Jack White Slept Here…and Recorded Here…and Ate Over There…
Jack White has officially wiped his hands clean of his former hometown of Detroit, MI. (He currently hangs his hat in Nashville, TN.) He has now put his house in the D on the market, the historic 1731 Seminole, with an asking price just under a million dollars: $930,000.00. Not bad for a house he bought the deed for $1 from Richard L. Bradley and Kenneth B. Welsh in 2003.
The house is beautiful and well-maintained (Jack spent a reported $200,000 in restoration/ modification on the house), containing many of the original details of the house. The expansive house features a laundry room, attic, library, sunroom, formal dining room, full dressing room, and a Herring-Hall-Marvin Walk-In Safe. One of the hidden treasures of the abode is a large “secret garden” courtyard with a Koi Pond in the center.
Probably my favorite part of the web site for his house is the image they use for Jack White’s headshot.
So hang on real estate hounds and voyers, here’s a peek into Jack’s old house:
Jack White’s master bedroom in a tasteful muted brown…
Second floor foyer…
Jack’s all white, red, and black kitchen with cooking island…
The grand staircase and foyer where Get Behind Me Satan was recorded.
For more photos and information, head over to the web site for the house.
Thanks to JWG for the link.
1. Henry | 8:32 am on August 18th, 2006
Wow. WS fanatic aside, this is a very beautiful house, without all his taxidermy ^_^. You wonder if it’s just Jack’s maintenance, or if all Detriot houses are this nice.
2. Apple Blossom | 8:56 am on August 18th, 2006
his house is awesome
3. michigan resident | 9:41 am on August 18th, 2006
to answer the question, no, all detroit houses aren’t this nice. detroit has what were once some of the most beautiful houses in the world, but now they are all gutted and rotting. it’s so sad. i just found a site doing a google image search that shows what much of detroit looks like-
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not every single house in the city looks like that, but a lot of them do. A LOT.
4. michigan resident | 9:42 am on August 18th, 2006
wow, i messed that link up. www.stormfront.org/whitehistory/hwrdet7.htm
5. michigan resident | 9:45 am on August 18th, 2006
holy crap! i just read the site and realized it’s some weird white supremecy site. i didn’t know. either way, it does have some good pictures of the city. although the site is really creepy.
6. Putty | 10:19 am on August 18th, 2006
the house seems way to traditional for mr. white. maybe he found something more funky in nashville.
7. 1984 | 10:20 am on August 18th, 2006
Only in Detriot could a house that gorgeous be purchased for that low a price; it goes for over 3 million anywhere else (the south included).
8. Constant Dater | 11:27 am on August 18th, 2006
Wow, that is a great-looking house (except for that ugly kitchen island). Very anti-Cribs. I actually don’t think all the taxidermy would have looked out of place in a house like that.
9. Henry | 12:03 pm on August 18th, 2006
It’s a shame he’s not keeping it. I’m sure he doesn’t need the money. He seems like the rockstar who takes care of his properties. I would hate to see all the hard work he put into this house get altered or ruined by the next owner. Even if I could, I don’t think I’d be able to live there without treating it like a museum. Just as Jack never bought Johnny Cash’s old estate for the same reason.
10. michigan resident | 12:38 pm on August 18th, 2006
i’m just sad he’s gone. it was so fun going to blanche concerts and turning around and there he’d be. i would never say anything because i didn’t want to bother him, but it was fun just knowing he was right there.
11. Anonymous | 1:15 pm on August 18th, 2006
Putty obviously knows nothing about Mr. White. This house has Jack written all over it.
12. Fo | 4:31 am on August 19th, 2006
i agree w henry!
and yeh putty, that house screeeams jackwhite.
13. Voxacious » Jack White’s Been Thinking About A New Doorbell | 11:02 am on August 19th, 2006
[…] According to a great post over at The Modern Age, the White Stripe frontman likes Nashville enough to formally sever his ties with the historic home located at 1731 Seminole in Detroit. The asking price is just under a cool million. Trading the Rock City for the Music City? Damn skippy. Check out the grand staircase and foyer where Get Behind Me Satan was recorded! […]
14. ... | 4:09 pm on August 19th, 2006
you should check out the bathroom… white tiles with three lines of red tiles… hmm…
15. timbradley.biz » Blog Archive » Jack White’s Indian Village house for sale | 8:34 pm on August 20th, 2006
[…] Apparently Jack White’s house is for sale. It’s in the historic Indian Village part of Detroit. There is also a website for the house. Supposedly there’s even a koi pond in the back yard! […]
16. Dina | 12:51 pm on August 22nd, 2006
what a cool house I think I’ll buy it, a house like that would go for like $3 mil or more in hollywood CA, but I don’t like the old style kitchen.
17. Kelly | 12:23 pm on October 2nd, 2006
See my post about Jack’s new home in Nashville
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18. The Modern Age » Jack White Paints His Front Door Red | 7:27 pm on October 2nd, 2006
[…] We all know that Jack White has vacated his historic Detroit house and is now a proud resident of Nashville, TN, but up until now I’ve seen little detail about the house he moved into. Thanks to Mr. Kelly Stewart, more has been revealed. […]
19. Jesse | 3:04 pm on November 29th, 2006
I was going to purchase a home 1.5 blocks up the street from this house 6 months ago for a fraction of the cost. Comperable in size, but with more architectural details. Long story short, this is one of the most expensive houses in Indian Village, but not one of the most premier (except for the owner). However, as most of us in Detroit already know, it’s simply more wise to leave the area. Yes, SOME of the homes are great (Indian Village, Boston Edison, Palmer Woods), but the crime and limited opportunities are not. Kudos for leaving; I too hope to escape this horrible place called Detroit
20. Ann | 6:44 am on December 23rd, 2006
The Detroit News said yesterday that he lowered the price to $650,000.
21. parquet floor | 7:35 am on January 4th, 2007
splendid
22. CAgirl | 8:51 pm on April 21st, 2007
I’m sure that I am the only one in Detroit that is sad that Jack just sold his house to a retired couple from Maryland. His last ties besides his family to Michigan.
23. The Modern Age » Blog Archive » Jack White’s Detroit House Sells for $590,000 | 7:28 am on April 25th, 2007
[…] AP reports that 1731 Seminole, the former Detroit, Michigan home of Jack White has finally sold to a retired couple from Maryland […]
24. Connor | 9:05 pm on April 26th, 2007
this house is amazing! the all black red and white kitchen and the grand foyer where GET BEHIND ME SATAN was recorded! If you livedin Detoit when he lived there you must have been pretty lucky.
But to make up for it Icky Thump is probably the best album so far compared to all the other ones like elaphant get behind me satan ext.
25. matt | 9:08 pm on April 26th, 2007
why did he sell a house like that thats the coolest house iv ever seen
26. holli (vogt) | 2:52 am on June 16th, 2007
And…………good deal white supermecy sites….should be proud of your race!
27. 360Digest » White Stripes even more UnZillowable? | 11:49 pm on June 18th, 2007
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28. Sara | 11:51 pm on June 23rd, 2007
I LOVE JACK WHITE!
i want his house.. mmm itd be awesome
29. kerrissa | 3:39 pm on June 26th, 2007
i love to white strips my mom and he BF got to see them in nashville and my mom gave them a lisece plate from yellowknife northwest territories that i hope they got and i cant wait to see them tonight.Meg and Jack if you ever see this go to my website www.kerrissa-maclean.piczo.com and sign the guestbook because i am a big fan and it would be so awesome if you did and cheak it out haha, Your old house is so awesome i want to go there and stay there lol.haha luv yazzz.