The iconic Brady Bunch house in Los Angeles has officially been granted landmark status.
The LA City Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to designate the San Fernando Valley residence as a historic-cultural monument.
This decision provides landmark protections to the Dilling Avenue property, instantly recognizable as the exterior setting for the beloved 1969-1974 TV sitcom.
While the home’s facade became a popular photo opportunity for fans, it is important to note that all interior scenes were filmed on a soundstage, featuring sets that bore no resemblance to the actual house
The show, which lived on for decades in syndication, featured the comic travails of a family of six blended-family siblings — “the youngest one in curls,” as the theme song explained.
The shingle-and-stone home with a peaked roof also appeared in the 1995 big-screen film The Brady Bunch Movie and its sequel.
The landmark status protects the home, built in 1959, from demolition or major renovations — but doesn’t 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 nonprofit LA Conservancy pushed for the landmark status and CEO Adrian Scott Fine said he was thrilled it was approved. He said fans of the show have a personal connection to the property.
“If you watched the ‘Brady Bunch,’ you knew this house. People make a pilgrimage to see it,” Fine said Wednesday. “To have it designated like this, it makes it all the sweeter.”
When the house went on the market in 2018, the cable network HGTV won a bidding war that drove the price up to $3.5 million — or $1.6 million over the listing price for the then-2,400-square-foot (223-square-meter) residence.
The house was expanded, remodeled and redecorated to give it trademark elements of the set version, including the wood-paneled living room with a floating staircase and an orange-and-green kitchen.
The process was documented in a four-part HGTV miniseries called “A Very Brady Renovation.”
