It’s amazing how a lot of the older houses you explore have held up better than newer ones. It really shows the level of craftsmanship from back then to now.

@PxssyGalore

3 ай бұрын

All that old lead base paint has kept the critters and rot at bay..lol.. They must not be that great though, the roofs always end up leaking and that's what destroys the whole house..

@lilianmcguigan9240

3 ай бұрын

I have a 20 year old house, and had to fix a leaky roof. Many of these 200 year old places have roof intact. A question of materials used.@@PxssyGalore

@debluetailfly

3 ай бұрын

@@PxssyGalore What a dumb remark. Lead stays in the paint, and these are so old they used linseed oil paint - just properly prepared linseed oil and pigment. All roofs have to be maintained and eventually replaced. But the old last longer than the new shingles, some of which are getting maybe 5 years of life.

@OliveDNorth

3 ай бұрын

Stone will stand for centuries, even without maintenance.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Completely agreed!! They really don’t build them like they used to! It’s incredible to think this house has been empty for decades and still in somewhat decent condition! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

The first house needs to be restored. We need to stop letting this kind of history fall into ruins.

@robertthomas3364

3 ай бұрын

I agree

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

So true! That first one isn’t too far gone! Could definitely be saved still! Thank you very much for watching! :)

That huge fireplace looks to be original kitchen where they cooked and a bread oven on the left that was closed up, that is a treasure for sure!!

@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I think they swapped the living room and the kitchen during remodel because they wanted the bigger fireplace in the living room.

@mariaes623

3 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing.

@valbrooks6982

2 ай бұрын

That’s exactly what I was thinking.

It’s a trip to think this house was built about 70 years before Laura Ingalls Wilder was even born!! And the West still had buffalo & indigenous people living freely on their own land..

Kappy, I live in northern New Hampshire in a 2room seasonal cabin in the woods…. Saturday mornings I sit , in the sunbeam coming in the window with coffee in hand watching these videos. Only really watch a few other channels. Your videos are quiet, no drama and mostly, feels like I’m there exploring with a friend. Great job. Keep it up!

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like a nice morning!! Thank you very much for the kind words and watching!! I’m glad you enjoy!! :)

@saltpeter7429

3 ай бұрын

I live down near Mt. CARDIGAN. I have actually noticed the sun being up when I clock out of work at 6:30 Am this week... Spring is coming! Even the birds are starting to sing.

My Uncle and Aunt restored an old family house in Bucks County,Pa. Their daughter went on to save several others…it gets in your blood. So many of these beauties are all over Pennsylvania,I wish I had the means to save them all !! Just look at the thickness of those outer walls, a foot thick!!!😢😮❤❤

Humanity is doomed if it is acceptable to set fire to a lovely old house

@jeffreyhanna9538

5 күн бұрын

Vandalism and destruction is acceptable when woke lunacy takes over the brain 🧠!!

Someone needs to get their hands on this home and restore it and love it again! Solid and built to last

@SRay-or3nc

3 ай бұрын

Wouldn't that be fantastic to see this house restored!

@catryn413

3 ай бұрын

I guess no one wants to live next to a highway

@rockybernard2997

3 ай бұрын

@@catryn413 In my town, living beside/ontop of the freeway/highway is called 'freeway close.' Entire New Neighborhoods are built with that as a selling point. Funny how it DOESN'T apply to historical structures, or typical?

@catryn413

3 ай бұрын

@@rockybernard2997 Why anyone would want to live on top of a freeway is beyond me smh lol

@rockybernard2997

3 ай бұрын

@@catryn413 I'm with you! I'm on 2 1/2 acres and STILL too crowded. But that neighborhood I referred to is not cheap, some at $1million on postage stamp yards. That's some good propaganda going on, where you can walk to all the shopping, restaurants and amenities that your pocketbook can handle (and you'll be charged big property taxes on top of it). But you'll be at work with all the rest of the neighborhood when the traffic is loudest so it shouldn't bother you much. Our society hasn't many working brain cells left, unfortunately.

Can't believe how many jack posts are in that basement

@Linda-oi4pj

3 ай бұрын

Yes I thought so too

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Yeah it was interesting!! Must’ve been a dozen or so! Thank you very much for watching!

The first house is and was a beautiful home. It could so easily be saved. I am wondering why an historical society hasn't grabbed it. It's a treasure to Pennsylvania historically.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Would be beautiful to see it saved and restored!! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

Whenever I see old house like these, I try to imagine what life might have been like in them all through the years.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Love that! So many lives lived in these places! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

My heart aches for someone to save this house

I live in a city environment so that noise would be a small price to pay to live in such a beauty.

@SRay-or3nc

3 ай бұрын

I think with a new modern roof and the doors and windows in the sound would not be too bad at all.

No comment tonight, Kappy. My beloved is gone to God. He passed last evening without ever rousing from a coma. I am heartbroken, but glad that he is no longer suffering. RIP Gamaliel Báez 11/11/36 - 2/23/24

@OliveDNorth

3 ай бұрын

God bless you.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss, my deepest condolences🙏

@ittybittykittymama7582

3 ай бұрын

​@@urbanexploringwithkappy1773Thanks, dear friend.

@ittybittykittymama7582

3 ай бұрын

​@@OliveDNorthThank you, Miss Olive!

When I see these houses I always want to step back in time and visit the original owner.

That first place is so gorgeous and should be saved. The second place is just sad. The land around them is gorgeous. What a waste. Thanks Kappy. Great find as always.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Completely agreed! Such beautiful old houses crumbling away! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

I remember this house, because of that big beautiful fireplace. It was that fireplace that made me understand how my great-great-grandmother caught on fire cooking. The hem of her dress caught on fire and she died from the severe burn she received. I found the account in a book written by one of my distant cousins. Switching gears, that is one handsome house!!! Many thanks for going back and showing this beautiful place once more.

@debluetailfly

3 ай бұрын

That was pretty common in those days, sadly.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

How sad and interesting, thank you for sharing! Much appreciated for the kind words and watching!! :)

This home would be perfect for restoration

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

So true! Thank you for watching! :)

The walk in fireplace in the first house was beautiful. Local historical society should do something to preserve this house , They need to repair the roof to stabilize the building from further decay.May be they can do a go fund me to raise the money needed for the roof.

I love the first house! The thick walls and stone and low framed door and the giant fireplace and the beams and the hardware omg...so cool

The brick structure of the second home is what kept it from burning to the ground! First house was beautiful once upon a time! Thanks again for sharing!😊

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Yeah that second house was a real shame! Loved its Flemish bond brickwork! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

At about 3:52 you can see the old bread oven on the left side of the fireplace hearth. What a shame it's been blocked up. Bread ovens fascinate me. Start a hot fire in the cavity, and when it's about down to coals, you rake it all out onto the floor and into the main fire, hopefully not catching your skirts on fire in the process, and put in your bread loaves. Put the door on and seal it with hot water pastry. That one may have been lined with field stones or bricks. After the industrial revolution, they were made of iron. Didn't take long for the wood and coal ranges to put an end to the dangerous bread ovens. What a terrific bit of history and shameful that it's going back to nature.

@SRay-or3nc

3 ай бұрын

My great-great-grandmother call her dress on fire cooking in a fireplace most likely like this. She died a few days later from the horrible burns.

Breaks my heart to see how people have no respect for anything

Those melted switches and snow piled on the ceiling fan blades were some interesting imagery.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

True lots of interesting scenes in that second house! Snow adds a nice effect! Thanks for watching! :)

Somehow attics are just as interesting.

this place needs to be saved..

The room with the massive fireplace should be the original kitchen and the little room on the side most likely storage pantry

The huge room I think is the kitchen/cooking room. There should be a baking or bread oven as well. This is amazing Kappy. Gosh how I wish someone from a history channel would see your videos, and the time, effort and dedication you put into them. You bring us the most beautiful and best homes. Thank you for your hard work. As always, stay safe Kappy. 😊

@JulianaBlewett

3 ай бұрын

The History channel isn't about history anymore.

@melissaboggs5176

3 ай бұрын

So true.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

@@melissaboggs5176 thank you so much!! I’m so glad to hear you enjoy still!! Really appreciate the kind words and thank you for watching!! :)

That room with the big fireplace is the Keeping Room, where they did all the cooking. Why is this place abandoned? Where is it. I would buy it.

The row of wooden pegs up on the wall in the upstairs bedroom looked original. I would love to have them. Looked to be handcarved pegs, inserted into a long thick plank.

An amazing find!! Love stone houses. Must have been something in it's day!! When you show these homes that are centuries old I try and picture women navigating around them in their hoop skirts!! Not an easy feat in some cases! Appreciate you exploring and sharing your finds!! ❤

@SRay-or3nc

3 ай бұрын

Your comment made me curious as to when hooped skirts were popular. I read that it was in the 1850's. When I look at this house I see women dressed in long dresses and not the hoop skirts. Most likely with a bustle on the back if they were going to church and for everyday use just plain with a nice apron.

@pamott1809

3 ай бұрын

​@@SRay-or3nc They were popular in the mid 1800s thru the Civil War era. Women wore a lot of undergarments. What you mentioned is called a bustle. They were popular after the hoop skirt. I found an old newspaper article from the 1800s telling local women to be careful when they went out in their hoopskirts when it was windy as they could run into problems!

Kappy, i like the way you are respectful of the properties and dont stage the rooms. You are calm tell us something about the houses. I love to watch your videos. Good job!

What a wonderful old stone house- this is a gem! From the paint colors I suspect a collector or antique dealer has once owned this property. I love the architectural features. The brick house looks like it had been extensively remodeled before the fire. Thanks for taking us along, Kappy !

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! The brick one seemed like it had been renovated a bunch and then burned up somehow! Very strange, couldn’t find a lot of information on it as well! Thank you for watching!! :)

The first home is a treasure and definitely should be saved. The fireplaces (and woodwork) alone are magnificent! Other than the ravages of time, it appears that little other damage has been done to it. Even though there is a superhighway near it, the home looks remote enough that it could become a tourist attraction. What does it take for people to realize that our history must be preserved before it becomes too late? Please keep up your wonderful work!

The first house was a beauty.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Thank you for watching! :)

There's a lot of wrongs in this world and letting this house deteriorate is one of them.

Sad the home is alone

The first one is beautiful. Replace the roof and then restore the house. The 2nd one needs some serious TLC, surprised it is still standing tall though. Thanks for sharing

You do come up with some of the most amazing places. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoy!! Just try and film the most interesting places I can find! Thank you for watching!! :)

Of all Kappy's explores, these 200+ year old stone fortresses are my favorites. Absolutely awe inspiring. Harkening back to a completely different way of life. Thanks Kappy for this step back in time.

That brick just makes me happy. Not sure why. And I love those thick walls, wooden floors, and that ATTIC. So cool.

I could have had so much fun photographing those mannequins!

Beautiful! I love the thick stone walls which provide deep window sills. Great for plants.

First house, Super cool place! I can imagine this place restored. You find the best old homes! Thanks 😊❤

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy, I try my best! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

The first house looks fixable, so cool. The second one has a great brick frame, it’s sad someone burned it.

Thank you , kappy. I have seen some of your documentaries before . I love old architecture and old houses. I wished we could save them all.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and watching!! :)

Few dollars in ram jacks holding up the building

Thank you Kappy for another great exploration! Nice quiet way to wrap up my busy work day. Loved both houses. Hope they caught those miserable kids who set the fire!

3:34 this fireplace reminds me of prints I've seen of colonial homes. They'd have a corner where you could sit and read. Then they'd have a swing arm that would hold a caldron to cook the food. I'd love to have seen this in it's hay day.

I hope when the kids grow up realize the destruction they did starting that fire.. so sad😢

First house , wow, a beautiful stone home !! I just wanna get in there and start to clean that old home !!! It can and should be saved !!!! It so so sad to let it just sit and rot away !!! Thank you Kappy !! Not much to say on the second home !!!

I love the old houses. I just wish I had the money to buy them all. Thank you 😂.

Too bad for the condition of that roof. That house won't last much longer.

Love the style of these houses. It's a shame to have these torn down. What it took to build these, the handmade craftsmanship inside...people who knew how to roast a turkey, pheasant, or whatever on a spit in that fireplace...that knowledge is nearly gone, too. We've sure gotten overly dependent on others! Thanks, Kappy, and hi Ruby!!

In answer to your question, in the first house, super cool! That lovely miller's home needs a new roof, be secured, and restored, it appears to have so many original building materials and features it would be a shame not to save it. Once again you found a house with fascinating fireplaces in nearly every room. I was sorry to hear that the second house suffered from arson, I do not understand the need to destroy things. And the collection of mannequins in the stable was eerie and odd. Suddenly, when you visit the basements, although I have seen cool stonework and timbers in them, I now get the feeling that I suddenly switched from urban exploring to a found footage horror film. Thanks once again for finding and sharing another gem!

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Haha I know what you mean! Those dark basements always give me the heeby jeebies lol! Does look like a Blair witch project or something lol! Thank you for watching!! :)

Beautiful Manor Home! Thanks Kappy!

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching!! :)

If those walls could talk, I would love to listen.

These old houses had so much charm. Both houses were beautiful but its sad about the second home. Thanx again Kappy 4 all ur vids! I always look 4ward 2 them! Stay safe out there.

Those wide plank floors in the first home were beautiful. It is too bad the roof is failing as now the weather will start to break down the house.

Bake oven on left in huge fireplace. The place has massive chimneys, which would help hold the heat.

Love watching you explore Mr Kappy! These places will be remembered only by your videos. Some should be saved, others are done. Loved both places. I do worry about all the lead paint you are exposed to. The 1st house was full of it. Thanks for taking the time to show us these incredible places. And thanks Mr Kappy for taking me along!

Good afternoon from Cape Cod 🦈 that first house is certainly a part of history that could easily be put back together. The burned-out house is just a shame. You always do a remarkable job in documenting. Keep up the great work and be safe 👍✌️🇺🇲

I believe this house can still be restored. If someone with money obviously, started with the roof. This house stood the test of time, not to be torn down. The last owners did a nice job on the inside. I would love to have a house like this.

Early paint is Natural Pigments mixed with milk or water. Green, Gold, Red, Blue.

I see the keep out, and that means you Kappy signs on the doors 🤣

What a beautiful house. And still standing. They knew how to do things back then. I love the history you bring to your explorers.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoy!! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

I so wanted a house like this when I was much younger. I would put the kitchen/dining in the room with the massive fireplace. What a shame that the roof is shot. This place had potential. It's still salvedgeable, but harder and more expensive. There are always addtions added on to these old stone houses, I hope someone saves it.

beautiful looked like it could possibly be livable i would love to own it

@wendycrawford1792

3 ай бұрын

It needs a total roof repair.

I remember the first house from your video a few years ago. Such a beautiful and cozy old home. Whoever lived there last appreciated the house and painted it in authentic colors and had nice accessories (period hall light, stenciling, dining room light, etc). REALLY a shame that someone can't salvage that corner cupboard. Amazing that kids haven't trashed it even more since your first video. The house is probably not too far gone yet to save, but with it's location next to the busy road, it's not likely unfortunately. The second house is just so sad. Again, somebody put some work into it with new plumbing PEX system and waste lines, and what looks like a fairly new HVAC system. The property, with the stone barn, fencing and pergola, seems really nice. Makes me angry that kids (and many adults) have so little respect for other peoples property and "nothing else to do" except to cause damage and destruction. Stupid disgusting people.

@SRay-or3nc

3 ай бұрын

I am so glad he redid this house, because I remember the first one too and I was totally fascinated with the place.

Thank's Kappy another great video.Both houses would have been beautiful in there day

Fires have a special place in my heart for sheer terror. Our large shop and pole barn burned to the ground about 10 years ago. To this day we are cautious about a fire pit or grill near our home. The first was interesting. We just don’t hold the same value to our old buildings as Europeans. Saw a video recently showing the oldest house in town as 700 years old. A bit of remodeling and it was back in business. Thsnks for sharing. Stay safe.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Sheesh that’s terrible I’m sorry to hear about the fire! So true tho! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

Totally awesome find Kappy! Love video 2! ❤️👍🤘

That house with the huge fireplace is amazing Sad to see them falling apart when they are so old great finds as usual i love your explores allways so interesting to look at well done kappy.

That first house needs some dip to go with all the lead paint chips.🤣

Magnificent! Withstood the test of time.

Whoo. Looks pretty cold. Cool houses. Those fireplaces were huge.

I sure enjoyed this video think you for taking me along stay cool stay safe.

Thanks for all the videos.

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching!! :)

Wow..i remember this place. Cant believe its been 5 years.

Been watching your explores for over a year now and appreciate your style Kappy. Thanks for sharing this one in particular- my favorite house so far.

Wow what an awesome 😎👍 old house 🏡 glad you got to document that first place it was incredible

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Glad I could document it as well! Such a beautiful old house!! Thank you for the kind words and watching!! :)

both places had bones enough to rebuild... I loved the first one, it reminded me of where I grew up... chester county PA, our house was built in 1738. I can always tell even in the thumbnail, if it is an old Pennsylvania house!

That outbuilding looks like a dairy/milk processing area of an old dairy farm

That's pretty cool, that huge fireplace, was also where they cooked the meals.it's really a kitchen. I've seen some old houses like that from back in colonial times, and that was how the kitchen was set up. They didn't have stoves or ovens for cooking food. They had like these long metal rods, that would swing out, and you put pots on them. You built a fire, and swung the metal arms, with the pots, over the fire. The one little door, in the wall in the fireplace,was like an oven. They made there own bread, and that's where they cooked it in. The fire would heat up the wall around the little chamber, and that was your bread oven. Pretty cool really!!!

Second place was a nice property. Sad to just be burned & left.

Awesome house in its Day. Love the thick walls

What a shame the second hose was torched. I’m surprised the whole thing wasn’t reduced to rubble.

Awesome house… thanks Kappy!

What an amazing place! This is totally salvageable! It makes me so sad that it's left to the elements. 😢

If I had the money I would love to save this one. I love this style house.❤ Thank you Kappy!!!

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Same here! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

Awesome old houses. Great video again kabby love the snow ❄️

@urbanexploringwithkappy1773

3 ай бұрын

Love the snow as well! So pretty! Thank you very much for watching!! :)

Beautiful homes sad the second one was burned.

Urban Exploring with Kappy thanks for sharing this video with me i really enjoyed it i just don't understand why down pa they don't appreciate Historical places all they is burn them up it really ridiculous and i just wish they would leave these old places alone. and i don't understand why are these places left wide open for any one can just walk in that is why they can be burn them up because they are wide open .and kappy thanks for sharing this video again and God Bless.

That Hugh fireplace is. Originally the kitchen

Awesome old house. I love it. It was a beautiful old house in its day. Love the huge fireplace. Thanks Kappy for showing it.

I would have loved to be alive before automobiles. Imagine how silent things were every day at a place like that.

Wow it is so nice ,the woodwork ,those long hinges on the doors ,very nice ,thank you for bringing it to us,the second one was good also ,shame it being ruined by the fire ,but could still tell was a great house in it's time ,grand

30 grand in cement for foundation repair. Rest is wet plaster walls. And solar to run everything on the wood In the attic seems fine for a new roof. Another 10 grand.

This was a good episode, one of your better ones.

Even if you renovated the house you can never get rid of the burnt smell. When I was 10 years old we went on a vacation back east and my dad's cousin rebuilt one that got burnt and he never could get rid of the Burnt smell. You would have to to Bulldoze the house and start over.