It features prominently in the 1973 Woody Allen sci-fi comedy Sleeper.

[2] Its architect Charles Deaton described his inspiration: "On Genesee Mountain I found a high point of land where I could stand and feel the great reaches of the Earth.

In 1999, John Huggins, an entrepreneur and the former head of economic development for Denver, purchased the house.

[4] He built a large addition designed by Deaton with Nick Antonopoulos.

Huggins commissioned Deaton's daughter Charlee to design the interior, and it was completed in 2003.