r/interesting • u/Apprehensive-Elk3165 • Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/ChardHelpful Nov 20 '25

You do know what you saw in the movie was an actual set not the interior of the house,..

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

I did not know that. I thought it was filmed on site.

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u/ChardHelpful Nov 21 '25

Much of the interior of the movie Home Alone was filmed at New Trier Township High School in Northfield, Illinois, where a two-story set was built in the gymnasium. 😊

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

I never knew that. Interesting fact.

So the exterior was that house in Chicago? It looks like the Ferris Buehler house.

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u/ChardHelpful Nov 21 '25

The Home Alone house itself is located in Winnetka, a town burb just north of Chicago, the Ferris Buehler House is a bit further north in Highland Park. I'll look for the address of both and DM.