The “Georgia Rule” House

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One location that I have been absolutely DYING to stalk for what seems like AGES now is the supposed Hull, Idaho-area home belonging to Georgia Randall (aka Jane Fonda) in the 2005 dramedy Georgia Rule.  And I have to say here that despite being largely panned by the critics (Moviefone even rated it the Number 2 Worst Movie of the Year in 2007!), I thoroughly enjoyed Georgia Rule . . . and its locations – none more so than the adorable white Craftsman-style residence where Georgia lived.  Over the past few years I had managed to track down just about every single locale which appeared in the flick, except for, for whatever reason, that house!  Because director Garry Marshall had thanked the City of Monrovia in the movie’s final credits, I had an inkling that the house was most likely located there.  So, using Google Street View, I spent countless hours searching through various neighborhoods in the San Gabriel Valley suburb – all to no avail.  Then last week, I decided to bring in the big guns, so to speak, and enlisted the help of fellow stalker Chas, from the It’sFilmedThere website, who immediately added the flick to his Netflix queue.  The movie arrived in his inbox on Wednesday night and within twenty minutes of watching it, he somehow managed to find Georgia’s house – in Monrovia no less – as well as another location that had eluded me!  I am telling you, the guy just has the magic touch!  So, while in Monrovia taking care of my dad yesterday, I ran right out to stalk the place.

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In Georgia Rule, wild child Rachel Wilcox (aka Lindsay Lohan) is sent by her mother, Lily (aka Felicity Huffman), to live for the summer with her grandmother, Georgia, in the small town of Hull, Idaho in the hopes that doing so will calm the troubled teen’s rebellious ways. 

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In real life Georgia’s home, which is known as the  E.N. Hawes House, was built in 1906 and is a Monrovia Historical Landmark.  And I am very happy to report that the property is just as charming in person at it appeared onscreen.

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The real life interior of the residence was not used in the production, but was apparently very faithfully recreated on a soundstage at the Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, where the movie was lensed.  Oh, what I wouldn’t give to see the inside of that house in person!!

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For whatever reason, producers changed the address number of the house from 243 to 247 for the filming.  As you can see in the above screen captures and photographs, though, the address plaque was kept exactly the same and producers simply swapped out the real life “3” for a “7”.

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They even went so far as to change the number painted on the curb out in front of the house.

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Oddly enough, though, they did not change the number of the house located next door, even though it was highly visible throughout much of the movie.

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In an interesting side note – according to Garry Marshall’s commentary on the Georgia Rule DVD, he thought the house across the street from Georgia’s was too ugly to appear in the film, so he parked a large boat in front of it during the production, hiding it from view.  As you can see in the photographs above, though, the house has since been remodeled and actually has a bit of “curb appeal” today.

Big THANK YOU to Chas, from It’sFilmedThere, for finding this location!   Smile  You can check out Chas’ highly detailed Georgia Rule  filming locations page here.

Until next time, Happy Stalking!  Smile

Stalk It:  The Georgia Rule house is located at 243 North Encinitas Avenue in Monrovia.

14 Replies to “The “Georgia Rule” House”

  1. This was my family home for many generations. My father did all the wood work and cabinetry by hand I miss my house!

  2. Loved this movie too! Loved that house! Did you throw some bars of soap while you were there! HaHa! Loved that you stalked the place. My lil bro is moving to Idaho so I was checking out where he was moving to and I was like I wonder how far away Hull is! Got the skinny that it doesn’t exist, but found this fun entertaining site. Gonna have to stalk a few movie locations myself now.

  3. This is my dream house, I wish I could find this same house somewhere on a little piece of land in the country. I’m not a big LL fan either, but loved the movie, even bought it. But the house is exactly what i’m looking for.. Lucky you Francy & Mike for having the privilege to live there, It’s beautiful!!!! LOVVVVVE IT! I want it.

  4. I grew up in this house My family owned it for many many years and my father remodeled the inside by himself! All of the wood in the house is done by hand. The kitchen is fantastic! I miss this house! This house and the neighborhood have a long history in our family. I hope to someday return there. It is fun to see it in movies!

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