John Moses Browning’s Utah mansion for sale

JMB’s Utah 6,912 square foot home is currently on the market for $374,900.

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The NY Times reports:

COMMON SPACES: Most of the house is original, including a banister stretching from the entry to the attic, beveled windows, hardwood floors and fireplaces. There are built-in cupboards in the dining room and storage drawers on each of the house’s three floors.

PERSONAL SPACES: There are two bedrooms in the finished basement, one on the main level and four on the second level. An eighth bedroom is in the attic suite, which includes a living room that, according to the listing agent, served as a workshop for John Browning (and includes remnants of a wiring system used to buzz his maids). Most bedrooms have views of the yard and neighboring historic houses; the attic has treetop and mountain views.

How cool would it be to say you live in the house where JMB designed guns! :)

Hat Tip: Guy Sagi @ Guns and Hunting

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Steve Jul 24th 2009 news Tags: , , 5 Comments

5 Responses to “John Moses Browning’s Utah mansion for sale”

  1. higson 24 Jul 2009 at 7:49 pm link comment

    be awesome to find some secret antiques in there.

  2. SpudGunon 25 Jul 2009 at 2:20 am link comment

    Not that cool. (Oh and questions usually end with a ? and not a !)

    I’m only messing around, I think your blog is made of win and covered in awesome sauce.

    Keep up the fine work amigo!

  3. jdun1911on 25 Jul 2009 at 11:37 am link comment

    There still more room for housing price to drop down. Option ARMS and Alt-S recast are coming soon, like 2010-2012 and they are 50% more trouble then sub-prime mortgage.

    I’m predicting another 50% drop from the current market. So you probably can get it for a lot less if the house is still for sale.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOIoz1dhJvk

  4. Mehul Kamdaron 25 Jul 2009 at 2:09 pm link comment

    Steve,

    As someone who admires J M Browning for the sheer genius with which he came up with some of the finest gun designs down history, I do think this home is hallowed ground. If only the walls could speak!

    Perhaps, FN need to look at buying the property and converting it into a museum. They do own the Browning trade name and have been making money on it ever since they began licensing Browning’s designs. It would be a small tribute to a great man!

  5. SSgt Dwayne Smithon 26 Jul 2009 at 7:43 am link comment

    I for one would love to live in a house that John M. Browning lived in. Think of the history. If it meant alot to him, then I’m sure it is cool.
    SSgt Dwayne A. Smith USMC

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