The Brady Bunch house at 11222 Dilling Street, in North Hollywood, has secured its place in history after the Los Angeles City Council voted to add it to the list of “Historic-Cultural Monuments” throughout LA County.
What it Means to be an HCM
As HGTV.com reports, the house joins a list of more than 1,200 sites that include the Hollywood sign, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, various Frank Lloyd Wright homes and other sites around the city. “An HCM can identify with important events; notable figures of national, state or local importance and/or distinctive architectural styles,” read a statement on the Los Angeles City Planning website.
The Brady Bunch house is a midcentury split-level ranch home designed by architect Harry M. Londelius and built in 1959, according to an LA Times article. Many fans of the show didn’t realize it was just the home’s façade that appeared on The Brady Bunch; the rest of the show was shot at a studio.
The Brady Bunch T.V. Show
The Brady Bunch aired on ABC between 1969 and 1974 during a time of transition in the types of television programs Americans were interested in watching. The Vietnam War was raging, and shows like All in the Family (1971-1979) and M*A*S*H (1972-1983) tackled the social issues of the day.
In contrast, The Brady Bunch provided an idyllic, Leave It to Beaver-esque way of looking at a middle-class suburban family — albeit a blended one — that dealt with surface-level issues like sibling rivalries, teenage dating, household chores and the father’s (Mike Brady, played by Robert Reed) challenges with his boss and his job. The show seemed like froth, but had staying power, launching the Carol, Mike, and the Brady Kids into the pop culture stratosphere, releasing albums, lunchboxes, and merch galore, culminating with The Brady Bunch Hour variety show that ran from 1976 to 1977.
We Can’t Get Enough of the Brady’s
Then, 20 years later, the Brady’s became relevant all over again with the release of The Brady Movie in 1995. The comedy satire, which brought the 1970s television family into the 1990s, was directed by Betty Thomas and starred Shelley Long and Gary Cole. It became a nostalgic hit, number one at the box office and taking in almost $15M its opening weekend. A sequel titled A Very Brady Sequel was released on August 23, 1996, and a television film titled The Brady Bunch in the White House aired on November 29, 2002.
The HGTV Reno Brought the House back into the Spotlight
The home on Dilling Street went up for sale in 2018, and after a one-of-a-kind bidding war with NSYNC’s Lance Bass, it was purchased by HGTV, who then paired the Property Brothers up with the original Brady Bunch actors to renovate the home’s interior to match the show’s set in a four-part series called A Very Brady Renovation.
The renovation reportedly added 2,000 square feet to the home – which as pretty as it was, let’s admit it never was a practical living situation for a family with six kids, a live-in maid, a cat and a dog (whatever happened to Fluffy and Tiger, anyway?). After the HGTV Reno was over, the property was sold again to a couple who created “The Brady Experience” and allowed the public to tour the home for the first time in late 2025.
Now the Brady Bunch House will live on forever as a cultural icon.
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