{"id":2079145,"date":"2025-10-09T10:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2079145"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:14:24","slug":"an-1839-milwaukee-warehouse-turned-home-to-be-featured-in-hgtvs-scariest-house-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/an-1839-milwaukee-warehouse-turned-home-to-be-featured-in-hgtvs-scariest-house-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"An 1839 Milwaukee warehouse-turned-home to be featured in HGTV&#8217;s &#8216;Scariest House in America&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Milwaukee home that was built as a warehouse for the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. in 1839 will be featured in an upcoming episode of HGTV&#8217;s &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/shows\/scariest-house-in-america\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Scariest House in America;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scariest House in America<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Don Percy bought the vacant warehouse for $50,000 in 2013 and began converting it into a 9,600-square-foot home with one bedroom and 1\u00bd bathrooms. In the &#8220;Scariest House&#8221; episode titled &#8220;Monsters of the Midwest,&#8221; Percy walks the show&#8217;s host, comedian and actress Retta, through his home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The episode reveals that what appears to be an old, abandoned warehouse at 66th Street\u00a0and Lisbon Avenue on Milwaukee&#8217;s northwest side is only half of the truth about the building. The first floor contains a series of 90-foot-long, dimly lit hallways connected by old wooden doors with cracked windows. The hallways are lined with tools and equipment you&#8217;d find in a garage or shed, a scene reminiscent of horror movies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Don Percy&#8217;s 1839 Milwaukee warehouse-turned-home features a series of 90-foot-long hallways separated by doors with cracked windows. The home is featured on the &#8220;Monsters of the Midwest&#8221; episode of the HGTV series &#8220;Scariest House in America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The second floor, however, looks as if someone plopped a Northwoods cabin into a warehouse \u2014 complete with a front door that leads into Percy&#8217;s 1,640-square-foot, fairly normal-looking living space with a living room, white-cabinets kitchen, bathroom and lofted bedroom. There even are cheerful yellow walls and hardwood floors. A door from the living space leads back into a more warehouse-like space that Percy uses as a gym and for entertaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the outside of the building \u2014 but not featured in the episode \u2014 are some additions Percy made that caught neighbors&#8217; \u2014 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/columnists\/jim-stingl\/2018\/07\/19\/neighbors-noticing-headless-nude-mannequins-atop-old-building\/796108002\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Journal Sentinel's;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the Journal Sentinel&#8217;s<\/a> \u2014 attention in 2018: two nude, headless female mannequins affixed to the top front corners of the building. Percy&#8217;s sister gave him the mannequins as a housewarming gift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But the scary stuff is inside, where Rhetta explains to Percy that if his house moves on in the &#8220;Scariest House in America&#8221; competition, he has a chance to win a $150,000 renovation from interior designer Alison Victoria. Rhetta selects a regional winner at the end of each episode, and the overall winner is announced during the show&#8217;s season finale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first season of &#8220;Scariest House in America&#8221; attracted more than 8.3 million viewers with four episodes, according to a news release from HGTV&#8217;s PR agency, Superjuice. The show is now in its second season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;Monsters of the Midwest&#8221; episode premieres on the HGTV network at 8 p.m. Oct. 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/television-radio\/2025\/10\/09\/milwaukee-warehouse-home-don-percy-hgtv-scariest-house-in-america-monsters-of-the-midwest\/86569230007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Milwaukee home to be featured on HGTV's 'Scariest House in America';elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Milwaukee home to be featured on HGTV&#8217;s &#8216;Scariest House in America&#8217;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Milwaukee home that was built as a warehouse for the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. in 1839 will be featured in an upcoming episode of HGTV&#8217;s &#8220;Scariest House in America.&#8221; Don Percy bought the vacant warehouse for $50,000 in 2013 and began converting it into a 9,600-square-foot home with one bedroom and 1\u00bd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2079146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[390609,46793,390610,390607,390608],"class_list":["post-2079145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-don-percy","tag-hgtv","tag-house-in-america","tag-milwaukee-electric-railway-and-light-co","tag-warehouse"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/An-1839-Milwaukee-warehouse-turned-home-to-be-featured-in-HGTVs-Scariest.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2079145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2079147,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079145\/revisions\/2079147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2079146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2079145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2079145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2079145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}