If Walls Could Talk (2016) Historic Preservation Documentary | Featuring Historic Homes in Kentucky

I would love to know more about the area I live in. North Mercer County, KY in the Talmage-Mayo , Terrapin , McAfee, Salvisa area. I have been told of civil war hospitals , soldier trails , Indian mounds , caves and all sorts of other things that transpired long ago.

I bet an animal attacked so fast his head flew off and the animal ate the rest of the body.

Thank you for sharing the history that I never knew is so exciting 😊 👏

I appreciate the affection younger folks have for historic preservation. Every time I see the slipshod construction going into mall buildings in my area I remember all the historic homes I saw in my youth traveling to and from Louisiana and long for those simpler times when a home lasted more than a hundred years because of its craftsmanship. I hope in my time I can enlarge the trust.

I see there were 62 people who did not like this video. Really? There's just no accounting for taste or the lack there of! This is a fantastic video! Once these historic homes (or their fireplaces, or windows, or hardwood floors, or crown moulding, etc.) are gone, they're gone forever! Thank you for reminding us how important our shared history really is.

Thank you so much. We need to share our past with future generations.

Woah I had no idea that the Christian Gore house was used for any of that and I see it like everyday.

Thanks so much..👍📻🤠🧺🥖

I don’t know anything about Kentucky but it’s a “SAPPY” story.

The indians ate them

Thx 4 sharing. Love historical homes and hearing about their people

Your vids are crazy good! Very poetic and poignant! A++++++ Greetings from Illinois! I plan on binge watching over next few weeks!

Thoroughly enjoyed this... fascinating

My family spent over 20 years in a Beautiful old brick mansion on Walnut Hill Chilesburg rd in Lexington. Built by the Clark Family, it was Beautiful on 250 acres. Both the house and the rd are gone now...so sad.

Beautiful narration, and history. Love that some of these old homes are being restored, and or being repurposed. Although some are to late for restoration, they can be documented as you are doing now. Hopefully by your videos people will see how important it is to preserve, and save some of these old homes before they are beyond repair. I thank you, I am trying to catch up with your old videos. You have done a magnificent job.

Luv the video beautiful footage and historical background information was really great, .I hope these homes are preserved because this is Americas history and the energy of these homes, families that lived there , events that occurred in or near ... i just can't imagine being able to actually walk inside , transport back to another time & just appreciate it all .

Gore house is a house belonging to a blacksmith? Wow

Thank you. I love history. Thank you for sharing

I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you so much!

Well done!!! I enjoyed it immensely! I would love an update to see if the homes in poorer condition have been restored to live forever more! Thank you!

Climbing those staircases...wow...before air conditioning and comfortable clothing....beautiful ornate homes, but look so impractical by our standards today. A hardy bunch was our ancestors.

So horrible how you could be forced out of your home in a moment.

What a wonderful video. Congrats to all who are in the process of refurbishing these houses. Was in Perryville two years ago and saw the one large home near the cave. Hope to return to KY soon once this quarantine is lifted. Thank you again.

nice video but I was thinking it was going to be the TV series "If walls could talk"......

BYE BYE SPACE AGE I BELONG TO ANOTHER ERA

You know who the narrator sounds like?........Joe Namath.

Indians were "prevalent" in the area? You mean that land was the home where they lived, you grotesque excuse for a human? Don't worry hon, they aren't Prevalent any longer.

Storage?😔

Have been to the Park's house a couple of times when in Perryville for the Battle. I love this old house. I wish we could live there.

That last home oh my gosh how beautiful.

I highly recommend this video to all us folks self isolating these days! Very calming...

Nope can't be replaced. In Virginia many of the plantation houses have fallen down. No one seems to care. Plantation house is not Tara in Gone With the Wind. That is one myth that was dispelled for me when I actually saw them. They were farms more than anything else. I went to look for some of them. One was a beautiful house but no one took care of it. It even had small trees growing inside the house. Outside looked ok. Some were destroyed when they created Lake Anna. All the lakes in Virginia are manmade. So they flooded some of them never to be seen again. Very sad. None of the cemeteries are kept up by cities in Virginia. I used to have to go into the woods to find them and they were never in the state they were originally in. Cows even would knock over those beautiful iron fences/fenceposts. They would knock over some of the tombstones & walk on others. Very sad. To say what some people in Ohio did to old family cemeteries is almost sacrilegious. From being bulldozed into holes and buried to another family who removed the tombstones & made a sidewalk leading up to their house so people would actually walk on them. Terrible. No respect for those beautiful houses or their cemeteries. Some of the tombstones were like works of art. Just beautiful.

🌿 Jan 2020...used to live in Danville and work at the Ephraim McDowell Hospital. Lovely video and delightful yet sad trip down memory lane.

What an amazing history documentary!!

I love that you didn't cover up the sound of going up the stairs. It was almost like going back in time.

Wonderful documentary, I liked the way you included each home's history. I wonder why the parents had to move near their son Caleb, especially since they returned after his death. Was he sickly, so they moved to care for him, or perhaps a widower with small children for whom he needed help? I'm guessing sickly since he predeceased his parents by a number of years. My son and his partner recently bought (nearly 2 years ago) an historic home in Louisville. My son had his heart set on a Victorian home and they relocated to Kentucky from California. I'm going to tell them about this video so they can stop by if a road trip takes them near.

Absolutely WONDERFUL VIDEO!! I LOVE when the history of each home is given and told along with the viewing of each home and the area. You can almost visualize being there at that actual time period...I love these homes. Thank you very much. Enjoyed immensely. 😀

Good work. Beautifully shot, edited, and presented. Explaining and showing the possibilities, as well as the properties that may be beyond reclamation, is an important lesson in preservation. Kentucky is a beautiful state with a rich cultural and architectural history. I lived in both Versailles and downtown Lexington in the late 1970s and began restoration on an 1830s brick house in the city. Left subsequently to relocate in Charleston and then back to Atlanta. In looking back I often have twinges of personal guilt that I should have remained in the state and have carried great memories throughout the years of its beautiful architecture and breathtaking landscapes. Keep up the good work of saving a beautiful piece of the planet. Thanks.

Thank you again for your videos very interesting your history

These wonderful houses can never be replaced. They should be loved and cared for by everyone.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful rich history!

I wish they all could be saved. Make into a bed and breakfast...a quilt and yarn shop...a restaurant...oh how I wish I could save them all! Such a wonderful video of an era gone by...kind of sad...like walking through a neglected graveyard.

Thank you for saving these Beauties! & History!!!💜

Why’d they only find his head?! I’m on the edge of my seat over here! Great video

This looks poorly was that the way they lived hard to belive. Earlier they must have had nicer furniture. Wallpaper nice looking on the walls.

This is great so interesting thank you for sharing this with us 👍👍💙 new subb :)

I love the way you begin this video, explaining to folks the importance of local landmark buildings and why communities should strive to preserve them. Beautifully done!