Oh Fudge! Cleveland's iconic 'A Christmas Story' House up for sale
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This is a plot twist even Ralphie didn't see coming.
The iconic "A Christmas Story" House in Cleveland is up for sale.
The setting for the beloved holiday movie has been transformed into a museum and a bed and breakfast in recent years.
Film buff Brian Jones, who purchased the house on West 11th Street in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood for $150,000 on eBay in 2004, announced Monday that he is putting the fictional home of Ralphie Parker, along with the Bumpus House next door, a museum/gift shop across the street and some other nearby lots up for sale.
A large for sale sign is already up outside of the home that comes complete with a "frageelay" leg lamp in the front window.
Jones has spent tens of thousands over the years to restore the home and the surrounding properties to how they appeared in the 1983 movie that was filmed in and around Cleveland.
Festive lodgings:Bumpuses!!!
Who's selling the Christmas Story House?
The home's sale is being handled by Hoff & Leigh real estate and no price tag of what Jones hopes to get for the home and the surrounding properties has been disclosed.
There is a website at www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/forsale/ for the listing of the home that is ranked as the No. 4 top tourist attraction in Cleveland on TripAdvisor.
The famed house was built in 1895 and opened for public tours in 2006 and attracts some 75,000 visitors annually.
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The original movie has been in the news recently as a sequel "A Christmas Story Christmas" is coming out on Thursday on HBO Max.
The sequel was filmed in Hungary.
Craig Webb, who secretly ordered his BB gun from a JC Penney catalog using his paper route money, can be reached at cwebb@thebeaconjournal.com.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: A Christmas Story House in Cleveland is up for sale
