Iconic Johnson City Funeral Home Building for Sale

A century-old building that's housed a funeral home in the heart of Johnson City is on the market.

The J.F. Rice Funeral Home has been winding down operations in recent months and the property it has occupied at 150 Main Street in the village is now for sale.

An online listing posted by Linda Kent Real Estate notes the site is located near the Binghamton University Health Sciences campus.

A viewing room at the J.F. Rice Funeral Home on August 24, 2024. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The property encompasses about one acre on the south side of Main Street between Ozalid Road and Park Street.

Cheryl Kovac of Johnson City recently decided it was time to sell the property. J.F. Rice Funeral Home operations were maintained after the death of her husband, Dennis Kovac, in 1993.

The property listing indicates there is more than 17,000 square feet in the funeral home's main building. Two viewing rooms and other facilities are in the building's first floor. There are two separate apartments on the second and third floors.

A section of a second-floor apartment in the J.F. Rice Funeral Home building in Johnson City. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The property includes a four-car attached garage, along with two detached garages - one with five stalls, the other with two stalls. The site has parking lot space for nearly two dozen vehicles.

The asking price listed for the four adjacent parcels along Main Street is $2.3 million.

WNBF NEWS VIDEO: A two-minute tour of the first floor of the J.F. Rice Funeral Home on August 22, 2024.

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