Flintstone House
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I passed this house many many times before I found out more. You can’t exactly do a decent search with “blobby house on 280.” Thankfully I found Google Earth and a few decent KML files and I could figure out what this place is. I still am not 100% comfortable with the term ‘Flintstone House.’ Besides the fact that it uses a copyrighted word, but looking at the rough clunky house on the cartoon and the smooth bubbly form of this place, I just don’t see the connection. I called it the blobby house until I dug up the sparse info on it.
The house was designed in 1976 by William Nicholson. There are other houses like this around the country, but they are a dying breed and this one is in good repair and looks to stay that way.
So this is a private residence. You can see it from Interstate 280 North just fine as you cross the Doran Memorial Bridge over San Mateo Creek into Hillsborough. If you want a batter view, you can get off the highway and see it from the dead-end street it’s on. Be respectful and don’t trespass or do anything else retarded.
| Nearest Airport | SFO, OAK |
| Street Address | 45 Berryessa Way |
| Cross-Street | Lakeview Drive |
| Secondary Cross-Street | Pilarcitos Court |
| Neighborhood | Crystal Springs |
| City | Hillsborough |
| County, Parish, or Township | San Mateo County |
| State, Province, or Region | California |
| Country | USA |
| ZIP or Postal Code | 94010-7301 |
| Latitude | 37.53154 degrees |
| Longitude | -122.35895 degrees |
| Public Transit Information | SamTrans buses 53 and 58 are closest, but still leave you a hike up that hill. |
| Parking | Street parking available. |
| Contact E-mail Address | |
| Contact Telephone | 1-650-XXX-XXXX |
| Contact Fax | |
| Official Website | http://www.thewavemag.com/printarticle.php?articleid=24784 |
| Related Website | http://www.tdrinc.com/edises.html |
| Admission Price | free |
| Hours | Dawn-Dusk. It's not lit up at night. |
| Vegan Dining Options | I didn't sneak into the kitchen. |
| Wheelchair Access | Can be seen from a car |
| Potential Hazards | Probably shouldn't trespass |
| Special Events at Attraction | None known |
| Best Thing to See or Do Here | That it soon will expand |
| Last Visited | January 2006 |
May 2nd, 2007 at 19:49:34 -0400
You may want to go by this house again, as it’s recently been painted a shocking terra-cotta orange.
June 1st, 2007 at 11:33:24 -0400
I think a better name would come from a Star Wars movie…it should be called the “Tatueen House”.
August 9th, 2007 at 20:09:54 -0400
My sister built this house. It was extremely elegant when it was built. 27 stained glass windows.. 7 walk out patios. It really was a fun house. Lots of crome and glass in the dinning room. Dark green tiles in the kitchen. Thermal heating in the floor. At the time it was built, it was called by us, “the Dome Home”. It may look unusual but, it is fire proof, hurricane and tornado proof,and in contemporary terms….green. It is a design I feel should be looked at seriously.
April 6th, 2008 at 05:11:36 -0400
Nikita: I think you mean Tatooine
David H: I agree. Most people I talk to about it think it is cool. want me to change the title to “Dome Home?”