"Since 1932, when bandleader Ozzie Nelson hired Harriet Hilliard to be the vocalist in his band, it has been difficult not to imagine one without the other. And for anyone who grew up watching "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" on television each week in the 1950s and '60s, it is difficult to picture the Nelsons without also thinking of their white, two-story Cape Cod house."
"They built the one-story, two-bedroom beach house in Lagunita--a gated community on Coast Highway where homes now sell for up to $4 million--in 1955 as a weekend retreat. And while it is a lot less familiar than their Hollywood house, it figures no less prominently in the Nelsons' family history."
"It's where the entire family came on weekends to unwind after filming all week and during summers when the show was on hiatus. It's where Ozzie and Harriet retreated the day they finished filming their final "adventure" in 1966, ending the show's phenomenal 14 years on television and 10 years on radio."
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, who became iconic through their television show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" in the 1950s and '60s, owned a one-story, two-bedroom beach house in Lagunita, a gated community in Laguna Beach, California. Built in 1955, the house served as a weekend retreat where the family unwound after filming and during summer hiatuses. The couple used the property to escape their Hollywood life, with Ozzie enjoying swimming and playing volleyball. After the show ended in 1966 and Ozzie's death from cancer in 1975, Harriet sold their famous Hollywood home and moved permanently to the Laguna Beach residence, where she maintained frequent weekend visits.
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