Move over, George Washington.
When it comes to real estate listings that tout celebrities “who slept here,” the first president of the United States will have to share that bed, er, honor, with Teddy Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Judy Garland, Ernest Hemingway and Susan B. Anthony, to name a few.
But it’s Washington who may hold the record for the number of places that claim the founding father allegedly caught some shut-eye. After all, the eastern seaboard is littered with homes, inns, taverns, lighthouses and hot springs where the well-traveled Washington was said to have slept in his quest to “present himself to the citizens of the shaky new union,” according to Smithsonian Magazine.
And, if you haven’t noticed, “George Washington Slept Here” is the biggest real estate cliché this side of “location, location, location.”
In a casual survey of homes for sale across the U.S., it turns out Washington is not the only presidential name drop. Let’s take a look at real estate listings that offer some celebrity pop.
Located about an hour west of Chicago, on the Fox River in Yorkville, IL, this cabin was reportedly one of the mobster’s gin mills during the Prohibition. Or, so the listing says.
The first floor is built log cabin style and the second story was added later. The home looks like a perfect place to kayak, canoe, fish, set up an easel and imagine Capone’s meanderings about the property.
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