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Created by House-History
On 21 January, 2025

The Lowe House, built in 1933-34, marked a pivotal moment in the career of modernist architect Harwell H. Harris. Nestled in the serene community of Altadena, California, the house was a fusion of Japanese design principles and classic ranch-home style, created for Harris’s friend Pauline Lowe, a buyer for the prestigious Bullocks Wilshire department store. This project was Harris’s first independent commission after leaving the tutelage of Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler, two giants of modernist architecture.

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Created by House-History
On 21 January, 2025

Created by House-History
On 20 December, 2024

Griswold’s house, immortalized in the classic holiday film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989), represents the quintessential chaotic family Christmas. Located on the Warner Brothers Ranch in Burbank, California, at 411 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505, this iconic home is part of a backlot neighborhood used for countless film and TV productions. The structure predates Christmas Vacation by decades, appearing in shows like Bewitched and The Partridge Family.

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Created by House-History
On 20 December, 2024

The house in Christmas in Connecticut (1945) is as much a character in the film as the people who inhabit it. Set in picturesque Stillmeadow in Southbury, Connecticut, the farmhouse represents the perfect blend of rustic charm and holiday magic. In the story, it serves as the fictional home of Elizabeth Lane, a popular food columnist who has built her career on fabrications.

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