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The castle like mansion used for the S.F. Legacy house


Does anyone know or have read anything about the castle-like house they used for the San Francisco Legacy house being a real house? Does soemone own it or can you visit it like a historical landmark? I am just wondering. I have always thought it was a very pretty house from the outside and I wonder if the inside is the same house or if the inside was just some sound stage somewhere.

Anybody know?? Thanks.

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The interiors of San Francisco Legacy House were most definitely shot on a soundstage. The link below has photos of the set. You can see the stage ceiling in many of the pictures:

http://legacyweb.com/media/photos/sfhouse/index.html

The exteriors were probably a real house somewhere. I think it may have been the same mansion used as Xavier's school in the X-Men movies.

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Hey thanks for the link to the website. I think I've been there before but I don't remember seeing those pictures. And actually, I clicked on the linkage and found this tidbit about the house. The link led me to something about a Hatley Castle in British Columbia so I googled it and found this.

Check out this link. http://www.hatleycastle.com/index.html

Looks like the outside of the Legacy house to me but I'd have to go back and watch some of the shows to be sure.

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"Hey thanks for the link to the website." - missjerm


You're welcome.


"I clicked on the linkage and found this tidbit about the house. The link led me to something about a Hatley Castle in British Columbia so I googled it and found this.

Check out this link. http://www.hatleycastle.com/index.html

Looks like the outside of the Legacy house to me but I'd have to go back and watch some of the shows to be sure." - missjerm


It certainly looks like it. And it makes sense that they would use a Canadian location since the show was based in Canada. Finally, the IMDb also lists Hatley Castle as the location used for the S.F. Legacy house.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115317/locations

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Hatley Castle was used as the San Francisco Legacy House. You may be interested in peeking at http://www.thelegacy-ws.com/ as well as it has more interactive shots of the inside of the house and is an active site that has things added to it almost every week.

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Hatley is also where the X-Men live and Lex Luther in Smallville.

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very true. there are virtual tours available at http://www.thelegacy-ws.com/ that you can peek at of the cast, both inside and out :)

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You can see the same stain glass windows in the background on Smallville as in Legacy.

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