Road To Perdition

Thank You To Owen From The When Write Is Wrong Website For Finding The Sullivan Family Home

 Thank You To Josh Biggers For Telling Me Where The Farmhouse Stood

  • (0:02)  Michael Sullivan Jr. Riding His Bike Against The Flow Of The Walking People / E. 111th Street And S. Saint Lawrence Avenue, Chicago

  • (0:03)  Michael Jr Going To Peerless Pharmacy / 120 W. Main Street, West Dundee (Note: This Was Not Really A Pharmacy)

  • (0:04)  The Sullivan Residence / 385 Old Sutton Road, Barrington Hills

  • (0:07)  John Rooney's Place / 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston

  • (0:21)  The Hotel Florence / 11111 S. Forrestville Avenue, Chicago

  • (0:22)  The Warehouse Where Michael Jr. Learns About His Father's Profession / 11035 S. Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago (Note: Only A Couple Of Building Remain From The Pullman Factory Complex And The Building Shown In The Scene Looks To Have Been Torn Down)

  • (0:31)  O'Neill's Bar / Hennesy Street, Warner Brothers, Burbank

  • (0:36)  The Brothel / 2147 S. Lumber Street, Chicago (Note: The Bridge Seen In The Background Is The Cermak Bridge)

  • (0:49)  The Sullivan's Arriving In Chicago / N. Lasalle Street Bridge, Chicago (Note: They Are Traveling South As They Cross The Bridge)

  • (0:50)  Michael Sullivan Going To The Lexington Hotel / Wrigley Building; 400 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago

  • (1:01)  The White Church In The Country / Saint Paul's Lutheran Church; 1407 W. Church Road, Beecher (Note: Unfortunately The Church Burned Down In 2021)

  • (1:04)  The Diner In The Middle Of Nowhere / This Place Was Portable And Placed In The Country For The Movie But Now It Resides In The Northeast

  • (1:11)  Michael Teaching Michael Junior How To Drive / Jurgensen Woods Forest Preserve; Just South Of 183rd Street And East Of Cottage Grove Avenue, Glenwood

  • (1:13)  Michael Sullivan Doing The First Bank Robbery / 7915 S. Exchange Avenue, Chicago

  • (1:15)  Michael Exiting The Building After The Third Bank Robbery / Northwest Corner Of E. Washington Street And N. Locust Street, Momence (Note: For Some Crazy Reason They Recorded The Scene By Flipping The Film So It Looks Opposite Compared To What It Really Was)

  • (1:15)  Michael Shown Being Driven Away After The Fifth Robbery / Looking South On Dixie Hwy From W. Washington Street, Momence

  • (1:21)  Hotel Geneva / Southeast Corner Of W. State Street And 3rd Street, Geneva (Note: The Door That Harlen Maguire Exits Was In Between 225 And 229 State Street)

  • (1:26)  Michael Junior Takes His Father To A Country House After He Was Shot / 30049 S. Ridgeland Avenue, Peotone (Note: This Has Since Been Torn Down)

  • (1:33)  The Church Where Michael Meets Up With Rooney / Saint Sylvester Church; 2157 N. Humboldt, Blvd, Chicago

  • (1:46)  The Beach House / Port Sheldon, Michigan (Note: The House Is No Longer There)
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33 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 4:53 PM

    Thanks for your work. I hope you find the Church location.

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  2. UnknownMarch 27, 2014 at 7:30 PM

    The the exact location of the farmhouse it Peotone is 30070 South Ridgeland Ave. Peotone, IL.

    It was torn down after filming.

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    1. AnonymousJune 25, 2014 at 1:26 AM

      Actually the address of the farm house on South Ridgeland Road was 30049. I know because I lived there before for seven years. My former husband and I rented it. It was on the sod farm. The house was white then and then I heard that half the house caught on fire.I heard later that the fire department burned the rest of it down. Two of my kids were born in that farm house in 1993 and 1995. I still live near Peotone about 6 miles away.

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    2. EvelynDanielleDecember 4, 2015 at 5:05 AM

      Do you know if the interior shots of the farmhouse were done in the actual house? It looked very old.

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  3. DrVal/April 3, 2014 at 1:40 AM

    Does anyone know if any parts of Road to Perdition was filmed on 79th and Exchange Streets in Chicago? I worked at the location where one Bank scene was filmed.

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    1. GhostsoldierOctober 25, 2015 at 10:20 PM

      Yes...the first bank robbery referenced above was shot at that location (not in Momence); here are the Google Earth coordinates:
      41°45'4.90"N
      87°33'9.57"W

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    2. Chas DemsterOctober 25, 2015 at 11:56 PM

      Thank you for the correction. I was told by a town local that it was in Momence. I have the correct address up now.

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    3. GhostsoldierOctober 27, 2015 at 9:25 PM

      Not a problem, Chas...and thanks for this wonderful website, it's awesome. Road to Perdition is a passion of mine, and your site was invaluable to me this last September when I made a vacation trip to Chicago to see all of the RTP filming locations...I couldn't have found all of the sites without your help!

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  4. toddApril 14, 2014 at 8:06 PM

    The location of the beach house is now Olive Shores Park, part of the Ottawa Country park system.

    http://www.miottawa.org/Parks/olive_shores.htm#none

    https://maps.google.com/maps?q=8555+Olive+Shore+Ave&hl=en&sll=43.084561,-86.240187&sspn=0.010265,0.022724&gl=us&hnear=8555+Olive+Shore+Ave,+West+Olive,+Ottawa,+Michigan+49460&t=m&z=16

    At the end of the trail/boardwalk to the beach, there is a deck overlooking the beach (to the left in the picture below with three people standing on it). The foundations for the house are just to the left of this deck (still visible).

    http://www.miottawa.org/Parks/images/slideShow/oliveshores/image1.jpg

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  5. Chas DemsterApril 15, 2014 at 1:03 AM

    Hi, thank you for the info. Good for everyone to know.

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  6. Dan SimsMay 4, 2014 at 10:02 PM

    Thank you!

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  7. GhostsoldierAugust 15, 2015 at 12:05 AM

    Awesome information! I'll be going to see these sites this September, on vacation!

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  8. GhostsoldierOctober 25, 2015 at 10:28 PM

    Like the third bank robbery scene, the opening credits where Michael is riding his bike in front of the Pullman buildings was also reversed; he appears to be riding right-to-left, but in reality, he was riding left-to-right and the scene was flipped during editing. You can see the Pullman Administration building in the background.

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  9. GhostsoldierOctober 25, 2015 at 10:39 PM

    The scene where Michael sees the murder of Finn through the crack in the door during the rain storm is still there...it is the rear of the only remaining (north) wing of the warehouse connected to the Pullman Admin building. The gates where Michael collapsed were added as a prop (like the fence and gate of the Rooney house). If you watch the scene where Sullivan and Rooney turn the corner of the building in the rain, you can see a leaning fire hydrant at the corner of the building...as of September of 2015, that hydrant is still there (the sight is secured however--it can't be visited). You can see the hydrant, as well as the building lamps, using the bird's eye view tool on Bing maps.

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  10. UnknownJune 21, 2016 at 4:17 PM

    There was a bank scene shot in Momence for sure because if you go into The Parrish Bank of Momence they have photos of Tom Hanks in character inside the bank. It was just a short scene but they did use the town of Monence

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    1. GhostsoldierJune 21, 2016 at 8:55 PM

      Yeah, Chris...it was the second bank robbery scene, I think...and, the image was reversed in the film.

      I went there last year and saw the photos, and talked to the owner of the store...he said it was a big deal, when Hanks came to town.

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  11. UnknownDecember 9, 2017 at 7:58 PM

    My grandparents business was in the movie and they are on 1444 W 37th street in Chicago. Any idea of what scene?

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  12. GhostsoldierJanuary 19, 2018 at 6:31 PM

    I've checked my paperwork for any info on that location, but don't see anything.

    Do you know what scene their location was supposed to be in, or the actors involved?

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    1. AnonymousMay 11, 2018 at 12:19 AM

      1444 W 37th St was the storage area for the vehicles from the movie.

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  13. GhostsoldierMay 11, 2018 at 11:14 AM

    Thanks for the update, Michael!

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  14. AnonymousAugust 5, 2021 at 7:18 PM

    The driving scene heading to Chicago where they're going down the road is S. Center Rd between Kennedy and Wilmington Rds just outside of Peotone.

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  15. GhostsoldierSeptember 10, 2021 at 9:31 AM

    Does anyone know the exact location where the Englewood diner sat while filming?

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    1. UnknownMarch 27, 2022 at 10:03 AM

      It tells on the internet where they placed diner at its sinc
      E moved back to Michigan it said

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    2. AnonymousJuly 21, 2022 at 11:25 AM

      Do you have a link for that site information? I know where it is now located in Boston, but I'm looking for the movie set location.

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  16. AnonymousApril 16, 2022 at 7:49 PM

    Wasn't a brief segment in the film done at a steel mill in East Chicago, Indiana?

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  17. GhostsoldierJuly 22, 2022 at 2:19 PM

    Yes, the opening scene where Michael is riding his bike (with the blast furnaces in the background) was filmed at Inland Steel Plant No.3, in East Chicago, Indiana. Those are furnaces A and B that you see, and were demolished in 2004. There are more photos of the furnaces here: https://realstill.com/books/steel

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    1. AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 3:21 PM

      Thought it looked familiar! Thanks much.

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2024 at 2:57 PM

    The church in Beecher did not burn down. It’s there as of January of 2024

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2024 at 4:44 PM

    Actually, it did burn down; they are vowing to rebuild, but a Google search provides a dirth of video evidence that it burned down in 2017 or so.

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  20. GhostsoldierMarch 12, 2024 at 9:42 PM

    https://abc7chicago.com/st-pauls-church-fire-beecher-oktoberfest/11033452/

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  21. GhostsoldierMarch 12, 2024 at 9:42 PM

    Church burning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-IeVhxttKU

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  22. GhostsoldierMarch 12, 2024 at 9:43 PM

    https://wgntv.com/video/left-in-ruins-rebuilding-of-historic-beecher-church-destroyed-in-fire-continues/7138620/

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