Here’s the story … of how a modest mid-century dwelling grew to become a Los Angeles landmark.
The LA metropolis council voted unanimously on Wednesday to designate the the so-called “ Brady Bunch ” home within the San Fernando Valley as a historic-cultural monument.
The vote grants landmark protections to the home on Dilling Avenue that was used for exterior pictures of the TV sitcom that ran from 1969 to 1974.
Interior scenes had been shot on a soundstage, with units that bore no resemblance to the property that turn out to be a photo-op magnet for “Brady Bunch” followers.
The present, which lived on for many years in syndication, featured the comedian travails of a household of six blended-family siblings — “the youngest one in curls,” because the theme track defined.
The shingle-and-stone dwelling with a peaked roof additionally appeared within the 1995 large display movie “The Brady Bunch Movie” and its sequel.
The landmark standing protects the house, in-built 1959, from demolition or main renovations — however doesn’t prohibit them. If house owners ever resolve to make large modifications, they might be topic to a design assessment and the Cultural Heritage Commission can delay the method to seek out preservation options.
The nonprofit LA Conservancy pushed for the landmark standing and CEO Adrian Scott Fine stated he was thrilled it was permitted. He stated followers of the present have a private connection to the property.
“If you watched the ‘Brady Bunch,’ you knew this house. People make a pilgrimage to see it,” Fine stated Wednesday. “To have it designated like this, it makes it all the sweeter.”
When the home went available on the market in 2018, the cable community HGTV gained a bidding warfare that drove the value as much as $3.5 million — or $1.6 million over the itemizing value for the then-2,400-square-foot (223-square-meter) residence.
The home was expanded, reworked and redecorated to provide it trademark components of the set model, together with the wood-paneled lounge with a floating staircase and an orange-and-green kitchen.
The course of was documented in a four-part HGTV miniseries known as “A Very Brady Renovation.”
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