There's a House of a Thousand Fabrics, House of Carpet, House of Fireplaces, House of Bedspreads and House of Beanbags. Inc. There are multiple Houses of Beauty and Houses of Prayer. There's a House of Spirits, House of Freaks and a God's House of Deliverance. Los Angeles is home to something called House of Agape, and also an Academy House of Hope. This last place is a boarding house for USC and other students.
Hopes are dreams.
By 1683, printing and publishing concerns took up the term. Couture establishments did the same in 1864. Houses of ill repute were first mentioned in 1726, the dictionary reports. Religious institutions added the designation in 1831. Here, Anthony Nicholas Brienza runs House of Brienza, Inc., a custom furniture and finishing shop that's been in business for 39 years, the first 12 in New York City.