Kristin Jackson, the Founder and Editor of Hunted Interior Atlanta, has been involved in various home renovation projects since 2011. The ranch house in Atlanta was a dilapidated ranch house that has seen the couple through both good times and bad. The renovation was influenced by a modern-farmhouse style, but with Southwest accents and an edgier twist. The designer, along with her cousins Pryce and Jeremy Jackson, tackled the project with the help of their cousins.
The home’s eclectic entry was designed by Kristin Jackson, who also created a vivid navy island to contrast the otherwise dull entryway. The designer’s passion for preserving traditions runs deep in her, especially in the creation and maintenance of a tradition during the holidays. The renovation was completed with built-ins framed out and paint colors decided.
Kristin’s blog, Hunted Interior, has been mentioned in publications like Better Homes and Gardens magazine. The renovation was an incredible journey with the client and design partner, resulting in a modern-farmhouse style with Southwest accents and an edgier twist. The designer’s experience as a designer at Design Continuum Inc. and her education from The Art Institutes Graphic and BFA Interior Design, 2002-2006, further solidified her role in the field.
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📹 Exploring a 200 Year old Abandoned Plantation Mansion | Most Haunted in the State
In today’s episode we take a look at an abandoned plantation mansion in the south. Built in 1824 by a Methodist minister and …
It’s unbelievable seeing all those dresses in that old plantation house. It’s just something that you don’t expect to come across. I personally love old farm houses and plantation houses. It’s a darn shame that so many of them are abandoned and go to waste instead of being renovated. If walls could talk.
There is a Wikipedia on this home. it states that the home is owned by the Mauldin family since the 1940s when they purchased the 1,000-acre (400 ha) farm property that the house sits on. It also says that they have never resided there because of its remote nature. This family needs to step up and do something.
That blue is hideous! But the fact that there are still shackles in the house from the slaves is incredible. There’s so much history. It should be restored as a museum and the slaves who lived and died there should be remembered and deeply honored. I’m sure there must be records in the county of the enslaved with their names, ages and occupations. These old plantations are important to American history, but only because of what my people went through on these properties. They must never be forgotten.
I live like 10 minutes from the first house the change and shackles were taken out in the early 80s by tourist. The room where he went upstairs the first time where the walls are unfinished that’s the way they’ve always been as long as I can remember. I’ve actually stayed in this house a lot back in the day. And the other upstairs room where the little red bed frame was. The door that’s on the south side of the room you can actually walk in the walls through that door.
The small of stairs would have led to servants quarters. They would come down those, passed through what is now a bathroom, which was probably a pantry at one time, straight into the kitchen, without being seen by the guests. That’s how a lot of these old Southern mansions were laid out, to keep the servants, mostly hidden. Really nice place, shame to see a piece of history go to ruin
The first house is actually called The Goode-Hall, Saunders Hall in Town Creek Alabama. It was beautiful. We lived in that house for one summer but he (AH) grew up there his parents lived there on and off for many years. We even hosted several tours back then. It has really wasted away. I can tell you so much about this place. The shackles were there when we lived there in 1999 (I believe)
I did a reenactment at the second house, Sweetwater Mansion, back in 2011, and they were trying to rebuild it to look similar to the way it did initially. However, it looks like they have given up completely. It could’ve been a great venue for weddings and several events. I will say this place is VERY haunted I had many strange encounters in there. I saw a little girl dressed in white, heard a baby laugh in the cemetery, and heard my name whispered several times throughout the mansion. It’s definitely a spooky place!
I’ve visited The good Hall Saunders Hall when the last residents lived there. The property is overrun with ghost from past owners to slaves to surrounding area ghosts that are there! When I was there, the shackles were still there! In the basement room with the dirt floor. Was the several times and each time was more difficult because of the spirit activity that wanted to interact with me. I find it disturbing to even drive past the property. But, a beautiful, grand plantation home.
I loved both of these I am in texas and a contractor who restores older homes, the last one was 120 years old in Bonham tx I would love either of these for restoration – I love the outside of the first one but the second one would be such a classic style I could see stone mantels on the fireplaces and new windows strip the plaster on the walls insulate replaster (no sheetrock) new roofs on both, new modern kitchen central HVAC systems Both have basements and attic space so very easy to add central HVAC systems real hardwood floor new molding with crown molding – both need a lot of landscaping Do more of this style but also the bigger ones you normally do I love these but love the normal explores you do
Hello big bankz. I really look forward to your articles each and every single week. I really want to wish you and your wife and your crew a very merry Christmas and a Happy New years day in 2023. Thank you for downloaded this article and for making this article. Happy holidays to everyone. Hello everyone I’m from Dayton Ohio. Please take care and God bless you always and forever amen.
FYI, “Plantation Style” is not a thing. Plantation houses came in many styles, from Greek Revival (most popular) to Italianate to Steamboat Gothic. The first house shown is in the Jeffersonian Palladio style. The exterior is in an advanced state of decay, and all those loose joints are letting water in. It’s going to take some deep pockets to save it.
Hi there. I think the lady bugs would actually be Asian lady beetles…you can tell the difference by the color which is an orange or a tan color. I live in Tennessee and they are everywhere. I can’t believe someone lived in the first house with kids…it seems a little dangerous, but maybe it was cheap or free…prices the way they are now. Good work in the articles.
Those are more like lesser brand couture dresses, not prom. curious that there were so many, more like from a boutique that shuttered, that one brand Cottonade is a defunct Paris brand that really doesn’t sell for much. Weirdly curious that they would be in that home, would love to vintage pick through them!
Don’t comment often but I thought I would say awesome article and I love that you put verses on every article ✝️ The places you find are truly amazing pieces of history and your presentation style is enjoyable. I love urbex but have a hard time perusal most other websites. Keep up the great work- Merry Christmas to you and your wife from Cleveland!
I would bet that the second house was used for storage for a theatre group at some point. A lot of the stuff downstairs could have been stage props. Other racks of clothing were different costumes. Looks like a lot of it may have been donated from other theatre groups and patrons. Be surprised what will be given to theatre groups. Both these houses are beautiful. Would love to restore either.
I am 50 seconds in. And I have to say that I am very much enjoying the shots. Whenever I watch one of these I like to watch it with some graph paper at my side. And I like to try to sketch out what the house looks like inside and out. Right now I could draw the outside with near perfection. Now we’ll see what I feel like about the shots when you walk through the house. Cuz too many people just do not give a step-by-step, cohesive view of the inside rooms. That leaves me to guess where exactly the hearth room is. I look forward to leaving a review on that!
very very exciting article .u did justice for this mansion to be explored . south virginia .woow. movie named wrong turn is film in virginia .it was giving me same vibes . this is your 1st article i watched . some people are just describer but your are explorer . so as a reward i subscribed your website . good luck bro .
i wish there were trespass articles where anyone knew something about anything and just didn’t go around saying, ‘wow, that’s beautiful, look at that.’ no one in these things knows the first thing about history, renovation, architecture, construction, decoration, design, function, materials. stumbling around dangerous places they shouldn’t be in, unmasked from whatever molds, focusing on stupid shit because they wouldn’t know antebellum from colonial or an old typewriter from a cash register.
Very beautiful old home. I really wish you had gone back to document the outbuildings in the plantation home. Even though they may have been slave quarters, there’s a history there that is going to be gone soon. I’m really surprised they would be there, I don’t know what part of the South you’re in but the Union army had a habit of burning homes and such on their way through. I’m a historian and Antebellum South was part of my concentration. The cemetery is interesting. The Sweetwater plantation house (the second one) was started by General John Robert Brahan (8 June 1771 Fauquier Co VA–8 July 1834 Florence AL.) His wife is buried next to him in that cemetery, Mary Weakley Brahan (b 24 June 1810 Nashville TN,–7 Jan 1837 Florence Al.). Their son-in-law was Governor of Alabama just after the Civil War, Governor Robert Patton. He completed the work on the house in 1835. General Brahan bought 4000 acres of property in Alabama sometime in the 1810-20 range. He was with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in 1817. Yeah, I had to go look him up. Having a gravestone was a big help. From the looks of the materials in the home, it is warehousing the items that may be used for renovation, many of the items are of that period. I have NO idea about the dresses, when they were first mentioned, I was in hopes that they were period dresses that could be used in a museum. Great article.
My house was built in 1894. It sat empty for 2-3 yrs before I bought it. It has been a MASSIVE headache getting the house and land to not be toxic. I can not for the life me, figure out, how it takes such short time for OLD houses to come to ruin, but newer hse doesn’t seem to deteriate as swiftly. Yet, a OLD house will withstand elements better (wind, rain, storms etc.)
The “living rooms” were called “parlours” in the 1800s. This house needs over $1million in restoration. Whoever attempted this makeover didn’t do a good job, sadly. In that second house those are not prom dresses they look like vintage evening gowns. I wish you’d have mentioned the names on the labels! All looks vintage 60s-70s to me. Cha-ching!
Wait till you hear this! My Dad lived in the first house in the late 49’s. It housed 3 family’s, and there are MANY hidden passageways, it was built pre Civil Way, had a false wall that revolved into a secret room, was part of the Underground Railroad (which helped fleeing former slaves) before it was taken over by Union Soldiers, My great uncles were fighting and one got pushed into the revolving wall door, and they found a bunch of Union War Maos and other memorabilia which went to a museum (he was younger and doesn’t recall. He mentioned living in this house, so I looked it up and he was shocked! He’s dying, and seeing a childhood home again was a real joy for him. 🙏 thank you so much for making my Dads year! PS: there were NO SHACKLES when they discovered it in the Late 1940’s
That 1st house they were trying to modernize it. Those walls were more 2000s than 1820. Also the 2nd floor most likely was whole sometime back but someone divided it like they did with that 1st floor room. Closed off the hall access and made a door in the back. The 2nd house should be called the prom house. I can’t even imagine what it took to get all those dresses up there. Now they could have a ball…. 😁
The house might be interesting if there were better lighting. Many things you point out are not period to that style house. There were never first floor bedrooms in those grand antebellum houses. Also, slaves were never shackled in the celar of a grand old mansion because someone with enough wealth to build this house would never have had slaves so close to their living quarters. Most houses of that period the kitchens were in the basement or a separate building from the main house to help keep the house from getting hotter in the summer months, and to keep down on odors from food cooking.
Yes, Saunders-Goode-Hall mansion near me in Town Creek, AL. I, and many others, have been trying to buy it for decades. Discourage anyone from wandering around there. Good way to get shot or have a run in with local police- trust me, you’re miles away from anyone. I’m also a bit envious that you got to go inside.
Makes me wonder what went on in these homes. My Grandma had an old home and at one time it was Filed with her 5 daughters and 5 husbands and all of us kids. 16. Then our husband s and our kids. So so many. Then when she died it was supposed to go to my Mom but the 2nd youngest sister did some terrible shenanigans and the house sat empty for years. Finally someone bought it but he let the grass grow all around and it looks like a shack in a mess of weeds and grass. I can hardly recognize it. Such a heartbreak! I wonder if these homes were ever happy or were they nasty and were their slaves? Geeze those days must have been HORRID FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. 😢
This house is waiting for the right millionaire (or someone to win the lottery). Depending on construction costs in that state, a solid $1-3 million could restore this beauty to full glory, with updated kitchen, bathrooms, windows and plumbing. Minimal landscaping is needed, which keeps the costs low.
OMG! The ugly floor in the kitchen is the same floor that I used to have in my house when I bought it. My house was built in 1970 and I never liked that flooring but it always stayed in amazing shape. I finally got a new floor last year. The floor is red, green, and gray and it looks like rocks but it also is shaped like a giraffes spots. I’ve never seen that floor anywhere else. Too funny!
The old plantation is much more impressive on the outside than the inside. Such a shame that someone ruined it with the paint brush. The once beautiful woodwork is completely ruined. I would guess that the second place that is full of gowns is being used to hide some assets from a foreclosure. Well, no one will find them there. It is really a shame that these old properties are left to decay. It seems that they lose their money and the family just moves on. They certainly are not Tara but I am sure that they were nice once upon a time. I’m always sad to see neglected cemeteries. If they did have enslaved people at one time on the plantation then there would also be a place where they buried those people as well. Since the enslaved did not usually get stone markers but instead had wooden hand made crosses on the graves which end up decaying after many years you have to look instead for depressions in the ground and sometimes you will see fieldstones at the head and/or the foot of the grave. Interesting stuff.
Awesome explores!!! If these places are on the historical registry, why are they allowed to be deteriorating??? Wouldn’t that provide money to restore these properties??? Sad that they are not brought back to their former glory 😞😢😰 The prom dresses are a mystery! Someone who owned a department store, must have, for some reason, stored them there👎😖🧐 It may be an old wives tale, if you didn’t get bad vibes! However, some place that are that old…& slave quarter’s…probably is haunted 😳😣😢 Thank you Bankz, for sharing this wonderful adventure with us!!! I loved it 👍🙏❤️
They are not lady bugs, but are Asian Beatles. In 1916 the Asian beatles were introduced to assist crops in controlling certain insects. When farmers harvest the crops Asian beatles fly everywhere, but gather in and around most country homes. They are horrible: they bite, get into everything and once their dead the odor is horrendous!
I can’t even begin to express how deeply incensed I was perusal this article. The outright abuse of that historic home left me filled with outrage – the drop ceilings, the cheap light fixtures, ruined architectural features, the PAINT. The waste. And I am sorry, but I was bothered by the repeated references to the alleged shackles left in the basement. It didn’t feel respectful. It felt like clickbait. Now, the second house was interesting. I don’t know. As compelling as urban exploration articles can be, they always leave me feeling sad.
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It’s a shame to see grand old homes in such disrepair…very sad. The first house where people were living…makes me wonder if they were more or less squatting instead. Being in a semi-remote area makes it easier for folks to squat in abandoned homes. Both of these homes need to be brought back to their former glory and beauty. The second home with ALL the clothing…WOW…many of those items appeared to be in still good condition, sellable, especially once they’ve been cleaned. No doubt that is hundreds of thousands, maybe in the lower millions worth of clothing!
Dude you got to the room with the ladybugs and I instantly went into fight or flight mode. I’m freakin terrified of ladybugs, ever since my Grandmother passed away I can’t have a ladybug near me without screeching. I started crying one day cause there was one crawling on my blanket and I felt paralyzed. I couldn’t move. I had to have my man remove it 😅
Hy from Europe. love your vids 🙂 The second one, the House Of Dresses was really something! It got me playing detective a bit, esp. the price tags of 18.000 Euro on one of them. The combination of this dresses does give really off vibes, as there seem to be 90s pieces mixed with what we call “divorced mom clothes” and then just rows of this 2000s/2010s “prom dresses” – which are not, at least in most European countries, prom dresses (we don’t hold proms) but rather a style of dresses you would often find in Bridal Shops that cater to ladies from indian/arabian/turkish communities for social gatherings like weddings or similar big events. However, even if they can be pricy, 18.000/20.000 or similar is out of question. That are global brand prices. So this is strange if it was meant for ONE dress and not the whole rack for example. The jacket with the 4.000 that was in focus showed the brand “COTTONADE Paris”, google only leads to odd 2000s style used clothing at Etsy/Vinted etc. And to one single shop actually named Cottonade Paris in Paris … which per google review appers to be a font for pickpockets and credit card theft! So something fishy did go on here, either someone was scammed with this clothes or tried to scam someone else. Thanks for reading!
The fact that human beings were treated so horribly makes this place very “Ugly” not beautiful. This house is doing exactly what it should be doing, wasting away! I noticed the lack of empathy for what people went through at the hands of such horrible people. You were laughing quite a bit when showing the article, seemed like you took pleasure in what this house represents. Especially when you talked about the shackles. There’s a lot of sick people in the world!!
House #1. As a G.C. I’ve fully restored two houses that are on the National Historic Registry and served over 12 years on the City Historical Preservation Board. By Architectural standards, specifically the interior, this house was originally quite basic as far as millwork and amenities (common for the period and geographical region), however the overall condition, terrible “updates” and past modifications have almost ruined the historical significance of the home. IMO, it’s worth saving as a landmark and historical reference, but a true restoration to Dept. of Interior Standards wouldn’t be sensible.
Dang. There’s enough dresses and clothes in that second house to make someone a millionaire. That’s a shame to leave all those dresses and clothes there when someone could be buying and wearing them. I’m a seller by heart. Wish I take all that and sell it on Facebook marketplace or eBay. I could sell it all for reasonable prices and still come out a millionaire. There’s a lot of clothes there!! There’s a gold mine in that house. If they’re gonna just abandon that. Heck I’d take it all lol.
I’d love to visit these types of old abandoned places one day 😊 But hear me out, based on the posters on the walls it seems like the mansion was recently sold inhabited by a family…Sooo what if the Mansion is actually haunted and these people never left or maybe they encountered something that made them leave in a hurry. I know, I watch too many horror movies lol