This 1920s-Era Oklahoma High School Lists for $60K as a Single Family Home

A very scorching property within the quiet rural city of Burbank, Oklahoma—inhabitants: 123—has the telephones of husband-and-wife realtors Cindy and Tim White ringing off the hook. About three weeks in the past, a pair got here to the brokers determined to dump the Twenties-era highschool they’d repurposed to function their house for the previous twenty years. They struggled to discover a purchaser after itemizing the 17,000-square-foot area as a business property, however the Whites felt the method of selling it as an unorthodox single-family residence would possibly yield extra curiosity. 

“The response is out of nowhere. Individuals advised us we had been nuts for itemizing this factor,” Tim tells AD. “Yesterday we had been sitting at lunch and a man known as from Florida. He’d heard concerning the property on XM Radio. We’ve got actually been on the cellphone day by day for hours speaking to individuals about this area.” The realtors are primarily based in Independence, Kansas, about an hour and a half from the property, however felt a selected pull to tackle the weird itemizing. About two weeks after posting it to Zillow, they’ve acquired quite a few presents and anticipate promoting the varsity turned five-bedroom house for properly over its $60,000 asking worth. 

The 1924 construct comes full with all the trimmings of a typical highschool throughout its 1.76 acres. Whereas a baseball diamond, gymnasium, and auditorium are frequent options of an academic establishment, the prospect of proudly owning them as a part of one’s house boosted the itemizing to commodity standing. By Tim’s rely, the auditorium homes about 250 seats, which might enable “mainly everyone on the town to return and convey a good friend.” Cindy notes that the resort-like facilities have additionally drawn in quite a few metropolis dwellers trying to escape the rat race to a singular, all-inclusive nation abode. Whereas they’ve fielded a couple of native calls, most are coming from out of state, with a New York couple presently eyeing a contract on the area.