
Great find by friend and fellow blogger, Bruce.
If you read this blog regularly, you have no doubt noticed my near-obsession with real estate. While I’m mostly preoccupied by New York residences for sale, I do always enjoy an unusual property elsewhere. This one meets the brief and how. This is a gorgeous, thoughtfully-renovated and restored Victorian house WITH AN ATTACHED WORKING JAIL. I want to have a party there so badly.
The weirdly-wonderful property is listed by the Fayette Historic Preservation Commission. The jail is accessed from an innocuous-looking door in the kitchen. That’s what they call on the home improvement shows a “bonus space.” While technically only a 2-bedroom house, if you count the 9 jail cells, it sleeps about 20 comfortably. Well, maybe not comfortably, exactly, but they do all have en suite bathrooms. That’s got to be a selling point.
Although the listing has gone viral, I imagine the easiest way to sell it is to post it in Serial Killer’s Monthly or at least on a BDSM website. I wonder if the local constabulary stops by periodically to make sure anyone locked up is there voluntarily. I wonder if the position comes with the property… In all seriousness, though, it would make a great movie or TV set, and it could be really fun for murder mystery parties or as an AirBNB.
You can check out the house (and all 70 impressive photos) on the listing page or you can contact Jeff Radel with House of Brokers Realty, Inc. at 855-750-0262.











August 17, 2020 at 6:47 am
When it comes to keeping up with the Jones’ being able to say « well, we have our own jail! » is definitely up there.
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August 17, 2020 at 1:33 pm
Take that, Joneses!!!!
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August 17, 2020 at 2:44 pm
😎
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August 17, 2020 at 8:01 am
Great find indeed. I love brick buildings. My dad used to build these types of homes and buildings many years ago. Just beautiful!
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August 17, 2020 at 1:33 pm
It really is a glorious house.
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August 17, 2020 at 6:35 pm
I love old houses!
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August 17, 2020 at 10:33 pm
So do I, and I truly thought this renovation kept a good amount of the original details. Those door plates on the pocket doors! Swoon-worthy.
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August 17, 2020 at 8:29 am
The police tape would be a good selling point.
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August 17, 2020 at 1:33 pm
LOL. I couldn’t resist including that photo.
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August 17, 2020 at 8:49 am
What a wonderful home. Just think of the stories it could tell. I love old homes.
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August 17, 2020 at 1:34 pm
Me, too! I wish I were the lucky realtor with that listing. So fun!
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August 17, 2020 at 8:59 am
I still don’t understand why my wife wouldn’t want to live there. Oh well, I’ll just continue to live in Greece, eh?
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August 17, 2020 at 1:34 pm
I suppose. You could buy it anyway and just use it as a vacation home?!?
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August 17, 2020 at 11:02 am
This one is different, I guess it goes back to the times when the jail was at the Sheriffs home
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August 17, 2020 at 1:35 pm
Can you imagine what the sheriff’s kids’ childhoods were like?
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August 17, 2020 at 1:17 pm
What an amazing property! The house itself is too small for my family demographic but I can imagine the possibilities if I accommodated the four boys in the jail.
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August 17, 2020 at 1:36 pm
I thought of you immediately! That’s fantastic. And anyway, I can’t imagine how it’s only 2 bedrooms when it’s 3 floors of rooms. Seems like there would be expansion room somewhere.
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August 17, 2020 at 2:32 pm
I thought the same thing. There are probably multipurpose spaces that could be designated as bedrooms.
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August 17, 2020 at 5:40 pm
“On suite bathrooms.” You kill me!
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August 17, 2020 at 10:31 pm
It’s only a slight exaggeration…
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August 17, 2020 at 6:11 pm
I need to be very careful about what I post today. I can think of a lot of possibilities. Some on the very dark side. Yes, my mind goes there and smiles. Hal
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August 17, 2020 at 10:32 pm
See? I knew it would work for someone…
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August 19, 2020 at 8:32 am
I hate COVID – I’d totally organize a road trip to do a viewing party.
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August 20, 2020 at 12:17 am
SHOTGUN!!!! Oh, right. COVID.
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