D&D General Garys House Tour

[Emerikol]

This is so awesome. I would love to go on the tour.

 

[sevenbastard]

I guess if people keep doing weird things like standing in front of your house and taking pictures of it, you might as well try and monetise it.

Yeah the Goonies house in Astoria for a long time had big no pictures signage and the neighbors had put up "no parking signs" and it seemed like they were missing out.

The new owners are embracing the history and reaping the financial rewards.

 

[Morrus]

and it seemed like they were missing out.

If you value money over privacy, sure.

 

[el-remmen]

Yeah the Goonies house in Astoria for a long time had big no pictures signage and the neighbors had put up "no parking signs" and it seemed like they were missing out.

The new owners are embracing the history and reaping the financial rewards.

Not sure about the current owners but when my wife and I checked out the Goonies house in 2013 the owners were pretty generous with letting people look from the outside (there was no filming inside the actual house, if I remember correctly ) and take pix but soon after i learned the few rules they and neighbors wanted people to follow in terms of the property and parking were broken so often it made them rescind their generosity and put up the aforementioned signs.

 

[CleverNickName]

I'm with @Morrus on this one. It's cool that these new owners are so amiable and friendly, and that they have found a way to make a few extra dollars. But personally? I wouldn't want random people showing up at all hours, unannounced, asking for a tour of my house.

 

[Staffan]

I'm with @Morrus on this one. It's cool that these new owners are so amiable and friendly, and that they have found a way to make a few extra dollars (without tainting the legacy of D&D the way its previous owner was doing). But personally? I wouldn't want random people showing up at all hours, unannounced, asking for a tour of my house.

I think this is a different house than the DHSM. This is where Gygax lived while D&D was taking form, while the DHSM was an office/shop TSR opened later in the 70s.

 

[CleverNickName]

I think this is a different house than the DHSM. This is where Gygax lived while D&D was taking form, while the DHSM was an office/shop TSR opened later in the 70s.

Ah, thanks for the clarification. I definitely had my real estate confused.

 

[GwaihirAgain]

I think this is a different house than the DHSM. This is where Gygax lived while D&D was taking form, while the DHSM was an office/shop TSR opened later in the 70s.

Drove by the DHSM house/store as well, It was for sale/abandoned.

 

[occam]

I happened to take a drive through Lake Geneva as well, in May. I was struck by how small the "downtown" area is: the 1970s Gygax house (and 2nd HQ after Don Kaye's home), the DHSM/3rd HQ (I think referred to as the Old Gray House?), the Horticultural Hall, the Hotel Clair (4th HQ) are all in very easy walking distance from each other. (The 5th and 6th HQs on Sheridan Springs are a longer walk or very short drive away, on the "outskirts" of town.)

Unfortunately, I didn't think to see if I could go into the Gygax home, despite the presence of a sign or two outside the house noting it as the birthplace of D&D, so I appreciate the photos!

 

[Clint_L]

I happened to take a drive through Lake Geneva as well, in May. I was struck by how small the "downtown" area is: the 1970s Gygax house (and 2nd HQ after Don Kaye's home), the DHSM/3rd HQ (I think referred to as the Old Gray House?), the Horticultural Hall, the Hotel Clair (4th HQ) are all in very easy walking distance from each other.

This is significant in the history of D&D as Gygax didn't drive, which affected some of his business decisions.