Comments on: Jackie Gleason’s Round House http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: scott grove http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1058902 scott grove Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:02:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1058902 I grew up right down the street from this house. Also Arron Copland was right next door. This area Furnace dock rd and Washington st is one of the most beautiful areas. Too bad they have over developed it. The round house was not call white gates. White gates was Allen Funts house, just down the street which one of my friends father purchased, it has white gates at the entrance and the parties we use to hold there. that another blog. I grew up right down the street from this house.
Also Arron Copland was right next door.
This area Furnace dock rd and Washington st is one of the most beautiful areas.
Too bad they have over developed it.
The round house was not call white gates.
White gates was Allen Funts house, just down the street which one of my friends father purchased, it has white gates at the entrance and the parties we use to hold there.
that another blog.

]]> By: mike munson http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1058757 mike munson Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:14:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1058757 hi my father lives in peekskill.i,ve seen this house back in 1978 in the winter.this house has a heated aheated driveway.amazing.i grew up in yonkers.now i live in boston.going back to n.y. in sept.hope to visit it and take pictures.mike... hi my father lives in peekskill.i,ve seen this house back in 1978 in the winter.this house has a heated aheated driveway.amazing.i grew up in yonkers.now i live in boston.going back to n.y. in sept.hope to visit it and take pictures.mike…

]]> By: Charlie Haviland http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1058560 Charlie Haviland Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:55:00 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1058560 The Round House is called White Gates and is standing in Croton -on-Hudson NY outside of Peekskill. Jackie's later production company was called "Peekskill Enterprises." The Round House is called White Gates and is standing in Croton -on-Hudson NY outside of Peekskill. Jackie’s later production company was called “Peekskill Enterprises.”

]]> By: Paula http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1057759 Paula Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:11:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1057759 The house is still there, I have had the pleasure of being inside the house for my previous job. The piano is still there, pool tables, bars, the teak wood outside for the decks. A man way before his time. All of the marble from one quarry in Italy, this has is just fabulous~ And then the wine cellar with the wine still there! Unbelievable! The house is still there, I have had the pleasure of being inside the house for my previous job. The piano is still there, pool tables, bars, the teak wood outside for the decks. A man way before his time. All of the marble from one quarry in Italy, this has is just fabulous~ And then the wine cellar with the wine still there! Unbelievable!

]]> By: Robert L. Sparks e http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1052670 Robert L. Sparks e Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:45:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1052670 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. 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.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1047151 Charlie Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:02:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1047151 code guy » Wow, that's a good find cg! For everyone else, here is a direct <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Rock+Hill+Drive,+Cortlandt+Manor,+NY.&sll=33.13935,-117.28304&sspn=0.011787,0.020041&ie=UTF8&ll=41.241462,-73.897991&spn=0.000662,0.001253&t=h&z=20&iwloc=addr" rel="nofollow">link</a> code guy » Wow, that’s a good find cg! For everyone else, here is a direct link

]]> By: code guy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1047148 code guy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:35:25 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1047148 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. 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.

]]> By: cousin clif http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1044420 cousin clif Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:08:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1044420 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 ?!? 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 ?!?

]]> By: Kon Tiki Kev http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1025400 Kon Tiki Kev Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:18:25 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-1025400 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... 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…

]]> By: Jim Dunn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-969508 Jim Dunn Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:38:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-969508 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." 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.”

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-968676 Firebrand38 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:42:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-968676 I fail to see the point of that guy's My Space page anyway. I fail to see the point of that guy’s My Space page anyway.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-968582 Stannous Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:08:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-968582 The Great One has an active My Space page! (I'm sending him a link to this page) The Great One has an active My Space page!
(I’m sending him a link to this page)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-968324 Firebrand38 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:29:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/28/jackie-gleasons-round-house/#comment-968324 And then by 1964 he built his last home in Florida near where he filmed his TV show "from beautiful Miami Beach" And then by 1964 he built his last home in Florida near where he filmed his TV show “from beautiful Miami Beach”

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