Did you know that a 2,840‑square‑foot home located in the historic neighborhood of Unionville, within the city of Markham, Ontario, played a special role in TV history?
It was the original house used as Lorelai and Rory Gilmore’s home in the pilot episode of Gilmore Girls.
After that first episode, the production moved to a Warner Bros. soundstage in Burbank, California, but devoted fans will recognise the interiors from countless rewatches of the show’s beginning.Now, for the first time in 24 years, the property is for sale, listed at $3.88 million CAD (about $2.7 million USD), as per reports.A piece of Stars Hollow in OntarioWhen Gilmore Girls first premiered in 2000, the production team didn’t yet have the fully built Stars Hollow backlot we now associate with the series.
Instead, they turned to Unionville, a picturesque Canadian community, to stand in for the fictional Connecticut town.This house served as Lorelai and Rory’s home in that pilot, but the surrounding neighborhood also doubled as several other key locations.
For instance, a nearby storefront was used as the exterior for Luke’s Diner, the heart of Stars Hollow coffee culture.
