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I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

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Hidden deep in the woods of upstate New York lies a spectacular abandoned mansion. The mansion was abandoned after an electrical fire broke out in the kitchen in 2018. The doors have been locked up…until now. Take a peek inside the abandoned millionaire’s mansion.

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The exterior

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

The grand staircase entrance

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

The golden cabinets

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

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Head forms in a cabinet

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

The grand foyer

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

The burned kitchen

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

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Mannequin head

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

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A view into the kitchen

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

Parlor decor

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

Decor details

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

Decor details

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

A view of the parlor

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

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A nook in the foyer

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

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A main bedroom

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

A view from a bedroom

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

A downstairs room

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

Main staircase

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

An antique pram

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

The dining room

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

Master bathroom

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

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A family photo

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

Fire damage

I Discovered An Abandoned $2.5 Million Mansion That Was Burned In A Fire With Everything Left Behind (22 Pics)

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Bryan Sansivero

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Diana Lopetaitė

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

What do you think ?

Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago

As much as I like viewing OLD, historic, abandoned structures, I despise it when the photographer chooses to stage the scene by adding dust-free elements! If you are interested in showing places of this ilk, they should be presented in their CURRENT state. Even better, juxtaposed with their FORMER state if one could be that lucky. Viewers want to see how the previous tenants lived.... NOT how the photographer thinks they should have.

42points

DuchessDegu 2 years ago

I know what you mean, I know a guy who does breaks and enters abandoned buildings to take photos/recordings, and the state of 99% of places are dark, dusty, rotten, definitely no clean doilies or hats around! It's perfectly ok if it's staged, just make it clear

13points

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Bryan Sansivero (Post author) 2 years ago

I photographed it exactly how I found it. I didn't touch a single thing. Other photographers were there so they can tell you this. I do believe that people staged things before I got in to take pictures, but please don't make accusations that this is what I do. Thank you.

-1point

Cassie 2 years ago

I'm not saying that anything here isn't staged, but dust is from living things. It's skin cells and dander. If the place was pretty well dusted prior to its abandonment and there are no living things in the structure, there's nothing to produce much dust. I've been in a few long abandoned houses that were not dusty at all.

-1point

Mohd Asad 2 years ago

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s. vitkovitsky 2 years ago

This was a beautiful home but this series of pictures doesn't tell you any more. Anyone planning on repairing it? Why has it been left still furnished?.It doesn't seem the fire was everywhere.

37points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago

Like you, I ALWAYS wish the back story was readily available in these types of photos and videos. Occasionally, with a bit of Google sleuthing one can find some details via the address, photo search etc. but more often then not, we are left to wonder.

34points

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RatherLoopy 2 years ago (edited)

I had a housefire in 1981 that burned one room in a little two-bedroom house and what people don't think about is the stench that soaks into everything in the home that didn't burn. Clothing, carpeting, draperies, upholstery, the paint on the walls... everything was completely ruined. That may have been a factor in why everything was left in this home.

12points

Brivid 2 years ago (edited)

Please don't break into people's homes just because no one lives there. I own another home that I don't live in. Someone broke in rambled through everything left there. Used my daughter's bb gun to shoot holes in the walls, pictures and furniture. Of course they stole stuff, nothing highly valuable, just stuffed they fancied. Some of the things were sentimental. I was already going through a hard time when this occurred. The person breaking in probably thought it was a fun adventure, but for me it just made me that much more miserable.

4points

Aliquid 2 years ago

Don't think anyone will repair it. It would cost less to tear it down and build a new house.

4points

Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago

Wtf? This is totally redeemable. And anyone who can afford a $2.5 m house has insurance to cover the lost. I'm betting it was abandoned for some other reason (dirty money? Flee from authority? Owner died and had no kin or named executor?). The fire could have happened later. Either way, looks like a scavenger's paradise.

22points

Aliquid 2 years ago

If you have that much money, you can also afford to just walk away from the place, move into another home and just consider the original home a "property investment" that you will sell when property values go up in that neighborhood.

18points

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Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago

As much as I like viewing OLD, historic, abandoned structures, I despise it when the photographer chooses to stage the scene by adding dust-free elements! If you are interested in showing places of this ilk, they should be presented in their CURRENT state. Even better, juxtaposed with their FORMER state if one could be that lucky. Viewers want to see how the previous tenants lived.... NOT how the photographer thinks they should have.

42points

DuchessDegu 2 years ago

I know what you mean, I know a guy who does breaks and enters abandoned buildings to take photos/recordings, and the state of 99% of places are dark, dusty, rotten, definitely no clean doilies or hats around! It's perfectly ok if it's staged, just make it clear

13points

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Bryan Sansivero (Post author) 2 years ago

I photographed it exactly how I found it. I didn't touch a single thing. Other photographers were there so they can tell you this. I do believe that people staged things before I got in to take pictures, but please don't make accusations that this is what I do. Thank you.

-1point

Cassie 2 years ago

I'm not saying that anything here isn't staged, but dust is from living things. It's skin cells and dander. If the place was pretty well dusted prior to its abandonment and there are no living things in the structure, there's nothing to produce much dust. I've been in a few long abandoned houses that were not dusty at all.

-1point

Mohd Asad 2 years ago

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s. vitkovitsky 2 years ago

This was a beautiful home but this series of pictures doesn't tell you any more. Anyone planning on repairing it? Why has it been left still furnished?.It doesn't seem the fire was everywhere.

37points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago

Like you, I ALWAYS wish the back story was readily available in these types of photos and videos. Occasionally, with a bit of Google sleuthing one can find some details via the address, photo search etc. but more often then not, we are left to wonder.

34points

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RatherLoopy 2 years ago (edited)

I had a housefire in 1981 that burned one room in a little two-bedroom house and what people don't think about is the stench that soaks into everything in the home that didn't burn. Clothing, carpeting, draperies, upholstery, the paint on the walls... everything was completely ruined. That may have been a factor in why everything was left in this home.

12points

Brivid 2 years ago (edited)

Please don't break into people's homes just because no one lives there. I own another home that I don't live in. Someone broke in rambled through everything left there. Used my daughter's bb gun to shoot holes in the walls, pictures and furniture. Of course they stole stuff, nothing highly valuable, just stuffed they fancied. Some of the things were sentimental. I was already going through a hard time when this occurred. The person breaking in probably thought it was a fun adventure, but for me it just made me that much more miserable.

4points

Aliquid 2 years ago

Don't think anyone will repair it. It would cost less to tear it down and build a new house.

4points

Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago

Wtf? This is totally redeemable. And anyone who can afford a $2.5 m house has insurance to cover the lost. I'm betting it was abandoned for some other reason (dirty money? Flee from authority? Owner died and had no kin or named executor?). The fire could have happened later. Either way, looks like a scavenger's paradise.

22points

Aliquid 2 years ago

If you have that much money, you can also afford to just walk away from the place, move into another home and just consider the original home a "property investment" that you will sell when property values go up in that neighborhood.

18points

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