House of the Future

The Monsanto House of the Future was an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, USA from 1957 to 1967. It was sponsored by Monsanto.

The attraction offered a tour of a futuristic house, set in the year 1986, and featured inventions like microwave ovens, which eventually were invented.

The house survived the New Tomorrowland of 1967, but closed shortly after, as Monsanto’s attention shifted to their new sponsored attraction, Adventure Thru Inner Space. The building was so sturdy, that when demolition crews tried to knock out walls with a wrecking ball, the ball bounced off. Hacksaws were required to take the building apart, piece by piece.

However, it didn’t remove all the house. The support pillars were rated for earthquakes, so when the construction reached them, most couldn’t be removed. These few remaining pillars are still visible in Neptune’s Grotto, the location of the exterior gardens of the house.

Rebirth

In February 2008, Disney announced it would bring back the attraction with a more modern and accessible interior. The $15 million Innoventions Dream Home is a collaboration of The Walt Disney Co., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., software maker LifeWare and homebuilder Taylor Morrison.