Super fans of the King of Rock and Roll are being offered the unprecedented chance to actually live in one of Elvis Presley’s childhood homes— in any city they choose.
The East Tupelo, Mississippi home originally located at 1241 Kelly Street is being put up for auction by Rockhurst Auctions who, in a press release, called the opportunity to buy this home “an incredibly special and nearly unprecedented opportunity in the collecting world.” The almost 100-year-old house was meticulously dismantled in 2017 and then preserved so that the auction winner can eventually reassemble the building in any location of their choosing. The house is also just one of 100 significant artifacts from the musician’s life and career that will be put up for sale on August 14.
The home was constructed in the late 1920s by Noah Presley, the uncle of Elvis’s father Vernon Presley. It was built for Noah’s middle son Eack and features wide, cobalt blue plank siding with white-framed windows. The building was also originally located just around the corner from the home where Elvis was born, and he lived at 1241 Kelly Street with his parents as well from 1933 to 1944. According to Rockhurst, this is the only childhood home of Elvis’s that has ever been put up for auction. However, the Presleys moved around a lot during the rock legend’s childhood and lived in a handful of different houses throughout East Tupelo.
The disassembly of the home was overseen by Elvis experts Chris Davidson and Stephen Shutts and all of the pieces are currently being stored in a 30-foot American Hauler Night Hawk Trailer, which the auction winner will get to keep as well. During the breakdown of the home, the crew made sure to note key features of the home that were discovered as they removed its many layers. The auction winner will also received an hour-long documentary about the process of packing the historical home into the trailer for transportation. The film also features stories from lifelong residents of Tupelo and an interview with Guy Harris, the local police officer and Elvis birthplace historian who grew up just a few doors down from the King.