FOR SALE - The 1840 Hamilton Plantation is currently for sale. It would make an incredible B&B or Wedding venue. To see it's real estate listing, please go here: foxfirenation.com/listings/traveller-1840/
@bennetts-revenge_2
25 күн бұрын
Omg what a beautiful house. I was just searching for something to watch and saw this house and title and just had to check it out. I would so love to live in WVa again in that house.
@jillhorvat1730
23 күн бұрын
Those rails are so dangerous my in-laws have a house that was built in the late 1800/early 1900s and the rail there is very low. My MIL fell over the rail one night after a hurricane had come thru and the power was out. She lost her life. My BIL raised all of them you can barely tell. It was very sad. Beautiful summer home.
@cassandraproax7011
21 күн бұрын
Beautiful home!❤
@ptaylor4923
12 күн бұрын
The first thing they need to do is have a really good licensed electrician rewire the entire house. I weep at the historic homes I've seen burned to the ground because of decades of patched through, haphazard wiring that the new owner put off doing.
@user-vb6jk9qx3p
11 күн бұрын
My grandma had that kind of furniture. It was made of horsehair
@user-mj3pl4ws7p
13 күн бұрын
The lady providing the tour was very gracious.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
12 күн бұрын
She was incredibly kind to us!
@angelmist4253
Күн бұрын
Southern ladies (like my grandmother) are like that.
@deborahharker4392
25 күн бұрын
She should metal detector the property and find lost treasures from her childhood ❤ how wonderful to own the property your grandparents once lived on.
@lorih2249
14 күн бұрын
She mentioned there were archaeologists there when they restored it, I’m assuming a full EMI was done.
@shayssafeplace
7 күн бұрын
I owned mine for many years and sold it to another family member
@thomashudgins996
22 күн бұрын
This home deserves a complete restoration from top to bottom. Beautiful!!
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
22 күн бұрын
We agree!
@peggymcthompson261
14 күн бұрын
Be still my heart that house is absolutely gorgeous! And the setting is just as wonderful!
@lizrandolph2085
26 күн бұрын
Green paint was a sign of wealth because it required copper to make; George Washington’s Mt. Vernon also had green painted rooms
@JoJoHOPPE-i7j
15 күн бұрын
Thanks for that very informative comment! I love learning about the past.
@ZandiTx13
12 күн бұрын
Half right they got the green from arsenic which in turn caused women and children to get very ill and even did in most cases. History channel or all about history tells u all about it called deadly homes. I love history and that era fascinates me. Actually all the eras r intriguing to me. Mostly fashion and how the did things and made things. Did u know that at some points they put plaster and saw dust in the bread dough bc flour was too expensive and there wasn't enough bc of war in the Edwardian era I think maybe B4.
@owlsahootn
10 күн бұрын
@@ZandiTx13Still done today in shakey Parmesan cheese. Cellulose. 😮
@JosieStev
8 күн бұрын
@@owlsahootn The more cellulose I ate in some wheat bread the more constipated I got. No bueno
@angelmist4253
Күн бұрын
@@JosieStevTMI.
@user-it6zq6zh5b
25 күн бұрын
How wonderful to have a guide who knew the house as a child. I wish for her to have the money to finish fixing it up. It is a gorgeous home. Thanks for the tour!
@joslynm7359
21 күн бұрын
Yes I agree! This was lovely and she was a great guide. I really enjoyed her! Like you, I hope she it able to get the money to fix it up
@TarynsTime
21 күн бұрын
@@user-it6zq6zh5b Apparently she's selling it.
@judithsmith9319
26 күн бұрын
I used to clean a plantation house built in the 1835 time frame. They had two rooms that had exterior doors. These rooms did not have interior access because they were gentlemen callers rooms. A man calling on a young woman if he did not live nearby, needed to stay over and the solution was his own room being part of the family but welcome only when summoned. This same house also had two travelers cabins, think Holliday Inn. They were out front of the house and separate one room dwellings equipped with fireplace. They faced each other across the brick path for buggy arrivals.
@tracysmith3076
22 күн бұрын
That is so interesting. Thanks for sharing.
@TarynsTime
22 күн бұрын
That's quite practical.
@monam7984
21 күн бұрын
That's a great way of giving hospitality while keeping the family safe from undesirables.
@Justdance319
21 күн бұрын
WOW that's awesome knowledge I will now share
@N.Sardone
15 күн бұрын
I love learning about stuff from back when! Thanks for sharing that!
@tonileigh8660
14 күн бұрын
My great-grandparents had a gorgeous old 3 story house in West Virginia. I loved that house. My great-grandmother had every room in the house painted a shade of green. It was her favorite color. When I was a small child, my great-grandmother was bedridden so they turned one of the parlors (the house had 2, one large and one smaller) into her bedroom so guests could visit with her and not have to go up to her bedroom on the 2nd floor. My great-aunt lived with them to help care for her. She baked the most delicious cookies I've ever eaten. It also had fireplaces in every room. Family bedrooms on the 2nd floor and maids, cooks, and the children's teacher's rooms on the 3rd along with the school room for the children. By that time the 3rd floor wasn't used much other than when great-grandkids visited and liked to explore. I remember sitting on the bed by my great-grandmother who always had her hair done perfectly without a single beautiful white hair out of place and one of the many white lace shoulder wraps she'd tatted herself on, and telling her I wished it was my house and she said, "maybe some day". Unfortunately when my great-aunt passed without having had children, the other family sold the house and property to a developer, and it was torn down. There's now a huge funeral home and parking lot where the house was and a small business district on what was the property. So sad.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
14 күн бұрын
That is sad! What a loss.
@Dee-sn5uh
13 күн бұрын
That is sad!My grandparents old home was sold and shortly thereafter suddenly burned to the ground!I often wish I had bought their old homestead myself. I loved the home.My parents home that they built themself board by board and shingle by shingle is now rotting away.All three of us kids were born in that home.I had an awesome childhood there on our farm.I hate to see the place grow up in trees and the home rot down.Any time a home is vacant vandals will break in and take anything possible which makes me sick! It makes me feel violated although it was empty to know total strangers were going through our home!
@cat-mum-Jules
13 күн бұрын
😢 A lovely story and a sad story.
@TheSouthernLady777
10 күн бұрын
My Dad, who was born in 1925, told me that the T-shaped houses were that way because families moved in together during the Great Depression. A few of these structures remain in my area. I appreciate how you turned the camera out the windows to show the views. Imagine those who looked out those windows before, what they saw then.
@mariacompton1416
7 күн бұрын
Just imagine, looking out the window and see General Robert E. Lee ride off on Traveller..would have been an amazing sight!
@brianmachan6959
29 күн бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. I wish people would keep these old pieces of history as original as possible
@risalangdon9883
28 күн бұрын
Absolutely love old houses and buildings that were made in a time of craftsmanship. This is truly a gem.
@user-zc2xl2fy3u
25 күн бұрын
Bless her for being willing to show it to the public it is place with so much history,memories and beauty
@DoloresGoffdeejays
19 күн бұрын
The woodwork in this home is Beautiful, and thank GOD no one has come in, and painted it all white. I really hate when people do that.
@brandonjoseph1489
16 күн бұрын
Basterds that renovated my century home painted all the beautiful wood doors and trimming white. I tried to strip it but it’s just impossible. What a shame it makes me so mad
@Kim-J312
16 күн бұрын
Now they paint everything prison grey 🤢, walls 🧱, real wooden beams and floors 🤢 it's awful
@suemoenius5619
11 күн бұрын
Dunno…I’ve spent much time in my life painting ugly dark woodwork with glorious white paint. More hours repainting it after a few years. And have removed white paint from furniture and other old woodwork. Seems we always want what we don’t have. 😂😂
@tracy5721
9 күн бұрын
@@Kim-J312 the grey is far worse than the white.
@napyhed4754
8 күн бұрын
I agree.
@michellekellogg9943
28 күн бұрын
so kind of her to let us 8nto her family home tell her thank you
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
27 күн бұрын
I will do it. Thank you for watching!
@olivecracker1
23 күн бұрын
Omg , I remember that scratchy fabric furniture. My grandparents had a gray scratchy couch. Too funny. When she said her grandparents had a sort of scratchy fabric chair I immediately had a flashback and a warm fuzzy memory. Thanks for the tour and the history. Loved it
@nondanelson9553
20 күн бұрын
We had a black sofa that was scratchy too. I am thinking looped nylon or something. It never wore out. My parents had it before I was born in late 1950's.
@berrywine6579
19 күн бұрын
They were covered in wool. I remember sitting on some. Of course it wasn't the nice wool we have today. It never wore out. Probably because not too many people would sit on it because of the scratchiness. lol
@janblackman6204
15 күн бұрын
My grandmother had a horsehair scratchy couch. It was a weird red and was in one of the bedrooms. My grandfather built the house himself
@janwellington8663
15 күн бұрын
My parents bought their first house in 1960 when I was seven. We had a scratchy brown sofa in the living room. I couldn't bear to sit on it, but thankfully, we spent most of our time in the family room. (With three young children and another soon to come, I suspect they chose it for durability.)
@Dee-sn5uh
13 күн бұрын
My parents had a grey scratchy oval shaped chair with no arms on it before I was born in the mid ‘50’s. I inherited that chair and had it reupholstered.I still have it and the grey upholstery never wore at all,I just recovered it to give it an update!I love that chair.
@johnamstutz
26 күн бұрын
What a beautiful home. My 1897 Queen Anne had wallpapered ceilings also. The wallpaper was applied over cheesecloth attached to the surfaces.
@JoJoHOPPE-i7j
15 күн бұрын
How about that! Such an informative comment.
@beserkergang
25 күн бұрын
I live five minutes away from this place. Never knew all of this info.
@bennetts-revenge_2
25 күн бұрын
I'm in love with all those windows and the scenery outdoors
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
25 күн бұрын
It is a beautiful setting!
@JoJoHOPPE-i7j
15 күн бұрын
That property is astoundingly beautiful!
@InnocentPotato-pd7wi
12 күн бұрын
Western Marylander here! The Appalachian mountains are very beautiful! Lush and green too!🌄🏕
@balla6010
22 күн бұрын
I hope someone can fully restore this beautiful old home. That would be tully worth seeing.
@annkelly2060
19 күн бұрын
I love these homes. If I had my choice between a new built home or one of these beautiful home, I would pick the older home. I love them, they certainly don't build them like this anymore.
@Piaphamu
19 күн бұрын
I can imagine that home all fixed up and filled with children. ❤❤
@sjjs444
22 күн бұрын
Born and raised in Iowa, on a century farm, in a 120 year old farm house, in the middle of a corn field. It is common for old farm houses to have outdoor access into bathrooms and basement bathrooms, so farmers could wash up right there and not drag the farm through the house with them! 😂 The small community I live in now, 10 minutes away from my parents farm I grew up on, has a rich history of farmers too. A lot of the 80-100 year old houses in the center of town, were built as working homes. The back of my home, you can walk through into the basement bathroom/washroom. There's even an old clothes line system along the ceiling, that is probably around 80 years old.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
22 күн бұрын
Interesting!
@b4freedom498
9 күн бұрын
We have a century farm in our family in Iowa too #ANF
@Acts16.31
26 күн бұрын
I think that they put the tin up because it was next to the smokehouse . This would protect the house from catching on fire.
@amyshilling7412
18 күн бұрын
great point!!
@angelagabhart4188
27 күн бұрын
That part of WVA is so gorgeous! I've stayed in Lewisburg several times when passing thru to go to VA. What a beautiful home and such big, light-filled rooms. I hope someone buys "her" and restores her to her former glory. So much history in that home as people went about their daily lives. Thanks for sharing!
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
27 күн бұрын
I totally agree!
@brandonjoseph1489
16 күн бұрын
What part of wv isn’t gorgeous lol?
@CT-uv8os
16 күн бұрын
Downtown Wheeling! 😅😅😅❤😊❤❤😊@@brandonjoseph1489
@jennifermilligan8424
25 күн бұрын
I just had to do a little bit of googling on why they would wrap a home in tin and the thing that kept coming up was fire protection and preventing the fires from spreading to another part of the building. Beautiful Home and I really enjoyed watching this.
@toomanymarys7355
16 күн бұрын
That would be wring. Look and see that it is mostly over wood siding. It was a cheap way to look like brick.
@judyslaven1267
12 күн бұрын
The first thing I thought of was fire protection 🙂
@SJLamb-te3dt
9 күн бұрын
In Britain it isn’t uncommon to see stone farmhouses that have been added on to over the years and between each addition there is a big thick wall that looks almost like a chimney rising above the roof! I had wondered why that was and just like the tin it is to prevent a fire mobing from one section of the house to the next. A fire might start in a kitchen perhaps but that thick wall helped your odds of the fire not devouring your whole building/s.
@hsimpson6581
23 күн бұрын
The good thing is the WF Norman company in Missouri still makes that tin So even though it’s rusting through you can still get it thank God.🎉❤
@katherinelittle5390
14 күн бұрын
I worked for the Greenbrier Historical Society briefly and recognized this building immediately from the thumbnail alone. Great video! Thanks so much for filming this detailed tour to help preserve the oral history.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
13 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@sylphofthewildwoods5518
28 күн бұрын
Scheele's or Schloss green was very popular in Victorian times. Everything was tinted with it. Wallpaper, draperies, book bindings, textiles, clothing and children's toys. But it was an highly toxic arsenic containing green pigment. It fell out of fashion in the late 1860's because of it's toxicity. By the end of the 19th century cobalt green was favored because it was less toxic. Scheele's Green along with Paris Green were used as insecticides in the 1930's. This may be why they painted things green. As with everything, fashions come and go, usually every 20 years. Interesting old place. Thanks for the tour. ~ from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
27 күн бұрын
Thanks for giving me some things to google! :)
@JoJoHOPPE-i7j
15 күн бұрын
Quite interesting and I thank you!
@mycatisaudrey
14 күн бұрын
I live in Greenbrier Country, about 20 minutes from this place, and I've never seen it before! I also live in a very old house, albeit much smaller. I always thought my hardwood floors and walls were oak, but they're exactly like the ones in this house! I've always loved them but now I know how rare and special they are. Thank you for bringing me such happiness!
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
13 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@charlesaubel
4 күн бұрын
I have family in Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Very nice place to be
@Anton_16
18 күн бұрын
Hopefully new owners will be found who will renovate the house and restore the building to its former glory and all its splendor. The house is on such a wonderful property and for a large family it must be very lucky to live there, watch children grow up and have animals around them. It would be a great shame if the property were left to fall into disrepair.
@jagilo9677
18 күн бұрын
The sulfur water is what made it so healing
@elainepleiman
12 күн бұрын
Smells so bad, though.
@user-pz7qy7wz7e
Ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this video! I felt I was there in person and along for the ride! Really enjoyed the history and the casual banter. Amazing home and history!! Thank you!
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@user-cz5bx5pq5v
22 күн бұрын
WOW THE LAND . SO BEAUTIFUL ..
@JoJoHOPPE-i7j
15 күн бұрын
The land is so lush, a verdant green!
@heathersmith8549
16 күн бұрын
What amazing original features. Hoping someone is able to make this a family home once again.
@leeanngillespie8695
Ай бұрын
Love, Love this video!!!! What an amazing place and story!!! Thank you!
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@user-gm8vk6on1s
14 күн бұрын
What a beautiful home waiting for someone to live it and care for it.
@mimidavis2686
11 күн бұрын
The curved wall was a trend back in the 1840’s & 1850’s. A friend of mine has a curved wall on the second floor that makes one bedroom curved as well. It was a status symbol .
@jagilo9677
18 күн бұрын
Congrats to the gentleman interviewing the lady.
@vickijohnson6125
15 күн бұрын
My great aunt had a farm house, just like this house in the farm area near Essexville, Michigan. It had a Michigan basement and wrap around porch. I loved visiting my family there. It is officially a Centennial Home.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
14 күн бұрын
Very cool! By the way...what is a Michigan basement?
@cheryldavis8776
12 күн бұрын
@@AppalachianMemoryKeepers I was going to ask the same thing about a "Michigan basement"! (Maybe Google knows!)
@cheryldavis8776
12 күн бұрын
Googled it myself! Wasn't surprised to find numerous entries re: "Michigan basement"! A Michigan basement is a former crawlspace that has been dug out, generally to a depth of 5 to 7 feet to allow for a basement.
@laurametheny1008
19 күн бұрын
Thank you all so much! I absolutely love old houses. I was so upset when i had to sell ours. It was built in 1920. One and a half story brick bungalow. They had done much work and I was beginning to add new floors...kitchen had carpet yuck! But my daughter was pregnant and after the first boy was born we knew we had to go. Very unsafe area. We had taggers and peeping toms and my neighbor sitting on our stoop one night with a shotgun because he caught a guy peeping. Thank God for that guy and his son! Boy was crazy about my kid...but of course that was a no go. The serial killer riding the rails was active. We lived yards from also active tracks. Thought the Historical Society would snatch this up, but they've put it up for sale? We need to get out of this waterlogged house but of course a house like that is only a dream. I hope whoever buys it will bring it ALL back to glory! Have a pleasant weekend🙏🏼🫶🏼🌹
@PN-sk3ve
24 күн бұрын
Beautifully property, full of West Virginia history .. the house inside is just wonderful most of these homes had a Summer room normally used for all the ladies to sit down and share news of their areas and/or do crafts together. The winter room was normally used by the men (now days called the caveman area 😅 lol) the men would smoke and drink while discussing business, local news, hunting, agricultural, etc. I remember reading about it in historical books and the reason why children were not allowed was because of the main use for these two rooms. Noticed that these rooms were always the two up front rooms to welcome everyone and separate according to tradition. Thank you for sharing 💕 👍
@Travis-n1c
23 күн бұрын
I lived in a house similar to that in Wyoming it was on the cross ranch outside of Douglas , five generations lived and died in it all the belongings were in it it was so crazy ,, I’ll never forget it
@karenwright9123
Ай бұрын
Very interesting,lots of unique architectural features. We didn't get a room count,it seems huge,and no civil war information except Traveler and Lee. You did good though with the time allotted,I just always want to know more. I would have flooded her with questions but she said,"I don't know"quite a bit. I hope she can keep the house going, it is a treasure,especially with good memories of grandparents. I share that! Lots of living and loving done there, I'm sure.😊💞Oh, if walls could talk,right?
@thesun-N-moon8885
26 күн бұрын
Crazy how she didn’t know so many things. I guess she minded her own business…. 😂
@bigredc222
24 күн бұрын
@@thesun-N-moon8885 It's been my experience, when you are young you don't care about those things, then by the time you get to the age when you are interested all the people are gone that had the answers.
@cheryldavis8776
12 күн бұрын
@@bigredc222 Yes! So true! So often these days, I find myself wishing that I had asked my parents certain questions that only they would have been able to answer... Mom lived to 94, and Daddy died at 89--but that's been over 30 years ago! I told my children recently to ask me any questions they could think of, but all I got was crickets! I'll be 80 in September, so they need to get their thinking caps on soon! 😅
@dreamagood8321
12 күн бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous home. I would live there in a heart beat ! ❤❤
@lindaspann9663
27 күн бұрын
I love this house. Please save the house if you can.
@TuTuFox
19 күн бұрын
BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
18 күн бұрын
We agree!
@purtis99
24 күн бұрын
Door thickness like that indicate log cabin. Mark Bowe could help you with that. Could just crawl under and look at the seal plates
@darlenewood4503
20 күн бұрын
Hello from a new follower I stopped immediately when I seen this absolutely amazing and gorgeous mansion. The sweet lady that showed you this made me a little jealous lol, how wonderful to have been a child running through this place. Thank you for making me smile it truly lets you see the hard work that was put into this beauty ❤
@BendviewFarm-dq4sp
13 күн бұрын
I have a lot of similar architectural features in our old house in Ohio! It makes me proud that we are working hard to preserve it and history! ❤
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
12 күн бұрын
That is awesome!
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
12 күн бұрын
I would love to see a photo of your house that you are restoring! If possible, please send to info@appalachianmemorykeepers.org. Thanks!
@sandieriksen2098
16 күн бұрын
Reminds me a bit of my grandparents home in Slatington,PA.Beautiful triple windows in thier bedroom, windowsills so wide you could easily sit in them, wraparound porch, ahorse trough with pure spring water running into it, wish l could go back in time
@cheryldavis8776
12 күн бұрын
Sounds like it was a grand old beautiful home! You were fortunate to have had visiting there as a life experience!
@sandieriksen2098
12 күн бұрын
@cheryldavis8776 yes l really was, can't wait to see them again
@AW-gh3yv
Ай бұрын
What i would do with enough money to redo the house. So much is so original and could be so beautiful restored. The "kitchen" of the house with that large cabinet looks more like a dinning room. Beautiful.
@evelynsinclair6866
11 күн бұрын
Wow! It's wonderful that this beautiful old place still exists.
@angelmist4253
Күн бұрын
Let's hope it doesn't fall into the hands of developers.
@bigredc222
24 күн бұрын
The S shaped piece of steel is exactly what she thought it was. I live about an hour from Phila. there are lots of old houses, those things are everywhere, many are cast iron of different designs, a lot of stars. Good video. Thank you.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
23 күн бұрын
Your welcome!
@chrystels5073
18 күн бұрын
Beautiful house, I hope somebody buys in fixes it up. And hope someone puts it on the internet so we could see it.❤
@annmarieschantz9724
28 күн бұрын
Very popular celery green, for the times.My grandma's cabin had same floors as kitchen. So great you have an amazing tour guide!! ❤️
@JoJoHOPPE-i7j
15 күн бұрын
I learned SO much, as I viewed this episode! This would make a wonderful b&b, if someone tweaked it a bit!
@dharkling890
12 күн бұрын
The lady who gave you the house tour is so charming. There is something about her energy that is amazing. She reminds me of my auntie. Great video.
@ava.artemis
18 күн бұрын
So interesting. What beautiful craftsmanship! All of those windows and high ceilings make it so gorgeous.
@user-tp5wj4fr3m
16 күн бұрын
Wow what a big house. It would take a lot to hear that place
@isabellavalencia8026
24 күн бұрын
It must of housed a large multi generational family. I would love to watch this over and over. So many interesting details so much to learn from it
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
23 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@jilldavis7229
16 күн бұрын
I loved this beautiful old property & it was extra special having the granddaughter as a tour guide!!! I love these old properties!!! I especially love the doors, door casings & transoms, windows & window casings & hardware!!! The banisters & knoll posts were a favorite of mine 👍🙏💕 Sooo very many beautiful antique wooden features to this gorgeous property!!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful adventure with us!!! I loved it 👍🙏♥️
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
15 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@LeannMoore84
22 күн бұрын
If you havent done a video/tour of Henderson Hall in Williamstown WV you really should! The history of it is quite substantial and amazing. And it has been kept how it was in the 1800s down to the collected hair of one of the occupants that she would keep when brushing her hair nightly. I grew up a mile from Henderson Hall (on land that was once part of the Henderson Plantation) and have toured it probably 30 times, yet still learn and see something new every single time I enter it.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
22 күн бұрын
Great suggestion!
@Sea-cucumber1151
24 күн бұрын
The S rods, I saw when they built buildings with stone, they would have wood floors, to lock the floor to the stone/brick they would use those S things, it locked the floor to the exterior walls.
@barnrat252
13 күн бұрын
I lived in a house built in 1831, alot of the original stuff still there including the plaster with horse hair binder. I loved that house!! I would give anything to buy this and restore it.. and how awesome to be the birthplace of Traveller! What a treasure!
@melissadavidson842
14 күн бұрын
I love looking at old houses like this!
@Cst-dh7hn
26 күн бұрын
You mentioned why the exterior doors on a couple of rooms. I remodeled a home where almost every room, including the bedrooms, had a door that led to the exterior. Understand the original building only had three rooms (laid out in a rectangle)--Kitchen in the middle, bedroom on one side of the kitchen, living/dining area on the other side. Two more bedrooms and bath were built on the house some time in the '40's by the original owners. Only the bathroom did not have door leading outside. The house was heated with wood/coal stove in the living/dining area. From what the original owners said, they feared a house fire so all rooms needed a form of outside egress.
@pauline2699
22 күн бұрын
my guess for the doors is easier and less messy way of getting wood to each room for the fireplace, in such a big house it would be a pain to haul wood through only one door tracking dirt through entire house.
@DawnDavidson
12 күн бұрын
The bathroom with the exterior door seems wise. Imagine if you were working on the property or in the smokehouse. You’d need access to the facilities, but might not want to tramp through the whole house to get to them. It would be for ease of access, hygienic reasons, and/or not tracking mud/dirt through the house. That’s my guess. My grandparents and great aunt and include both had huge old farmhouses in Michigan, at one point. My great aunt and uncle’s place was a huge place, and on the local historical register. It was a “sesquicentennial home” (150 years) when I was growing up, and is certainly well over 200 years old now. These places are fascinating!
@MeMe-nw9mq
18 күн бұрын
New subscriber. I love the tours of these beautiful old houses. So glad that they’re working on restoring this house. Restoring these old homes is a very long, drawn out, very expensive process. Definitely a labor of love. Not for the faint of heart, that’s for sure.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
18 күн бұрын
Thanks for subbing!
@bridget1780
12 күн бұрын
What a charming tour from a gentele southern lady! Thank you from a not-so-gentele Yankee.
@867diesel
17 күн бұрын
long live General Robert E . Lee . Traveler was such a handsome boy
@crystalbluepersuasion1027
14 күн бұрын
He was overrated especially for a traitor.
@tenareif1013
9 күн бұрын
Uh . . . Well, Traveler was a good looking horse, but long live Robert E Lee?!?😳🙄
@Revfar10
9 күн бұрын
Keep things on a nice level please.
@julieduchek2969
28 күн бұрын
That was a wonderful tour of the house. So many interesting facts, you and that lady did a good job. I just love old houses. Thanks for showing the house.😊
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
28 күн бұрын
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
@trebbneify
28 күн бұрын
Loved the floral patterned congoleum in the one bathroom in the house!
@jeanlawson9133
Ай бұрын
I lived in a House similar to that , the porches went all the way around the house on first and second floor...It was in Simpsonville South Carolina...The home belonged to the Knox family at one point in time....I remember riding in her Limousine it was a treat....she always let me ride in front and garage was below ground level and had elevator access...Coming up and out garage I remember well.... Have some photos..
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
Ай бұрын
Sounds like an amazing home.
@michigandaffodil7561
26 күн бұрын
Do you know if the house is still in Simpsonville South Carolina? How far is that from Spartanburg South Carolina? My son lives in Spartanburg County. He, and especially his fiancé, love old houses like that.
@kennethbane5176
17 күн бұрын
@jeanlawson9133 where in SImpsonville is this house? I've tried "goggle" and can't find it. Would really like to get more info on it. Thanks, Angie
@dougg1075
13 күн бұрын
Love the green. And it’s a calming color
@vickiegibson2920
7 күн бұрын
I hope it is newer paint. I’d hate to think any of that arsenic was left.
@Mydogpenny1970
19 күн бұрын
I wish someone restore that house..It’s beautiful
@court5231
16 күн бұрын
You asked some great questions! She's a lovely ol' gal.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
15 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@janetcarbone4213
24 күн бұрын
Absolutely breathtaking. Please save it somebody. I would if I could😢. What a wonderful lady. Thank you for the tour 😊
@lynnshomo2013
22 күн бұрын
Oh my gosh! The beauty of the house and property is stunning. I could live in that house as is. I love the simplicity of the rooms. Thanks for sharing in this video. Magnificent ❤❤❤
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
21 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@donnawhiting2757
12 күн бұрын
Love the history of😢 old houses
@ruthwenzel1115
10 күн бұрын
Not born in WV, but raised in St. Albans from the age of 9 months. The Greenbrier was a great treat for a Sunday drive to have their vichyssoise, and other treats. I do not remember ever hearing about this wonderful house & its legacy. Hopefully some wonderful person or people will buy it and take care of it as it deserves.
@ginnycleary-zq2pu
19 күн бұрын
Thanks for this unique experience on this older home. Interesting for sure.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
18 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@carolgreen1822
7 күн бұрын
Great video! My great great grandfathers house was a two story built in 1848. My ancestors were French Creole who migrated to Texas from Louisiana and received a Spanish land grant from Mexico well prior to the Civil War. The house they built had a travelers room. A small room with only one door that led to the outside. That was for safety. That way, a traveler could come and go without disturbing the family. There was no radio back then and receving travelers was a great way to get news of the day. The house kitchen was a small separate building detached from the main house. That also was for safety and to keep the main house cool. The family had a large family and several slaves and would often butcher a steer or other animals and entertain visitors. That building consisted of one big room with a huge fireplace. Also, the house had the faux French inspired painted decoration around the front door. So many similarities to the home in the video, but not nearly as massive. Thanks for sharing. ❤
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
7 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@johnford313
25 күн бұрын
My great great grandfather kitchen was wrapped in tin my grandpa said it was to help keep heat out and the bricks cool the kitchen also had 12’ ceilings and it was about 20’ from the original kitchen in the house lots of windows and a big shade tree towering over the building the summer kitchen was small though about 30’ by 30’
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
24 күн бұрын
Oh wow!
@gloriabond123
Ай бұрын
The floors and other woodwork is gorgeous.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
29 күн бұрын
It is an amazing historic property!
@drshelkie4153
22 күн бұрын
How rare and beautiful! Thank you for sharing! The French painting techniques is Trompe l'oeil, translation: to fool the eye. In this case, into thinking it is wood grain 😊.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
21 күн бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@MarciLinscott
5 күн бұрын
Keep those memories coming! So important to remember. I've been the keeper of my family history for a couple of decades. Hoping my cousin's daughter will do the same, and continue to pass it on.
@veronicav3048
21 күн бұрын
wow!! such a beautiful home a mansion really! I hope someone buys it and restores it to its original condition. It's an awesome place!!💖
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
21 күн бұрын
I hope so too!
@donnettahuffman8818
27 күн бұрын
Wow love old houses.Such a beautiful place. I have rode though that area several times.
@teresabarker5645
26 күн бұрын
Such a beautiful place. I would love to see it in person one day.
@thesun-N-moon8885
26 күн бұрын
This is a dream come true for a lot of families….. What a way to keep the family together but in such a large home with lots of space. Affordability is the only thing keeping some people away. 😂 These older homes need to be banned from destruction.
@lindaberg9960
17 күн бұрын
I want to purchase this home, and move to West Virginia❤❤❤❤❤Immediately!!!❤
@nancyhebert9042
23 күн бұрын
What a beautiful home ❤ I would love to live in a place like that ❤
@Whosthatgirl369
26 күн бұрын
I love these old mudflood homes so much.
@pennypedersen6205
21 күн бұрын
LOVE TOUR, READY TO MOVE IN !!😊😊 THAT'S A HOME, MY FAMILY IS FROM WEST VIRGINIA. 😊😊
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
21 күн бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@berrywine6579
19 күн бұрын
I would love to have the money to restore this home. I bet it was beautiful in it's early days.
@colleenwilkin5705
14 күн бұрын
My great grandmother also had a pinkish color scratchy couch too!
@David-wo5ir
Ай бұрын
I watched a video a few months back of a similar situation with a "lost" log cabin. The log cabin was in fact enclosed in the walls of the home.
@AppalachianMemoryKeepers
29 күн бұрын
Quite a common occurrence, I believe. As the family grew, so did the house!
@goingcagey5991
27 күн бұрын
Hubby and I traveled to Kentucky to research his mom's ancestors. We could not find the grade school she attended until a relative told us that a big barn had been built around the little old school house so the old school building was inside the big barn.
@anitapraass5136
11 күн бұрын
I live seeing old homes. Its amazing how these homes were built. They do not make homes like this anymore either. The floors are remarkable.
@MountainmommaWV3
13 күн бұрын
I could and would live there . That place makes my heart pitter patterWHAT a dream❤
@elizabethtaylor3779
10 күн бұрын
What a beautiful and interesting historical place. Although probably prohibitively expensive to completely restore, imagine how gorgeous it would be! Such a shame it sits unloved. If it could only convey stories of its life!
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