The former home of Roy "Gypsy Jack" Steffenson Jr., a local legend who lived in the wild west shrine at 1458 Davison Road across from Homedale Elementary for more than three decades, has landed on eBay.
The opening bid is $2,000.
UPDATE: An annonymous reader writes: "Whoever owns poor old Gypsy Jack's home now owes more than $600 US plus penalties in taxes to the city. I drove past the home just a week ago, and it's seen its better days. The photo posted here makes it look so much better, almost when Roy was alive. I would not be surprised if the building was currently condemmed."
Go here for the City of Flint property tax and ownership information on the house.
If anyone in Flint has the time and the inclination, I'd love to be able to post some current photos of the house. Email them to me if you have them. Thanks.
UPDATE: The auction is now complete. Final sale price: $3,050.
Whoever owns poor old Gypsy Jack's home now owes more than $600 US plus penalties in taxes to the city. I drove past the home just a week ago, and it's seen its better days. The photo posted here makes it look so much better, almost when Roy was alive. I would not be surprised if the building was currently condemmed...
ReplyDeletehey gordie....you know they say that to be imitated is the sincerest form of flattery
ReplyDeletethe flint urinal took your lead and featured gypsy jack's house on the bottom of the front page
I checked those county tax records. It makes me laugh...they call damn near anything a "Cape Cod".
ReplyDeleteI remember that place tho. It's been YEARS since I even thought about that place.
My family and I lived across the street from him for years
ReplyDeleteJack was a great brother. Only guy I ever knew with a Harley completely painted flat black. He had a skull on the post in the bar room upstairs. One of his buddies stole it from Hurley was the story I heard. I took a guy I worked with at AC there. He was what we called a „citizen“ (didn’t ride a Harley) and was from Germany. He asked if I knew Jack and asked if I would take him there which I did. Jack told him if he wanted to drink there he needed to drink out of the skullcap first. Even though he didn’t want to he did drink a shot. Scared to death for no real reason. Jack was a good guy. He was just messing with a citizen. Miss Jack. I‘m 80 now and probably going to meet up with him again. Happy trails Jack, Zen
ReplyDeleteZen, thanks for the great comment. Glad the memory of Gypsy Jack lives on. And never heard the term citizen used that way. It's perfect. When I worked as a reporter in Little Rock, Arkansas, we referred to the equivalent of citizens as "pinks." Not sure of the origin of that one.
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