House From The Silence of the Lambs Hits the Market
With Halloween approaching, the owners of a home in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, with a creepy connection are trying to find a buyer for their property once again. The 1910 Queen Anne–style dwelling was a filming location for the 1991 movie The Silence of the Lambs, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, and it is on the market for $298,500.
The owners first listed it in 2015, and the following year animal-activist group PETA made an offer, with the hope of turning it into “an empathy museum for all animals that were killed for their skin,” said a spokeswoman for the group at the time. It seems that offer was not accepted. The connection between PETA’s idea and the home’s history, of course, is that in the film, serial killer Buffalo Bill skinned his victims and wore their flesh.
As macabre as that is, the residence itself retains all of its original Victorian architectural details (think wood trim and wallpaper), with four bedrooms, one bathroom, a large front porch, and a foyer and a dining room that fans of the film might recognize. The 1.7-acre lot also features a detached three-car garage, a swimming pool, and, uniquely, a yellow vintage train caboose. This is a nod to the fact that the garage was once a general store, post office, and train station for the town. Unfortunately, this also means that there are train tracks in very close proximity to the property.
Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
