Sculptured House
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| Location: | Genesee Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado |
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| Nearest city: | Golden, Colorado |
| Coordinates: | 39°42′2″N 105°16′36″W / 39.70056°N 105.27667°WCoordinates: 39°42′2″N 105°16′36″W / 39.70056°N 105.27667°W |
| Area: | 15.3 acres (6.2 ha) |
| Built: | 1963 |
| Architect: | Charles Utter Deaton |
| Architectural style: | Modern Movement, Sculptural Expressionism |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 02000385[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | February 24, 2004 |
The Sculptured House, also known to locals as the Sleeper House, Star Trek House, Clamshell House, the Jetson House, or Flying Saucer House, is a distinctive elliptical curved house built on Genesee Mountain in 1963 by architect Charles Deaton. It is featured prominently in the 1973 Woody Allen sci-fi comedy Sleeper.
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[edit] Background
Architect Charles Deaton has described his inspiration for the house: "On Genesee Mountain I found a high point of land where I could stand and feel the great reaches of the Earth. I wanted the shape of it to sing an unencumbered song."[2]
[edit] Construction
The Deaton-designed house was built in 1963.[3] Delzell Inc. was the original builder of the house on an experimental permit, Clifford M Delzell was owner operator of Delzell Inc.[citation needed]
The interior of the Sculptured House went largely unfinished and was vacant for almost three decades until entrepreneur and one-time Denver, Colorado economic-development chief John Huggins purchased the house in 1999.[3] He built a large addition designed by Deaton with Nick Antonopolous before Deaton's death in 1996,[citation needed] and commissioned Deaton's daughter, Charlee Deaton, to design the interior, completed in 2003.[citation needed]
In 2006, fellow Denver entrepreneur Michael Dunahay purchased the house from Huggins.[3] By late 2010, Dunahay had become delinquent on the nearly $2.8 million outstanding balance of his $3.1 million mortgage on the house, and the Public Trustee in Jefferson County, Colorado scheduled a foreclosure auction for November 10, 2010.[3] The house was sold again in November 2010.[4][5]
[edit] In the media
The Sculptured House is featured in the 1974 Woody Allen movie Sleeper, where the home’s cylindrical elevator with sliding doors is used as a fictional device called the Orgasmatron.[3]
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Art in America[volume & issue needed]
- ^ a b c d e Hudson, Kris. "Woody Allen’s ‘Sleeper’ House Hits Foreclosure Block", The Wall Street Journal, October 22, 2010
- ^ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013399824_apussleeperhousesold.html?syndication=rss
- ^ http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/11/sleeper_house_photo_tour_see_what_you_could_have_bought_for_153_million.php
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