I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

by Patrick Penrose Published Nov 14, 2025

As an urban explorer, I often get to see abandoned houses. However, none may have been as filled with antique history as this one. Fittingly frozen in time like the many stopped clocks that litter its dilapidated rooms, this 19th-century New Jersey cottage was once home to an enigmatic clockmaker and collector of curios, but now lies empty and forlorn, the pendulum having swung squarely against its favor.

As I peaked around the rooms, I was in awe with what was left behind. How can a house filled with such value now be void of life?

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The historic New Jersey cottage that time forgot

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Red velvet dining room

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Hummel soldier figurine

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Vintage gadgets

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Antique piano

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

The house portrait

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Master bedroom

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Mourning girls lithograph

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

“Innocence” antique chromolithograph

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Picture clocks

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Lincoln’s Death

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Apothecary paraphernalia

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Antique books

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Inside a bedroom

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

A miniature piano

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Vintage ephemera

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Quack medical device

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Clockmaker’s workshop

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Clockmaker’s tools

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Grandfather clock

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

A broken portrait

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Military hats

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

A book cabinet

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

A hanging lantern

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Antique camera

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

Storage attic

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

The American Collector

I Found An Abandoned 19-Century Cottage That Belonged To An Enigmatic Clockmaker And Collector Of Curios (27 Pics)

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