<Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> 3159 W 11th St . Cleveland, Ohio 44109 USA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> A Christmas Story House </Td> </Tr> <P> A Christmas Story House is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio's Tremont neighborhood . The 19th - century Victorian, which was used in the exterior scenes of Ralphie Parker's house in the 1983 film A Christmas Story, was purchased by a private developer in 2004 and has been restored and renovated to appear as it did both inside and outside in the film . The museum is part of a complex of three buildings devoted to the film, and is open to the public year - round . </P> <P> The screenplay for A Christmas Story is based on material from author Jean Shepherd's collection of short stories, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash . The house, as it is portrayed in the film, is located in Hohman, Indiana, the fictional town modeled after Shepherd's native Hammond, Indiana . For the film adaptation of these stories, director Bob Clark reportedly sent scouts to twenty cities before selecting Cleveland for exterior filming . Cleveland was chosen because of Higbee's Department Store, which ultimately was featured in three scenes in the film . Appropriately, the fictional boyhood home of Ralphie Parker is on Cleveland Street, the name of the actual street where Shepherd grew up . In addition to the house exteriors, Cleveland was the location used for the scenes involving Higbee's department store, despite the fact that there were no Higbee's stores in Shepherd's hometown . The exterior shots of the house and neighborhood where Ralphie lives were filmed in the Tremont section of Cleveland's West Side . </P>

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