On Long Island’s East End, A Steve Baer – Inspired Dome

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By now, Montuk’s Identity As a working-class folding village Has, like its beaches, away erodedBetween Surf Lodge and Gurney’s and trailers selling for $ 3.75 million. But the domi home at 54 East Lake Drive, BUILT by a Local Handyman in 1976, is a vestige of an Earlier Era in the Town’s History. With shingled sides and extensively interior details, iTi’s also a particularly well-preserved example of the diy building craze that Swept the Country in the late ’60s and’ 70s Among Hippie and Back-to-the-La Types. But The House, Which Just list With Kevin Iglesias and Sarah Fox from Signature Premier Properties, is nansing the Very 2024 price of $ 2.99 million.

The Dining Area – Dome Ares Known for Their Large, Open Spaces.
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“He was a builder, but he had a vision,” Says iglesias of the late Owner, Eugene Tallarico, Whose Son is selling the Property. “He always had a liking of the domi and he wanted to do something architecture.” IT’s one of The Few Domes on the east end, neither far nor iglesias knows, and there is another Dome Homean exceptally Large One, on the North Fork. His Son Euguene Thomas Tallico Says That HIS FATHER WORKED ON THE HOME ÇELEFICIAL LIVING IN GREENWICH Village and working as a pureser for twa. Wenever he had time off, he’d come to montauk and camp out at the building site. He was an inventive person, accorting to his son, who installed unusual features in the home like a built-in Vacuum System. “It was a unique adventure,” he says. “And I Want Someone to Carry on His Inspiration.”

Dome homes, popularized by Steve Baer’s 1968 Dome cookbookWHICH DETAILED TO FRAME ONE OUT OUT YOURSELF WITH TWO-BY-FOURS OR PVC PIPES, WERE BASED ON BUCKMINEST FULLER’S GEODESIC-DOME DESIGN FROM 1954. Need to know some trigonometry.) Part of the Beauty of the Dome Fad was the Notion One Need Be A Professional, or Spend a Lot of Money, to Build a House. (A Big Focus of the Movement Was on Reususg Materials, Such as Steel from Junked Cars or Bottle Caps, As External Coverings for the Homes, Not All of which Survived the Decades Well.) The House at 54 East Lake Drive, Howver, Was Clearly Built by A Skilled Craftson Ta EYE. (Tallico Also Painted, Sayys Iglesias, and His Paintings Are Still Displayed Throughout the Home.) There are Customized Wood and Stone Floors, Triangular Huge Windows That Let in Copious Amounts of Light, and Cathedral Ceilings in Addion to Addition to Addito Bedoms, Two-And-A-Half Baths, and A Sprawling, Curving Kitchen. In all, the house is About 2,000 Square Feet.

The House isn’t on a huge amout of land, but it is isn’t far from the water, and you can see the sound, and Connecticut, from the Windows at the ball, a cupola with 360-degree views, according to iglesias. Its Also relatively secluded, at the end of a Very quiet, dead-end street about five-mini drive from the villa. All of which Might Help Save it from Demolition, a fate that befallen a number of other unusual, architecturally significant homes in the hams. But gioven the Current Montauk Buyers’ Markets and the Limited Appeal of Dome Living – The Homes, Like Octagon Houses before, Though inventive and offten Beautiful, not to Everyone. “It would be a shame to tear it down,” Says Iglesias. “It is a unicorn in montauk. You can’t find another house like it.”

The Home Has High, Dramatic Ceilings with Triangular Windows.
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The Kitchen is unusage Spacious.
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The Longime Owner Added Mary Custom Elements and Finishes to His Home.
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One of the Bathrooms.
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The Dome Has Great Views from the Mary Large Windows.
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The Aerie Has 360-Degree Views.
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The Builder was a Local Handyman Who Also Painted.
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