Casey Abby Blog's: ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Home Returns to the Market

Tuesday 6 October 2020

‘Silence of the Lambs’ Home Returns to the Market

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Four years after it last changed hands, a Pennsylvania home that played a crucial role in “The Silence of the Lambs” is on the market again.

The Queen Anne Victorian at 8 Circle St. in Perryopolis, which was built in 1910, is available for $298,500.

The 2,334-square-foot home on the railroad tracks served as the fictional home of Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill, in the Oscar-winning movie from 1991.

Some creepy scenes took place in the home, but it was all Hollywood magic. There is no history of real horror—or moths—on the premises.

“When we got the call to go over and meet with [the owner], I’m not going to lie, I was totally freaked out,” says listing agent Eileen Allan. “And then we got to the house and I forgot … that it was in the movie. It just seemed like we were walking back in time. It just seems like you’re in a vintage house, and nothing about it is scary or reminds you of a horror movie.”

She notes that there is no well in the basement, although everyone asks. Those scenes were shot on a soundstage.

“If I didn’t know that they filmed the movie [here], there’d be no sign of it anywhere,” Allan says. “It just seems like it’s like a really cool house that’s been preserved really well.”

There are four bedrooms and large living spaces. Original details include hardwood flooring, light fixtures, pocket doors, wallpaper, and fireplaces.

“It has the vintage vibe with all the big, thick molding everywhere and the woodwork. It’s just really spacious, and it gets a bunch of light, too, so it’s really bright,” Allan says.

The house appeared shabby in the movie, but that was a cinematic illusion.

“It looks similar, just like from the foyer shot. But then the other areas in the house, they had it all trashed for the movie, so it looks way nicer in person now,” Allan says, adding that people like to re-enact scenes from the movie when they get inside.

The kitchen features newer appliances, and the attic space has a newly refinished floor.

Allan says there is one issue that may be a problem for a house this size. There’s only one bathroom.

“The house is big, so there’s an area where people could put in another bathroom off the kitchen,” Allan says. “There’s also a third floor; it’s the attic room that has walls up. It would just need separate heating and cooling up there; but there’s so much space, somebody could put a whole other bedroom and bathroom up there.”

Everybody who sees the house in person is enthused about it, Allan says.

“Everyone is just really into it because of the movie, so they’re excited and they’re, like, ‘I remember seeing this part in the movie. I remember seeing this part,’” she says. The owner says people often stop by and take photos or knock on the door to see if they can check out the inside, she adds.

The house previously came on the market in 2015, and was the most popular house on realtor.com®. It was also the second most popular house of the year. The current owner, who bought the house in 2016 for $195,000, is retiring and moving south.

“It’s really cool because he actually worked for the FBI,” Allan explains. “He got his FBI credentials in 1991 and received them from the director of the FBI who also in 1991 did a cameo in the movie to give Jodie Foster [who plays agent Clarice Starling] her credentials.”

The home sits on 1.7 acres of level land about 45 minutes outside of Pittsburgh near the Youghiogheny River.

The house’s wraparound porch would be a lovely place for a nice glass of Chianti. It brings you up close and personal to the train tracks and the train that goes by a few times each day.

“It is so close, it’s really crazy to see when it goes by, because it goes really fast,” Allan says, “But when you’re inside the house, you don’t hear anything. Obviously you do when you’re standing out in the front yard; I mean it is in the front yard.”

There’s real history in the outbuildings, not just movie history. The detached three-car garage used to be the Layton Station General Store and train station in the 1880s.

Allan says the previous owner planned to turn the vintage train caboose near the in-ground pool into a pool house but never did. It can serve as an intriguing project for the next owner.

The property would make a great private home on a large lot with a pool or could be a business venture, Allan says.

The new buyers could “turn it into an Airbnb [rental] or a bed-and-breakfast setting for people that are into scary movies,” says Allan, who has yet to see the classic thriller.

“Once we sell it and I don’t have to go back into it, I’ll probably watch it,” she says.

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Tuesday 6 October 2020

‘Silence of the Lambs’ Home Returns to the Market

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