Houston, Texas: Beer Can House
John Milkovisch drank 39,000 cans of beer, then decorated his house with the flattened empties.
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Houston's beloved Beer Can House will undergo a major restoration, funded in part by a $125,000 Houston Endowment grant obtained by the Orange Show Foundation. The Orange Show acquired the late John and Mary Milkovisch's beer can-covered home in 2001.
... [03/19/2005] Complete News StoryMary Milkovisch, widow of John "I'm gonna drink all these beers and cover my house with the cans" Milkovisch, joined her husband when she passed away in a nursing home in March. Mary had soldiered on as the tenant of Houston's infamous Beer Can House for over a decade since John's death....
[05/19/2002] Complete News StoryI work for The Savvy Traveler on NPR. I called the people at the Beer Can House trying to arrange a visit, left a jolly message, and received a call back a few days later from the angriest man I've ever come across, telling me in no uncertain terms that I wasn't welcome. He was so angry he could scarcely catch his breath. But he never told me why he was furious, he was just blazing furious. I wouldn't go within twenty miles of the place now, and you might want to advise tourists of the same.
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Beer Can House
- Address:
- 222 Malone St., Houston, TX
- Directions:
- From I-45, just south of the intersection of I-10, take the Memorial Drive exit. Head west about a mile. Soon after you pass the North Shepherd Drive exit you will make a right on Malone St. The Beer Can House is two blocks north, on the right.
- Hours:
- Daylight hours. Tours Sa-Su 12-5. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 713-926-6368
- Admission:
- Adults $2.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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