HUGE Plantation Explore! (SO LUCKY TO FILM THIS CREEPY/BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC HOME!)

Huston House at Butler Plantation, Butler Island, Ga. Consructed in 1927 by Colonel T.L.Huston, a former co-owner of the New York Yankees. Butler Island was a former rice plantation in the late 1700's. After Col. Huston died in 1938, the property was bought by R.J. Reynolds Jr. (tobacco Reynolds). The parcel is currently owned by the Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division of Ga. No plans have been made for the house at this time. (I looked it up....I just had to know). Thanks for the tour 😎

Hi! I actually live in the town this plantation is in. I was actually just there at this actual property last week. Most of the people of this area are very respectful of the deep history of our area and leave this plantation area alone. It has been very rainy here lately and getting down that drive was a bit scary. But our area is just so quiet and beautiful!

The thing in the kitchen was how the family would call the servants to their individual rooms. Kind of an old fashioned intercom system circa 1800’s - early 1900’s.

The site might be historic but that house dates to the early 20th century. That still makes it old (roughly 100 years) but it certainly isn't a plantation house in the sense that it predates the Civil War.

What an amazing home and full of character. It’s such a shame that no one has bought and restored it. When you were in the wood panelled room I couldn’t help but wonder if it had any secret passage ways lol. Also a lot of those older homes had two basements. The first for servants ( cook, maids and butler)worked during the day, the main kitchen would be on that level. Then there would be a lower basement, used to store wine and foods such as root vegetables, perishables and preserves. It would have been the coldest area in the house. I agree with you I think it is the home of many spirits. Thank you for showing us this forgotten gem 💕🤗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Just to clarify a couple of things, those small doors that you thought were dumbwaiters were actually laundry chutes, that's why they all went to the one room in the basement, and that room with all the piping and areas you could see where something had been sitting for some time that you thought was a bathroom went along with the smell you mentioned. All the piping and the areas where stuff had been sitting was for the boiler room that provided steam for those radiators that were in almost every room, and the smell wasn't gasoline, it was either stove oil or kerosene but my bet would be stove oil, in fact there was probably a tank just outside that room, or one of the things that had been taking up space in that room could have been where the tank had been sitting. And it is a beautiful old home but the construction points more to the first part of the twentieth century, not to the civil war era. Not staying that there may have been another home that was much older on the property that this one replaced. That would be something you might check into, the state could/should be able to give you just about any information you're interested in then you could post an update, even if there is or isn't an old family cemetery on the property somewhere.

I did some digging and found out the property is owned by the department of natural resources wildlife division. The grounds are open to the public for walks, picnics and fishing. The buildings are closed to the public. Not sure why they aren't padlocked. Would love to see the house serve as a venue for weddings or other events.

This home is incredible! I love how respectful you are of the property.....very quiet, almost like it’s a funeral home or something. I’m just blown away by what good shape it’s in. Some rooms and the staircase looks like they’re coming home in awhile. The wood throughout is gorgeous!

The first “little door” on the wall, looks like a laundry Shute to drop down linens to the laundry, probably in 5he basement.

Judging from the decal of the Georgia game/fish warden on the doors upstairs, I'm going to to say this house is probably owned by the state. It was probably willed to the state for preservation purposes then used as office space, and then left abandoned when new offices were built. If that is the case, then the state of Georgia should be ashamed about how they are letting this gorgeous piece of their own history simply rot away. There must be something they could do with it. Perhaps corporate retreat space, a childrens home, interactive antebellum museum, a school for architecture or design.. how many possibilities could there be? One thing is for sure, it is very sad that the wishes of the owner of this property who willed it to the state, probably out of love for the house and out of a want to have it preserved, are not being respected. The state should keep up its part of the bargain and show some respect for what is probably a very rare piece of their heritage.

It is a beautiful house. Nice to see no graffitti or vandalism. Could be restored with some hard work! I loved it..🐱

After doing further research: This is the Houston House built in 1926 on the butler plantations land. You can read the history of this place at the Daily Mail.

I can't believe that somebody would just leave a beautiful house like that. I'm in love with all the wood work in that house

I've been in plantation homes in Natchez, MS and in Louisiana and those homes looked much older than this house without a doubt. The story about Natchez is that the people there knew that Sherman had burnt down every town and plantation home in the south as he made his way across the South (I'm a Southerner and we always capitalize that word when it applies to our geographical location :), so they made nice with Sherman offered him money and who knows what else and he decided not to burn Natchez and so it still has more plantation homes than any other state in the Confederacy (of course the land is no longer available). When I was there, Natchez still had more than 50 plantation homes still standing but the ravages of time has still done a good deal of damage on those even with the spring and fall festivals they have every year to keep the maintenance up on those old places. They are beautiful no doubt as are the remaining ones in LA. but those were true plantation owned homes with slaves tilling the land, some being just the town homes of the rich democrats who owned them and the actual big plantation home was out in the country. After the Civil War, many of them fell in to carpetbagger shape if you get my drift and they've been bought and sold many times over the last 155 years. There was only one where the original family (2 sisters) still owned their family's home and of course many generations though by the looks of them not too many generations. Its been many years since I've been there and I'm sure those two sisters have been long gone (sorry for the history lesson). I will assure you, though this indeed is a beautiful old home, and the original owners were quite wealthy doing well in the cattle business apparently, but I doubt seriously that it is of the Civil War era and you can't really call it a plantation home if it never was. I guess to be convinced, I'd have to see the documentation about when the house was built. All she needs to do is say it is a plantation type house or it was a plantation house but they never owned slaves. It is gorgeous to be sure and I love it and whoever owned it over the years has done a good job keeping it up but it still needs a bit of a makeover (for sure in the kitchen). One of the things about those homes from Natchez is that many times the kitchen was detached from the home to keep the house from burning down. I loved the big balcony on the second floor and the glass doorknobs. If I were to guess I'd say the home was built in the early 20th century but not before the Civil War. There is a gigantic difference in the way this home looked when compared to known plantation homes in Natchez. Mind you, I am not calling our hostess a liar. I for sure do not want to make anyone mad but I just don't think this house is that old and made it through the Civil War without Sherman burning it. What do you all think?

Such a Beautiful original HUGE home love the fact nobody has vandalized it and it definitely sounded like you weren't alone there ; It was creepy to see a pillow and box fan as if a squatter may have been staying there ; over all a gorgeous house ; nice find Ashley !!!

The woodwork is so gorgeous! Those doors are solid wood. And the hardware! Oh my. I'm in love ❤!

This home should be offered on the back page of "This Old House" many, many readers would renovate and restore this home to its former glory. Personally, I have saved and restored four Victorians, and I would love to save this one as well. The house is in near immaculate condition, and I would relish the idea of living there. If available for sale, I would relocate in a heartbeat ..... I love Georgia! My husband is from the South and so is all his family members.

How beautiful. If I had the money, I'd buy that place in a heartbeat.

It's a beautiful home, although it's sad and disturbing to think about the history that happened there.

At 17:13 you can hear a child’s voice. After the loud noise. You will need headphones but it’s there. 😱