The African Queen House In Springfield, Missouri

This house is crazy cat cool! Lion and tiger cool!

How many houses are built OVER a moat? The African Queen is!

And yes, that is really her name.

Where is this eye-popping safari-inspired manor located?

None other than Springfield Missouri.

Built in 1964, the home measures in at over 3,100 square feet but oddly, only has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. As you might imagine, the 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms are very special.

Designed by the late Don Russell, the estate was developed by Michael Willhoit who was reportedly a huge fan of the 1951 movie The African Queen. No kidding!

The custom front doors were reportedly “sourced” from Goa, India and date to the 1820s.

Have a look inside…

Rah!

This home is a virtual African jungle safari on 6 mid-western acres of land.

Do you notice that floor?

It’s a 2-inch thick, 8-foot x 5-foot glass window looking down into the moat.

The luxury kitchen features a massive counter made of 4 inch thick Carthage stone.

And take a closer look at the floor:

Tile? No, that is a wood mosaic African crocodile – a 550,000 piece mosaic wood floor assembled from Oak, Walnut and Ebony. The kitchen floor alone cost $400,000.

How did the homeowner afford all this insanity?

Apparently he made his fortune in real estate and selling exotic cars in Springfield.

Every room has an awe-factor feature (or two)… like the tusk light fixture in the dining area:

Not to mention the elephant pedestal table.

One of the rooms features a taxidermy African Lion overlooking a handmade full-size copper hot tub built into the bluff:

The home also comes with a 265 gallon salt water aquarium, a 3,000 pound bronze rhino imported from London, a custom shake room from British Columbia (a whole room!!!), and then there’s this poor guy:

Yep, it all comes with.

This house has been on and off the market since at 2016 with a ping-pong price history: it went from $15,000,000 in 2016 to $9,800,000 in April 2017 and back up to $15,000,000 in late April 2017 and down to $6,900,000 in May 2017. The property is back on the market today for $15,000,000 and it is FSBO.