Having the kitchen separate from the main house was common in the South; it was done because the most common room to catch fire was the kitchen. I owned such a house that dated back before the Revolutionary War.

@annetheurich507

2 ай бұрын

It was also common to see a garconniere for unmarried older boys & men. This kept them separated from the young unmarried ladies.

@RebeccaSurber-vw5wi

2 ай бұрын

I adore old houses 💜

@nicolad8822

2 ай бұрын

And cooler in the summer?

@robkunkel8833

2 ай бұрын

@@annetheurich507 .. a GARCONNIERE? Fertile territory for Google research.

@sharonping3101

2 ай бұрын

It was also common to have the kitchen not connected to the house in the South. So the whole house wouldn't get hot when you cook dinner breakfast or whatever it helped the main house to stay cool that's the real reason

How nice someone could restore the house. And love how your videos are short but give us so much information

@AntonioRivera28

2 ай бұрын

TBH it currently needs a lot of restoration work. Those color photos are very old

@yvonnepagan9912

Ай бұрын

You’d think that you could take people at face value way back then, but corruption is ALWAYS in the mix somewhere. It certainly is a huge and attractive house. The use of the cross ventilation was totally under-utilised in most houses,but not in this one. I wonder did that first owner ever get caught out about his wicked ways with slaves, false alliances and general money-grubbing. I hope so!

Love the winding stairs!

@CherylSimser

2 ай бұрын

I loved them too but was distracted by the large freeze placed on the main floor next to them. The archways were amazing!

Anytime someone restores one of these unique homes, I sigh greatly, that history was not forgotten.

Lovely restoration. Another great save. When looking back at history regardless of what happened, it’s all of our history - it’s where we came from and important to never forget. Societies that don’t learn from their past, and cover up what happens because it’s an inconvenient truth or now makes us uncomfortable because it doesn’t fit with contemporary values and ethics always run the risk of repeating the same mistakes. Great clip, and nice short history lesson.

@user-mk9kj8yf6r

2 ай бұрын

CUT THE CHECK🤬

@craiggillett5985

2 ай бұрын

@@user-mk9kj8yf6r 😂 ya reckon?? I hadn’t thought of it that way. Noted.

@raquelgarvin8391

Ай бұрын

Okay please educate me on the mistake and how it could accur!?

@craiggillett5985

Ай бұрын

@@raquelgarvin8391 I think that the comment can be taken as a personal criticism, rather than a statement about modern society and our cultural legacy, I come from New Zealand 🇳🇿 and down under we are very young and still coming to terms with the genocidal activity the British Empire conducted 200 years ago against the indigenous people. We are taught in school that if you don’t know and own your history then societies are ‘doomed’ to repeat past mistakes. I know this curriculum is taught all over Europe as well. Learn from the past.

@thesun-N-moon8885

15 күн бұрын

@@user-mk9kj8yf6r I wonder if those who are currently enslaved in Africa would love to receive a check from those in America who have been free well over a hundred years. I can imagine it’s a terrible feeling knowing your ancestors left you behind and seemingly never cared about you. Maybe it would help them in freeing themselves from their own people. I don’t know just a thought.

What a fabulous house and thank you to the people who restored it. We have lost so many glorious home in this last century +. Thank you for this video. Greetings from Seattle where we have lost so much of our old city.

Such a magnificent home. Some of these homes not only had a kitchen sepetate from the main living space that not only prevented the entire home from burning in case a fire broke out in the kitchen as well as for keeping the home cooloer in the summer but they had a kitchen in the basement which helped keep the home warmer in winter. My favorite architecture in these old homes is the staircases though. It's amazing to me how they were designed to act as a breezeway to cool the entire home in the warmer seasons

Beautiful and unique 😊❤

Entry and staircase is magnificent.

Your most unusual walking directions of how we should look at the house is truly phenomenal... Thank you so much forgiving me bearing while viewing the photographs.... You really are a very thoughtful narrator and I don't think you ever saw a box in your life! (As in thinking outside of!)

I’ve been to the house a few years ago. It is massive! At that time it still needed some work.

@janefromtennessee

2 күн бұрын

Was it very bad?

@jaygilbreath187

5 сағат бұрын

@@janefromtennessee it wasn’t horrible I would say…just needed a good bit of TLC. Beautiful house though.

This house had a ghost story in Katherine Windham Tucker's book "13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffery." Ever kid growing up in Alabama in the 1970s read that book! I am so glad you did this video because I always wanted to explore the inside of this beautiful home.

@tracesprite6078

Ай бұрын

Perhaps the ghosts come from the poor slaves who were trapped in that awful servitude.

@fultondyke

Ай бұрын

Plantation homes are very haunted because of the evil enslavement of human beings, without a doubt. The best construction elements still display the skill of enslaved artisans. Rather than letting plantation homes rot into dust, they should be saved like Kenworthy Hall was. African American historians can be guides and provide historical interpretations for those which are opened to the public

Beautiful woodwork throughout. thankfully someone purchased it to care for it.

I'm always glad to see these old beauties gain a new life.

Happy to know someone loves this house again.

I like the woodwork, especially the staircase.

@thesun-N-moon8885

15 күн бұрын

You did a great job. This home is beautiful.

The Grant house info Galena Illinois has a separate kitchen and is said info the summer it kept the heat from cooking from heating the rest of the house.

Such a beautiful & interesting design.

They appear to have done a wonderful job on the restoration. This is not a criticism but now, they need to work on furnishing and accessorizing it to the right period. These rooms would look dramatically different. Probably the great majority of these big plantation homes are completely gone. It is nice to see this one saved and restored despite its dark ownership past.

I love the tower and the design of the house.

Love the oak woodwork and ceiling beams.❤

Im glad this national treasure was saved from destruction considering the skills that went into building it that nobody seems to have nowadays 😊😊😊

@kristiesutton6103

2 ай бұрын

I agree it's gorgeous

Beautiful restoration!

Gorgeous home. My mothers family descends from Marion and are still there on the family land. There are many intact former homes from that era. You could probably have a weeks worth of content from Marion and nearby Selma alone.

Those pioneers truly created such beauty

@yippee8570

3 күн бұрын

Such a beautiful way to hide your slaves. I agree.

This house has been featured in at least three books. One is “thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Geoffrey” by Katherine Tucker Wyndham. I visted the home when it was in a deplorable state.

Cool as always !

Thank you for saving that home!! That wood work over the archways is amazing!! I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite like that before.

Nice to get a happy ending for one of these old masterpieces. As always, good job.

This is a wonderful job of restoration.

Edward Kenworth Carlilse: a businessman and he was a real bit of business himself.

Thank you Ken I really enjoy these videos.

It's a crime how many families and beautiful homes were just sacrificed in that war.

It was a lovely house whose inhabitants perpetuated the horror and disgrace of one human being forcibly enslaving another. A house where people worked from dusk to dawn with no pay and no guarantee that they wouldn't be sold away from their children or loved ones. So while some are able to focus on the historical aspect of architecture and large rooms, I cannot overlook the day-to-day of the oppressed people who cleaned those rooms without freedom or hope to live their lives as their enslavers did.

@alaynebyrd2564

Ай бұрын

YES, thank you for saying this! So many in this comment section (that clearly did not pass the vibe check) are choosing to overlook this.

Oh, how I would love a house like this. A real treasure.

What a beautiful home

I always thought that was called a summer kitche that way when you were cooking the heat wouldn't create in the whole house🎉

This house was definitely a change from the Federal and Greek Revival (the first one) plantation homes of those areas. I had to laugh when you said the kitchen was not used as such when the photo was taken; most people don't keep bags of ammonium nitrate in the middle of the floor, lol. We see sleazy business people today, and it's nothing new as history shows us. Interesting layout of the home. Glad this one has been restored, even if it's not open to the public. Too many historic buildings have met the wrecking ball.

@ThisHouse

2 ай бұрын

I didn’t want to say anything about that in the video because KZread would probably flag the content, but I was waiting for someone to point that out! Good eye!

So interesting! The estate is very beautiful! but what intrigues me is the story of the original people involved. TY

Thank you again Ken 🙏☺️

As much as I enjoyed the tour and the details regarding it's fascinating history and the uncanny peculiarities of its founding owner, I must confess I am quite disappointed that you failed to share any photos of the slave quarters - inside or out. While I realize that the majority of shacks and cabins that had once housed enslaved African-American families on plantations all throughout the South are no longer standing - due largely to a collective sense of apathy, shame and negect on part of owners, as well as, of course, the general wear and tear of time -I would Imagine that the interior quarters had remained relatively intact -or at least insomuch as to merit a head peek during tours. As an historian, scholar and teacher of Black American history and Black diasporic studies with a heavy concentration in Southern Antebellum Studies, I have witnessed the ebb and flow of America's oftentimes tumultuous albeit ever-changing relationship with slavery and with race in general throughout my lifetime, and I've attained a remarkable deal of insight into the constant shifting trends in America's beliefs and attitudes and overall concern or regard surrounding Antebellum Southern society and culture, American slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the African-American experience throughout it all. And what I've discovered is seemingly rather disheartening and discouraging as far as our immediate situation is concerned, however, based on past trends both within the academia and within society itself at large, the American people possess an unfettered and uncompromising commitment to uncovering and preserving the truth of our nation's history - the good, and the bad, the glorious and the sorrowful, the honorable and the shameful. It is my sincere hope that you please take the initiative to tell the WHOLE story, particularly in this day and age where teachers are getting ARRESTED and charged with FELONIES for teaching our children about Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, or for refusing to teach their students fantastical LIES surrounding the cause of the Civil War constructed by members of the Daughters of the Confederacy beginning in 1891 in attempt to write Black people out of our nation’s history altogether. They say history repeats itself. Well, Governor DeSantis can certainly attest to that.

@ThisHouse

Ай бұрын

I showed every picture I have. It is possible that they were never photographed.

Very cool!

Beautiful and freakin haunted.❤️

Whilst the history of the house is both intriguing and sad, it is wonderful that it eventually got restored to its almost former glory.

It is beautiful in its Hay Day and very beautiful after renovation

I think the hall is absolutely beautiful. Ken, you are the best narrator and I love your presentations. You make the presentation about the house, not about you. Thank you.

I loved the video! Thank you, new sub!!¡

It’s gorgeous!!

I always love ur photos and information 👍🏼 if you could slow down when talking... it would make it more spooky 😉

I’m very used to the idea of a “great house” in the Virgin Islands. Whim Plantation in St, Croix is a great example. We see so much of this type of functional use in this latitude, such as the cistern and separate cooking area for fire prevention concerns. Nice narration. The original owner certainly walked a fine line between North and South. A true hypocrite he was but Northern soldiers left it alone to save it for the modern restoration. Thank you everybody. It is worthy as a true historical archive.

Many of the features that you described seem to be common occurrences.: Servants staircases, servants quarters tucked away in the attack, a separate wash house. The fact that the wash house was connected to the main house by a covered walkway hardly supports the idea that it was hidden for the sake of secrecy.

Glad that someone was able to restore it.

Love this house

What a fantastic home. Love the main entrance. Love that porch. What a love to take 23 years to restore this magnificent home. I hope they adore it. I would. Thanks Ken. Hopefully your all healed up and working on your house again!

This is a beautiful home . Love the color photos of that staircase and the floor to ceiling window at the landing . Also the in wall bookcases that are glassed in are really great . Would love those in my own home . It’s really heartbreaking when teenagers destroy such historic places with parties that include vadalism , graffiti , smashing windows and just total disregard for a lovely property . When a home like this one is left to disrepair and neglect it’s an open invitation to teenagers and vandalism . Really glad a family purchased the property and restored the home . Love these Historic homes . ❤😊👍🏻💯🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸

Summer kitchens were common even in the midwest. Kept the heat out of the main house, especially in canning season when temps were high.

The house is gorgeous.

Beautiful ❤

Beautiful he had an awsome talent🎉😮

Love those staircases!

Geez, what a hypocrite he was.

Interesting! Thanks!

Beautiful ❤️

Amazing.

Great tour. I'd never heard of this place. It was definitely a deviation from the simple usual federal styles that had the Greek Rivial porticos added in the 1850s and 60s.

Seeing these plantations, reminds me of Joyner Castle in Omaha, Nebraska & the museum, today's architecture is not the same today

Beautiful home that thankfully was saved

So,, I think it was Ken-wothy! good job!

A devil with be a devil. Beautiful architecture.

Excellent use of the floor plans! It's the difference between GPS and hand written directions when "touring" a house! Thanks Ken 💛💛💛

Love your videos ❤

wow interesting history

Thanks👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

WOW I would love to visit that house Beautiful...

My mom's friend owns the house. All the restoration work was done in like the 50s or 60s and needs to be redone. But its a great house. She bought it for the land to breed horses. And I'm not a fan of the current paint colors in it

Don't know if I've ever told you but I *love* your channel!!!❤❤❤❤❤

A very historical and forward looking design. It would require a lot to maintain and keep up. I see a great Air B and B home.

No dark secrets, but it's a beautiful old mansion.

Kills me to see these glorious old buildings rotting away.

The owner was...quite an opportunist. Beautiful house, though.

I would love to go see it.

nice job.

What a beautiful, balanced house. I am glad it was saved. But what a slimeball that original owner was, playing both ends against the middle! Not an ancestor anyone decent can be proud of, that's for sure.

Hopefully more plantation homes will be saved. This is a magnificent place.

@savinghistory642

2 ай бұрын

plantation houses are as hated by some as statues of Confederate soldiers.

@avashnea

Ай бұрын

@@savinghistory642 Only brainless revisionists hate them and want to rewrite history. Don't act like slavery wasn't just as common in the North.

I wouldn't be proud to have founded the American Institute of Architects, AIA, which should be known as the Anti-Innovation Association.

Kenworthy Hall is not too far from where I live. Sometimes you can see it from the road if the trees are cut.

That's the one I want to live in! Love the stairs! Love the exterior! Wow

Please do the daily mansion in Montana, he was americas cooper king! Very amazing property that’s being taken care of by a trust.

This house reminds me of the Barnsley Gardens ruins in the Georgia mountains.

Beautiful old house

That house looks a lot like the house one of my cousins owns from the rich side of my family after he obtained a law degree whilie working in only business law. After he witnessed what I went through in divorce courts if he could at all help it - Wanted nothing to do with the family court and the criminal court rooms in the court house in this city ever. So far so good. Him and his wife have never divorced. Nor has any of their children ended up in a whole lot of trouble so far. Very intelligent. Always has been. He nor his parents have ever been slave owners.

The home is beautiful but it is hard to enjoy when you know someone so awful lived there.😢

@savinghistory642

2 ай бұрын

go snivel somewhere else

Great house

Where is the dark secret?

@DianaMartinez-yc1te

12 күн бұрын

Slaves

So how many people lived in this plantation home after the war? The slave owner never freed them.

Clifton in Baltimore would be a cool house to look at. Since it’s today in a medium state of restoration

It’s a beautiful place

Beautiful.

Beautiful but expensive to renovate and maintain. I have that problem with my 100 year old home. But I am persevering. 🙂😏

That was a pretty place.