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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

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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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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

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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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Cricket 2 years ago

I found it interesting that a 2.5 Million Dollar Mansion would have a $1.00 nightlight in the master bathroom lol. Guess I have more in common with the elite than I realized.🙂

10points

Liz the Wanderer 2 years ago

It's ok, they paid $50 for their $1 night light..

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Memere 2 years ago

So the fire happened in 2018, not quite 4 years ago maybe? I'll bet the owners are still fighting with the insurance company to get paid.

7points

Ben Smith 2 years ago

Absolutely not

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Luna 2 years ago

Hill house vibes

6points

april jenkins 2 years ago

i see a discarded face mask on the floor of parlor decor...

4points

Cecily Holland 2 years ago

You mean you broke into it and trespassed

4points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago

That is an assumption. Not necessarily the truth. The photographer may have been able to gain approval from the estate management/owner and been allowed to enter areas deemed safe. Even possibly paid a fee to do so. That would explain the lack of close-up photos in the kitchen.

14points

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Monkey Spunk 2 years ago

The owners obviously weren't Republican, the books haven't been burnt.

3points

GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I can't believe someone would leave their hat collection behind, along with all their personal possessions and the valuable antiques. I love the old perambulator, and even all the books and photos. There has to be more to this story. Even if they had all the money in the world, it looks as thought there are things left behind that would be precious to someone for sentimental reasons if nothing else.

3points

Memere 2 years ago

The fire happened just under 4 years ago. The owners could very possibly still be fighting with the insurance company, & generally until the insurance pays out, the owner isn't allowed to start any rehab, or even remove possessions, especially if arson/insurance fraud is suspected. It also could have been repossessed by the mortgage company & they just haven't bothered. We had a home in our neighborhood that has sat empty since late 2018 - the husband died suddenly & his widow apparently has been battling with the insurance or mortage & just last month was finally able to sell it. All the 'red tape' involved can create a years long nightmare.

7points

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Chancey 2 years ago

Found info on this home: Once owned by a very wealthy Jewish family. The home was custom built in the 1980s with many beautiful features. But sadly in 2018 a fire broke out forcing the family to leave everything behind. Thankfully no one was injured in the fire. But the home may never see a new family again. Also said that smoke filled the mansion forcing family to leave everything behind and that they moved to a new town.

2points

ZAPanda 2 years ago

The backstory part I am interested in, is, if it was abandoned in 2018, what's with all the furniture and aesthetics from 1900? It really really looks old fashioned, specially the pram ("stroller").

2points

Moezzzz 2 years ago

I will never understand how anyone could leave beautiful furniture to just ruin!

1point

Thomas Sweda 2 years ago

You really like that black hat.

1point

Brenda Pereira 2 years ago

If it's not going to be rebuilt/repaired, why doesn't the owner, court, whoever, have a salvage company come in and take what can be sold and tear the rest down. Possibly, there is an insurance fraud case pending or the insurance company ruled it a fraud case and refused to pay. I'd still go the salvage route if so. So many questions, so few answers.

1point

Bhupendra Kumar 2 years ago

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sofacushionfort 2 years ago

“A downstairs room” reminds me of the Romanov’s last stop.

1point

zak 2 years ago

Alternate title: I trespassed and unlawfully entered private property and posted pictures of someone's private home on the internet without their permission.

1point

Aliquid 2 years ago (edited)

Yeah, but that is not what happened. The real title: I spend days hunting for and carefully researching the location of abandoned homes, and then contact the owner/city and pay for the right to enter and take pictures. They give me keys, I take staged pictures, and then I claim that I 'stumbled across it'

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Keisha Washington 1 year ago

Given the size of the mansion, it likely has more than 1 kitchen. The fire was but a scratch and unlikely to be the reason the entire home was vacated. Now being put under the witness protection program because you ratted out the mob is likely the reason they left.

0points

Audrey nelson 2 years ago

Wow I want to find an old place and take pics and I’m surprise there’s no graffiti and nothing has been taken or stolen there’s some really nice artifacts there?!!

0points

SarahJane Riordan 2 years ago

Well, I wonder who's watering the pot plants in this 'abandoned' house? Sure, the plant on the dining room table might be fake, but the moth orchid on the cabinet with the alcohol bottles looks pretty real - its got roots climbing down the outsides of the pot like the real ones do.

0points

NWB 2 years ago

reminds me of the house inside from the movie Mother!

0points

Al Christensen 2 years ago

Someone was really into hats.

0points

Suzieq 2 years ago

I think that it is an ugly house, I can see why they left for something better. Even the grand entrance has something off about it.

0points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

Why would somebody abandon a mansion and all its contents? Surely insurance would help repair everything.

0points

Tony Gong 2 years ago

it looks in pretty good shape except for the kitchen and the roof part. If they clean it up and repair the kitchen many would be willing to live in the house

0points

2 years ago

If I had the money I would restore this place! It's such a beautiful house.

0points

Angelar 2 years ago

I liked the other posts very much, even better. Of course they are staged -but I get the concept. It has the melancholic eeriness of "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House", God I love this movie...

0points

Lance d'Boyle 2 years ago

"Burned in a fire"? Is there another way to burn a house? I find this redundant and repetitive.

0points

Aliquid 2 years ago

A really really big vat of acid

6points

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Bobby 2 years ago

This is us when our youth had been burnt.

0points

Ellie 2 years ago

God I hate this nonsense. Look at me, I broke into someone’s else house to gaupe. Gunna take photos so I seem interesting.

-1point

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

If the photographer can get in why don't squatters?

-1point

Aliquid 2 years ago

because he got permission first

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moataz Sersawi 2 years ago

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

The Holy Qur'an has stressed the importance of fairness in business: "And, O my people, give full measure and weight justly, and defraud not men of their things, and act not corruptly in the land making mischief. What remains with Allah is better for you, if you are believers" (xi. 85-86).

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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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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

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

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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Cricket 2 years ago

I found it interesting that a 2.5 Million Dollar Mansion would have a $1.00 nightlight in the master bathroom lol. Guess I have more in common with the elite than I realized.🙂

10points

Liz the Wanderer 2 years ago

It's ok, they paid $50 for their $1 night light..

3points

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Memere 2 years ago

So the fire happened in 2018, not quite 4 years ago maybe? I'll bet the owners are still fighting with the insurance company to get paid.

7points

Ben Smith 2 years ago

Absolutely not

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Luna 2 years ago

Hill house vibes

6points

april jenkins 2 years ago

i see a discarded face mask on the floor of parlor decor...

4points

Cecily Holland 2 years ago

You mean you broke into it and trespassed

4points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 years ago

That is an assumption. Not necessarily the truth. The photographer may have been able to gain approval from the estate management/owner and been allowed to enter areas deemed safe. Even possibly paid a fee to do so. That would explain the lack of close-up photos in the kitchen.

14points

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Monkey Spunk 2 years ago

The owners obviously weren't Republican, the books haven't been burnt.

3points

GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I can't believe someone would leave their hat collection behind, along with all their personal possessions and the valuable antiques. I love the old perambulator, and even all the books and photos. There has to be more to this story. Even if they had all the money in the world, it looks as thought there are things left behind that would be precious to someone for sentimental reasons if nothing else.

3points

Memere 2 years ago

The fire happened just under 4 years ago. The owners could very possibly still be fighting with the insurance company, & generally until the insurance pays out, the owner isn't allowed to start any rehab, or even remove possessions, especially if arson/insurance fraud is suspected. It also could have been repossessed by the mortgage company & they just haven't bothered. We had a home in our neighborhood that has sat empty since late 2018 - the husband died suddenly & his widow apparently has been battling with the insurance or mortage & just last month was finally able to sell it. All the 'red tape' involved can create a years long nightmare.

7points

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Chancey 2 years ago

Found info on this home: Once owned by a very wealthy Jewish family. The home was custom built in the 1980s with many beautiful features. But sadly in 2018 a fire broke out forcing the family to leave everything behind. Thankfully no one was injured in the fire. But the home may never see a new family again. Also said that smoke filled the mansion forcing family to leave everything behind and that they moved to a new town.

2points

ZAPanda 2 years ago

The backstory part I am interested in, is, if it was abandoned in 2018, what's with all the furniture and aesthetics from 1900? It really really looks old fashioned, specially the pram ("stroller").

2points

Moezzzz 2 years ago

I will never understand how anyone could leave beautiful furniture to just ruin!

1point

Thomas Sweda 2 years ago

You really like that black hat.

1point

Brenda Pereira 2 years ago

If it's not going to be rebuilt/repaired, why doesn't the owner, court, whoever, have a salvage company come in and take what can be sold and tear the rest down. Possibly, there is an insurance fraud case pending or the insurance company ruled it a fraud case and refused to pay. I'd still go the salvage route if so. So many questions, so few answers.

1point

Bhupendra Kumar 2 years ago

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sofacushionfort 2 years ago

“A downstairs room” reminds me of the Romanov’s last stop.

1point

zak 2 years ago

Alternate title: I trespassed and unlawfully entered private property and posted pictures of someone's private home on the internet without their permission.

1point

Aliquid 2 years ago (edited)

Yeah, but that is not what happened. The real title: I spend days hunting for and carefully researching the location of abandoned homes, and then contact the owner/city and pay for the right to enter and take pictures. They give me keys, I take staged pictures, and then I claim that I 'stumbled across it'

11points

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Keisha Washington 1 year ago

Given the size of the mansion, it likely has more than 1 kitchen. The fire was but a scratch and unlikely to be the reason the entire home was vacated. Now being put under the witness protection program because you ratted out the mob is likely the reason they left.

0points

Audrey nelson 2 years ago

Wow I want to find an old place and take pics and I’m surprise there’s no graffiti and nothing has been taken or stolen there’s some really nice artifacts there?!!

0points

SarahJane Riordan 2 years ago

Well, I wonder who's watering the pot plants in this 'abandoned' house? Sure, the plant on the dining room table might be fake, but the moth orchid on the cabinet with the alcohol bottles looks pretty real - its got roots climbing down the outsides of the pot like the real ones do.

0points

NWB 2 years ago

reminds me of the house inside from the movie Mother!

0points

Al Christensen 2 years ago

Someone was really into hats.

0points

Suzieq 2 years ago

I think that it is an ugly house, I can see why they left for something better. Even the grand entrance has something off about it.

0points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

Why would somebody abandon a mansion and all its contents? Surely insurance would help repair everything.

0points

Tony Gong 2 years ago

it looks in pretty good shape except for the kitchen and the roof part. If they clean it up and repair the kitchen many would be willing to live in the house

0points

2 years ago

If I had the money I would restore this place! It's such a beautiful house.

0points

Angelar 2 years ago

I liked the other posts very much, even better. Of course they are staged -but I get the concept. It has the melancholic eeriness of "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House", God I love this movie...

0points

Lance d'Boyle 2 years ago

"Burned in a fire"? Is there another way to burn a house? I find this redundant and repetitive.

0points

Aliquid 2 years ago

A really really big vat of acid

6points

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Bobby 2 years ago

This is us when our youth had been burnt.

0points

Ellie 2 years ago

God I hate this nonsense. Look at me, I broke into someone’s else house to gaupe. Gunna take photos so I seem interesting.

-1point

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

If the photographer can get in why don't squatters?

-1point

Aliquid 2 years ago

because he got permission first

1point

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moataz Sersawi 2 years ago

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

The Holy Qur'an has stressed the importance of fairness in business: "And, O my people, give full measure and weight justly, and defraud not men of their things, and act not corruptly in the land making mischief. What remains with Allah is better for you, if you are believers" (xi. 85-86).

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