Victorian Abandoned House- Dr. Roberts Mansion Ruins

[1691christian]

i read your article and it was awsome thank you for the knowledge :]

[WeepingStellaMaris]

I love the article you wrote. This is all too true. Our beautiful old buildings are being torn down daily. No one cares about preserving history. Our with the old, in with the new. If only people thought about how we can never get these things back...once they are gone they are gone because modern man just doesn't have the capability to build such works of art anymore. It goes along with his inability to think.

[PaddyTheYankBastard]

Victorian huh.... try again

[kodiacwolf]

OMG! i wish i could buy it and restore it, i bet its really beautiful!, have you been inside, ?

i wish your video was longer showing more of that house, maybe inside...I am fascinated with it myself!!!!!

[Xenabena68]

Hi RbZom5 I have been fascinated with this mansion since I saw this video a couple years ago. I read your article so I decided to pull up a satellite image and for the life of me I cannot see it on the map. You said near the Mid Hudson Bridge and you also mentioned being able to see the Mid Hudson and Poughkeepsie railway bridges framing the view. Can you give me any other landmarks? I am enjoying searching the map but I really want to find it and am having no luck. Thanks for the wonderful pixs

[RbZomb5]

Hey folks, sorry I haven't been able to comment as much as I would like. The location is now on a State Park- the Franny Reese State Park in Highland, NY. As far as I know there are no signs identifying the ruins as that of Dr. Roberts (he was a dentist in the late 1800's and this was his home.) I've done much research on the place. For more pictures of the property visit my photostream- flickr (dot) com/photos/64263533@N08/ Replace the "dot" with a period and include the ww w.

[willssecret]

Nice place to metal detect i bet.

[RbZomb5]

@willssecret Indeed but it is protected- I'm sure there are some great artifacts. :-)

[blueflame53]

21 Fucking seconds.....?

[jadrtr]

I want this house soo bad and the location is so fabolous.

[scarlette536]

Please go inside and film it for us. Danke

[andrewbarrett42]

Can you make some more vids of this,it looks amazing.

[cubanarama]

It is beautiful. I have always loved the Victorian era and would love to decorate my home in that style. With a little less clutter but love the style....

[TheSecrecyOfSolitude]

I would love to live in an old home like these. They last longer than the newer built homes and can withstand more damage. Plus,their very unique and elegant looking.

Plus its in the woods as well? My kind of home. haha

[1grinder1]

hardcore back in the woods?

I can hear civilisation, cars .etc.

I can take you places here in Australia where there isn't another human in the next or preceding million acres.

[RbZomb5]

@1grinder1 All the best...there aren't many places, if any, in the United States that are so isolated.

[trainfreak7745]

@RbZomb5 97% of the U.S. is rural

[RbZomb5]

@trainfreak7745 That may be. At the time I accessed this house using the woods and hiked 3 miles through the hot woods to get there. Since then I've realized that there is access from a nearby road. When I said "hardcore" back in the woods I was referring to the trek I had taken to get there.

[trainfreak7745]

@RbZomb5 ok i agree with that

[j4mes570]

@RbZomb5 ur right there tons of stuff in the middle of the country...............and all west PA theres nothing for 45 minute stretches on the highway PEACE

[trainfreak7745]

@RbZomb5 no just 98% of it

[LicensedToKillU]

@1grinder1 lol ya i know i was thinking the same thing

[jadrtr]

@1grinder1 u should take vids of some different haunted locations there to share with us. 

[Jemalacane]

@1grinder1 My grandmother lives in the country in the woods. She lives two miles from the nearest highway. However, you can still hear the cars on the highway from her house. It's not surprising though considering sound travels at 736 miles per hour.

[j4mes570]

@1grinder1 they got that in pennsylvania 2 :P

[dewhistle]

@1grinder1 And no cool old mansions. But yeah, one man's woods are another man's civilization. I found that out when I moved from Louisiana to California.

[IzzyIsou]

@1grinder1 OK, Crocodile Dundee, I'm sure you're much too macho for this and Australia is wilder than the hair on your chest. But why not enjoy this short video and use your imagination, instead of criticizing? Carry on, mate, I'm sure there are some animals to kill with your bare hands.

[compukenny]

What a grand home that must have been. I love old houses and other old buildings.

I have spent large amounts of money and many years of my life restoring my 1840's home. I've lived here now for nearly 30 years and I will no longer ocupy this home when they take me out in a rubber bag.

[RbZomb5]

I resent the comments and messages that I have received telling me to "smash it up" or "make it a party house." I study and value history far more than immaturity. I am, however, aware of the immaturity YouTube has to offer so I am not surprised. Therefore, if you would like to know the location, which is now protected state park lands, you're welcome to message me but I will not publicly post it in a comment. Thank you to those with genuine, non-malicious interest and I welcome messages.

[TheSandy444]

@RbZomb5 is there more video of the inside?

[RbZomb5]

@TheSandy444 See the description, I posted a slideshow of pictures. Enjoy!

[omega190e]

go the hell in and explore that shit. if this was in the woods behind my house it would be my party house

[Pipweed]

if this house was abandoned why didnt u smsh it up and shit

[char4him99]

excellent paper too bad there aren't more pictures of the home as it was in the past.

[cetyxxx]

get in!!!

[missmarie273]

Imagine the metal detecting possibilities!!!

[midnightmist1967]

oh that house was so cool

[Thermionman1970]

THAT! is beautiful! I would love to go there. The way the house is hidden amongst the foliage is so mysterious?Is the old road completely overgrown with brush etc?

[Britrocs49]

most Victorian houses where I used to live (norwich, england) where still being lived it

=]

[WookietheChowChow]

I also can feel the history and spirit of older homes, as though they are speaking to me. This is such a shame, can you please try to video tape more of this house and tell us where it;s located in case someone whats to try to save it?

[SoulKiIIer]

thats one beautiful piece of arcetecture!

[slt223]

Where is this abandoned monster? Lokks cool!  Thanks for sharing.

[joshy04743]

you should go around the place with the cam, maybe in side for a peak 2 =] you said its abandoned

[eggsandbacon4me]

@joshy04743 im sure if you found a house like this in the woods and it looked like it hasnt been touched for over 100 years im sure it would fall apart very easily probly not the best idea to go inside :p

[GetOutMaHouse]

Can you take more pictures/ video next time your out there? I'm very interested in Dr. Charles H. Roberts estate.

[chinchillamelee]

My house was built in 1889 and we've experienced a lot of creepy stuff! This girl died there in her 50's of cancer! :o

[SkullsAndSpurs]

amazing. u gotta think. if its atleast 100 yrs old, those trees werent there (possibly) so imagine WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE back then

[salemcripple]

I've said this before on a similar vid. But it still makes me wonder who lived here, and why would they leave such a treasure behind?

[rubyflipper]

@salem, I always think the same thing. How interesting.

[salemcripple]

After saying that i found the link in the description which leads to a history of this house, and how it came to be in it's current state.

[rubyflipper]

@salem--Thank you for pointing that out!! I certainly will enjoy reading about it!!

[salemcripple]

no problem :-)

[answerstolucky]

Yes, thank you! I have an affinity with historic homes and the people that lived in them. It's as if I can feel the passage into a different time. To think of all the life that filled the homes for years, only to be gone forever.

[salemcripple]

Exactly. Same here, I feel a connection with the past. But another thing that draws me to an old house is the aesthetics of it. It seems like they took so much more care into the design and layout, and looks. Unlike today, these houses aren't simple boxes roughly divided up into different square rooms. My friends all think i'm crazy because i CHOOSE to live in an old house, even if it is in what is considered a "bad neighborhood"

[answerstolucky]

I think it's admirable and fantastic that you choose to live in older house. It's cool that you feel the connection with the past, too! I often wonder if I am too late in my life to start a new career of checking out old places and research those that were there before. Not sure what you would call it and I know the only pay is the reward of learning and paying homage to those spirits.

[iliketoeatspag]

I feel the same way, I've always been fascinated by them.

[suprservtech]

thats it

[laura20022004]

thats crazy.

[OS253]

I think it's a cool house. I want to buy it!

[midnitesquirldog]

i m in syracuse how far is it ?

[HattieLovesCattie]

Why don't the ppl that film these things tell WTF the house is?

[patandginam]

Is this in Highland NY? I grew up on the river and there is an old ghost town up the hill from my house, and all these buildings look like the ones I remember. My father said in the 1950s there was furniture and clothes inside all of the houses--doesn't take long to look like that I guess. If it is its an old town of about 11 houses, see if you can see it on google earth-Highland NY 12528, near the Mid Hudson Bridge.

[kannazukinomikorocks]

that's sketchyyy <3

doesn't it just want to make you go inside it though ?

It's pretty grown in too, probably been abandoned for awhilee , FUNNNNNN (:

im jealous.

[Emogirlallalone]

Oh it's beautiful... I'm in love with victorian houses *.* you are very lucky if you can see this house every day. Could you take a picture in the inside of the house?

[RbZomb5]

@Emogirlallalone If anyone would like to see more photographs of the house feel free to message me and I will send you a link to a short slideshow I made of this house and the surrounding structures. Thank you for your interest!

[txsrose333]

@RbZomb5 I would like more photos of this victorian abandoned house

[RbZomb5]

@Emogirlallalone Certainly, see the description for more pictures and thank you so much for your love of Victorian houses!

[vivawemam]

Ugh! I love to do stuff like this in my free time. Wish I knew where this was.

[beaviselectron]

WHERE WHERE WHERE???

[pepsidrink19]

it is th only house on the video

[RbZomb5]

@beaviselectron Message me and I will let you know, best to you.

[scorpietta]

@RbZomb5 I like your video. It looks like an interesting place. I'll message you for info if you don't mind.

[brantford12]

go inside

[kristilou186]

where is it? i would like to know where it is to try and find some history on it.

[mikee286]

it might have been abandoned because of it's location. It would have been fine for back before electricity or cars because there was no need to run power lines or any of that stuff all the way back there.  Is there even a driveway or some sort of pathway to the house from a road?

[Kentswifey4ever]

You should go in and explore it and tell us more about it.

[technologic21]

whats the history behind it?

[technologic21]

awesome

[Darealhunter123]

go inside of the house

5*

[JudiG]

Awesome find. But it doesn't look lik the whole structure is there. Nothing to restore.

[JOSYMOL]

Wow. Nice finding. Its a little scarry not knowing why it was built and abandoned there.

[devilstone74]

it looks a little sacary!!

[devilstone74]

great house do you know something about the owners? and why they go away?

[Nodle66]

maybe its ur ancestors hause (ur great great great grandparents or something) REPAIRE IT NOW

[hcmontessori]

W-O-W.

0_o I'm in love. Your next Video should be of the interior. Can you get in? Find out who owns that baby, buy it and RESTORE IT!!!

[sevakili]

GOD! What an awesome house. Who on earth would just WALK AWAY from that house???

[ILoveMyWookieDog]

Wow, I hope someone saves this house!

[poosaypirate]

welll then please post something some where here or what ever

[TasteOfTorment]

Oh my god it's BEAUTIFUL!

And it's near your house?! That would BE my house. lol.

Can you get any closer?

[scarlett24ca]

I would restore it.

[poosaypirate]

restore it!

[TasteOfTorment]

I don't think buildings like that should be restored. They are more beautiful rundown then they are restored

Plus it's fun to go walking around in them when they are abandoned! :D

[stillrob420]

were is this place?

[viewfromearth]

Does the article you wrote about the abandoned Victorian in the woods still exist? I tried to go to the website (highland history) but freewebs says the page does not exist. We own a 100+ year old Victorian and I'm really curious about the history of this place. Why was it built so deep in the woods? Who lived there? Why was it abandoned? What stories are associated with it? Would love to have an updated link to the article and more video if you have it. Thanks!

[Pipweed]

You should of smashed up the place

[poosaypirate]

YOU SHOULD BE smashed up yourself. we have enough wall marts and b urger kings and mcdonalds to desttroy what little history we have left - it should be preserved not destroyed.

[Andrewcranky]

And your point would be???????

[TheCottonTop]

BOOO! Pussy.

[Vampiremajo]

go in there, if not tell me where this place is, the name of the woods please!!

[RobloxSmirky]

Does anybody else know about that besides you? Because that needs to be known.

[Andyfuture3]

go in and see if there is any treasure or ghosts.

[perhapsitspatti]

I am from Highland, New York. WOuld love to know where it is. I was born in the victorian on Grand and Wilcox. Thanks. Intriging. Any piece of home...I am in Tn now!

[poosaypirate]

wait is this vid taking place in that area?

[RbZomb5]

Alright, if you want to learn the history of the location go to my channel and in my channel description you will find a link to a site I made with an article I wrote for the local newspaper...copy and paste it into your browser and enjoy.

Thanks for all of your interest, everyone.

[superwoofer2007]

could you make a vid of inside the house?

[dglough]

You say More to Come but where is the More! I am curious!

[gargole661]

so whats the history? anymore vid where was this at

[willDANCEforPENNIES]

you said you know the history? please post that, and don't be afraid to go in! I've gone into abandoned houses that were much less secluded than that one, i'd kill for one like that, and behind your house! you're lucky. Good vid!

[spaceripper555]

Thanks for the link to the pics,It really looked like there was more in the vidio.But i can see that only the walls remain.Anyway thanks again.

[THETICK77]

That would be a great place to check with a metal detector, If you could locate the original trash pit you could find all kinds of things from when it was still ocupied

[spaceripper555]

Com on!! I want to see more of that place.Hope to see some more of this.

[mskerripa]

why didnt you go in?

it looks beautiful

[Theobserver55]

You should go inside