The website notes that the silo is still capable of being hooked up to electricity, which would activate pumps to remove built-up groundwater. The property is currently marked for sale between $300,000 and $499,000 on the website of missile base specialty real estate company 20th Century Castles, Inc. Home: The couple renovated the property, which was in 'deplorable' condition when they bought it The former generator building is now a firewood storage shed the 100-person military barracks have become a three-bedroom apartment and a petite office building is now a playhouse for their 12-year-old grandson, Evan Beaulieu.īut the underground missile silo still remains untouched - until a buyer comes forward. ![]() The couple bought up the former Air Force base, then in 'deplorable shape' in 1985, and in the years since have turned it into a beautifully sculpted green landscape. The space that once held the elevator used to transport missiles to the surface fills up with water every year, and some of the rooms have foot-long metal rods poking out of the floor that could prove a bit of a hazard until electricity is restored.īut, says Prentiss, the renovation potential is enormous - including the possibility of underground hydroponic gardens that would make the base a truly self-contained ecosystem. Yes, admittedly it's a fixer-upper: almost all of the equipment was removed in the 1960s when the US's 'Nike Project' anti-aircraft missile defense system was shut down, leaving bare concrete halls accessed by a creepy, 22-foot-deep concrete stairwell. Not a quick fix: The place would take some fixing up, but with five-foot-thick concrete ceilings, there are few safer homes available in the U.S.
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