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Published: Aug 26, 2013
Author: George Knapp
Post Date: 2013-08-26 05:10:58 by Tatarewicz
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C2C... LAS VEGAS -- One of the most recent home listings in Las Vegas is a 16,500 square foot home selling for $1.7 million. However, there is one major catch -- the home is underground. The mysterious subterranean home is almost like a time capsule. The east Las Vegas property has been the subject of whispers for many years, but it has never been open to the general public. It's part palace, part bomb shelter. From the street level, the house at 3970 Spencer St. doesn't stand out from its neighbors, but once you cruise through the iron gates, there are clues such as the 15 or so air conditioning units tucked behind boulders, the curious turbine-driven ventilation portals and the artificial trees. "Mostly they are downstairs," said Winston King of Kingly Properties. That's right, trees downstairs. "You are standing on the roof," King said. The 2,800 square foot house on the full acre lot is nice enough, but once you get past the magnetic doors, climb into an elevator that seems to drop through the earth, you emerge into a luxurious underground Shangri La which totals more than 16,000 square feet. SLIDESHOW: Underground Las Vegas Home The underground 6,000 square foot home sits in the center, surrounded by what looks like a plush backyard and patio. Original owner, philanthropist Jerry Henderson, gave millions to education thru his Alexander Dawson Foundation, but thought nuclear war was inevitable. So, in the late 60s he took a cue from the doomsday comedy Dr. Strangelove when Peter Sellers' character talks about an underground mineshaft, "You mean, people could actually stay down there for 100 years." Henderson feared the world might blow up. "So he built this for his family, an underground house. He said, 'hey, I'll be safe down here.' We're 26 feet underground," King said. The place is bomb proof, quake proof, and even bug proof, a constant 78 degrees, even if it's a million or so degrees and radioactive up top. The concrete haven cost an estimated $10 million to build. The wealthy Henderson's didn't cut corners. June Cleaver would be right at home in the large bright pink kitchen, which still has operational 20th century techno-marvels, such as a toaster in the wall. The great room is complete with plush carpets and a wet bar for entertaining fellow survivors. About $1 million worth of Italian stone went into the working fireplace. The bathrooms have fixtures of gold and crystal. There is also an entertainment room, a massive master bedroom and ornate master bath with its own water supply and powerful generator. The food pantry seems to stretch on forever. "When he originally built it, he estimated if there was a nuclear war, he could live down here for a year," King said. It's not exactly clear when the house was built. Henderson's official bio says it was finished in 1971. Other accounts say it was finished in 1978. To keep from going stir crazy below ground, Henderson created a lifelike yard with a swimming pool, two Jacuzzi's and a barbeque grill that's part Flintstones, part Jetsons because it vents out thru the artificial trees. "Here is the putting green if you want to play golf," King added. There is also a sauna, dance floor, stage and separate quest quarters. A Texas artist lived there for three years while she worked on the lifelike murals that surround the entire property with scenes from Jerry Henderson's life. The lights can be changed to simulate morning, noon or night. Since the Cold War ended long ago, one might wonder, who would buy this place, other than a rich doomsday prepper? "An entertainer. Someone in the music business because it would make a great studio. It's soundproof downstairs. Anybody who likes to hide away, anybody who likes privacy," King said. See the House Listing As recently as six years ago, the place was listed for $8 million. Now in foreclosure, it's a steal at $1.7 million, which includes the house above. "It's only $100 a square foot. That's cheap for a house today." Even if doomsday never happens, it could be one heck of a party house. King said, a few companies have considered buying it as a place to stage corporate events or parties.
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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Sounds nice but it's not sinkhole proof either.
I know they're a problem in Florida and areas with a limestone or salt substratum, or in areas where a significant amount of groundwater has been extracted. Does Vegas have a problem with them too? I wouldn't mind owning a place like that if it were located somewhere that I wanted to live. I really could not answer that question honestly, but considering the I have been hearing of many unusual sinkholes happening all over the United States, I would not want to be living down there when the earth suddenly gives away. You may not be able to escape. The earth is not exactly solid ground as we have been led to believe. It is in fact hollow.
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There are sinkholes reportedly in Vegas area. I found this article.
They'd ruin it. The place is bomb proof, quake proof, and even bug proof, a constant 78 degrees, even if it's a million or so degrees and radioactive up top.
#2. To: purplerose (#1)
but it's not sinkhole proof
#3. To: Buzzard (#2)
#4. To: Buzzard (#2)
I haven't a clue what this video has to do with the underground house, but I'm posting it anyway.
#5. To: Buzzard (#2)
#6. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
...a few companies have considered buying it as a place to stage corporate events or parties.
-Alex Kurtagic
#7. To: Tatarewicz (#0) (Edited)
I have to admit it is gorgeous. www.reviewjournal.com/vie...ilt-cold-war-era-hideaway But I would not live in it. No way! It kind of like taking the underground subway in Los Angeles when all of a sudden an 8.2 quake strikes and those in those subways are forever trapped. No way out.
#8. To: purplerose (#7)
The price is reasonable enough, but, I wonder what is the monthly utility nut?
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#9. To: Lod (#8)
I am so happy, the sissy bar reflector I ordered shipped today. Sure, I could have taken a reflector from the general parts pool and built brackets, but now there is a record.
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#10. To: purplerose (#7)
The ug house probably has enough reinforcing to withstand a quake. It's only future advantage would be withstanding a kill shot from the sun.
#11. To: Tatarewicz (#10)
I don't follow what you're saying. Did you mean disadvantage? It's only future advantage would be withstanding a kill shot from the sun.
#12. To: purplerose, Tatarewicz, Lod, Buzzard, Dakmar (#1)
Lets buy this sucker!!! I'm in. It is not 78 degrees, no way. Dak you can be the music director. The place is bomb proof, quake proof, and even bug proof, a constant 78 degrees,
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#13. To: Hmmmmm (#12) (Edited)
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#14. To: purplerose (#11)
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#16. To: Tatarewicz (#14)
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#17. To: GreyLmist (#16)
Canada's Diefenbaker government built a nuclear underground bomb shelter in Alberta but after the Cold War was over a subsequent federal government destroyed it to preclude biker gangs from using it as a hideout.
#18. To: Tatarewicz (#17)
Doesn't sound like it was a very well-secured facility. Dumb move instead of installing better locks. Now nobody can use it as a hideout from solar flares. They'll just be up a Canuk creek without a paddle, so to speak, if that happens. Canada's Diefenbaker government built a nuclear underground bomb shelter in Alberta but after the Cold War was over a subsequent federal government destroyed it to preclude biker gangs from using it as a hideout.
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#19. To: GreyLmist (#18)
It wasn't a matter of locking the place up. The facility was put up for sale but not being as fancy as the Vegas one there was no real interest. The political and bureaucratic halfwits then feared bikers would put in a bid. Shows how ineffectual government is in maintaining lawful behavior.
#20. To: Tatarewicz (#19)
"You believe us well-to-do elitists when we say that we had to destroy the shelter to save the neighborhood from scruffy biker-bidders because we feared that we couldn't pool enough of our resources and the government's to outbid them, don't you?" "Uh...no." Something more nefarious than "ineffectual" and senselessness was behind the decision to demolish that place of refuge the people of Canada had constructed, I suspect. It wasn't a matter of locking the place up. The facility was put up for sale but not being as fancy as the Vegas one there was no real interest. The political and bureaucratic halfwits then feared bikers would put in a bid. Shows how ineffectual government is in maintaining lawful behavior.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
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