Historical Whorehouse

The gang finds out their house or workplace was a brothel many years ago.

• See: "Sitcoms convinced me every old building used to be a whorehouse." on the Rerun Rewind Blog.

Too Close for Comfort

Appearances

• Newhart: Season 1, episode 1, "In the Beginning" (1982). While researching the history of the inn for a speech to the Daughters of the War for Independence, Dick discovers the Stratford used to be a whorehouse, and he has to spin it in his speech to avoid upsetting the Daughters.
• Too Close for Comfort: Season 4, episode 4, "Home is Where the BART Is" (1984). The Rushes find out the city is planning to demolish their whole street to build a BART station, but Monroe discovers that it may be a historical landmark because it was once a popular brothel.
• Cheers: Season 8, episode 6, "The Stork Brings a Crane" (1989). When Rebecca discovers that Cheers was built 100 years ago, she decides to hold a centennial celebration, and she sends Woody to the library to research the history of the building. To Rebecca's surprise, Woody discovers that it was originally a whorehouse called Mom's.