That was a great story about this beautiful home. I am so thankful that the last owners had the foresight to preserve it in the way that they did. Another house you might consider looking into would be James Madison’s home, called Montpelier. It was owned at one point by the DuPont’s family. It was added onto, in the most garish ways possible. It was ultimately all covered in pink stucco. That was thankfully removed as were all of the additions and restored back to its original glory when the Madisons were in residence.

What a lovely home. I really appreciate the architectural drawings. They really give you a feel for how the house was laid out. Thank you.

Demolition of the additions really brought back the humble yet stately elegance of this house! Great layout and beautiful rooms. Glad the last owner was so sensible to preserving this house.

Though modest in size , there are some surprising elements: the curved approach to the upper rooms was quite a feature. The openness of the hallway for more light was also well-thought out. Thank you for the drawings.

My brother lived in the guards barracks of a castle from the 1700s. They renovated them into apartments. It was cool seeing the insulation between the walls.

Love that he built a comfortable size house for his family and not an estate. So glad that is open as museum. Thanks so much for another great video.

I’d be on that window seat with my tea! How wonderful it’s now a house museum!

I love East Coast Colonial Era homes. There's a lovely simplicity to the rooms, and a good balance. I appreciate that you are now focusing on houses that are still standing. The earliest homes vary so much depending on location. The two oldest homes still standing here in San Diego are Casa de Estudillo and Casa de Bandini (now the Cosmopolitan Hotel), which date from the Mexican period. Both were build of adobe brick in the late 1820s, and feature an open courtyard in the center, to take advantage of the climate here.

Got me thinking about my state's oldest house in the capitol. It was built in 1850s in Olympia.

The whole house is beautiful. Thank you Ken. I enjoy your tours so much.

So glad to see the house as it should be and protected from chsnge.

What a beautiful home! My favorite is the office area with the desk. Love the unusual chair as well! Georgeous ❣️

Thank you for adding floorplans and landscape drawings!! So helpful!

Wonderful presentation ! The archways are amazing , especially the one leading to the bedroom area . Often think about the people w/ the skills who built homes like this & wish they could know they & their work are admired , appreciated , & valued centuries later .

How lucky we are the final owner cared enough about this to have it saved for posterity. Great episode- I’ll have to put this on my places to see list. Thank you, Ken !

Thanks, Ken! This was gorgeous, and, you did that so fast! (As an aside, while getting a tour of a Newport mansion, I learned that any mirrors and mounted polished metal pieces were displayed solely to cause light to be reflected around the room, hence, allowing more light in, to lighten a drab day.)

Love this house. Simple but beautiful, lovely woodworking.

Poisoned to death by his slaves? That’s amazing.

@PSPguy2

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I wonder why the slaves wanted him dead. It's not like they'd be freed from slavery if he died.

@jaspervonbach3621

Жыл бұрын

​@@PSPguy2... Maybe he was a mean master and took advantage of the female slaves.

@jermainec2462

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​@@PSPguy2you wonder why !? 👀... Really dude...

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

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​@@PSPguy2 If it weren't a slave you were freed. Freed men had been in America since the 17th century.

Love it's simplicity and straightforward layout. Classic. And the corner fireplaces are an environmentally friendly design with function paramount. However, the house had to be well maintained or those fireplaces could become a source of danger, causing the wood frame around it to catch fire. Maintaining a clean and clear draw through the flue would be of great importance.

The angled fireplaces while sharing a chimney was definitely a "high tech" feature of the time. Easier to keep the house warm as fireplaces on outside walls are inefficient. Formal and grand (and English) for Colonial America and I no doubt people marveled at it when built. It's still perfect in proportion and symmetry and still smart. Classic design.

I love the Trent House. If you have any be in Mercer County New Jersey, it’s a great place to visit

This home is lovely!!!

Your videos spark my imagination and fuel my love of old houses

Hi Ken……I liked the cooking area in the basement……great work as alway❤

👍 I'm always partial to a denticulated cornice.

@StamperWendy

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I'm just learning "stair hall" and "biforcated staircase" 🤣

@jillatherton4660

Жыл бұрын

@@StamperWendy Modillion cornices are nice too, and bolection moulding.

Gorgeous. I love old homes.

Good job Ken😊

thank you!

Karma spares no one, and I LOVE IT!!! ❤️

@StamperWendy

Жыл бұрын

Then I know a lot of people who have some serious karma, coming back to them, in their future 🤣

Very nice

A simple handsome home built on a human scale. The ideal.

Not to sound pompous but I spent my childhood in a British manor house in the former Asian territories which implemented many architectural designs that are here but in much smaller detail. IE double or triple hung windows, sleeping porches and the kitchen located outside of the main house... an open staircase spanning all floors and leading to the louvered atrium which could release Heat. We had fireplaces in every room and I was accustomed to putting the coals from the evening fires into the bed warmers just to warm the sheets a little on a chilly night. When I came to the states I was introduced the idea of the electric blanket which I will never accept. Just because you can design architecture ignoring all of the benefits of building for the climate doesn't mean you should. I find most western houses absolutely stifling in the heat, even more miserable with wall-to-wall carpeting, low ceilings and the lack of plantation shutters shutters to be open throughout the day as a sun passes overhead... I will never grow accustomed to just flicking a thermostat on!

@StamperWendy

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I'd love to know what the "former Asian territories" are called now, please. Which country names do they go by presently? Thank you.

Hello! Love your videos and I’m not trying to nitpick but wanted to point out that New Jersey is not part of New England (for future reference).

I like the,style and the layout.

Worked across the street from my he Trent house was always curious about the history of it

👍Looks 🏆 stylish 👍

That door under the staircase LOL... still looks like it works but, ya... that was a Homer moment for that carpenter

What is the 4th room on the first floor?

I love your descriptions of the houses and the environments in which they were built. But I have a question. The featured house was built in New Jersey, in a place that eventually became the capital city of Trenton. Is Trenton, New Jersey, considered "New England?" You said so at around 2:50. I was born and raised in the Midwest and now call the Southwest US home, so I am unfamiliar with the Northeast. Just curious, I guess.

You're telling me, that over 300 years, homes haven't changed at all!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

The hall.

thats so crazy, slaves cooking for the master in the basement. CRAZY how times have changed in just 300 years

The outside of this house looks like a small school

Nobody: me at 3AM

I don’t want to be attacked here in the comments, but could they not afford to pay a staff to take care of their home? I don’t care that times were different, this didn’t take place thousands of years ago.

@jamesburtonbud

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As unfortunate as it is.. I think the simple answer is: They were allowed too.. 😔

@wildfireintexas

Жыл бұрын

Slavery was ubiquitous across the globe in the early 1700’s as it still is today, yes, even here in America. And as it was not elaborated on, these could have been indentured slaves, or as some call them now “servants.”

@heatherjones6647

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Irrelevant: why pay when you can get it for free (both slaves and servants would have been given room and board so it cancels out). You don't get that rich by doing the right thing or playing fair. This is not an attack on you, Mitchell. The fact that THEY CHOSE to have slaves tells us a great deal to the discredit of this family and others like them.

@jimbo1637

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I would assume they didn't see much difference between slaves and servants and since a property that large would have likey required slaves to maintain I assume they decided they might as well use the people they already had on hand inside the house.

@gregblanton9386

Жыл бұрын

There are slaves in America today, nobody cares.

Casually mentions 'the slaves in the basement prepared the family's tea'...there's def a 2nd parallel story to all these great homes and how great things can be accomplished on the backs of the powerless. I guess in this case the slaves allegedly had the final act in the story of this slave owner. Hopefully the museum also acknowledges this ugly part of the history of this grand house

Not too ostentatious for such a wealthy person.

New Jersey isn't in New England.

People are moving into smaller homes❤❤❤.

William Trent died on December 25

Where is the bathroom?

@jaspervonbach3621

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Each bedroom had a chamber pot. And the outhouse or "privy" was located outside in the yard.

It's true New Jersey was the capital of slavery most abundant so there lives did not matter, beinga slave in NJ was the most brutal in the nation. A slave would have been treated rather well in the south a valued. The Irish indentured slave probably would die in the copper mines of Colorado or elsewhere. Like a rental car versus owning a car, the indentured slaves less care was given and the Irish indentured slave's might end up buried in mass graves.

A slave trader who was poisoned by his slaves. I laughed when I heard that. Trent’s son was accused of giving small pox infested blankets to Indians. Nice house though.

Gotta ask why Willis slaves murdered him? Drastic.

I want to know why did the slaves kill him???