Munster Mansion

Munster Mansion
The set as it appeared in 2011
The Munsters location
Type	House
Notable locations	1313 Mockingbird Lane Mockingbird Heights, California
Notable characters	Herman Munster Lily Munster Grandpa Marilyn Munster Eddie Munster

Coordinates: 34°8′20.56″N 118°20′44.73″W / 34.1390444°N 118.3457583°W / 34.1390444; -118.3457583

The Munster Mansion (a title never used in the series), is an exterior set located at Universal Studios. It is most famous for its use in the 1964–1966 sitcom The Munsters, but has appeared in several other productions, both before and after.

According to The Munsters series, the mansion was built on the remains of an old fort, with Grandpa providing the down payment when Herman and Lily bought the home.

The house, built in the Second Empire Victorian architectural style, was constructed on Stage 12 in 1946 for the filming of the turn-of-the-century period romantic film So Goes My Love. Placed alongside another Victorian-style house built specifically for the production, the two-and-a-half story set was utilized on a soundstage for all shots in the film.

After production of So Goes My Love ended, both house sets were put into storage. In the early 1950s Universal decided to build a new exterior residential street on its front lot, and these sets were then taken out of storage and reassembled where they became a part of "River Road;" one of a number of residential streets constructed in the area. The house was then seen in a number of Universal productions through the 1950s (see List of appearances in film and television, below).