Farms: Abandoned House Ashbridge Mansion

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1. Nice video, thanks
2. DAMN THE SHOPS
3. IM YOUNG BUT MAN THIS MAKES ME SO DAMN SAD
4. your right by not going inside. it looks pretty beat up.
5. Was still interesting even though you didn't go in. Thanks for the fun outside tour and all the great background. Bet it was a beauty in its time :)
6. i know of a company that wanted to buy that piece of land and the land across the street from the house for apartments but the owner wanted the next buyer to put $1 million dollars of restorations into the house. the potential buyer that i know obviously did not buy the property because he didn't find t worthwhile to put that much money into a building he really didnt care too much for. the house is still standing there, the white tarp has been removed but i do think there is a new tarp on the roof at this point
7. Dumbass ppl in this world. such beautiful home and they wanna build on it. Thank u for the history lesson
8. An article written about the last family that had it under private ownership and how they used the property. http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/MP/20030203/TMP05/302039940
9. http://articles.philly.com/2008-06-19/news/25249355_1_metal-designs-tray - about Wendell August in Exton and a little bit of history about the property as well.
10. Steve, I lived on this property in 1993 for a year with my in-laws who lived here for ten years (1987/88 - abt. 1998.) They moved after Walmart purchased the property, also known as the Indian Run Farm which bred Morgan horses. The original owner and subsequent generations, had this "country home" to raise horses while they resided in Philadelphia, it was later purchased by another family in the early 1900s). We lived in what is known as the tenant cottage (now Maggie Moos) and from what I was told, is where the family often lived/stayed. The wood cutter cottage, is actually a wood cutter's shed. The trees are over 200 years old. It is rumored that William Penn gave the large oak trees that line the drive as a gift. If you notice the oaks line the drive toward the cottage, as the manor house was an after thought to accommodate family and visitors to their summer place. The stone house with the garage that you mention, was the caretaker's house and when I lived on the property it was recently vacated and there was a horse drawn carriage in the garage area. The barn was a 4 story structure with horse stalls on the lowest level (access was along the side of the barn which faces Rt 30 bypass.) The upper levels were accessed by the large doors and ramp used to drive tractors and such into the barn. The "Manor House" as I knew it, was divided up into, I think, 5 apartments. Once Walmart purchased the property, most people vacated the apartments. It was empty for over a year when my husband and I briefly moved in with his parents and then, He, his friend and I walked through some of the apartments which were a mess. Originally, It was a manor house with the two porches, upper and lower, a kitchen added on to the right side, along with servant quarters. Most of the buildings were occupied and used up until at least 1993 while I lived there, when the original owners still kept and bred Morgan Horses on the property. I remember the horses being in two of the three pastures on the property. One pasture was along side of the cottage all the way up to rt 100. The second pasture was across the road (which made a loop around the property and is mostly still there) to the south side of the barn facing Rt 30 bypass and ending near the bend in the road by the grounds keeper's house. It butted up to the Foote Mineral Company property that was where the current Main Street at Exton center is located. The third pasture is the now open field you find in front of the Manor House. The first pasture I mentioned is where the current "park like" area and pond are. If you look closely toward Rt 100, you will see a rise in the elevation/hill that has a wide space carved out of it. That was the original entrance. The road came up and met with the road that is in front of Wendell August. It made a large backward "P" shape on the property. As you entered the property road from Rt 100, the "drive" was lined on both sides with post and rail fencing like you see at most horse farms. Along the fences were large honeysuckle hedges that smelled wonderful in the spring and summer! To the right would be a pasture and to the left, the pond, which at one time was stocked with fish. The drive went straight back to the manor house, but first made a left turn to the stone cottage, a bend to the right to head around the barn, and another bend to the right to arrive in front of the caretaker's house and then to the Manor house. The buildings are supposed to be preserved, but they are to be leased out and then they will know how to update/alter them. The Manor house will require extensive remodeling and repairs. I am friends with the former township supervisor and at the time he told me that the Manor House was slated for possible offices?? Time will tell, but it would be nice to see them preserved in some manor. Thanks for the tour!
11. glad they only painted on the plywood
12. it looks dangerous you did the right thing by not going in i care more about all you ubexers
13. instead of trying to cover and protect the roof, why don't they just fix theroof
14. I want to see inside. Make it happen.
15. Why is all the grass cut????
16. Interesting history.
17. Lol this is right near the Maggie Moos and Walmart thanks I have always saw it as skid when me and my family went to Bucca Di Peppo and I always would wander about it
18. Looks like it was originally a 5 bay dutch colonial, then a 3 bay addition to the left side.
19. If it's on the national registry, can it be razed?
20. Yea!!!!! Strip malls for all!!!!! What the hell is wrong with this country?