The LA City Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to designate the Dilling Avenue property as a historic-cultural monument. This decision protects the home, built in 1959, from demolition or major renovations, though it does not prohibit them. If owners ever decide to make big changes, they would be subject to a design review, and the Cultural Heritage Commission can delay the process to find preservation solutions.
The specific design review process required under the landmark status has not been detailed. The nonprofit LA Conservancy pushed for the landmark status, and its CEO Adrian Scott Fine said he was thrilled it was approved. He noted that fans of the show have a personal connection to the property, adding, 'If you watched the 'Brady Bunch,' you knew this house.
People make a pilgrimage to see it. ' The show featured the comic travails of a family of six blended-family siblings, with all interior scenes filmed on a soundstage featuring sets that bore no resemblance to the actual house. The shingle-and-stone home with a peaked roof also appeared in the 1995 big-screen film The Brady Bunch Movie and its sequel.
5 million, and it was expanded, remodeled, and redecorated to include trademark elements from the set version, such as a wood-paneled living room with a floating staircase and an orange-and-green kitchen. ' The current owner of the house is unknown.