The Corleone family home from The Godfather went on the
market this week for $2.89 million.
In the Oscar-winning film, the grand Staten Island home belongs
to Mafia boss Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando. Director Francis Ford
Coppola only filmed its English Tudor-inspired exterior for the movie.
The mansion was the setting of the infamous wedding of
Connie Corleone, the daughter of the godfather himself, Don Corleone. The backyard of the home was also the setting
for the scene in which Don Corleone dies of a heart attack while playing with
his grandson.
Built in 1930, the mansion was the home of the Norton
family, who lived there for nearly six decades. They sold the house
in 2012 for $1.69 million dollars. In 2013, the new owners remodeled the interior to make some
rooms look like replicas of the decor in several of the movie's scenes. That
includes an office where Don Corleone pulled the strings of his criminal empire
sat behind a wooden desk on a leather chair. This facelift added $1 million to the price tag.
The 580-square-meter house sits on a half-acre and includes:
- five bedrooms and seven natural stone bathrooms.
- gym
- playroom
- dream kitchen with a breakfast area, big open space, a huge island, and a very large eating area that opens up to the yard and pool.
- basement with English pub and stone fireplace and game room.
- four-car garage.
- granite saltwater pool.
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