A Pink Gingerbread Victorian With 5 Bedrooms Just Listed at $275,000. Yes, Really.
In Morrison, Illinois — a small town in Whiteside County about two hours west of Chicago — a pink gingerbread Victorian on a corner double lot just hit the market for $275,000. It has 3,782 square feet, five bedrooms, two original fireplaces, and a butler's pantry. The math works out to $72 per square foot. Reddit took one look and lost its mind.
What You Get for $275,000
The listing describes beautifully preserved millwork and hardwood floors throughout, an updated kitchen with tile floors and a butler's pantry repurposed as the laundry room, period light fixtures, two original fireplaces, and a first-floor full bath. A grand open staircase leads to five large bedrooms and two additional bathrooms upstairs, one of which is original to the home. The newly painted exterior — pink, with gingerbread trim that earns the description — sits on a corner double lot with a two-car garage, mature shrubs, flowers, and decorative grasses. The listing closes with "many more unique features too numerous to mention," which, in a nearly 3,800-square-foot Victorian, is entirely believable.
The Part That Stops People in Their Tracks
Preserved Victorian homes of this size routinely list for multiples of this price in markets where people have heard of them. In Morrison — population roughly 4,000, situated along the Rock River in northwestern Illinois — $275,000 buys you all of it: the millwork, the fireplaces, the butler's pantry, the five bedrooms, the gingerbread exterior, and enough square footage to genuinely get lost in. The trade-off, of course, is Morrison, Illinois, which is a quiet small town with quiet small-town amenities. For the right buyer — a remote worker, a Victorian enthusiast, someone who has been priced out of every market they actually looked at — the math is difficult to argue with.
The Internet Has Thoughts
Naturally, this listing caught the attention of Reddit's r/zillowgonewild community. See what people are saying about it here.
Five bedrooms, two fireplaces, a butler's pantry, and $72 per square foot. The gingerbread trim is included. View the full listing here.
