![]() ![]() 4 bedrooms on second level with Jack’n’Jill bathrooms. See inside 503 West Elk Street in Siler City, N.C, best known as the former home of Frances Bavier, known as Aunt Bee from The Andy Griffith Show. By Brooke Cain Updated Ap11:32 AM See inside 503 West Elk Street in Siler City. Perhaps the most famous home in Siler City the one previously owned by Frances Bavier, who played Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show has a new owner, and fans of the classic show. Actress Frances Bavier retired to Siler City after the series ended. This is your chance to own a part of NC history! The former home of “Aunt Bee” from The Andy Griffith Show! This beautiful estate boasts a stately entrance, 11′ ceilings, hardwood floors thoughout, 3 fireplaces, large main level primary bedroom, huge living room & kitchen, spacious dining, cozy library, office, & sunroom. National Want to make pickles in Aunt Bee’s kitchen Her North Carolina home is for sale. Siler City, the town where Mayberrys Aunt Bee lived out her retirement. $425,000Ĭontact Angela Bailey with Realty One Group Results There is a large basement with a rec room/game room, shower and a walk in vault. in the Chatham County town of Siler City, was up for sale last year, The News & Observer reported. The home features hardwood floors, wainscoting, crown molding, ceiling medallions and a beautiful paneled den. The 5,000-square-foot, three-story brick home with stone accents is best known as the former home of Frances Bavier, who herself is best known as Aunt Bee from The Andy Griffith Show. It is located on one acre in Siler City, North Carolina. And she had 14 cats! Clearly someone after her put in a lot of effort in restoring this home. After retiring from acting, Frances would make Siler City, North Carolina her home. When she died they could tell she was living in one room with meager furnishings. While she is best remembered for her role as Aunt Bee on The Andy. Before passing away, the gorgeous actress had been suffering from various. Apparently she lived her life as a recluse in this house. In 1972, Bavier retired from acting and bought a home in Siler City, North Carolina. If you would ask her to move three inches to the right to get in the proper frame, she’d blow a fuse and refuse.I loved Aunt Bee on Andy Griffith! This is her former home in North Carolina. According to Closer Weekly, he told pop culture historian Geoffrey Mark that directing Bavier was “like stepping on a landmine. ![]() She was rather self-contained and was not part of the general hijinks that centered upon Andy on the set.”ĭirector Howard Morris went further. (AP) The woman who portrayed the kindly Aunt Bee on televisions The Andy Griffith Show left her house to the town hospital and its contents to a center for public television, an attorney said. ![]() Nail is in the process of turning the home into a. “Highly professional and a fine comedienne, fine actress with very individual character. An outside look of the property formerly known as Aunt Bee’s house, which is currently under rennovation by new owner Kathy Nail in Siler City. ![]() She was “a rather remote lady,” Leonard told Kelly. In Richard Kelly’s 1981 book “The Andy Griffith Show,” co-creator and executive producer Sheldon Leonard told Kelly that Bavier was not exactly warm and fuzzy. Howard may recall Bavier as nurturing, but the actress could be tough to work with as far as the other adults were concerned. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Andy Griffith Show Reunion: Back to Mayberry () On ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ Bavier Could Be Tough to Work With ![]()
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