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ANDREW (ANDY) MICHAEL GELLER (1924-2011)
Geller was born in Brooklyn to Russian parents and studied drawing with his father. A self-portrait, painted in 1938, was displayed at the Brooklyn Museum and won him free training in life drawing classes. He attended the New York High School of Art and Music and subsequently studied architecture at Cooper Union, where he took drawing classes with Robert Gwathmey, father of architect Charles Gwathmey. During WWII, Geller served in the Army and was inadvertently exposed to a toxic chemical agent, and suffered medical consequences for the remainder of his life. While convalescing in the hospital, he read an article about industrial design and decided that he would pursue that career, following the war. For the remainder of WWII, he was assigned as a naval architect for the United States Maritime Commission designing tanker hulls and interiors. By 1947, he was working for industrial and graphic designer Raymond Loewy.
In 1959, the Kitchen Debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev took place at the Typical American House exhibit. Geller had helped design the interiors for the American National Exhibition in Moscow. They debated the merits of capitalism vs. communism, with Khrushchev saying that the Soviet Union had reached the same level of achievement as the US. Tass the Soviet news agency said: "There is no more truth in showing this as the typical home of the American worker than, say, in showing the Taj Mahal as the typical home of a Bombay textile worker." The temporary Typical American House exhibit was later destroyed, and the housing developer All-State hired William Safire as the company's marketing agent. Loewy and Geller were hired to design "Leisurama," houses marketed at Macy's and built on Long Island — leveraging the press coverage from the Russian exhibition.
After designing a beach house for Loewy's director of public relations, Betty Reese, Geller was featured for his freelance vacation house design work in many national publications, including The New York Times, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Esquire. He left Loewy and created a legacy of innovative, treasured houses across the Northeast.
Special thanks to Geller's grandson, Jake Gorst, who supplied most of these materials. He produced and directed a 2005 documentary about his grandfather's work on the Leisurama homes; and later a compelling biography, Andrew Geller: Deconstructed. Gorst actively preserves the Geller archives, including drawings, models and film recordings. Most of the images courtesy of Gorst's Mainspring Archive: The Andrew Geller Collection.
1953 - The Edmund Merein House, Great Neck/Kings Point NY. Status unknown.
1953 - The Margaret (Peg) Morse House, Lewis Road, Northport NY. Has been altered. Status unknown.
1953 - The Schlanger House, Great Neck NY. Status unknown.
1954 - The Glenn Gunst House, 38 Girard Avenue, Bay Shore NY. Sold to Gerard and Mrie Serritelia. Sold in 2016 to David and Susan Deruvo.
1955 - The Elizabeth (Betty) Reese House #1, Daniels Lane, Sagaponack NY. Featured in the New York Times, 5/5/1957. This A-frame popularized the style all across America and put Geller in the public eye. Destroyed in a March 1962 storm.
1957 - The Edward Schneider House, Northport NY. Status unknown.
1957 - The Leonard Frisbie House, 167 Marine Boulevard, Amagansett NY. An A-Frame similar to the Reese House. Includes a Geller-designed addition. Featured in the Showtime series, The Affair. Still owned by the Frisbie family as of 2021.
1957 - The Mike and Gloria Levitas House #1, Chillmark, Martha's Vineyard MA. Standing as of 2020.
1958 - The Beverly Langman House, Sagaponack NY. Looked like a lighthouse. Destroyed in a 1962 storm.
1958 - The lrwin and Joyce Hunt House, aka Milk Carton, sometimes called Boxkite, Fire Island NY. Destroyed.
1958 - The Albert Levinson House, Ocean Park, Long Beach Island NJ. Address unknown. Sold by the Levinsons after the great storm of 1962. According to the second owner's grandson Max Hayden, the kitchen was a technological marvel with turquoise wall hung refrigerators on one side with similarly colored combination range, sink, radio and single washer/dryer combo on the other. The flooring was sheet vinyl with large chunks of muted colored chips. The cypress appeared on walls and ceilings. The oceanfront porch was screened in. One second floor bedroom had L-shaped bunk beds complete with a ship's wheel at the foot of one and bookshelf/steps on the other. Sold to the Luses in 1966. Destroyed in 1991, and a new house built. In 2020, that was destroyed and a large modern house built.
1958 - The Esquire Weekend House. Unbuilt. Commissioned by Ralph Ginzberg for publication in Esquire Magazine.
1958 - The Rudolph (Rudy) and Trudi Frank House, 547 Beachcomber Walk, Fire Island, Sayville NY. Harry Bates added a bedroom around 1968 for the Franks. Sold to Philip Monaghan. Restored in 2006 by Larson and Paul Architects. Sold in 2017 to Peter Stefan.
1958 - The Hans and Rene Krusa Renovation, Northport NY. Status unknown.
1959 - The Arthur and Mitch Pearlroth House, aka Double Diamond, 615 Dune Road, West Hampton Beach NY. Deeded to Jonathan Pearlroth and Holly Posner. Moved 40 feet and restored into a pool house for a new larger house by CookFox in 2015, bottom photo. The house is open for visitors by appointment, and also can be rented.
1959 - The Typical American House (Exhibition Model), All State Properties, Moscow, USSR. Designed while at Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. Destroyed.
1959 - The Sy Fried House, aka Fort Fried, Lots 376, 377, 378 Michigan Street, Fire Island NY. Photos from Mainspring Archive: The Andrew Geller Collection. Sold in 2023 to Dana and Conor Nugent, who will knock it down if they don't find someone to take it.
1960 - The Leonard Jossel House, Davis Park, Fire Island NY. Destroyed in a storm.
1960 - The Cordis House, Rocky Point NY. Status unknown.
1960 - The Bernard Owitt House, Westhampton NY. Has been altered.
1960 - The David Pollack House, aka Butterfly House, 20 Oneida Street, Ocean Beach, Fire Island NY. There has been an addition. Sold to Ben Laurine. Sold in 2008 to Butterfly House LLC.
1960 - The Dan Kahn House, aka Boat House, 16 Oneida Street, Ocean Beach, Fire Island NY. Next door to the Butterfly/Pollack House. Has been altered. Sold in 2016 to Dana and Conor Nugent. Sold in 2021.
1960 - The Betty Reese Rental House, 22 Ocean Bay Boulevard, Ocean Beach, Fire Island NY. Altered.
1960 - The Paul and Merle de Monterice House, Amagansett NY. 1118sf. This is the model, but the house turned out very traditional - because the local building department rejected the original plans. Status unknown.
1961 - The Sidney and Sylvia Harman House, 3 Forte Drive, Old Westbury NY. Commissioned 1961. He was the founder of Harman/Kardon audio. Geller fought with the clients over design; the final version was never formally photographed. Sold around 2010 and destroyed, according to their daughter, Barbara.
1961 - The Victor Lynn House, Westhampton NY. Status unknown.
1962 - The Ira and Mona Schneiderman House, aka Toaster house, 55 Knollwood Lane, Mattituck NY. Sold around 1980 to John and Aurelie Stack. Geller did an addition/renovation in 1982. As of 2020, rentable through AirBnB.
1962 - aka the Quiet House, Dallas TX. Fox & Jacobs, developer. Designed while at Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. Status unknown.
1962 to 1967 - Miscellaneous Tract House Models, Dallas and Houston TX. Fox & Jacobs, developers. Designed while at Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. Status unknown.
1963 - The Phil George House, aka Mothersill, 56 Pauls Lane, Water Mill NY. Sold to Mary Mothersill. Donated in 2008 to the Peconic Land Trust who placed a conservation easement on it prior to the sale to Bruce and Karen Kopelman. Sold in 2010 to James and Christine Boyle. Has been moved on the property, significantly altered, and became a guest house.
1963 - The Mike and Gloria Levitas House #2, 13 Pilots Landing Road, Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard MA. Has been altered. Deeded to son Daniel Levitas. Available for rent on VRBO.
1963 - The Elizabeth (Betty) Reese House #2, 375 Brick Kiln Road, Bridgehampton NY. Originally 365. One lot with two houses. The Geller design was altered by John Bjornen, and they added a new house that's part of the same lot.
1963 - The David and Nancy Neuman House, Fair Harbor, Fire Island NY. Status unknown.
1963 - The
Sherry Lake Apartments, 1801
Butler Pike, Conshohocken PA. Fox Built Homes. Designed while at Raymond
Loewy/William Snaith Inc.
1963 to 1965 - The Leisurama Homes, All State Properties, Montauk NY and Lauderhill FL. Designed while at Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. The houses came with furniture, linens, air conditioning, toothbrushes, silverware, and everything else. The NY Times reported in 1963, when a full model was being displayed at Macy's, that they include "a living room, dining room, bath and den fitted with a Murphy wall bed. More room could be included for a few thousand extra, and the Times noted that they could also be "rented at yearly rents that range from $1,600 to $1,900 with two-year minimum leases." The NYT also believed these Montauk homes helped revive Murphy beds. 1000 homes were planned, only 200 built as they weren't profitable, and the closing of the World's Fair dried up marketing. It was essentially Geller's design but changed when it left the drawing board, he remarked there were "insensitive box additions." Geller's grandson Jake Gorst produced a documentary on the project.
Example house: 33 Pine Tree Drive, Montauk NY. Sold to Arkadie Pikulik. Sold in 2018 to Michael and Kimberley Schoen.
1964 - The Gerard House, Westchester NY. Status unknown.
1964 - The Phil and Harriet Bernstein, Fair Harbor, Fire Island NY. Status unknown.
1964 - Miscellaneous Tract House Models, Fox Built Homes, Pittsburgh PA. Designed while at Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. Status unknown.
1964 - Miscellaneous Tract House Models, Huber Homes, Dayton OH. Designed while at Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. Photo from Mainspring Archive: The Andrew Geller Collection. Status unknown.
1965 - The Joseph and Lorraine Suplina House, 11 Round Hill Road, Armonk NY. Original address 7 Round Hill road. Altered and deck removed. Sold in 2017 to Monica Garcia.
1965 - The Alan Grisman House, North Haven NY. Status unknown.
1966 - The Irving Elkin House, aka Grasshopper, aka Reclining Picasso, Sagaponack NY. Featured in House and Garden, 1974. It was hated by the neighbors. Destroyed in the 1990's.
1966 - The Richard Saltzman Ski Lodge, Stowe VT. Status unknown.
1967 - The Howard and Andre Dean House, East Hampton NY. Destroyed.
1966 - The William Paulsen Renovation, Northport NY. Status unknown.
1967 - The Carl and Mary Tiedemann Renovation, 41 Apaquogue Road, East Hampton NY. Deeded to Mary Tiedemann. Sold in 2013 to APQ LLC.
1967 - aka the Presidential House, Wainscott NY. Designed while at Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. Photos from Mainspring Archive: The Andrew Geller Collection. Status unknown.
1967 - The Harry Martin House, 93 Pine Hill Road, New Fairfield CT. Sold in 1973 to Phil and Melinda Davis. Immaculately preserved.
Sold in 2022
to Richard and Carol Levine.
1967 - The Jack and Diane Lipman House, 256 Vineyard Road, Huntington NY. Sold to Jane and Steve Jagger who did a restoration. Sold in 2021 to Allan Dinkoff and Roseanna DeMaria.
1967 - The Aileen Hunt House, Amagansett NY. Altered.
1967 - The Melvin Zaid Renovation, 83 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury NY. Sold in 1973 to the Jacobs Family. Sold in1987. Sold to Christiane Tsakis. Sold in 2012 to Leon and Hana Nitkin who destroyed it and built a new house in 2013.
1967 - The Solomon House, Amagansett NY. Status unknown.
1967 - The Stan and Sophia Schacter House, 49 Gilberts Path, Montauk NY. House on the left. The one on right is the Carol Green House. Status unknown. House there now may or may not be the Geller. Needs verification.
1968 - The Arthur and Carole Green House, 55 Gilberts Path, Amagansett NY. House on the right, top photo. House on the left is the Schacter house. Deeded to Carole Green. Sold in 2013 to Simon Omolony. Restored and expanded by Isaac-Rae, bottom photo. Available for rent.
1968 - The Laurence and Laura Antler House, 23 Neck Path, The Springs, East Hampton NY. Sold in 2003 to Mary Braverman. Sold in 2014 to Christopher Fisher and Blair Moritz. Restored and back deck added in 2019 by Forrest Frazier of ArchitectureAF, bottom three photos by Ashok Sinha. For sale in 2023.
1968 - The Louis and Racile Strick House, Amagansett NY. Has been altered.
1969 - The Jerry and Verene Nanfito House, Omaha NE. A close copy of the Suplina House. Standing as of 2019, according to Jake Gorst. Status unknown.
1969 - aka Easy Care Aluminum House, aka Vacation House System, developed for the Aluminum Association of America, Chicago IL. Designed while at Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. Still there as of 2019, according to Jake Gorst. Status unknown.
1970 - The Thomas and Jane Morley House, 5 Seaforth Lane, Lloyd Harbor NY. Built by Harry Spruckts. The 750-lb. gas stove was inspired by what Julia Child was cooking on at the time and required special shoring underneath the house. Photos by Liz Morley Ehrlich. Sold in 2021 to Kevin Moriarty.
1971 - The Len Silver House, 308 Surf Walk, Bay Shore, Fire Island NY. Sold to Gary H. Richard.
1972 - The Peg White Shed, Washington CT. Standing as of 2019, according to Jake Gorst. Status unknown.
1972 - The John and June Christensen House, Eatons Neck NY. Status unknown.
1972 - The Harry Oswin Renovation, Greenburgh NY. Status unknown.
1973 - The Edmund Merein Renovation, Brookville NY. Status unknown.
1974 - The John Buren House, 114 Archers Hope, Williamsburg VA. Has been altered. Sold for the first time in 2008 to John Schumann.
1975 - The Mike Twomey House, Shelter Island NY. Has been altered. There may have been another project for the Twomeys at 6 West 77th Street, New York NY.
1975 - The Llovera House Renovation, 215 Bay Avenue, Huntington NY. Original house built in 1920. Sold in 2012 to Kimberly Leonard.
1976 - The Peg White House, aka Wild Acres, 142 Blackville Road, Washington Depot CT. 130 acres. Sold around 1980 to Henry and Lisa Schaefer. Sold in 1992 to Arthur Frumkes. Sold in 2017 to Brian M. Fenty. Remodeled, not by Geller. Sold in 2021 to Gabriel and Lindsay Pizzi.
1978 - The Kevin Upton House, Old Montauk Hwy, Montauk NY. Status unknown.
1979 - The Martin and Lois Witkoff House Renovation, Westhampton Beach NY. Status unknown.
1979 - aka Newsday House of the 80s. A concept house. Status unknown.
1980 - The Milton and Shirley Cooper Renovation, 6 Red Ground Road, Old Westbury NY. Original house built in 1930. Still owned by the Coopers as of 2019.
1980 - The Gregory and Linda Sand Renovation, 141 Asharoken Avenue, Northport NY. Sold in 1999 to Mark and Anna Pollaci. Presumed destroyed; new house there in 2001.
1980 - The Gregg and Hope Geller House, aka Butterfly, 375 Brick Kiln Road, Sag Harbor NY. Designed for Geller's son. Sold to Tom and Mary Ross, who commissioned Geller for a renovation in the 1990s. Destroyed in a fire.
1982 - The Kent and Susan Seelig Renovation, 85 Belvedere Drive, Syosset NY. Original house built in 1976. Still owned by the Seeligs as of 2019.
1983 - The Gerald and Sue Kagan Renovation and Deck, 3214 Oxford Avenue, Bronx NY. Deeded to Sue Kagan.
1983 - The Richard and Jennifer Huntley Renovation, 37 Bevin Road, Northport NY. Original house built in 1980. Sold in 2021 to Mervin Benson.
1984 - The George and Dorie Lo Renovation, Scotch Plains NJ. Status unknown.
1984 - The Richard and Gerry Englemark Renovation, 89 Oak Street, Northport NY. Original house built in 1921. Sold in 2017 to Ian and Lauren Hoffman.
1985 - The Jose and Malle Andrade Apartment, East 73rd Street, New York NY. Status unknown.
1987 - The Charles and Helen Lazarus Renovations, 30-32 Shinnecock Road, East Quogue NY. More renovations in 1993. Destroyed and a new house built in 2015. Attachment 1 the Lazarus house, attachment 2 new house.
1988 - The Stanley and Carol Kanoff Renovation, 183 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury NY. Original house built in 1968. Deeded to Carol Kanoff. Sold in 1997 to Robert and Joanne Haber. Bank owned in 2018. Sold in 2018 to Kermalli Husein.
1993 - The Arnold Gumowitz Apartment Interior Design, 10 West Broadway, Long Beach NY. The Long Beach Towers building was designed by Samuel and David Paul.
1996 - The Subba and Urmila Bhatt Renovation, 75 Plymouth Road, Plandome NY. Same owners as of 2022.
1996 - The Venkateshwar and Rathi Raja Renovation, 48 Mallard Road, Manhasset NY.
2015 - The Scott and Nancy Adams Renovation, 5665 Adams Leidenfrost Road, Hector NY. Similar to the 1965 Suplina House. Nancy Adams is Geller's granddaughter.
Year unknown - aka the Mobile House. Status unknown.
Sources include: Jake Gorst; Beach Houses: Andrew Geller; Andrew Geller: Deconstructed; Leisurama Now: The Beach House for Everyone, by Paul Sahre; Weekend Utopia by Alistair Gordon.