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Here's the story of a house that just became an official piece of history
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The Los Angeles City Council voted to declare the famous Brady Bunch House a historic landmark
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The modest mid-century home in the San Fernando Valley was used for exterior shots of the sitcom
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that ran from 1969 to 1974, even though the inside of the Brady home we all remember
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was actually filmed on a Hollywood soundstage. Still, the house became a pop culture pilgrimage site for fans of the show, which lived on for decades in reruns
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HGTV even bought it back in 2018 for $3.5 million, spending nearly $2 million more to recreate the groovy interior
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complete with a floating staircase and that iconic orange and green kitchen
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The landmark designation now protects the house from demolition, so generations of fans can keep stopping by for photos for years to come
