Tom Petty's Gainesville, Florida family home

Fans of Tom Petty know he grew up in Gainesville, Florida but exactly where is much less known. Let's have a look at childhood home of the late rock legend.

Tom's father Earl and his mother Katherine "Kitty" owned a home located at 1715 Northeast 6th Terrace. According to property records the home was built in 1952. two years after Petty's birth. An obituary for Earl Petty posted in a Google group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obituaries/b41BrmyfYAM) states that when he passed away in 1999, he still lived in the same house that he bought in 1947. Therefore, whether or not Petty lived at the house on 6th Terrace for his entire childhood or beginning at two years of age or older is unclear. Regardless, continued research revealed that the home was listed for sale in early December 2015 and was marketed as "Tom Petty's Old Home." Here are the photos that accompanied the sale

Tom Petty before he was famous see the Petty family Gainesville, Florida home

Tom Petty before he was famous see the Petty family Gainesville, Florida home

Home Facts

2 bedrooms
1 bathroom
1,297 square-feet
Built: 1952
Most recent sale: 2012

Finally here's a tribute video of the Super Bowl XLII Halftime Show featuring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. RIP.

Most Popular Celebrity Homes and Lifestyles

Image of a mansion with the word Lifestyle overlaying it

Explore Even More Celebrity Homes Photos, Lifestyles and Facts on CelebrityDetective.com

See our complete list of celebrity homes here.

About The Author

Celebrity Detective Steve

I'm an expert at collecting fun, rare facts about celebrities. When I'm not blogging about celebrities, I do a lot of adventuring on forest trails where I photograph Florida wildlife like this big alligator in a lake (2022), and a gopher tortoise (2021) below.