Jackie Gleason’s Round House (Apr, 1960)
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1960
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That’s a really neat looking house.
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Jackie Gleason’s Round House
THE MANY TALENTS and accomplishments of Jackie Gleason would put him out of the ordinary class of home builders. And Round Rock Hill, his new home on the outskirts of Peekskill, N. Y., is just that—out of the ordinary. Built on top of a hill in the center of nine acres of dense woodland, the house provides the comedian-composer-actor with “a pattern for living and working” — it contains his office and a broadcasting studio as well as his home.
Everything about the home is round. There’s an eight-foot round bed with a built-in television set in the ceiling above it; a round shower room in glass and tile; round and semicircular rugs and furniture. Even the stairways curve to match the curve of the outside walls. In the center of the round living room is a huge triple fireplace. The studio room focuses on a grand piano.
The house is built on three levels across the 175-foot front elevation. Glass walls everywhere look out over the wooded hills.
And then by 1964 he built his last home in Florida near where he filmed his TV show “from beautiful Miami Beach”
Comment by Firebrand38 — December 28, 2007 @ 11:29 am
The Great One has an active My Space page!
(I’m sending him a link to this page)
Comment by Stannous — December 28, 2007 @ 1:08 pm
I fail to see the point of that guy’s My Space page anyway.
Comment by Firebrand38 — December 28, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
I know he is best-known for “The Honeymooners,” but to this lover of seventies cheese, Gleason will always be Sheriff Buford T. Justice, chasing Burt Reynolds in “Smokey and the Bandit.” Saw that movie four times in the theaters way back in ‘77.
“There is no way, no way, you came from my loins.”
Comment by Jim Dunn — December 28, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
Wow! If I ever get the money, I’m building a replica Jackie Gleason’s Round House in the Seattle area.
Jackie Gleason was a genius. I wonder if there are blueprints out there. Or
information on who the architect was…
Comment by Kon Tiki Kev — January 15, 2008 @ 11:18 am
Does anyone know what happened to this house?
Is it still standing?
I cannot find ANY references to it on any of the Peekskill, N.Y. websites - like it never existed.
You’d think that it would be some kind of noteworthy landmark if it was still around ?!?
Comment by cousin clif — January 25, 2008 @ 8:08 am
The House is STILL THERE! I became obsessed and found the house the house using Satellite images from Google Maps. Here’s how you can find it - search for this address: Rock Hill Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY. Then, scroll down and to the left. You will see the house just north of the intersection of Washington Street and Furnace Dock Road.
Comment by code guy — February 19, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
code guy » Wow, that’s a good find cg! For everyone else, here is a direct link
Comment by Charlie — February 19, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
There was a lot more to the man than I would have imagined. I had heard that he composed one piece of music, which I have always liked. Now I will look for ways to collect any I come across.
Comment by Robert L. Sparks e — April 11, 2008 @ 12:45 am