The journey starts on a ship from Russia in the late 1800's and ends on the snow covered prairies of a Saskatchewan cemetery in 2025. Gottfred Schimpf built this house for his large family and was sold in 1921 to Gottfred Brunner who then passed it to his son, Gottfred Brunner Jr.
Explore the dark rooms, dusty cellar and drafty attic. For now, the house of Gottfred stands silently on the snowy prairies of Saskatchewan.
If you or anyone you know has an abandoned house in your area that needs documenting before it's gone, please message me and I can capture its history. This costs you nothing and will help in preserving our history on the prairies. Thank you - Robert Scott
Permission required. I don't give out the location or landowner information, thanks for understanding.
Time Codes:
00:00 – Intro
01:35 – Mudroom
02:23 – Picture of Gottfred, Mary & Kathrina
02:52 – Kitchen
03:23 – Hand Pump
05:10 – Cellar
07:21 – Gottfred’s Room
07:45 – Old Photograph of Gottfred and his Horses
08:30 – Oil Stove
09:15 – Living Room
09:24 – Old Photograph of Mary Brunner
10:02 – Mary’s Room
10:30 – Mary’s Shoes
11:50 – Room #5
13:32 – Stairwell
13:57 – Upstairs Landing
15:17 – Attic View #1
15:38 – Room #6
16:00 – Large Glass Jug
16:32 – Room #7
18:20 – Attic View #2
18:48 – Room #8
19:26 – Room #9
20:43 – Old Trunk
22:00 – Room #10
23:42 – Old Photograph of Gottfred Brunner Jr.
25:12 – Cemetery
25:38 – Gottfred Brunner’s Headstone