A massive structure that’s been piquing the interest of Colorado’s westbound I-70 travelers Colorado since 1966, there’s no debate that the ‘Sculptured House’ is one of America’s most peculiar homes. It goes by many nicknames that tend to be better known – spaceship house, I-70 saucer, the Sleeper house – but regardless of what it’s called, it’s hard to ignore. Perched high on Genesee Mountain near Golden and overlooking traffic headed from Denver to Colorado’s most popular ski resorts, it’s not just the appearance of the Sculptured House that makes this building interesting.

Architect Charles Deaton once described his inspiration for the home as follows: “On Genesee Mountain, I found a high point of land where I could stand and feel the great reaches of the Earth. I wanted the house to sing an unencumbered song.” With its wrap-around deck and its impossible-to-ignore curved shape, this house certainly accomplishes that goal, seemingly unrestricted by the architectural norms of the Sixties.

While the home was originally designed in 1963 and constructed through 1966, Deaton ran out of money for the project prior to finishing the interior – a result of a lawsuit over his designs for the Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. Its unfinished nature meant that the home would sit vacant for several decades. This didn’t keep the home from drawing attention, however, drawing eyes on a national scale when featured in a 1973 Woody Allen movie called Sleeper – hence it’s nickname of ‘Sleeper House.’

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The film Sleeper wasn’t the only time this house stole the spotlight, either. It’s also been featured on MTV’s Extreme Cribs, HGTV’s Home Strange Home, and Discovery’s Livin’ Large. The home even made a Forbes list in 2012… a list of “America’s Ugliest Mansions” (this writer thinks that’s totally unwarranted though). Despite its time in the limelight, the home’s greatest claim to fame is perhaps how it earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Consisting of a total of 7,700 square feet spread across five levels and complete with five bedrooms and five bathrooms, the Sculptured House is quite large. The going rate? The home was originally sold by Deaton in 1991 for $800,000, then sold again for $1.3 million in 1999 only to go back on the market for $10 million in 2002 before being sold for $3.4 million in 2006. Following a foreclosure, the Sculptured House was once again sold in 2010 for $1.5 million. As of a 2025 Westword report, it was owned by a married couple who call the space home. Zillow currently values the home at about $4.6 million.

As one of the most recognizable Colorado homes, the Sculptured House is one Centennial State structure with a storied past. While its halls are said to be spectacular, it’s not open to the public. Perhaps some day the home will be turned into some sort of walkable museum. Until then, onlookers can only imagine how amazing that deck view must be.

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