Sixteen Candles Filming Locations

Featured Movie Location: Samantha Baker's house
Wanna see the real life filming location used for Samantha Baker's house in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at a private residence, located in Evanston, Illinois. [Google Map]


Locations Manager(s): Bill Higgins

On Location

The house is located at 3050 Payne Street at the intersection of Payne & Central Park. [Thanks to Billy Smith / 1984HLC]

Sarah kindly wrote in to say: "This is actually about "samanthas" house at 3050 payne st in evanston IL. We just drove by to see it, and its gone. There were rather large houses on that block so I'm guessing they tore it down. You can however drive by and see jakes house but there are a lot of trees in front..we were too chicken to drive down the driveway!"

However, Terri B wrote in to say that Samantha Bakers house is located at 3022 Payne st Evanston, Illinois. And it is still there as of recent.

The movie was filmed in Northbrook, Skokie, Evanston, Highland Park and Glencoe, IL.

The Church used was Glencoe Union Church, Park Street, Glencoe, IL

Jake Ryan's house is to be found at 1407 Waverly, Highland Park [Thanks to Alschra]

The exterior school scenes were filmed at the former Niles East High School in Skokie, Illinois (now Oakton Community College) on Niles Center Road 1/2 block north of Howard Street. The school was closed down well before the movie began filming, and was eventually torn down.

The school lunch line scene and cafeteria scenes were filmed inside Niles North High School, also in Skokie. I know this for a fact because I graduated from there in 1985. [Thanks to She]

The the gym interiors were from Niles East. I know this because I saw the set during filming. They also built some of the interiors of houses inside a different gym in Niles East. I grew up right across the street, my mom went to East (I went to West). [Thanks to Rick]

Some exterior school shots in the opening scenes of the movie were shot at New Trier High School (then known as New Trier East High School) in Winnetka, IL

Can you help? Do you know any of the Illinois (or any other) filming locations used for Sixteen Candles, particularly Smantha Baker's House? [Please send them in]


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