Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "What Happened to Whitemarsh Hall?" video.

I like your well-informed, practical comments. I like big houses of the past but I wouldn't have one even if I could afford it: all that money to heat and cool empty, unused space; all the money for maintenance and taxes. If I had that kind of money I would find better things to do with it.
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Since the Edward Stotesbury the original owner was so good with numbers i wonder if he realized the house and estate were impractical and ultimately uneconomical and simply wasn't concerned about what happened after he and his were gone. Or maybe people back then believed the money and prosperity would just contine. It would be interesting to know which applied to the Stotesburys. I was once reading about the mansions of Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, a millionaires' row, and learned that a number of the mansions only stood for a short time: some of the owners had clauses in their will that after their deaths the houses were to be demolished. What a waste. I'm glad I'm working toward minimalism!
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