A house worth investing in?
$105,000 5 bed 4 bath 3,140 sqft DAMN, that sounds like a bargain for sure, but even better...... Before Beatlemania, George Harrison visited his sister in Illinois. The house is now for sale For the skinny British musician, it was an unassuming trip to visit his sister’s family in September 1963 in Benton, Illinois. Now, the house where Harrison and his brother Peter stayed in Benton, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of St. Louis, is for sale. You’ll forgive Beatles fans if they’re worried about its future. In 1995, the house at 113 McCann Street had a date with the wrecking ball. Activists, including Harrison’s sister, Louise Harrison Caldwell, who had moved away in the late 1960s, stepped in to save it. In the mid-1990s, a state agency bought the house from a subsequent owner with plans to flatten it for parking. Mega-fan Robert Bartel of Springfield, a Beatles author and documentarian, alerted the media and Fab Four loyalists. Local investors repurchased it from the state ...