Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-08-08
HOUSE THAT REVOLVES
Scheme of a JeWeIer to Cure
His Insomnia.
TO BE BUILT ON TURNTABLE

Owner Will Be Enabled to Move His
Home In Any Direction to Woo
Zephyrs or Avoid Lieht-Wil Be
Run by notwithstanding of the
House to Be Practically NoiseIess.
William Reiman, a jeweler in New
York city, has had plans drawn for
a revolving house which he will build
at Bayside, n. Y.
Mr.. Remnants Bayside home will be
the result of many years of thought
over the matter Of genuine home COM
fort, for he has often declared that,
with the advantages of modern appli-
ances and electricity, there seemed lit
tie reason for the sunny side of a
| house being in the sun all summer and
| the shady side being in the shade all
| winter
Mr.. Reiman would have a home the
| windows of which may follow the
sunshine in winter or avoid it in sum-
mer. An architect has studied the
| problem and has completed plans for
| such a home, which will be built at a
cost of $4,000, exclusive of the real
| estate.
| AS proposed, the house will be con-
| structed on a turntable, which will be
| operated by electric power. The own
er, in his library or bedroom, may
| press button and on the piazZas will
sound a tinkling of bells to those who
are about to enter or leave the house,
| warning them that the Reiman home
| is about to maneuver by either the
| right or left flank Allowing family,
| servants and guests time to get either
in or out of the house. Mr.. Reiman
| will then press another button, and
the house will swing to right or left,
as he may desire.
Sitting in his library window and
wearying of the view, he may turn the
| house around and get another vista
/ without leaving his chair, or if the
/ breeze shifts and the owner of the
house finds himself cut off from it he
gives the alarm and moves his home
around and around and around until
he gets the breeze where he wants it.
Of course sunshine and shade will be
| his to command, and if he desires to
sleep late and the light is in his win
dow he presses the button near his bed
| and swings away from the east.
The house was designed by Mr.. Rel
| man himself, and the plans as drawn
show that his scheme Is eminently
practical. Mr.. Reiman will have mel
Their front nor back yard to his house.
| The lawns will be so laid out that the
NJ aiYoE nfI
| the compass The revolution of the
house will be practically noiseless,
and part of the turntable will be visi-
| bic.
Mr.. Reiman believes that his house
will have a lot Of hygienic advan-
| tages.
81 have had this house in my mind
| for number of years." he said.
Prior to the actual decision to build
I made some experiments to test the
| feasibility of the plan. I do not look
on the matter as fad, for 1t is
question of common sense. There is
| no more reason why one should be
roasted or chilled in certain rooms of
house year after year than there is
| that one should live on the outside of
| it. l am satisfied with the plans pro-
vided me, and believe that others will
| build revolving houses. following my
plans"
| Mr.. Reiman will begin building the
house this summer and will have it |
ready in the late fall.
| Il will use the colonial style of
architecture for the house." he said.
| The kitchen will be built away from
| it, There will be five bedrooms and
baths on the second floor and on the
| first large reception hall, dining
room, den, library and pantry. There
is only one other house of this kind
that l have heard of, and that one is
said to be in Switzerland. The revo-
luton will be practically noiseless. /
| have considerable trouble in sleeping.
and that is the main reason why l am
| having this house built. If the sun is
| shining in my eyes in early morning
| or if my room does not catch the
breeze that may be blowing, l can just
press a button at the side of my bed
and remedy the matter If the house |
proves n success, which l have every |
reason to believe it will, l will build
another down at Long Branch, n. j..
where own some property"
The site chosen by Mr.. Reiman over
looks Little Neck bay and the sound.
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