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 Deathmagus
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< on 9/10/2010 11:37 PM >
|  | | | Hello, all. My compatriots (OrganizedChaos and a few others) and I are fairly new to urban exploration in general, and new to this site's customs, so I'll be conservative in the information I give out.
This location was our second exploration. We're in a small town which used to have a fairly thriving auto-parts manufacturing economic base. Most of that has dried up, leaving only a few small industries keeping the place from turning into a ghost town. We explored an abandoned factory last year, and noticed an old, Victorian-style house that appeared long abandoned and decided to make it our second run.
Here are the best pictures:
The building itself is 2.5 stories tall, with a half-basement. We decided to explore up the building first, then check out the basement. One of the first things we noticed (and were disappointed by) was that much of the house had been cheaply renovated for rental. Thus, the only items of interest were the architecture itself, and any fixtures that were kept through the renovations.
The floors looked like they had been real wood at one point, but had been replaced by cheap, fake "wood" paneling that was warping and splitting when we came through. Moving through the house, the interesting things we encountered were the original stairway (first picture), the small room in the "turret" of the house (second), a room full of graffiti (third), the remains of the original chimney (fourth), and the original fusebox (fifth).
The chimney had been ripped out of the first two floors, and replaced with a closet in each of the rooms. We found what was left of it in the attic, providing support for the remainder on the exterior of the house, which was left in.
The basement was disappointing, as it was only about a third of the footprint, fairly empty, and architecturally poor. The fusebox is worth a look, though.
Overall, the site took no longer than an hour to explore, including approach, entry, and departure. It's not a particularly interesting location, but it's great for people just getting their feet wet, and interesting enough to be worth the hour it takes. From a safety standpoint, the most hazardous part was the mold in the refrigerator.
[last edit 9/11/2010 5:41 PM by Deathmagus - edited 1 times]
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Harvestman
    
Location: Somewhere in SORTA/TANK Territory!
Gender: Male
Everything about me has a poker face.
| |  | Re: Victorian-style House
<Reply # 1 on 9/11/2010 2:24 AM >
| | | | Graffiti in red pencil/marker...scary. How clean was the place in terms of vandalism? Also, do you have any idea how old this place is?
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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Deathmagus
| | Re: Victorian-style House
<Reply # 2 on 9/11/2010 3:51 AM >
| | | | Posted by HarvestmanMan
Graffiti in red pencil/marker...scary. How clean was the place in terms of vandalism? Also, do you have any idea how old this place is?
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The construction seems to be a Queen Anne style, so I'd put it somewhere in the late 1800s.
The place isn't in great repair, between on-again/off-again renovation materials that were left behind, and glass from shattered windows. The local housing market simply isn't strong enough to encourage anyone to pump capital into the place. Thankfully, most of the nice stuff is rather vandalism-free.
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relik
Location: 44.26126°,-88.41502° (Appleton, WI)
Gender: Male
There is no truth, Only a perspective.
| | | Re: Victorian-style House
<Reply # 3 on 9/11/2010 3:06 PM >
| | | | exterior photos? these probably don't do the building justice.
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Deathmagus
| | Re: Victorian-style House
<Reply # 4 on 9/11/2010 3:52 PM >
| | | | Posted by relik
exterior photos? these probably don't do the building justice.
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Sure - I wasn't sure how liberal I was supposed to be with identifiable pictures in the public sections of the site, but I figure you know the customs better than I do.
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heinrick
 
Location: Cascadia
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Victorian-style House
<Reply # 5 on 9/11/2010 4:59 PM >
| | | | It's fine——we don't know where you're from, so we can't really go hunting for this place.
Looks like typical, half-assed improvements. I'm sure there were some fantastic leaded/stained glass windows in the upper gable. The remainder of chimney looks like a lot of weight to be resting on top closets...
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Deathmagus
| | Re: Victorian-style House
<Reply # 6 on 9/11/2010 5:37 PM >
| | | | Posted by heinrickThe remainder of chimney looks like a lot of weight to be resting on top closets...
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I'm not sure it even extends down past the attic anymore. There was a lot of brick dust around the base of what we could see, and the brick looked eaten away somehow (picture 4). Any idea what might cause that sort of reaction?
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relik
Location: 44.26126°,-88.41502° (Appleton, WI)
Gender: Male
There is no truth, Only a perspective.
| | | Re: Victorian-style House
<Reply # 7 on 9/12/2010 4:46 PM >
| | | | lovely shoes hanging on the powerline.
"When it rains, just find bigger drains." |
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sentenel
Location: Fountain City, WI
Gender: Male
| | Re: Victorian-style House
<Reply # 8 on 9/12/2010 11:21 PM >
| | | | Posted by Deathmagus
I'm not sure it even extends down past the attic anymore. There was a lot of brick dust around the base of what we could see, and the brick looked eaten away somehow (picture 4). Any idea what might cause that sort of reaction?
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The white stuff growing on the brick is causing it. A lot of lichens, fungi and other plants release acids which can "eat away" at brick. I couldn't tell you why it stops abruptly though.
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