Suburban B&B From 'Groundhog Day' Sells For $695K

WOODSTOCK, IL - A McHenry County bed and breakfast, which served as the site for "The Cherry Street Inn" in the 1993 film Groundhog Day, has sold after three years on the market. The eight-bedroom home at 344 Fremont Street in Woodstock sold on Aug. 31 for $695,000. The Royal Victorian Manor's last day of business as a B&B in Woodstock was also on Aug. 31, according to the manor's website.

In Groundhog Day, the home served as an Inn in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where Bill Murray, the star of the movie, wakes each morning at 6 a.m. to the same clock radio playing Sonny and Cher's I Got You Babe. Playing a Pittsburgh weatherman, Murray relives the same day, Groundhog Day, over and over and over again.

In real life, the Woodstock bed and breakfast was just blocks from Woodstock Square, which also served as a backdrop for many scenes in Groundhog Day.

The 5,800-square-foot home has eight bedrooms and 8.5 bathrooms. It was first listed in January 2014 and has gone through several price changes, and has been de-listed and re-listed at a couple points, before final selling in recent weeks. The home, which is lauded as one of the most recognizable pieces of real estate in Woodstock, was built in 1895 and has been totally renovated, according to Estately.com.

The mansion was originally a private residence but then was later converted into a bread and breakfast, which regularly sold out over Groundhog Day each year, Curbed Chicago reports.

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Main Photo: The home at 344 Fremont St. in Woodstock has sold for $695,000. Photo credit: Realtor.com