The setting of the Brady Bunch sitcom has now been declared an official Los Angeles landmark as of March 4th, 2026.
When Tina Trahan, an art collector, first stepped foot in the sitcom home at 11222 Dilling St, she thought, “I have to have it.” The effort began in early 2023 when she bought the home for $3.2 million. Trahan spotted the home on Zillow and recognized elements that gave her flashbacks to the show’s opening credits: the large picture window, the triangular roofline, the stacked-stone facade.
However, not everyone was thrilled with her purchase. One of the people who wasn’t interested in her purchase was her husband, Chris Albrecht, former HBO chief. Trahan recalled in an interview, “He said, ‘Have you lost your mind?’” Trahan’s husband assumed she wanted to live in it. But living in it was never on Trahan’s agenda.
Trahan said that she cares too much about preserving the home rather than living in it. “What if someone drops a meatball or something?” she said. “I would have a nervous breakdown.”
Over several years, Trahan’s added around 400 easter eggs to the rooms as reminders of different episodes of the show. In addition, Trahan has been giving house tours, raising thousands of dollars for charities such as No Kid Hungry, Wags for Walks, the John Ridder Foundation, and more. The art collector said the actors who played the Brady kids, Christopher Knight (who played Peter) and Maureen McCormick (who played Marcia), have also been chipping in to some of these fundraisers at their former house.
One question led her to pursue landmark status for the Brady home: “Is there anything I can do to preserve this?” Trahan brought in legal and preservation experts to help achieve her goals. Among the experts was Heather Goers, the architectural historian who also worked to secure recognition of Marilyn Monroe’s home in Brentwood as a historic and cultural landmark in 2024.
While Trahan fought some battles to preserve the home that is now a landmark, her goals were achieved, and she said it was only a “small price to pay” so that those who’ve watched the sitcom could experience the sitcom home’s splendor in real time. Preserving something like this house will make families more willing to explore the nostalgia and pop culture of 1970’s sitcoms.
This affects pop culture now, since kids today will try to fully immerse themselves in the past and gain a better understanding as they walk into the very halls of the home, experiencing 1970s pop culture. They’ll see the glimpses of the hues, the iconic staircase, and the rooms of the characters, and they’ll want to sit back and enjoy the throwback show inside their own home. Those who saunter through the rooms of the historical landmark will immerse themselves in what the 1970s were like.
Because children of that decade have lived in the world of The Brady Bunch, it does not mean children of today can’t discover the pleasant memories of the 1970s.
