Ohio home’s unusual real estate listing includes two jail cells

A one particular-of-a-form Ohio household created a whole lot of excitement when it strike the marketplace last thirty day period, with the listing swiftly likely viral on TikTok.

The household, situated at 117 N. Brandon Ave. in Celina, Ohio, has an very one of a kind feature — two jail cells prominently positioned amongst the kitchen area and primary dwelling space.

“The tale goes that the famed lender robber John Dillinger was as soon as housed in the cells,” Ryan Stackhouse, principal broker at Superior Plus Realtors in Lima, Ohio, explained to Fox Information Electronic by cellular phone.

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Dillinger, a notorious Depression-period gangster, was introduced to lifetime by actor Johnny Depp in the 2009 movie, “General public Enemy.”

Dillinger was a wanted gentleman and normally on the operate. 

“Of all the lurid desperadoes, a person gentleman, John Herbert Dillinger, came to evoke this Gangster Period and stirred mass emotion to a degree not often seen in this state,” in accordance to FBI.gov.

“Dillinger, whose title the moment dominated the headlines, was a infamous and vicious thief,” the web-site also famous.

While Stackhouse did not just take consumers through the dwelling himself, “I knew that this was likely to be a very hot residence,” he reported — with “a lot of curiosity, a ton of presents.”

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Stackhouse explained the home is strange in a number of ways. 

“It’s obtained a sort of Swiss architecture — it truly is just pretty out of the normal.”

The residence was made available for sale for a cool $275,000 — and is now less than contract, said Stackhouse.

He presented more about the Dillinger connection.

“Dillinger was caught robbing a lender in Bluffton, Ohio, which is not much from Celina,” reported Stackhouse. “And they captured him and put him in the Allen County jail, and he escaped from that jail.” 

The initially operator who created the home — a dentist who lived following door to the whole lot where the household was built — was really fascinated in John Dillinger lore.

Stackhouse mentioned that the initial operator who constructed the house — a dentist who lived upcoming door to the good deal exactly where the household was crafted — was pretty interested in John Dillinger lore.

He ordered the jail cells in which Dillinger was allegedly held from the Allen County jail, creating them correct into the house when it was manufactured in 1972.

Like Dillinger, the property has had a little bit of a “notorious” past: Stackhouse stated the dentist liked to entertain lavishly. He reportedly had the two-tale home created as a celebration location.

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At 6,467 sq. feet in dimensions and featuring 4 bedrooms and four bogs, it consists of a sizzling tub, indoor swimming pool, sauna and a game space.

The listing also mentioned a “2-story excellent area w/ chandelier … 2nd tale balcony, 2nd kitchen [upstairs], and 3 bonus area places!”

“I do know that [the home] has gone into foreclosures right before, and it can be sat vacant for a range of years — and I read it was also applied as a images studio.” 

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The very last homeowners ordered the property in 2018 — and are promoting the property simply because they are downsizing, stated Stackhouse. 

“I only dealt with their agent,” he reported, when asked if the new homeowners would preserve the clinks. 

“I can notify you that the individuals [who] are shopping for it are from out of condition.”

Maybe the new house owners will use the cells as the current homeowners at times did — as a canine lock-up.

Stackhouse claimed there ended up canine in the cells when he visited the dwelling. 

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“They have been working, accomplishing their work,” he explained, referencing the way they barked at him — “until eventually their owners threw them in jail,” he quipped.