He was doing well enough by 1950 to buy a "small three room brick cottage with a bath" on Whittier Street, which is now listed as the Chuck Berry House on the National Register of Historic Places.
Han klarede sig godt nok til i 1950 at købe en "lille tre værelse murstenshus med et bad" på Whittier Street, , som er nu opført som The Chuck Berry House på National Register of Historic Places.