If you’re familiar with luxury survival compounds, you know, underground homes are nothing new, but you haven’t seen one quite like the property that is currently for sale in Las Vegas, Nevada. A famed 1970’s Cold War bunker is currently on the market in Las Vegas. The price tag? A steep $18M. For the right upscale buyer, this property provides a fun and swanky alternative to your typical high-end property.
The Home’s History
This underground family home was originally built in 1978 with the intention of keeping wealthy entrepreneur Girard B. “Jerry” Henderson and his loved ones safe and entertained for a year in the event of a Russian nuclear attack. Henderson was the co-founder of Underground World Home Corp., a company that specialized in—what else—underground houses. Their brochure asked, “How would you like sunshine every day … when you want it?” Whoever buys this house will find out!
After Henderson passed away in 1983 his wife, Mary Henderson, maintained it until her death. At one point while she lived there the home enjoyed a year-round Christmas theme. Interestingly, it is claimed that Mrs. Henderson believed her husband was murdered, though his official cause of death is listed as a heart attack.
After Mary Henderson’s passing the house fell into a state of disrepair. The property was foreclosed upon in mid-2012, and in 2014 a mysterious Florida-based group that called itself the Society for the Preservation of Near Extinct Species bought the home for $1.15M.
Little did Henderson know, forty years later his home would still provide plenty of entertainment, courtesy of the company that has been holding events on the property. Evidence of these events can be seen in the form of two stripper poles, which have been included with “upgrades” made to the property. If you were planning on bringing a few exotic dancers into the post-apocalyptic wasteland with you, this might be the ideal place to do it.
Here’s a picture of the underground home before its transformation.
And here’s an incredible “after” photo of the same part of the home as it looks today. The support beam in the first photo is the tree in the second.
Many Unique Features
The 15,200-square-foot retro underground bunker is located at 3970 Spencer Street near Flamingo Road. Above ground it looks like any other unassuming two-bedroom, two-story Las Vegas home. One ride down the slow-moving freight elevator, however, reveals a home that appears to exist in an alternate reality, one where time has stood still.
Here are some of the features you’ll find included with this unique property:
- An above-ground home with two bedrooms and two stories
- An underground home with two bedrooms and three bathrooms
- An underground guest casita
- Extra ventilation and many hidden air conditioning units
- A freight elevator
- A hidden stairway
- Adjustable light settings, including a nighttime setting with twinkling stars
- A four-hole putting green
- Two Jacuzzis
- A sauna
- A bar
- A dance floor
- A barbecue
- Multiple murals
Little did Henderson know, forty years later his home would still provide plenty of entertainment, courtesy of the company that has been holding events on the property. Evidence of these events can be seen in the form of two stripper poles, which have been included with “upgrades” made to the property. If you were planning on bringing a few exotic dancers into the post-apocalyptic wasteland with you, this might be the ideal place to do it.
Take a tour of the house!
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