JAMESTOWN, N.Y. -- In the 1950s, Desilu Studios towered over Los Angeles, and was the home to many classic TV shows.

More than 2,500 miles from the corner of Hollywood and Vine sits the modern day Desilu studio at the corner of Third and Main in Jamestown, the birthplace of Lucille Ball.

"We do whatever we can to celebrate her legacy and relish in some Lucy nostalgia about one of the greatest comedians of all time and the real first couple of comedy," said Journey Gunderson, Lucy-Desi Museum Executive Director. 

The studio playhouse pays tribute to the groundbreaking production of "I Love Lucy" and comes complete with sets from the sitcom, as well as Ricky Ricardo's night club, The Tropicana Room.

"So a visit to Desilu studios in Jamestown is really like stepping into the 1950s as if you were onset for a taping of "I Love Lucy," said Gunderson.

Next door is the original Lucy-Desi Museum.

"That portion of the attraction pays tribute to the lives and careers of the first couple of comedy," said Gunderson."

The museum takes visitors on an intimate stroll down memory lane, and features many personal items belonging to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

Sonja Holland is from Burbank, California, not far from where Lucy and Desi worked and lived. She stumbled upon the center as she was doing her own exploring of New York.

"What the furniture looks like, and where they hung out and where they're from, what they looked like when they were young, what they looked like when they're old, and in between, and the things they did, and it's interesting," said Holland.

In addition to the playhouse and the museum, the Lucy-Desi Center campus is expanding and will soon feature a multi-million dollar legacy to America's favorite redhead.

"We're standing on the future home of the National Comedy Center," said Tom Benson, National Comedy Center Chairman.

The center is designed as a living, breathing tribute to the art of comedy. The 35,000 square foot, state of the art facility, will be built next to the train station, and feature giant video walls and interactive exhibits.

"Preserve and make available all that classic comedy that but for something like this will just eventually go away," said Benson.

The groundbreaking is set to take place during the museum's annual comedy festival in August.