Roland Reisley House
| Roland Reisley House | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Usonian |
| Location | Pleasantville, New York |
| Coordinates | 41°07′22″N 73°44′43″W / 41.122869°N 73.745347°W |
| Construction started | 1951 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 3,200 sq ft (300 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Frank Lloyd Wright |
The Roland Reisley House is a residence in Pleasantville, New York, United States. The third of the "Usonia Homes" in the Usonia Historic District designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the building sits on a hillside and has a masonry "core" and wood siding. Roland Reisley was 26 when he built his home.[1][2] Reisley, a physicist who at the time lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife Ronny, bought the site after hearing about Usonia in 1950.[2]
The original house was completed in 1951 and expanded in 1956.[3] It is placed on a hill because Wright wanted the building to be "of the hill", as if it had grown organically.[2] The original structure had one bedroom, a study and a kitchen and a total of 1,800 square feet (170 m2), while the addition covers 1,400 square feet (130 m2). The entrance is dominated by a dramatic wood cantilevered carport, which leads to an impressive yet unpresumptuous low-slung house with cypress paneling and indigenous stone.
Usonia Homes was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. As of 2025,[1][4] Reisley was the last living original owner of a home designed by Wright, as the house had never been sold.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b McLaughlin, Katherine (July 17, 2024). "Working With Frank Lloyd Wright: The Architect's Last Living Client Shares His Experience With the Visionary". Architectural Digest. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ a b c Cioffi, Stephen; Pujol, Rolando (February 12, 2025). "At 100, he's the last original owner of a Frank Lloyd Wright house". ABC7 New York. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
- ^ "Westchester, New York". The Wall Street Journal. February 15, 2017. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
- ^ Romo, Vanessa (July 16, 2025). "What's it like to have Frank Lloyd Wright design your house? This 101-year-old knows". NPR. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
- ^ Bernstein, Fred A. (June 30, 2023). "Just One Original Frank Lloyd Wright Homeowner Is Left". Wall Street Journal. p. M1. ProQuest 2831167845. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- Storrer, William Allin (1993). The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77624-8. OCLC 28676420. (S.318)
External links
- Charkes, Juli S. (April 16, 2009). "Plan to Protect Water Called a Threat to Trees". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
