Roland Reisley House
House in Pleasantville, New York
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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]
| Roland Reisley House | |
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  Location within New York | |
| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Usonian |
| Location | Pleasantville, New York |
| Coordinates | 41.122869°N 73.745347°W |
| Construction started | 1951 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 3,200 sq ft (300 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
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[update],[1][4] Reisley is the last living original owner of a home designed by Wright, as the house had never been sold.[5]
