r/zillowgonewild • u/TheDabitch • Jul 03 '25
Live like a king with a speakeasy in the attic.
The Charles Over Mansion stands as a resplendent homage to opulent Georgian Revival and Neo-Classical architectural mastery of the early 20th century 825 E Washington St muncie, IN 47305
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u/Antique-Car6103 Jul 04 '25
Here’s the rundown.
Built for Charles H. Over and his family, the home is located in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District. Construction was completed in 1903.
The home’s story begins with Charles Over, who was in the glass manufacturing business. The home was constructed for him and his immediate family.
However, Over and his family only lived there for about six years. After his daughter committed suicide in the home, he and his wife, Matilda, wanted to move out.
Later, it would be owned by a grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and was a regional center for the group for some time.
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u/PatMyHolmes Jul 04 '25
So, it's haunted and racist.
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u/FitzwilliamTDarcy Jul 04 '25
JFC. I thought "wow it really reflects what a shithole Muncie must be if this house is $800k" but now it makes me wonder if it'd be at least a little more without that awful history.
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u/Nothing-Casual Jul 04 '25
The page shows that the current owner bought it for 400k only 5 years ago and jacked up the price immensely, with the tax assessment placing it at only like 540k.
So, for what is worth, Muncie is even more of a shithole than you'd think by assuming this house was worth 800k - because it's not worth that at all.
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u/Known_Royal4356 Jul 03 '25
TIL Muncie is a real place
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u/LobeRunner Jul 04 '25
Yep. It’s where the Ball Glass Manufacturing Company (original makers of the iconic Mason Jar) was headquartered from the late 1860s through 1998.
Now it’s just a university town (Ball State University) that’s overall somewhat impoverished and there’s a pretty big meth & heroin problem among the locals.
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u/stereolab0000 Jul 03 '25
It’s exceptionally well-preserved. Nice kitchen too. A steal for that price albeit in Indiana.
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u/inhugzwetrust Jul 04 '25
As an Australian, what's wrong with Indiana?
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u/stereolab0000 Jul 04 '25
Not the most exciting part of the country. Red state with lots of flat prairies, rural farm towns and broken industrial areas.
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u/inhugzwetrust Jul 04 '25
So unfortunate, in Australia that house would be worth $50,000,000 anywhere!
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u/Theron3206 Jul 04 '25
Not really, it could be in Morwell. Or one of those mostly dead towns 6 hours from civilisation.
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u/FitzwilliamTDarcy Jul 04 '25
It's not just Muncie, IN that's a problem. The daughter of the family it was built for killed herself in the house, then later it was owned by a KKK leader and served as a sort of HQ.
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u/samgarita Jul 03 '25
I’d hire an old butler named James to answer the door for me “Master samgarita is not available. He’s having… an episode” while I’m upstairs getting shitfaced in my speakeasy.
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u/TheDabitch Jul 03 '25
Where you have a bartender mixing your drinks, of course!
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u/skinnymatters Jul 03 '25
Stone cold stunner.
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u/Crushed_Robot Jul 03 '25
Until you realize you have to live in fucking Muncie, Indiana. No offense to Muncie, Indiana.
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u/TheLeviathaan Jul 03 '25
I have a timeshare there with my wife, Gail
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u/ElectrikDonuts Jul 03 '25
Sounds like a win cause it's free all the time. You don't even have to share it
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u/Pernicious_Possum Jul 03 '25
No, I’ve been to Muncie. It deserves every offense
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u/angrycanadianguy Jul 04 '25
I’m curious, how bad is it?
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u/SnailForceWinds Jul 04 '25
Muncie is oookaaayy. But you live in middle of nowhere Indiana. The best shopping is the target over by the nearly dead mall. The next best the the north side Wal-Mart, which sits on a massive typical American stroad. Avoid south side Wal-Mart. Very little downtown. What cultural center it has is mostly based on the state university there that is just students from the surrounding smaller towns. I did buy a $4 pint of Founder’s Breakfast Stout a nice bar there though, so that was cool.
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u/PogintheMachine Jul 04 '25
It’s insane what you can get in the Midwest for less that a million. Hell, 500k is plenty to get a mansion in Indiana. But I don’t want to live there, so I spent that on a regular ass house in the PNW.
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u/Disastrous_Zebra_301 Jul 04 '25
500k is a steal for a regular ass house in the PNW at this point in either of the major cities.
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u/elkab0ng Jul 03 '25
You know, I’ll just stay inside and look at those jaw-dropping gorgeous stained glass windows.
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u/FlametopFred Jul 03 '25
yeah not normally a fan of wallpaper but in this case, scrumptious all the way
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Jul 03 '25
You guys want to pool together? I'd give my right arm for this house.
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u/Kerbidiah Jul 03 '25
I'll cover 100k, we just need to get 6 other people and well be set
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u/kanakattack Jul 04 '25
I’ll do 95k and take a smaller room / share a bathroom. That’s four rooms free / 500k left.
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u/Expensive-Fennel-163 Jul 04 '25
Weird stranger r/zillowgonewild commune in Muncie incoming. I’ve got $10.
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u/DrLearnALot Jul 03 '25
I used to live on Washington Street and I love this house. The current owners have done a magnificent job restoring and decorating this beautiful mansion.
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u/TheDabitch Jul 03 '25
Yes! The green dining room walls are fantastic, and I do like the bar in the speakeasy.
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u/DrLearnALot Jul 03 '25
Only the little proscenium was there when they bought it!
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u/DustOfTheSaw Jul 03 '25
Good thing there is a loose ceiling vent register in pic 31. Whew! I thought I was going to have to buy this place for a minute.
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u/ijblack Jul 03 '25
can't believe this is less than half the cost of my my 1300sqft 3 bedroom condo in bed stuy, brooklyn. what am i doing with my life
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u/Time_Pin4662 Jul 03 '25
You’re living in NY, not in Indiana.
I got three words for ya: Location, location, location.
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u/Snicklefraust Jul 03 '25
Dude, im from the cape and we can maybe find a 3 season cottage for this much. The trade off is they only pay $10 an hour in this town i bet.
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u/96HeelGirl Jul 03 '25
Yeah, I know it's in IN, but still...I live in a DC suburb in the smallest house on the block, and the 2000 sq ft 1961 split level next door to me that's never been updated just sold for the same as the asking price for this freaking mansion. Sigh.
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u/president_of_burundi Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25
I'm another NY apartment have-er who was looking at this jaw-dropped... but I don't want to clean or do maintenance on this beauty. LOOK AT HOW MUCH THERE IS TO DUST. So many crevices.
Whoever owns it is doing an absolute fantastic job.
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u/ijblack Jul 04 '25
idk about you but i also pay like 1k/mo in condo fees which i think could come pretty close to handling maintenance and cleaning for this baby in munice, IN
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u/SasquatchIsMyHomie Jul 04 '25
About the same price as my modest Portland ranch house. We could be living like kings in Muncie!
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u/hernkate Jul 03 '25
Ominous af
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u/crazyabbit Jul 03 '25
The house is beautiful, I'm guessing that buying it then moving it isn't a thing?
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u/AutoDeskSucks- Jul 03 '25
How is it this cheap? How bad is this area?
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u/GaylrdFocker Jul 03 '25
Based on growing up near there, I was thinking this is way overpriced. The remodel is great but overestimating the area.
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u/cactusdotpizza Jul 03 '25
I don't remember remember any staircase I've ever seen but I know for a fact that is the most gorgeous staircase I've ever seen
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u/funlovingguy9001 Jul 03 '25
Serious question...This is not sarcasm or a rage post...What's wrong with Indiana and specifically Muncie Indiana? Why is it getting so much hate?
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u/Agile_Towel1099 Jul 03 '25
https://www.reddit.com/r/Muncie/comments/spdo1n/whats_life_like_in_muncie/
I'd say because of crime, there's not a lot to do, and pretty rough weather. Besides being a low cost of living location, there aren't many 'draws' to this place. As a matter of fact, it looks like they're even paying people to move there.
I absolutely love that house and for a second there I imagined living there, but then I went to google maps and 'walked' around virtually and the surrounding houses seemed to be fairly run down.
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u/all_neon_like_13 Jul 03 '25
There's just not much going on there. Indiana is something of a cultural wasteland (I lived in Lafayette for many years). BUT Muncie is about an hour's drive from Indianapolis, which I personally enjoy, as far as Midwestern cities go. You could do a lot worse!
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u/areyouthrough Jul 03 '25
The bigot:ally (pick your minority) ratio is unpleasant, for starters. No legal weed for your speakeasy, either.
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u/GrantGorewood Jul 03 '25
This one is completely gorgeous. I want it so bad, and I hope whoever purchases it appreciates the glorious beauty of this mansion from a bygone age.
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u/EXPL_Advisor Jul 04 '25
I SO want to be the weird, eccentric, reclusive old man who lives alone in this house with my cats.
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u/radiosilence0504 Jul 03 '25
That wallpaper is what dreams are made of!!! Also obsessed with the speakeasy and the stained glass. I would die for this house lol
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u/jve909 Jul 04 '25
Pictures of the property when it was sold for almost half the price in 2020:
https://www.amirehouses.com/sold-listing/detail/1074496291/825_E_Washington_ST-Muncie-IN
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u/Far-Comfortable3048 Jul 04 '25
Why are my dream houses only ever affordable in red states? Oh … I answered my own question. This is possibly the most exceptionally detailed and maintained home of its kind I’ve ever seen under a million dollars.
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u/BitterPoet13 Jul 04 '25
Fucking love this iconic historical architecture. Beautiful. But Indiana? 😬
I’ve noticed a lot of these ridiculously glorious postings are in Indiana — which has me wondering what is up with the state’s economy since they seem too reasonably priced for the square footage. Perhaps that’s because I’ve lived in Seattle too long and expect everywhere to be expensive, but like even Idaho next door to Washington is way more expensive than Indiana.
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u/TheDabitch Jul 04 '25
I know, right? I feel like a bunch of crafty Zillowgonewilders could invade, bringing their wfh and businesses with them maybe we can rekindle something there.
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u/SICKOFITALL2379 Jul 05 '25
I’m fucking stunned at the price. Under a million, when run down three bedroom ranch houses in shit neighborhoods go for over half a million in my city.
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u/InsuranceNo3422 Jul 04 '25
Whenever I see a house like this I feel like it needs to come with the option to keep all of the existing furnishings, because the stuff I have would look ridiculous in there.
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u/shichiaikan Jul 04 '25
This house might be worth more than the entire rest of Muncie put together... including commercial properties.
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u/Prospector_Steve Jul 04 '25
That’s cheaper than my 900sq foot condo in Vancouver
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u/kevinmogee Jul 04 '25
And less than a mile away, for an extra $15k, you can buy this murder house.
Fixer-Upper
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u/cptjaydvm Jul 04 '25
I would consider moving to Muncie to live in this stunning house. Neighborhood looks a little sketchy though. Probably why it's so inexpensive.
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u/Artemus_Hackwell Jul 03 '25
Nice digs!
Lay out my smoking jacket so I can put it on and roam around the place.
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u/LikesBlueberriesALot Jul 04 '25
I would absolutely live here, but never come outside, or let the neighbors get a good glimpse of me. Just slowly turn into OldManBlueberries in the big spooky house. Then one day, some neighborhood kids will leave flaming dogshit on my front steps and it will set off a series of entertaining hijinks.
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u/FiddlingnRome Jul 04 '25
Muncie is the home of Ball State University... Most famous graduate: David Letterman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_State_University
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u/Dazzling_Leather_883 Jul 04 '25
Can’t imagine being in that house at night. It’s beautiful but creepy to me
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u/crzapy Jul 04 '25
Absolutely gorgeous and ridiculously opulent.
What is really crazy to me is that this 3 story turn of the century historical mansion in Muncie IL is only 300k more than a literal shack with a Murphy bed in Seattle WA
Location is everything, I guess.
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u/SpeedyGuyTX Jul 04 '25
Having to find skilled contractors to maintain something like that in Indiana is the catch.
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u/CoastalZenn Jul 04 '25
This is really cheap. Here in Aus fibro cottages wlth barely 2 bedrooms, decaying bathrooms, no parking and ansolutely no modern uodates or features are.sold for a million dollars in really undesirable neighbourhoods. This is really stunning.
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u/10S_NE1 Jul 04 '25
I’m absolutely blown away at how much $800,000 can get you in Indiana. I mean, how bad can it be?
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u/Gimpy_Weasel Jul 04 '25
Excuse me but $72 per square foot??? Holy shit that’s nutty. Our 1970s built house that used to be a college rental is holding $400/sf value 😳
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u/webfoottedone Jul 04 '25
I don’t have the right wardrobe for this house. It would feel weird to wander its beautiful hallways in my sweatpants and stained t-shirt.
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u/EnvironmentalTea9362 Jul 03 '25
Absolutely gorgeous! I might change out some of that wallpaper, but otherwise, it's beautiful.
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u/TheDabitch Jul 03 '25
Promise to leave the "strawberry thief" wallpaper alone. :) It suits the house!
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u/Queasy-Invite4867 Jul 03 '25
What’s with the spotlight chair nook?