Own a piece of American cinematic history for the price of $2.89 million. The Staten Island home used for the exterior shots of the estate of Don Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather is up for sale.
Connie Profaci Realty based in New Dorp is handling the sale of the estate and said that the current owner made improvements to the home which includes making the interiors resemble the inside of the home as portrayed in the movie.
The 6,248-square-foot Tudor estate has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a gym, pool, playroom, a game room in the basement, and a gourmet kitchen that is "to die for," according to real estate agent Joseph Profaci.
The home was originally built in 1930 for Joseph Palma, former president of Staten Island Borough, and his wife and 11 children. In 1951, the mansion was sold to the Norton family who allowed the home to be used by Coppola as the setting for the Corleone family in the 1972 Godfather film.
The home was suggested to be used for filming by Gianni Russo, who played the Godfather's son-in-law, and grew up in the area.
Prior to filming, the set designers built a brick wall and wrought iron fence around the house in 1971. According to the local media reports at the time, it was to give the home a more "gangster flavor."
The official listing for the property uses the home's connection to the movies as a huge selling point, as well as the "majestic trees and stone wall" that border the home's "sprawling grounds."
The current owners of the home bought it in 2012 for $1.7 million and spent the next years giving the interiors a face lift, making many of the rooms look like replicas of the sets for the interiors used in the movie, including the iconic office that was prominently featured in the film.
