Why California’s Most Famous Mansion is Totally Forbidden

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  @theknowbot5000 · 4 months ago

  On a dark and stormy night this would be the ultimate Scooby-Doo mansion

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• SA

  @sandienochs6132 · 4 months ago (edited)

  I was the gardener at the Carson Mansion in the early seventies. One of my duties was to go through the mansion in the morning and turn on all the lights. The woodwork inside is of the very highest quality. It was said that Mr. Carson would sit in the tower room with a telescope and watch over his workers at the mill and fire anyone slaking off. By the way, the fireplaces were set up for burning coal, not wood.

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• DU

  @dunkelmonkey · 4 months ago

  I thought at first this was going to be about the Winchester House... Do you have a video about that? If not, that would be a good subject for the future

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  @wardsixx · 4 months ago

  My parents were married inside the Carson Mansion in 1970. Photgraphs inside are not permitted, and only members, invited guests, and employees can enter, but you can tour the interior virtually on the club's website.  I think it should be noted that when William Carson died, he left various amounts of money to more than a hundred people, many of whom were employees of his lumber company; the local paper at the time listed all the people's names and the amounts given. It also should be noted that the Ingomar Club's annual membership fee is tens of thousands of dollars per person and most of those fees go into maintaining that property. Thank you for the cool video.

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  @jenniferhanses · 4 months ago

  For historical reasons, I wish the general public were allowed tours.<br><br>However, I do respect that the private club essentially saved the house from demolition and has kept it in beautiful condition as a part of the community.<br><br>It is theirs. &nbsp;I just hope no ill befalls the place in the future because of it. &nbsp;But, like I said, they seem to have kept it beautifully preserved so far.

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• AG

  @agcons · 4 months ago

  I think the description &quot;architecturally preposterous&quot; is spot-on, which does not mean I don&apos;t love it.

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  @aspensulphate · 4 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ziXkbitME&amp;t=450">7:30</a> I love the caption under the man&apos;s picture: &quot;William Carson, millionaire lumberman, who is dead.&quot;

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• KI

  @kimberleeulrich2905 · 4 months ago

  Architecturally preposterous, and I love it!

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• CO

  @coyoteartist · 4 months ago

  I don&apos;t know that I would say this is the most famous mansion in CA. I&apos;d say Hearst Castle is far better known.

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  @Ham_rig97 · 4 months ago

  How has this channel not hit a million subs?

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  @t_allen2000 · 4 months ago

  A Chicagoan who visited Eureka with my family 45 years ago. Remember seeing that house and wishing we could go in. Thank you for giving us the chance. Good storytelling as always.

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  @88COR88 · 4 months ago

  Calling it Totally Forbidden is click bait. I worked there from 1989 to 1992 while going to collage and have been in virtually every room from the dirt floor basement to the tower. It was basically a dinner club. The building you see to the left was added to house the dining room and bar. 100+ members would attend the weekly drinks and dinner with their wives and invited guests. Many of the members owned local businesses and during Christmas time would have parties for their employees in the mansion so hundreds (thousands?) of the locals have been inside over the years. It&apos;s no where near as mysterious as this video made it out. You can buy books with extensive interior pictures. Even when I was there, when a member died their wife was allowed to continue the membership. Most of the staff were women and the manager, a former marine, and his wife were hardcore against any kind of discrimination. I met, and started dating, my future wife there. The &quot;controversy&quot; was mostly political drama done to win points with people that couldn&apos;t even find Eureka on a map. &nbsp; <br><br>It is an amazing and beautiful place. I&apos;m very happy they have maintained to so well over the decades.

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