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Colonial Street - Munster House

This house was best known as '1313 Mockingbird Lane' the home of TV's The Munsters.

When the Desperate Housewives moved in, the house was remodelled to make it look less spooky. On that show it's been the home of the Mullin family (?-2005), Betty Applewhite (2005–2006), Alma Hodge (2007) and the Hunter/McDermott family (2007–present).



1964 GlamorTram passes the Munster House with the "Harvey" house in the background. This shot shows the original Colonial Street layout (then known as River Road) on the north side of the backlot.

Originally built for the 1946 movie "So Goes My Love" (aka "A Genius in the Family") the house was originally the residence of Hiram and Percy Maxim, so it was known as the "Maxim House" for years until the Munsters came along in 1964 (the show was in production until 1966).

The address used by The Munsters was 1313 Mockingbird Lane.

A "Munsters" fan has built a full-scale version of the house - read more here.

The house has now been completely remodelled for Desperate Housewives so it now looks like this:



(September 2006)

Sources:

http://www.classictvhits.com/munsters/house.html

Still from Just Across the Street (1952) [courtesy universalstonecutter]

Still from One Desire (1955) [courtesy universalstonecutter]

Still from Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) [courtesy universalstonecutter]

Seen on Screen: Universal Studios Hollywood [Munster]

The Studio Backlot Tram Tour 1964 - The Munsters house was a main feature in studio tour advertisements materials.

See Also

Munsters Lab (Past Attractions)

Colonial Street

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