.

@davidsiracuse6672

3 жыл бұрын

👍 Great idea

@Rampant_Colt

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

@Teddi-6

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@wealldieatthehandsoflovedones

2 жыл бұрын

Most people buried valuables behind the chimney or behind the steps....

@albertwells8503

2 жыл бұрын

@@wealldieatthehandsoflovedones I never knew that.

Thank you for effort in preserving a visual history of this property and others like it. Its unsettling to know that we are one a ticking time clock with so many of these deteriorating properties. I am grateful for your foresight in ensuring that at least the visual history is not lost.

I believe the book was a account of what money he spent and what he bought. My grandpa had one of them many yrs ago. Money was very hard to come by and you had to keep account of every penny spent.

That old place was probably a sharecroppers place, then could have been moved and likely several repairs / upgrades since depression times. Open windows, no screens or glass only full board shutters were common in S.Ga.,N.Fla between WWI and WWII - did you locate where the outhouse was?

That's a pretty snappy cup holder he have. 😎 This little cabin was so interesting, sad that it will soon be gone. Thanks, Robert(s)

The upholstery on the chair at 12:09 is definitely circa early 70's. We had a Lazy Boy recliner reupholstered with that same fabric in the early 1970's.

Hay Robert I love your 57 Chevy !!!I remember when they were no big deal nobody gave then a second look the roads we we full of them in 1960 .. Thank you Frank from montana...

You have a wonderful looking car. I liked getting to see the paper items inside the house.

With the 2 doors, maybe a store on one side and living quarters on the other? Great video, as always!

@joielaw-montgomery7250

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting thought !! Would make great sense. . .

If there was a plantation nearby like you said this house must have been a slave cabin. Perhaps more around the plantation just like it. Most times slave cabins had 2 doors like that. I have to say that 57 Chevy sitting on that straight dirt road would make the prettiest picture you will ever see.

Robert - I'm glad to see you wearing an Adventure Archeology T-shirt. You're both Southern gentelmen, and yoiu both make great videos! Keep up the good work!

That was just fantastic thanks. Love those old buildings. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care

Love the old historry guys i learn so much from you thank you for that love you

The cup holder conversation got me... I immediately subscribed!

Love this video! Great tour of the old house and discussion from Robert Senior about the old plantation house. Can't wait for the cemetery video! Your 57 is a sedan model with a "B" pillar. I had one that was called a hardtop ... no "B" pillar, so when you rolled down both front and back windows there was just one huge gaping hole. Mine had a 283 4 barrel and automatic trans.

Hello Robert's love coming along with you all Happy fourth Everyone

@alanatolstad4824

3 жыл бұрын

DITTO!

Great video! Its amazing how some things are still standing after all these years. Good find Roberto#2 😀. Love the car

It seems from the receipt books that they were selling various handicrafts. Likely a hand knit sweater vest, handmade baskets and even whittled yo-yos perhaps.

Hi Robert and Robert. Love the old car and the old cabin. The opening music is awesome. Stay safe out there in Rattlesnake land.

Robert and Robert , I love all your history and your videos you share with us . Please keep up the good work. I lost yall for a while but I just found you again and I'm very happy !! Yay !! Love these old houses! Just think they were someones home sweet home ! 😀❤

Interesting cabin. Sad it's history is being lost. Love Robert & other Robert together 👍

Not too much more I couldn't say that hasn't been said. Watching your videos Robert has become part of my life! Keep up the good work to see these on an almost daily base has makes me feel good.

Wait, no! Grrrr.... I really enjoyed this. Can't wait for part two!

I have enjoyed this very much. We lived in LaGrange Georgia for about 18 years and I did not know this thank you both very much God bless you both 🙏❤️

I love the older Robert!! Lol so much fun I can’t wait until the 2nd part is released with the cemetery!

Love the shirt Robert and that was so neat to see the old cabin as they would call them in my moms state

Thanku so much Roberts x2!! We love u two wascowee wabbits!!😁😁

Another great tour. I would’ve loved to see the old main house. Other Robert lucky to have stored that memory away so that he could share with us. Even to describe the old road in and the steps

AArrgghhh. . .I was so enthralled by the video and heard the word cemetery. . .I was thinking YES !!! But then. . .the screen went black and my heart sank. I seriously can't wait for the next part !! You guys are AMAZING !! When I get notification of a new video, I drop everything to log in and see what's next. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures. . .be safe and keep them coming !! And HAPPY 4th of JULY !!

So interesting loved it

Aloha Robert & Robert! Amazing, thank you! Please take care! Aloha!

LOVE your videos! Thumbs up to the Roberts. Keep exploring for all of us.

Maybe it was a kitchen wood stove and upstairs could have been 2 bedrooms! Good Job Roberts’s!

I love looking at history of what WAS❤️ I'm from Lagrange, keep bringing HISTORY ALIVE

What a neat little house. Can't believe y'all leaving us high n dry like that on the cemetery 😁. Other Robert needs to go looksy thru his house for old stored items.....sure he has one of them come holders you hung from your window 🤭. Stay safe guys 💗🕊️

Another great adventure.love the car.thanks Robert and Robert.

Hi there,it's nice to meet y'all .I just wanted to say how much I love your video.I ain't heard of you fellas before now.My family comes from Augusta,Ga.Gibson,Ga-Warren County.I collect 1970s to 90s tabloids and magazines and memorabilia.Watching time capsule houses are a favorite past time of mine.Im a home Maker,do after chores watching the houses lets me busy n happy

Was so cought up in this video then got to the end to find out theres another part :( ahh dont keep me waiting was loving it And feel free to send that car to me Thankyou both Roberts for making me wait

Is there anyone to tell about the cabin? Maybe it can be saved if it a rare surviving slave’s dwelling.

Thank you for the history lesson. I love it

I think it could be, like everyone in hard times, they made and sold things out of their home.

You used to see these often when you drove by a field of crops 40 years ago all over the south in rural areas. They were all about to fall in so you knew no one had lived in them in a long time. It never occurred to me they could be old slave cabins. I figured just poor farmers who over time built themselves a better house. Lol you would often see houses that were currently occupied nearby and by today's standard they were modest no more than 800 or 1000 square feet.

All that sheet music and the ladies' magazine! I guess it would have been wrong to take it, but it makes me curious. Can't see a piano in that cabin.

A piece of history indeed! I'm glad it's now at least documented thanks to your channel. Keep up the great work!!

Just for the history of it that cabin should be saved. That was very interesting. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well ❤

Great video, the music was good too! So sad to know this building won't last very much longer. Am so grateful for y'all's commentary on the nails, type of wood, etc. It helps so much in helping others date their buildings. btw, Was waxing 150 + heart pine walls while watching/ listening to this video, so at least I felt I was doing something to keep another historic structure from ending up in a similar fate.

Camera work and audio is very good and clear. That old house was fantastic.

Hurry up with the rest of it. And I would save the music and tally books and donate them to a Museum good work boys

At 4:15, you can see both the original rocks used for the foundation, plus the concrete blocks somebody brough in later to shore it up. That concrete block is probably the reason this old building is still standing.

I have lived in Ga. for pushing 70 years. I love watching Side Step Adventures. I see a lot of interesting homes and abandoned towns documented and labeled as a plantation house. I am concerned that every house built in the 1800,s is considered a plantation. It’s possible I am confused to what makes a house a plantation. Few people in the south could afford to own and run a plantation. Because the south tried to separate and be their own country, the government punished the south East by withholding tax money to develop schools and roads etc. I could be wrong though. I do know the schools were neglected with funds needed to establish a school system focused on educating students in the rural parts of the south. I am proud I grew up in the south even though I wish the civil war had not happened causing lives to be lost.

God i love watching history, we in New Zealand , do not have houses that old

right down the road up until at least the 80's there were 3 little sharecroppers cabins that probably were originally pre-civil war built-people were still living there then -

Enjoyed watching! Interesting. Thanks!

This an awesome history lesson. Thanks for sharing.

I sure wish there was a way they could have kept track of such old history! It’s amazing how much things have changed and it’s a great learning experience for us to expand our knowledge of times. Helps us look at the past and see how we have and can do things better!! No matter how tragic, our deepest wounds are our greatest gifts to the world!

Love this awesome place, however it would be mighty nice to see the paperwork went through and saved, ( all of it ). There is definitely a bunch of historical documentation that once is left to further decay it will be lost forever. One of my hopes will be that you are able to work with the owners and maybe salvage most of these wonderful items. Your video skills are totally awesome my friend and your attention to details are something to be very proud of. I shall be waiting for the next video that you post for this one was intriguing and informative..

WTH 😳 I wanted to see the cemetery 😶

Thank you… you both are Fantastic!!!

Nice explore!!! 👍👍

My guess is that was originally a slave cabin. They were often built like that to house two families or individuals. It most likely became a share croppers house in later years. Also I think, based on the receipt books it was an antique/second hand shop in the 1970s. I remember several shops like that in little cabins or old stores.

@FLMegan

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Back years ago you could have a charge account at your local store. I just wondered if that is an old receipt book from a charge account that they paid as the crops came in.