Historic building in Gosport, Indiana For sale

Part home, part shop, part retail
and a whole lot of potential!

This historic building in Gosport, IN was built in 1873 and has had a diverse past. Originally an opera house built by the Knights of Pythias with two retail business downstairs, it later held a tarpaulin factory, then artists. This was the perfect home for our small manufacturing business (and us!) for some time, and now this piece of history is ready for its next adventure.

They don’t build them like this anymore! The outer walls are three courses of brick. The building has a nice wise feel to it. The surrounding town is quaint and low key but right across the street are conveniences such as a grocery store. You are 18 miles from Bloomington, Indiana and 45 minutes from the Indianapolis airport. Just five minutes down the road is a great drive-in movie theater.

• 4400 sq foot retail/shop area at street level
• 1100 sq foot move in ready apartment with unique features like hardwood floors, tin ceiling and glass front cabinets in the kitchen, pocket doors in the bedroom and a room with in-floor storage and shoji screens
• 4200 sq foot open span upstairs (needs finishing) with 18 feet from floor to rafters! Amazing spaces with a myriad of uses.

The owner before us did a great deal of work restoring the facade. We did a great deal of work cleaning, fixing and updating the interior. New roof on the apartment, new carpet in the bedroom, all new appliances including stacked laundry and water heater, two new HVAC systems for the main building and walls for an office on one side of the downstairs retail space. We used over 50 gallons of paint inside to provide a clean, contemporary look. There is exposed brick in many areas.

The outside facade is newly repainted giving it a classic look.

This would be perfect for a unique home, small business, artist colony, microbrewery, antique store, gallery or a mix of any of these!

Very affordable taxes (under $1000) and no zoning. Appraised in 2004 before improvements for $110,000.

It is currently listed with the realtor for $94,900. This is a property you must see to believe, and we welcome all serious offers.

For a showing or to make an offer,
call Shirley Burke @ (812) 879-4663