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The Simpsons House is a life-sized replica of the house at 742 Evergreen Terrace, as seen in the animated television show, The Simpsons. The house is located in Henderson, Nevada, USA.

History
The Simpsons House was constructed in 1997 by California-based Kaufman and Broad homebuilders in Henderson, Nevada. The house was designed to closely mimic the design of the animated house in The Simpsons television series. The $120,000 house was constructed for use as the grand prize in a contest sponsored by Pepsi, FOX, and the homebuilder. The Simpsons House took 49 days to build. Construction on the house was nearly complete by July 1997, and by September 1997 thousands of people were lining up to see the finished product. The Simpsons creator, Matt Groening, visited the house in September 1997.

Contest and winner
Contest entries were included on various Pepsi products and 15 million were submitted nationally. The winner was Barbara Howard from Richmond, Kentucky. Howard chose not to accept the house, instead taking a cash payment per the contest rules. In 2001, after removing most the details relating to the television series the house was sold by the builder to another owner.

The contest was known as "The Simpsons House Give Away" and the subdivision the house was located in was permanently named Springfield South Valley Ranch subdivision. The contest was announced on July 10, 1997. The rules of the contest stipulated that the winner either accept the house or a $75,000 cash payment. In addition, the winner of the house, if they chose to occupy it, was contractually obligated to repaint the exterior in accordance with local homeowner's association rules.

Design team and process
The Simpsons House was designed by Kaufman and Broad homebuilders. The primary designer was Mike Woodley, Senior Vice President of Architecture at K and B. Manny Gonzalez was the project's supervising architect.

Interior and exterior
When it was constructed the four-bedroom, two-story house was painted bright yellow and baby blue on its exterior, to resemble the exterior of 742 Evergreen Terrace. The house included exterior details from The Simpsons such as Bart's treehouse, a swing set, and a back yard barbecue. The 2,200 square foot house also has two bathrooms, and two front bay windows, again, mimicking the cartoon house. The supervising architect characterized the house as "90 percent normal". For example, the first floor was concrete and the upstairs floor was sanded-down plywood that had been painted. The lot size necessitated the house be just 40 feet wide, compared to the cartoon house, which is at least 50 feet wide.

Before it was altered, the interior rooms were designed to mirror those in the series. The television room included the favorite spot of Simpson dad, Homer, the large sofa. On the wall, hung the distinctive sailboat painting. The living room had brightly painted walls, matching those in the series, and two-tone orange fireplace. The kitchen kept up the motif, featuring the checkered linoleum floor. The house included 1,500 Simpsons-themed props, such as Duff Beer cans, and the corn cob curtains in the kitchen. Some of the paint colors used on the interior included "Power Orange," "Generator Green," and "Pink Flamingo".