A piece of Michigan labor history is now available for overnight stays.
The former summer home of legendary Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa is now listed as a short-term vacation rental on Airbnb and Vrbo, offering guests a chance to stay at a lakefront property once owned by one of American labor history's most famous and mysterious figures.
Marketed as "The Hoffa House," the two-story Lake Orion property was once the summer home of James R. "Jimmy" Hoffa, whose 1975 disappearance remains unsolved, and his wife, Josephine.
The residence is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom lakefront retreat on Square Lake in northern Oakland County. It includes a walkout basement, a private dock and 175 feet of waterfront frontage.
Susan and John Hagen of Ortonville
bought the house in May 2025 and spent over a year renovating it. They have leaned into the home's history, describing it as "more than a place to stay; it's a story you get to be part of."
The vacation home retains several original features from Hoffa's era, including a lakeside totem pole, lower patio, a repaved tennis court and a basement dry bar.
"There's a dry bar in the basement that was original to Jimmy Hoffa, and we kept a lot of the pine paneling in that area of the basement, and then up the stairs, and into his main bedroom," Susan Hagen said.
Before listing The Hoffa House on Airbnb and Vrbo, the Hagens gave tours of the home at different stages of the renovation process.
"We've been giving tours for the last 6 months, probably, just because people love going in the house and seeing the history of the house," John Hagen said.
The priority now, however, is marketing the property as a short-term rental house.
Who is Jimmy Hoffa?
Hoffa remains one of the most recognizable figures in American labor history. Born in Indiana in 1913, he rose through the ranks of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and served as the union's president from 1957 to 1971.
On July 30, 1975, Hoffa disappeared from the Machus Red Fox restaurant parking lot in Bloomfield Township, where he was expected to meet with Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, a Detroit mafia captain, and Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano, a New Jersey mobster and Teamster official. According to investigators, the men Hoffa expected to meet never arrived, and the former Teamsters president was never seen again.
The disappearance generated one of the nation's most enduring mysteries and spawned decades of speculation, investigations and searches stretching from suburban Detroit to New Jersey.
The FBI continues to classify the case as an active investigation.
Nour Rahal is a trending and breaking news reporter for the Detroit Free Press. Email her at nrahal@freepress.com.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Jimmy Hoffa's former Lake Orion home can now be rented on Airbnb, Vrbo
