The home's first owners were none other than 'Peanuts' creator Charles Schulz - the man who brought Charlie Brown and Snoopy to the world - and his first wife, Joyce Halverson. Halverson, an architecture enthusiast, designed and laid out the floor plans for the house, wrote the Press Democrat.
Despite its ultimate fame, however, Peanuts wasn't an immediate hit; at first, it wasn't even 'Peanuts.' Schulz's first 'Peanuts' strip debuted in seven national newspapers on Oct. 2, 1950, and at 27 years old, he had no idea of the success to come.
In an email, co-listing agent Maria Marchetti of Sotheby's International Realty told SFGATE that the couple moved into 2162 Coffee Lane in Sebastopol in 1960. By this time, Schulz had been drawing and writing 'Peanuts' for 10 years.
Despite the rain, more than 100 people toured the home over the weekend, showcasing its preservation and the interest in Schulz's legacy as a beloved cartoonist.
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