PORTLAND, Ore. –
Good news for “The Goonies” fans: the historic Victorian home featured in the film is for sale in Astoria, Oregon, and potential buyers are looking to make it more accessible to the public.
“We have a number of interested parties right now,” said broker Jordan Miller, the property listing agent. “It seems like everyone’s intention is to be able to open up the house a little more and have more entrances.”
The 1896 home with sweeping views of the Columbia River flowing into the Pacific Ocean has been listed for sale for $1.7 million on Zillow, where it has been described as “full of history, nostalgia and iconic popularity.”
Since the film hit theaters in 1985, fans have flocked to the historic Astoria harbor house in northwestern Oregon. The city celebrates Goonies Day on June 7, the film’s release date, and welcomes thousands of people to the event.
Owner Sandi Preston is known for primarily welcoming visitors. But she lives in the house full-time, and the constant crowds are such a strain that she sometimes has to close the door to let people through.
Following the film’s 30th anniversary, which drew about 1,500 daily visitors in 2015, Preston posted “no trespassing” signs prohibiting tourists from walking to the property. She reopened it to the public this past August.
City officials, who restrict parking in the area, have long sought to mediate tensions between residents and fans hoping to see and photograph the site.
“Although the owner of this location from The Goonies is a fan of the movie and enjoys chatting with visitors who make the trip to Astoria to see the filming locations, as you can imagine, it’s true. it’s hard to have hundreds of people cramming into your personal space every single day on a single day,” the Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce wrote in August on a Facebook page they run called Goonies Day in Astoria , Oregon.
In the coming-of-age movie, based on a story by Steven Spielberg and featuring young Sean Astin, a group of friends fight to protect their home from an expanding country club and connections. threatened foreclosure. In the process, they discover an old treasure map that leads them on an adventure and allows them to save their “Goon Docks” neighborhood.
Astoria and its rugged coastline served as the setting for several popular films from the 1980s and ’90s, including “Kindergarten Cop” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
For now, potential buyers of the iconic Goonies home are unlikely to want to make the home their primary residence, listing agent Miller said, suggesting it has attracted interest from those want to “make it their passion.”
“It was an interesting purchase,” Miller said. “Whoever buys the house will have a relatively steady stream of extremely happy people stepping out to fulfill their childhood dreams.”
