Victorian Abandoned House- Dr. Roberts Mansion Ruins

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UPDATE (6/2011) Hey everyone, I apologize for not keeping up on your comments. I will tell you that I've been inside the house, there are broken floor boards and for the most part it is completely gutted and trees are growing through everything. I made a website for an article I wrote about the house after doing a bunch of research.

http://www.freewebs.com/highlandhistory/drrobertsestate.htm

Since I wrote the article and took this video/pictures the mansion is now part of the Franny Reese State Park in Highland, NY. Unfortunately there are no identifications regarding what the mansion ruins were- my article (see link above) was published in a local newspaper and that is really one of the few writings on the mansion. Please respect the mansion- do not vandalize it or metal detect, that is illegal and though I many not agree with the law it is still the law.

I have been back to the house many times since and do have more pictures. Here is the link to the flickr photostream.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64263533@N08/

Enjoy and thanks for your interest! Message me if you have more questions. Don't forget to watch the videos on my channel called Carriage House and Coachman's House.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• victorian
• abandoned
• old
• run
• down
• ghost
• town
• highland
• new
• york

[willssecret]

Nice place to metal detect i bet.

[RbZomb5]

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

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

[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.

[1691christian]

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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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

[trainfreak7745]

@RbZomb5 ok i agree with that