Charmed House — Attraction in Los Angeles

This house is widely known as the Halliwell Manor from the popular CW television show series Charmed. It’s on my list: Hollywood Halloween House Tour. This list includes locations where popular horror / supernatural / thriller movies or TV shows were filmed.

I recently visited this location at dusk before Halloween 2023. While the home is beautiful to behold in-person, I find the history of the building much more fascinating. Read on for more on the real story of this home.

This house was designated Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 73 in 1971 and was nominated to be added to the National Register of Historic Places Inventory — United States Department of the Interior National Park Service, in 1976. It was constructed in the Eastlake Victorian style in 1887-1888 and was known as the Innes House, for Daniel Innes, who was a real estate developer and Los Angeles Councilman.

Daniel Innes’ story is the immigrant success story America was built on. He was born in Scotland in 1835 and emigrated to New York when he was only 14. In 1865 he moved to Chicago, Illinois and established a dry goods business. He expanded and established an even bigger store in Elgin, Illinois. In 1870 he married. The following year he established yet another dry goods store in Kansas with his brother. In 1885 he moved to California where he engaged in real estate development and opened tracts in Angelino Heights, where he built his home on Carroll Avenue. In 1890 he entered political life and became one of the first members of the Los Angeles City Council. At that time the population of Los Angeles City was just only 50,395. He remained a councilman until 1894. In 1918, at the age of 83, he died.

Two years later, in 1920, the Innes family home was sold to its second owner, Dominic Iannorone, an Italian barber, who resided at 1329 Carroll Avenue until his death in 1971. While the house was originally built as a single family home, between 1950-1972 the upstairs area was rented out as a separate unit. In 1972 ownership changed hands again and restoration to its single home status began. Public records show it was sold once more to its fourth owner in 1977.

Anyone can visit this house, however, it remains a privately owned and occupied residence, so please be respectful of the property and admire 1329 Carroll Avenue from the sidewalk. For architectural tours of this area (which may or may not include a tour of the first floor of this home—subject to availability) check with the L.A. Conservancy...

It's sad to see the big ugly chain link fence around that beautiful house and the signs that it's under community watch as a testimony of other fans who do not respect boundaries. I do little scavenger hunts like this a lot and in my experience taking a photo from the sidewalk and not on their property quickly and being respectful usually doesn't bother people. If you see a homeowner, apologize if you're disturbing them and say, "sorry I'm a fan, was just hoping to get a picture but if that bothers you it's okay." Don't push communities to the level they need to make the attraction less appealing. *meant to update this a few months ago. I went back months after my original review and the fencing had been moved to the next house over, so I think they've just been restoring the area since it's historical. But still always keep in mind etiquette rules when visiting filing landmarks! The neighborhood has been pretty active with residents both times I've gone so I've gone out of my way to be quick taking a picture and moving on, and they seem...

Very beautiful house , as a fan of the show since it came out and still watch to this day was a long time dream to see this house. Seeing inside woulda been cool but as it is an individuals home as well , I wasn't about to go ask to see inside woulda felt weird and wrong but seeing the outside and be able to say I went there was good enough for me , they weren't home that I could see by no car there when I took photos. But definitely a nice street with neat houses though 😊

PS please do respect privacy and property if your gonna go though as it is someone's...