I heard there's a futuristic house somewhere in Denver that kind of looks like an egg.?

Question

Does anyone know where this house is?

Answer 1

January 12, 2004
Location, Location...and Art

Sitting high on a ridge above Genesee Park is a structure that has been compared to a space ship, a clamshell, or an electric razor.
Travelling west from Denver on I-70, motorists on I-70 are greeted by a truly enigmatic piece of architecture. Sitting high on a ridge above Genesee Park is a structure that has been compared to a space ship, a clamshell, or an electric razor. The egg shaped main body of the house sits on a tower like a mushroom on a stem, with full length windows looking out over Denver and the plains to the east, and Bald Mountain and the Front Range across the canyon to the north. The southern and western aspects of the egg-like structure are windowless, sheltering the the windowed portion from the prevailing winds. Who built it? Who would live there? Did George Jetson finally pack up the family and move to Colorado?

Charles Deaton based his architectural philosphy on the premise that “people aren’t squares, so why should they live in squares?”. In 1963 Mr. Deaton started to build the kind of house he thought people should live in, on 15 acres high in the foothills above Denver. The house was intended to be both a work of art and a home, although it would be many years before it ever became a home to anyone. By 1966 the exterior of the building had been completed at a cost of $100,000, which was a lot of money for a complete house in those days. The exterior design was widely praised in architectural circles and received a fair bit of attention in the press, but financial problems prevented Mr Deaton from ever finishing the building. The house was the subject of a 1969 New York Times article, which inspired filmmaker and actor Woody Allen to use the building in his 1973 comedy “Sleeper”. The infamous “Orgasmatron” of the movie was apparently inspired by the tiny two-person elevator in the stem of the house. The elevator is still there, but unfortunately it doesn’t do any more than move from one floor to another.

In 1991 Mr. Deaton sold the house and land to Larry Polhill, a California businessman, for $800,000. Mr. Polhill started work on an addition designed by Deaton that would triple the livable space in the house, but lost interest and allowed work on the house to stop. The house sat neglected for years, with vandals smashing all the windows, and the interior left open to the elements. When Denver resident John Huggins inspected the house prior to buying it in 1999, he found four feet of snow in the living room, and a fox living in the house. Foxes and snowdrifts notwithsthanding, an inspection found the house to be structurally sound, and Mr. Huggins bought the house and began the long process of restoring the house and completing Charles Deaton’s dream. The $1,325,000 that Mr. Huggins paid for the house was based entirely on the appraised value of the 15 acres it sat on.

Mr. Huggins hired interior decorator Charlee Deaton and architect Nick Antonopoulos (daughter and son-in-law of the original architect) to complete the interior and the addition to the house and, two years and a few million dollars later Charles Deaton’s dream was realized. The addition to the house is invisible from the highway, even though it triples the livable space in the house. The original windows (all of which were smashed by vandals) have been replaced by soundproof glass to block out the sound of traffic on I-70. Until I-70 was completed to Genesee in 1971 the only paved road near the house was US Highway 40, two narrow lanes far across the canyon carrying a few cars an hour on a busy day.

Answer 2

it is shaped like a spaceship...it is in Genesee, Colorado...about a half an hour from Denver. it is located on the side of a mountain and you can see it from the highway (I-70 going west from Denver).
the house is decorated in a futuristic theme inside...pretty cool place! are you thinking about visiting?

Answer 3

Yes, it was the house in Woody Allen's "Sleeper." It's right off of route 70 in Genesee, you can see it from the highway.

Answer 4

I wonder if it breaks, will they call it a Denver Omelette?

Answer 5

I think this may be what you are looking for - although the picture did not come up for me


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