Indian Village colonial with a movie theater in a converted safe on sale for $1.49M

Spread dating from 1920 had been used to distill whiskey illicitly

By Tom Acitelli@tomacitelli Mar 5, 2019, 12:09pm EST

The 25-room, 7,400-square-foot colonial at 1796 Burns Street in Indian Village went up in 1920, just as Prohibition took effect.

Its original owner used three walk-in safes in the basement to distill and bottle his own whiskey, according to the Keller Williams Advantage listing. The safes were also used to store fur and cash (presumably from the illicit whiskey sales). The walk-in safes remain, one as a home movie theater.

The house in full comes with the potential for seven bedrooms and with a converted carriage house out back. The total price? It’s $1.49 million.