The Los Angeles Metropolis Council on Wednesday designated the Brady Bunch home as a historic-cultural monument, a transfer that granted landmark protections to the Studio Metropolis property made well-known by the traditional tv sitcom.
In a 13-0 vote, the council accepted a suggestion by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Fee so as to add the property at 11222 Dilling St. to the town’s checklist of historic-cultural monuments. At its Jan. 15 assembly, the fee decided the proposed designation met the standards for monument standing below the Los Angeles Administrative Code.
Council members Katy Yaroslavsky and Imelda Padilla have been absent throughout Wednesday’s assembly.
The home, utilized in exterior establishing pictures through the present’s run from 1969 to 1974, is immediately recognizable to generations of viewers who watched Mike and Carol Brady elevate their blended household of six. Though inside scenes have been filmed on a studio lot, the house’s facade turned one among tv’s most acquainted suburban photographs.
Adrian Scott Superb, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Conservancy, advised Metropolis Information Service on Tuesday that the house represents greater than only a tv backdrop for generations of viewers.
“Few locations seize the enjoyment and optimism of mid-century household life fairly just like the Brady Bunch Home. For thousands and thousands around the globe that tuned in, it was merely a TV set — however right here within the Valley, it stands as an actual dwelling, a pop-culture landmark, and a spot the place make-believe met actual Los Angeles suburbia,” Superb mentioned. “In some ways, all of us felt at dwelling with the Bradys, making its recognition as a historic-cultural monument a becoming tribute to a home and household that formed so many Angelenos’ childhoods.”
In-built 1959 and designed by Harry Londelius Jr., the house was chosen by producers for its proximity to Paramount Studios in Hollywood, the place the collection was filmed, and for its distinctive mid-century design — the form of home viewers might envision an architect like Mike Brady calling dwelling.
Though the unique collection aired for simply 5 seasons, “The Brady Bunch” discovered a second life in syndication, turning the house into a long-lasting pop-culture landmark.
Curiosity within the property surged once more in 2019, when HGTV bought the home and produced “A Very Brady Renovation.” The community reunited forged members and remodeled the inside to copy the present’s fictional units.
Following the renovation collection, HGTV bought the property for $3.2 million to Tina Trahan, a Texas-based philanthropist, tv producer and devoted fan who stays the present proprietor.
The house was opened to the general public for the primary time final November as a part of a three-day charity fundraiser dubbed “The Brady Expertise.” The occasion featured hour-long guided excursions of the property, showcasing the recreated inside — together with the floating staircase and retro orange-and-avocado kitchen, with proceeds benefiting Wags and Walks Canine Rescue Adoption Middle.
