Mills House

"Just, uh, right up on Mifflin Street. The Mayor's house is the biggest one on the block."

- Archie Hopper to Emma Swan Regina Mills' House is a Storybrooke location on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the first episode of the first season.

Trivia
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On-screen Notes

 * The address is 108 Mifflin Street. This is a nod to Regina's vault having 108 boxes with hearts.


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Production Notes

 * Mifflin Street, the address of Regina's house, is a shout-out to a street in Wisconsin, near the University of Wisconsin, which Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz both attended.


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Lost

 * The house number, 108, is a reference to the television show Lost, where 108 is the sum of the six recurring numbers.

Popular Culture

 * Some of the books included on the top left shelf of Regina's study are Spy by Ted Bell, A Game of Secrets by Thomas Wiseman, Rule by Proxy by Bruce Ducker, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen and a book about Mother Theresa.
 * In "Pilot", a copy of R. L. Stine's children's horror fiction novella The Headless Ghost, from the famous Goosebumps series, is lying upside-down on Henry's nightstand.
 * The boardgames Balderdash, Outburst II, Battleship, Stratego, Scrabble and Aggravation, as well as a Meccano set, are sitting on a shelf in Henry's room.
 * When Regina is getting ready for the "Saturday city council meeting", Henry is reading the Marvel comic Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #1.
 * Henry has several volumes of The American Peoples Encyclopedia in his bookshelf.
 * When Emma calls Henry on the walkie-talkie, Issue 1 of the Marvel comic Avengers vs. X-Men is seen lying on his bed.
 * Pan picks up the comic Avengers Assemble #1 in Henry's room. A variant cover edition of Invincible Iron Man #1 from 2008 is lying on the table.


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Props Notes

 * The couch in Regina's living room is from Christopher Guy Furniture. It is exactly the same couch as the one she has in her office at the town hall. Even the pillows are the same.

Set Dressing

 * On one side of the doorway in Regina's dining room, there is a framed picture of a pear. This is a botanical illustration of a Van Mons Léon le Clerc pear, by the nineteenth century American horticulturist Charles Mason Hovey, from his guide book The Fruits of America Volume 1, published in 1852.
 * The picture on the other ide of the doorway is "Rosa sinica - Three-leaved China Rose", by Sarah Drake, an English nineteenth century botanical illustrator. The illustration was created for an 1837 issue of Edwards's Botanical Register, an illustrated horticultural magazine that ran from 1815 to 1847. Rosa sinica is an alternate name for the plant Rosa laevigata, also known as Cherokee rose.
 * The picture over the fireplace in Regina's study is an Italian vintage scientific illustration of an owl, from the late eighteenth century or early nineteenth century.
 * The mirror hanging on the wall in Regina's foyer can also be seen in Belle and Mr. Gold's bedroom in "Swan Song".
 * Henry's bedside lamp has a shadow figure of a swan. Another lamp in his room has a shadow figure of a unicorn.
 * During the Dark Curse, Henry has an amethyst in his room. Amethysts are believed to help people who suffer from a faulty memory.
 * Just like his father, maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather, Henry has a large collection of clocks. A close look at his bedroom reveals he has at least eighteen different clocks.
 * Henry's room has a Rubik's Cube. Another one can be seen in Emma's Boston apartment. The writers put it there to connect mother and son in some way.
 * There is a 1985 Elami Jr. computerized plastic robot from Robotland Inc. and a 1985 Nintendo R.O.B. video game controller in Henry's room.
 * Regina's bedroom has Arabian Scroll Motif Saybrook wallpaper from Wallquest.
 * One of the framed pictures in Regina's bedroom is "Rosa indica Fragrans - Rosier des Indes odorant", a watercolor picture by the famous Belgian nineteenth century painter and botanist Pierre-Joseph Redouté, from his work The Roses, published between 1817 and 1824. Rosa indica is a synonym for Rosa chinensis, more commonly known as China rose.
 * The same picture is in one of the rooms that Cora searches when she breaks into Regina's home, and outside the kitchen when Regina adopts Henry.
 * When David is dining with Regina, a different picture by Redouté is outside the kitchen: "Rosa Muscosa Alba - Rosier mousseux a fleurs blanches", from the same book. Rosa muscosa alba is a synonym for the shrub rose known as Shailer's white moss.
 * When David is dining with Regina, the label on the wine bottle has an illustration of a court jester.
 * There is a SKURAR Plant pot from IKEA in Regina's kitchen.
 * There are two Regina-Andrew Design Quatrefoil Drum Lamps in Regina's living room.
 * When Cora searches Regina's home, the wallpaper in the room with the shelves is Moda Colorway HX90107 wallpaper from Anderson Prints.
 * The same wallpaper is on one of the walls in Regina's living room.
 * An artwork by French engraver Bernard Picart, Semele is Consumed by Jupiter's Fire (1731), is in Regina's bedroom.
 * The same artwork also appears in Regina's study, along with another work of art by the same artist: Pygmalion is Enamored with a Statue He Had Made (1733). (1733).
 * Both artworks appear side by side over Regina's bed in "Welcome to Storybrooke", but the angle makes them very unclear.
 * Over the living room fireplace, there is a framed artwork of two horses. One half is the first half of Dyad by the Canadian artist Andre Petterson. The other half is Snow Run by the same artist.
 * The painting The Return of Persephone (1891) by the English painter and sculptor Frederic Leighton is in the hallway outside Regina's study. The artwork depicts Hermes helping Persephone to return to her mother Demeter after Zeus forced Hades to return Persepone.
 * Like many other Storybrooke locations, the Mills house contains nods to the Enchanted Forest: The wallpaper in the room where Cora appears as a ghost shows tree branches in a forest.
 * Outside the room that Cora first haunts, there is a colored version of an illustration by the English eighteenth century entomologist Moses Harris: "Poplar Hawk-Moth, Small Magpie Likeness, Grey Scalloped Bar", from his book The Aurelian: or, natural history of English insects (1840).

HENRY'S PICTURES

Henry is deeply fascinated with fairy tales, and has decorated his room with all sorts of pictures and cut-outs of fairy tale illustrations, including:


 * "The Stout Bout between Little John & Arthur a Bland", from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle.
 * An illustration from the cover of the first edition of Paul Creswick's 1917 novel Robin Hood, illustrated by the American artist and illustrator N. C. Wyeth. Not one, but two copies of this picture can be seen on Henry's wall.
 * "The Seven Ravens", by the famous English book illustrator Arthur Rackham, from Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1909) (later re-published as Snowdrop & Other Tales By the Brothers Grimm). It depicts a scene from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of "The Seven Ravens".
 * An illustration from Hours in Fairy Land: Enchanted Princess, White Rose and Red Rose, Six Swans, an obscure children's book from 1883, which contains three illustrated tales from the Brothers Grimm, set into verse form by Josephine Pollard. The illustration depicts a scene from the Grimm fairytale "The Six Swans". Interestingly, this story is about six brothers who have been turned into swans by their hateful stepmother (an evil daughter of a witch).
 * A set of fairy tale illustrations by the English artist and book illustrator Walter Crane:
 * An illustration from The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book (1875), depicting a scene from "Sleeping Beauty", where Sleeping Beauty and the prince watch as the royal court awakens from the sleeping curse.
 * Another picture from the same book, where the prince awakens Sleeping Beauty, is also seen.
 * An illustration from the French literary fairy tale of "The Yellow Dwarf", c. 1878.
 * An illustration of Goldilocks eating the porridge in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", from the Mother Hubbard Picture Book.
 * Another illustration from the book, where the titular character sits in the chair, is seen in another episode.
 * An illustration" depicting a scene from the Grimm fairy tale "The Frog Prince", from the book The Frog Prince and Other Stories (1874).
 * "Queen of Hearts She Made Some Tarts" by the nineteenth century British artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott, from his book The Queen of Hearts, and Sing a Song for Sixpence.
 * "His children were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody", by Arthur Rackham, depicting a scene from Washinton Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle".
 * Part of "Fee fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman" (1918) by Arthur Rackham. This illustration is from English Fairy Tales by the English writer Flora Annie Steel, and depicts a scene from "Jack and the Beanstalk", in which the Giant smells Jack.
 * Another picture by Rackham, from the same book, can also be seen: "The Three Bears", from a scene in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
 * "Little Red Riding Hood" (1875) by Walter Crane.
 * "Robin Hood and Little John" (1912), by the English-born American artist, illustrator and author Louis Rhead, from his novel Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band: Their Famous Exploits in Sherwood Forest. It depicts a scene from the ballad "Robin Hood and Little John".
 * "The Trees and the Axe" from a 1912 edition of Aesop's Fables, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
 * Another illustration from the book, "The Hare and the Tortoise", can also be seen.
 * Two copies of an illustration by the artist and book illustrator Helen Stratton, from a 1903 edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales. The image depicts a scene from the "Cinderella" fairytale, in which a bird gives the titular character a beautiful ball gown. One image is pinned next to Henry's door, while another copy can be seen among the images adorning the wall next to Henry's bed.
 * An illustration by the American illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, from Nora Archibald Smith's book Boys and Girls of Bookland (1923). It features Alice in a scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, surrounded by the characters of Wonderland, including the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit (note that in "The New Neverland", the Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter have been cropped off, and only the Mad Hatter's hat can be seem in "The Price of Gold" ).
 * "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Mad Tea-Party" (1907) by Arthur Rackham. It is an illustration of a scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with Alice at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party with the March Hare, the Dormouse and the Mad Hatter.
 * "The Princess and the Pea" (1911) by the French-born, British illustrator Edmund Dulac, from the book Stories from Hans Andersen, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. This is an illustration of the famous bed scene with all the mattresses, from "The Princess and the Pea".
 * Engravings by the nineteenth century French artist Gustave Doré, from Les Contes de Perrault, an 1867 edition of the seventeenth century French author Charles Perrault's fairy tales:
 * An illustration of a scene with Red Riding Hood in bed with the wolf, from the fairy tale of "Little Red Riding Hood".
 * Another illustration depicts a scene from the famous folktale "Bluebeard", where the titular character warns his wife about the keys.
 * Another illustration from the book can be seen next to it. This engraving depicts a scene from the literary fairytale "Puss in Boots", where the puss meets the ogre (note that in "The Stranger" and "An Apple Red as Blood", the ogre has been cropped off).
 * A fourth illustration depicts a scene from "Cinderella", where the prince lets the titular character try on the glass slipper.
 * "A world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination", an 1863 engraving by Doré, depicting a scene from the famous novel Don Quixote, in which the titular character goes mad from his reading of books of chivalry.
 * An illustration, also by Doré, of Dante being lost in Canto 1 from the epic fourteenth century poem Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. The image is from an 1862 edition of Dante's Inferno, the first part of the poem.
 * "Little Miss Muffet" by Arthur Rackham, from the nursery rhyme of the same name.
 * Part of "And there, on a bed the curtains of which were drawn wide, he beheld the loveliest vision he had ever seen" by Edmund Dulac, from Arthur Quiller-Couch's book The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales (1910).
 * "Red Riding Hood", a watercolor painting by the freelance illustrator Medusa Lemieux, from the 2009 Student Scholarship Competition at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.
 * "The King Rides off with the Dumb Maiden" (1872) by the Victorian era British artist Eleanor Vere Boyle. This painting depicts a scene from the literary fairytale "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen. Interestingly, this story is about a princess who sets out to rescue her brothers who have been turned into swans by their stepmother, an evil queen who is a witch.
 * Robin Hood and the Lady, an artwork by Walter Crane.
 * "Destruction of Leviathan", an 1865 engraving by Gustave Doré, based on Book of Isaiah 27 in the Bible, where God slays the sea monster known as the Leviathan (the Once Upon a Time version of the Leviathan appears in the comic Out of the Past).
 * "At this the whole pack rose up into the air and came flying down upon her" (1907) by Arthur Rackham, based on the playing cards scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
 * A scetch by Doré, of a shipwreck scene from the ballet "Le Corsaire", circa 1856.
 * "Red Riding Hood meets old Father Wolf", by Doré.
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Filming Locations

 * Scenes at the Mills House are filmed at the John H. McDonald House, a Heritage home built in 1936, in New Westminster, Canada. The house was designed with a Colonial Revival style, and stands out from its' neighbors as it's on a substantially larger lot with manicured lawns, gardens, and even a three car garage.
 * The house also doubles as Viola Hasting's house in the 2006 romantic comedy film She's the Man.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.