Editing The Munsters (section)

===Sets===
{{Main|Munster Mansion}}

[[File:WisteriaLanePurpleHouse.jpg|thumb|right|The mansion as seen at the [[Universal Studios Lot]]]]

The Munsters' home was a decaying [[Second Empire architecture|Second Empire]] [[Victorian Architecture#Styles conceived in the Victorian era|Victorian]] [[High Victorian Gothic|Gothic]]-style mansion. At one point the address was supposed to be 43 Mockingbird Lane, Camelot, New Jersey, but was changed to 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the city of Mockingbird Heights (state unknown) when filming began. In later incarnations of the series the location is described as a small town outside Los Angeles. 

[[File:Fred Gwynne Yvonne DeCarlo The Munsters 1964.JPG|thumb|upright|Herman and Lily in the kitchen]]
The Munster home was on the Universal Studios back lot. It was originally constructed with two other houses on Stage 12, the studio's largest [[soundstage]], for the 1946 film ''[[So Goes My Love]]''. After that film was completed, the sets were put in storage until 1950, when they (along with other house sets built from stock units) were reassembled on "River Road" along the north edge of the back lot. All three houses appeared in many television shows and films, including ''Leave It to Beaver.''<ref>{{cite book|last=Ingram|first=Billy |title=Tvparty!: Television's Untold Tales|year=2002|publisher=Bonus Books, Inc.|isbn=1-566-25184-2|page=228}}</ref>

In 1964, the house was redressed and distressed to portray the Munster home, and a stone wall was added around the property. After ''The Munsters'' ended its run, the house was restored. It was the home of the family in ''[[Shirley (TV series)|Shirley]]'' (NBC, 1979–80).

In 1981, all of the homes on River Road were moved from the north end of the lot to their present location. The former Munster house was used in ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]'' and, after another remodel, ''[[Desperate Housewives]].''

The interiors of the Munsters' mansion were filmed on Stages 30 and 32 at Universal Studios. The interior was riddled with dust, smoke and cobwebs. (When Lily "dusted" the house, her [[Electrolux]] emitted clouds of dust, which she applied to surfaces that would normally be cleaned.) As a running gag, parts of the house would often be damaged, mostly by Herman's tantrums or clumsiness, but the damage would not last.

[[File:Munsterkoach.JPG|thumb|right|The Munster Koach]]