A Christmas Story House
house christmas story fka christmas story house attraction museum tremont neighborhood cleveland ohio thcentury victorian used exterior interior scene ralphie parker house film christmas story purchased private developer restored renovated appear film inside outside museum part complex four building devoted film open public year round screenplay christmas story based material author jean shepherd collection short story god trust others pay cash house appears film located w th street cleveland ohio film adaptation story director bob clark reportedly sent scout twenty city selecting cleveland exterior filming cleveland chosen higbees department store vicepresident bruce campbell took project hoping get boost sale attention filming would create higbees ultimately featured three scene film appropriately fictional boyhood home ralphie parker cleveland street name actual street shepherd grew exterior shot interior shot house neighborhood ralphie life filmed tremont section cleveland west side producer chose home proximity downtown bordered cuyahoga river valley offering view steel mill valley sequel christmas story christmas filmed eastern europe thus replica house others neighborhood constructed filming current owner building declined access production scan house surrounding neighborhood reference purpose december brian jones san diego entrepreneur fan film since childhood bought house ebay jones used revenue business red rider leg lamp company manufacture replica major award ralphies father film payment previous owner reconfigured house installing modern window covering original wood siding blue vinyl watching movie frame frame jones drew detailed plan interior originally filmed toronto sound stage spent gut structure reconfigure singlefamily dwelling transform nearreplica movie set restore exterior appearance film museum christmas story jones also purchased house across street christmas story house converted museum christmas story fka christmas story museum contains prop film including randys snow suit higbees window toy chalk board miss shield classroom hundred behindthescenes photo well one custombuilt daisy red ryder bb gun used filming addition house left museum feature gift shop movie memorabilia souvenir house museum opened public november original cast member attending grand opening site drew visitor opening weekend house open tour daily house bumpus house next door renovated available overnight stay november entire complex put sale november joshua dickerson year employee ceo house christmas story company announced new owner due licensing issue offical name attraction changed house christmas story mid official website red rider leg lamp christmas story house photo gallery christmas story imdb