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This Bath Township house is available for rent for $8,000 during the Republican National Convention. It is notorious as the childhood home of Jeffrey Dahmer.

(Howard Hanna)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Local leaders have hoped the Republican National Convention will help spotlight Northeast Ohio's rich history.

If it finds a taker, a real-estate listing for a single-story ranch home in suburban Akron may do just that.

Among the properties realtor Howard Hanna lists for rent during the RNC is the childhood home of Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial killer and former Ohio resident. From the property listing, which gives an $8,000 rental price:

The Bath Township home is site of what's believed to be the Dahmer's first murder. In 1978, Dahmer, then 18, killed Steven Hicks, an 18-year-old hitchhiker, and disposed of his remains in the woods in the house's back yard.

Dahmer went on to kill at least 16 more people in Wisconsin in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was arrested in 1991 and sentenced to life in prison. He was murdered in prison three years later.

The Akron Beacon Journal first reported the listing.

The house's current owner, Chris Butler, told the Beacon Journal he put the listing up on a whim.

"I did it for the heck of it," Butler told the Beacon Journal. He added he wanted to see if he could "suck some Republican gelt from those people."

Julia Domenick, the listed realtor for the Bath Township home, did not immediately return a message. Butler could not be reached for comment.

The home has three bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms, according to the Howard Hanna property listing. It was listed for sale in 2014, according to WKYC.

Howard Hanna, through a sponsorship deal, is the Cuyahoga County Republican Party's official real estate company for the RNC.

Butler is a former member of the 1980s new-wave band The Waitresses. In a 2009 segment for National Public Radio, he described being "instantly charmed" when he pulled into the property's driveway.

The Republican National Convention will take place in downtown Cleveland from July 18-21.

This post has been corrected to reflect that Butler was not lead singer of The Waitresses.