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March 19, 2008 at 12:14 am
I don’t know why current owner is such a pain about lettig folks take pics of this house. The craftsmanship of the workers will eventually be lost due to its neglect. It’s a pity it can’t be turned into a B&B and save the grand ol’ lady.
October 4, 2008 at 9:57 pm
As far as Mud House ever being restored…well just forget it !
The city of Lancaster will never invest money in a project of this size.The current owner is one ms Jeannie Mast,she and her family have owned the house for years,and only seem to be inetrested in pressing charges aginst curious trespassers,and notin the resoration of this fabulos structure.
October 8, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I had on visiting the Mud House anybody have any advise for me other than not to go, I’m sure that taking pics from the road they can’t press any charges. Thanks for any answers
October 12, 2008 at 8:56 pm
I really like this shot – feels like the land is pulling the house into it like a wave at the beach. You really captured the lurching motion – even though this is a very slow lurch! lol
October 21, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I would like to see a lot of the pictures of the in side of mud house manison
October 21, 2008 at 10:57 pm
send me more pic of the inside of mud house mation
October 26, 2008 at 9:05 pm
i went into the house today , i dont see why ms mast wouldnt want to restore it . im sure it was beautiful at one time. but now its rundown and demolished .i remember when i was little i wanted to live there, ofcourse i never knew what the inside looked like. lancaster should invest money to renavate it or something .
November 1, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Elizabeth,
Glad you found my blog and got to see your old home…i’ve never been closer to it than the road myself…but there’s a link that anouther blogger has that will take you a tour inside….( them young guys are a lot braver than me).
thanks for sharring your memories with everyone.
connie
February 21, 2009 at 8:26 pm
i have been inside the mudhouse at night and when i went in i walked up to the 3rd floor and i saw 3 figures standing up there right next to me and i also saw something running through the field really fast. the 3 figures were standing next to a partly burnt bed on the 3rd floor.
June 23, 2009 at 5:04 am
I have been inside the house, and the outbuildings. It is a true shame that it is being allowed to rot away.
October 24, 2009 at 6:18 am
can u get me the number to this woman and send it to me and directions how to get there.
November 16, 2009 at 12:39 am
I saw a light out side the mansion last night that kept turning on and off. Why? It is either a timed light or a motion sensor light, which is it?
December 13, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I have taken pictures and found many pictures of ghosts. And would really like to get more details on who lived there and how many people were in the house.
February 21, 2010 at 5:36 am
This is a scary house…I went to this house last year&&& I have video of uss going in there and it shows all the stuff that is in there,,,,And there is no guy that lives in the nearest house,its only a old women and her husband die a year ago from a heart attack…
April 21, 2010 at 6:00 pm
This is getting really really scary because I live in Lancaster and it is the scariest thing I have ever heard.
May 27, 2010 at 7:26 am
im moving to lancaster in a few months. mudhouse mansion is one of the reasons im moving there! yet i know i cant get in i dont want to, nor do i want to talk to ms. mast but the stories are cool even if they are not true. i wonder if any body has given any thought to this if we as nosey people wouldnt go bugging ms. mast or tried sneaking in would she still have the so called guards? im just saying. i agree the house should not be in the condition it is in but that is her choice. the other thing i wonder is i when she dies who gets the property? if it goes to auction the price will be huge i can bet you that! well to all who dare to vist good luck and best wishes from fellow paranormal investagator.
November 15, 2010 at 6:46 am
As partial owner of a large property I will tell you why owners of these sorts of properties are loathe to let people come around.
1. Liability. Someone fall through a floor, someone sues, you’re done.
2. Arson, vandalism, etc. One person gets in on “special” permission, they tell their friends, word gets around, next thing you know the place is gone. I’ve seen it happen.
3. Even well-meaning visitation can do damage. Lots of people passing through a place, walking old floors and stairs, rubbing their hands across things and picking up souveneirs, can harm things.
Basically, there are many reasons owners of properties don’t want people around, and it’s not because they are malicious, evil old trolls. So please understand. The best way to approach people with these sorts of properties is out of benevolence, while being prepared for resistance. I agree that these places should be preserved for future generations, 100%. But having been through it myself, I can tell you that trying to talk your way through generations of entrenched resistanance can be difficult. Do so with the thought that the reason these places still stand is because someone does care about them, and try to appeal to that idea.
Great photo of an interesting old house.
March 19, 2011 at 7:21 am
If you actually do your research on this mansion you would know that its not really the “mudhouse” mansion people are getting this mansion – which is the mast mansion- confused with the actual house made of brick and mud that used to be across the sreet but was torn down. this mansion was owned by helena mast who was a single woman that inherited the house when her parents passed. she died in the 1960′s and now its owned by jeannie mast, a woman in her late 80′s. there was never any murders or slaves!
June 19, 2011 at 10:47 pm
if you would have done your homework you would know that the mansion everyone is talking about is the Mast house and we know that there was never any slaves or murders but that doesn’t stop people from telling stories and on every web site this house is refered to as Mudhouse Mansion because it is on Mud Road!
May 6, 2011 at 9:42 am
in the summer time if you come thru the cornfield thru the back of the mudhouse you can get close to the back of the house and stop and about 3:00am in the morning you can hear a back door slam shut sometimes you will hear a phongraph playing old music and then youll here blood curling scream of a small child this is no( LIE) a seen a little girl walk towards me with noose around her neck it was bleeding slow and that ghost told me dont let my mommy catch you here because shell kill you to
August 29, 2011 at 10:25 pm
SO TIRED OF PPL letting these places GO TO S***!!!!!! GIVE IT TO SOMEONE THAT “WILL” TAKE CARE OF IT!
December 10, 2011 at 1:22 am
I Agree,it sucks to see such a beautiful place of history go to shame. So sad…If they have it they should take care of it..or give it away.
October 2, 2011 at 2:25 am
Will Katelin or Gary Demastry be getting this house free of charge from Ms. Mast very soon?