The Studio City house used for exterior shots of “The Brady Bunch” was designated as a historic-cultural monument Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council.
The recommendation, approved by a 13-0 vote by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission, grants landmark protections to the 1970s-era home on Dilling Avenue in the San Fernando Valley community.
The house was used for scene-setting exterior shots for the 1969-1974 sitcom, which gained a second life in syndication. Most of the “Brady Bunch” interior shots were on a sound stage.
The home also appeared in the 1995 big-screen film “The Brady Bunch Movie” and its sequel.
HGTV renovated the interior to match that seen in the show after purchasing the home in 2019 for “A Very Brady Renovation.” It sold the circa-1959 property to historic house enthusiast Tina Trahan, wife of former HBO chief exec Chris Albrect, for $3.2 million.
The “Brady Bunch” house is now designated as a Los Angeles historic-cultural monument. Damian Dovarganes / AP
HGTV listed the home for $5.5 million after buying it for $3.5 million.
In an email message to NBC Los Angeles at the time, agent Marcy Roth said her client plans to use the house for charity and fundraising.
“Nobody is going to live in it,” Trahan told the Wall Street Journal. “Anything you might do to make the house livable would take away from what I consider artwork.”
Before HGTV bought the home, the residence had remained in the same family for nearly 50 years.
The home was opened to the public for the first time late last year when it was part of a three-day charity fundraiser called “The Brady Experience.”
