Universal Studios Hollywood - Backlot -
Colonial Street / Wisteria Lane
One of the most popular places to shoot on the backlot, Colonial Street has a long history.
Colonial Street is now more commonly known as Wisteria Lane. As it's in use almost constantly for filming ABC's Desperate Housewives, it's only accessible to the Studio Tour tram on some weekends or occasionally on rainy days.
Current Properties on Colonial Street
Click on a building or photo below to find out more about each building on Colonial Street (in order looking out of the left side of the tram as it goes up and then back down the street).
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The first house on Colonial Street on the left, this is currently the home of Mitzi Kinsky (formerly Ida Greenberg) on Desperate Housewives. Known as: 4347 Wisteria Lane / Delta House / Lucas Tanner House / Keller House |
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The second house was the home of the Dowd family in the classic 1950 movie 'Harvey'. Known as: 4349 Wisteria Lane/Harvey House / Allison Home |
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Famous as the home of the Munsters, this property has been remodelled to look less spooky for Desperate Housewives, where it's been the home of the Mullin family (?-2005), Betty Applewhite (2005–2006), Alma Hodge (2007) and the Hunter/McDermott family (2007–present) Known as: 1313 Mockingbird Lane / 4351 Wisteria Lane / Maxim House |
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4353 Wisteria Lane / Hardy Boys / Johnson Home / Ron's Barn This is the home of Susan Mayer (1992–present) [portrayed by Teri Hatcher] on Desperate Housewives. |
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Originally named 'Dana Home' after the family of Deanna Durbin in 1941's 'Nice Girl'. This is 4355 Wisteria Lane, the home of the Scavo family (1998–present) on Desperate Housewives. |
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This property is a fully practical set and was built especially for Desperate Housewives Season 2 for the character Edie Britt. It replaced the church which was formerly at the end of Colonial Street on Circle Drive. Edie has now moved out and it's currently occupled by Renee Perry (2010 - present). 4362 Wisteria Lane |
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Desperate Housewives House (light green) This property was built for Desperate Housewives and replaced the school house on Circle Drive at the end of Colonial Street. 4360 Wisteria Lane This house isn't regularly seen in Desperate Housewives. |
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4358 Wisteria Lane Karen McCluskey (2004–present) |
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4356 Wisteria Lane/ Mikes House/Burbs Walters House previously: Walters House (Summer 1988) previously: Hubbard House |
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Providence House / Klopek House Built for The 'Burbs it was remodelled into a different property for Providence. It can now be seen in Desperate Housewives. Providence House / Klopek House (Summer 1988) 4354 Wisteria Lane |
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Known as the Paramount House (it was originally built for Desperate Hours 1955) this set is best know as the home of the Cleaver family from Leave It To Beaver. On Desperate Housewives, it's 4352 Wisteria Lane; the home of Young family (1990–2006), Shepherd family (2006), Bolen family (2009) [[Harper Valley / Burbs House Summer 1988/Morrison home]] |
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Cromwell House - One Desire 1955 Dragnet / The Car House 4350 Wisteria Lane |
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Nancy Drew House 4348 Wisteria Lane |
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Corner House / Matlock House / Deanna Durbin House 4346 Wisteria Lane |
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House of Seven Gables1940 - Katie Did It 1951 4344 Wisteria Lane |
Past Properties on Colonial Street
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This historic building was removed from Colonial Street in 2005 when Desperate Housewives expanded and needed more space. |
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Seen in Murder She Wrote as Cabot Cove Community Church, this facade was removed in 2005. |
| Schoolhouse | |
| Marnie (1964) House | |
| Ron's Barn - All That Heaven Allows 1955 - The Brass Bottle 1964 - Hardy Boys | |
| Hubbard House (see Another Part of the Forest) |
Plans of Colonial Street Properties
See also
Seen on Screen: Universal Studios Hollywood [Colonial]
| Title | Released | Director | IMDB |
| House of Seven Gables, The [Feature Film] | 1940 | Joe May |  |
| The House of Seven Gables can be seen on Colonial Street to this day. | |||
| Nice Girl? [Feature Film] | 1941 | William A. Seiter | |
| Colonial Street - the Dana house is named after Deanna Durbin's character in this movie. | |||
| In Society [Feature Film] | 1944 | Jean Yarbrough | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| The Mummy's Ghost [Feature Film] | 1944 | Reginald Le Borg | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| So Goes My Love aka A Genius in the Family [Feature Film] | 1946 | Frank Ryan | |
| Colonial Street (Maxim House), Colonial Street (Munster House), Stage 12 | |||
| All My Sons [Feature Film] | 1948 | Irving Reis | |
| The Keller home on Colonial Street was built for this movie (and was shot on a soundstage before being moved to Colonial Street in 1950). | |||
| An Act of Murder [Feature Film] | 1948 | Michael Gordon | |
| The courthouse at Courthouse Square was built for this movie. Sets that were to be moved to Colonial Street in 1950 also appeared. | |||
| Another Part of the Forest [Feature Film] | 1948 | Michael Gordon | |
| Colonial Street - the Hubbard house set was built on a sound stage for this movie and was moved to Colonial Street in 1950. It remained there next to the Munster house until 1981. | |||
| River Lady [Feature Film] | 1948 | George Sherman | |
| The home of the Morrison family is a set that can still be found on Colonial Street to this day. | |||
| Harvey [Feature Film] | 1950 | Henry Koster | |
| Colonial Street including what is now known as the Harvey House and the Colonial Mansion. | |||
| Peggy [Feature Film] | 1950 | Frederick De Cordova | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| The Milkman [Feature Film] | 1950 | Charles Barton | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man [Feature Film] | 1951 | Charles Lamont | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| Bedtime for Bonzo [Feature Film] | 1951 | Frederick De Cordova | |
| The Thrill Of It All house on Colonial Street was the home of Ronald Reagan's character in this movie. | |||
| Katie Did It [Feature Film] | 1951 | Frederick De Cordova | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| The Fat Man [Feature Film] | 1951 | William Castle | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| Has Anybody Seen My Gal [Feature Film] | 1952 | Douglas Sirk | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| Here Come The Nelsons [Feature Film] | 1952 | Frederick De Cordova | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| All I Desire [Feature Film] | 1953 | Douglas Sirk | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| The Desperate Hours [Feature Film] | 1955 | William Wyler | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| Rock-A-Bye Baby [Feature Film] | 1958 | Frank Tashlin | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| The Virginian [TV Series] | 1962-1971 | Frank Price, Teddi Sherman | |
| Colonial Street, Denver Street, Six Points Texas, Train Station, Stage 34 | |||
| The Thrill of It All [Feature Film] | 1963 | Norman Jewison | |
| The house exterior set featured in the movie can still be seen on Colonial Street to this day. | |||
| Munster, Go Home [Feature Film] | 1966 | Earl Bellamy | |
| Colonial Street (Munster House), Psycho House on the backlot is featured in the main titles. | |||
| Ironside [TV Series] | 1967-1975 | Collier Young | |
| Apartments, Colonial Street, Mediterranean Square, New York Street (as San Francisco) | |||
| Emergency! [TV Series] | 1972-1979 | Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader | |
| Apartments, Colonial Street, Stage 30, Stage 33, Stage 41 | |||
| Kojak [TV Series] | 1973-1978 | Abby Mann | |
| Colonial Street, New York Street | |||
| The Rockford Files [TV Series] | 1974-1980 | Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins | |
| Apartments, Colonial Street, New York Street, Stage 30 | |||
| Quincy M.E. [TV Series] | 1976-1983 | Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw | |
| Apartments, Colonial Street, Denver Street, New York Street | |||
| Simon and Simon [TV Series] | 1981-1989 | Philip DeGuere | |
| Colonial Street, Courthouse Square, New York Street, Elm Street (as Industrial Street), Old Mexico, Six Points Texas, all on the Universal Studios backlot. | |||
| Knight Rider [TV Series] | 1982 - 1986 | Glen A. Larson | |
| Along with soundstages, the backlot was used extensively including Colonial Street, Courthouse Square, Denver Street, Boragora and Six Points Texas. | |||
| Voyagers! [TV Series] | 1982-1983 | James D. Parriott | |
| Colonial Street, Denver Street, Little Europe, Train Station, Mediterranean Square, Old Mexico, Square of Warriors | |||
| Still the Beaver [TV Series] | 1983-1989 | | |
| Colonial Street (the Cleaver house), Courthouse Square (Mayfield town square) | |||
| Gremlins [Feature Film] | 1984 | Joe Dante | |
| Courthouse Square featured heavily as the town square of Kingston Falls. Colonial Street is also featured. | |||
| Airwolf [TV Series] | 1984-1986 | Donald P. Bellisario | |
| Colonial Street, Denver Street, Little Europe, New York Street, Six Points Texas, Square of Warriors, Tower of London backlot sets | |||
| Murder She Wrote [TV Series] | 1984-1996 | Various | |
| "Incident on Lot 7" - Season 8, Episode 13 (1992) - Psycho House | |||
| "Jessica Behind Bars" - Season 2, Episode 9 (1985) - Spartacus Square Embassy building appears as the Prison exterior. | |||
| "Hooray for Homicide" - Season 1, Episode 3 (1984) - Front Lot & Studio Tour | |||
| Colonial Street, New York Street (as London), Little Europe (unknown episodes) | |||
| Elm Street (as Industrial Street), Singapore Lake (Jaws Lake) appeared in the opening titles as Cabot Cove, Maine. | |||
| Amazing Stories [TV Series] | 1985-1987 | Steven Spielberg | |
| Colonial Street [various episodes], Old Mexico [as The Alamo in 1985 episode Alamo Jobe] | |||
| Matlock [TV Series] | 1986-1995 | Dean Hargrove | |
| Seasons 1 to 6 filmed at Universal. The Matlock house is on Colonial Street. Singapore Lake and Elm Street were also featured. | |||
| The 'Burbs [Feature Film] | 1989 | Joe Dante | |
| Colonial Street featured heavily. | |||
| Beethoven [Feature Film] | 1991 | Brian Levant | |
| Colonial Street - the street the dogs escape from the van onto. | |||
| The garden and the back of the Newton's house (and their neighbours) was built for this movie and still exists at the top of the Universal backlot. It's now overgrown, but the shells of the houses built for this movie are still in place. | |||
| Casper [Feature Film] | 1995 | Brad Silberling | |
| Colonial Street, Colonial Mansion, Stage 12 (interior of Whipstaff Manor), Singapore Lake | |||
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer [TV Series] | 1997-2003 | Joss Whedon | |
| Colonial Street | |||
| Deep Impact [Feature Film] | 1998 | Mimi Leder | |
| Colonial Street featured as the residential street where Leo lives. Falls Lake also featured. | |||
| Psycho [Feature Film] | 1998 | Gus Van Sant | |
| Colonial Street, Stage 12 | |||
| All Star: Smash Mouth [Music Video] | 1999 | ||
| Colonial Street | |||
| Why Dont You Get A Job: The Offspring [Music Video] | 1999 | McG | |
| Extensive shooting around the backlot - Colonial Street, Courthouse Square, New York Street | |||
| Providence [TV Series] | 1999 - 2002 | John Masius | |
| The main Providence house can still be found on Colonial Street. The Chicken Ranch also featured. Interiors were shot on Stage 36. | |||
| Dilemma: Nelly & Kelly Rowland [Music Video] | 2002 | ||
| Colonial Street is used throughout, apart from a few shots outside a movie theatre which were shot on New York Street. | |||
| The Ladykillers [Feature Film] | 2004 | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | |
| The Harvey house on Colonial Street featured throughout. | |||
| Desperate Housewives [TV Series] | 2004 - | Marc Cherry | |
| Colonial Street and Elm Street as well as various soundstages. | |||
| Ghost Whisperer [TV Series] | 2005 | John Gray | |
| Based on Courthouse Square, this series also filmed in the Chicken Ranch, on Colonial Street, on Elm Street, in the Underwater Tank and on Stage 05, Stage 06, Stage 18, Stage 19 at Universal. | |||
| Kicking and Screaming [Feature Film] | 2005 | Jesse Dylan | |
| Colonial Street and Freeway Park | |||
Additional Seen on Screen
- Abbot & Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
- All That Heavens Allows (1955) Ron Character (Rock Hudson)
- One Desire (1955) Cromwell Family - Pink Place
- Never Say Good Bye (1956)
- Unguarded Moment (1956)
- Kathy O (1958)
- Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
- Bachelor Father TV Series (1957 - [1959 - 1963])
- Leave it to Beaver (1957 - 1963)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Series (1957 -[1959 - 1963])
- The Shaggy Dog (1959)
- Thriller TV Series (1960)
- The Virginian TV Series (1962 - 1971)
- Arrest and Trial' TV Series (1963)
- Send Me No Flowers( 1964)
- The Brass Bottle( 1964)
- The Munsters (TV) (1964 -1966)
- The Ghost and Mr Chicken (1966)
- Ironside TV Series (1967 - 1975)
- Adam 12 TV Series (1968 - 1975)
- Emergency TV Series (1962 - 1979)
- Dragnet 1967 TV Series (1967 - 1970)
- Dragnet 1967 TV Pilot (1969) Johnson Character's House
- Marcus Welby M.D. TV Series (1969 - 1976)
- Night Gallery TV Series (1970- 1973)
- Lucas Tanner TV Series (1974 - 1975)
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Series (1974 - 1975)
- The Rockford Files TV Series (1974 - 1980)
- The Hardy Boys (1977 - 1979)
- Little Women TV (1978)
- National Lampoons Delta House (1979)
- (1981 - all buildings moved to current location - see history for more)
- Harper Valley P.T.A TV Series (1981 - 1982)
- Airwolf TV Series(1984 - 1986)
- Still the Beaver ([1985 -1988] - 1989) (The New Leave It to Beaver)
- The 'Burbs (1989)
- Shout (1991) [Circle Drive used heavily]
- Leave It to Beaver Movie (1997)
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