The Real Johnson Residence

This Snoqualmie, WA house was only shown in the pilot episode and in the film Fire Walk With Me, in which they re-used the original establishing shot from the pilot.

Probably the most interesting thing I can tell you about this location is that it was incredibly difficult to find, as there were really NO clues as to its whereabouts...plus, every road in the area looks exactly like this one! With the diligent help and hawk eyes of my cohorts, Travis and Brian, we finally found the house after driving around Snoqualmie and North Bend for hours upon hours.

Unlike most other series locations, for which they continued to establish location by using the original Washington-filmed exteriors, in this case they switched houses altogether. The switch was made for several reasons, one of which was that the unfinished extension seen in the pilot was surely completed by the time they began filming the follow-up episodes. At this new house (pictured below) , located in Agoura, CA, it seems that they simply parked a rig outside, draped some construction plastic over a few two by fours, and went to work. It's certainly very different from the original, but it works quite well... well, except for that damn outdoor washing machine which no one in thier right mind would keep outside in the dripping wet Pacific Northwest.


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