One of the most recognizable homes in holiday cinematic history is for sale.
The iconic house from “A Christmas Story,” watched by millions every yuletide, was listed Monday.
Vandergrift resident Lisa Dormire took a day trip last December to tour the home with a group of senior citizens from Redstone Presbyterian Care.
“I’m really surprised to hear it’s for sale. I would assume it’s very stable financially and generates lots of revenue. The day we were there, the buses were stacked up and everyone had a timed admission for their group,” Dormire said.
The house is at 3159 W. 11th St. in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood.
The property is listed by agent Chad Whitmer of Hoff & Leigh and marketed by REAG.
In an email, a Hoff & Leigh representative said: “We are not going to market with a listing price, which is not unusual for this type of offering. We are presenting the opportunity to interested buyers and letting them decide the value.”
Whitmer’s voicemail informs callers that because of the high volume of calls about the listing, he will return calls in one to two business days.
He said interest in the home is unprecedented.
“We don’t recall a property at Hoff & Leigh that we have ever listed that has created this level of excitement,” Whitmer said. “We expect the opportunity to command an eight-figure price.”
The home will remain open for tours and is not closing, according to a post made Tuesday to its official Facebook page.
To view the listing, visit hoffleigh.com/listing/3159-w-11th-street/.
The listing boasts more than 75,000 admissions annually at the year-round attraction.
It’s open daily, with scores of tourists visiting the gift shop across the street.
Many of the 1983 movie’s iconic moments, such as Ralphie Parker donning a bright pink bunny costume and the leg lamp scene, were filmed in the home.
The property includes 1.3 acres and five buildings, including the Bumpus house and two empty lots for further expansion.
A total of seven parcels — including a 4,000-square-foot gift shop, the house and a museum — are part of the sale.
The home was built in 1895.
Brian Jones won an eBay bidding war and paid $150,000 for the home in 2004.
He spent more than half a million dollars restoring the property to its original movie splendor.
Amber Ammann of Greensburg accompanied Dormire on the tour.
Ammann said she would buy the house in a “heartbeat.”
“It would be such a fun and potentially profitable business if I lived in Cleveland,” Ammann said.
Dormire guessed the asking price to be in the millions.
“The new gift shop building they built would have to be an expensive project. I’m guessing at least $3 million,” Dormire said.
