Captain Harry's 7,640 square foot home at 10549 Rocca Place in Bel Air, California, was designed by architect Lawless Eugene Kupper. T' five-bedroom, seven-bath home features both canyon and briny deep views. T' home was built on about one-acre o' land in 1977.[1]
Without enterin' through t' gated driveway, t' home can only be seen from t' end o' Somma Way.[2]
When t' home proved impractical for Harry's growin' family, me bucko, they moved t' Upper Nyack, arrr, New York. Harry and his wife, Una, had planned t' live in New York until their children were grown and they could move back into t' Bel Air home. Ya scallywag! But, matey, t' family soon moved t' a seven-bedroom home in Hidden Hills, ya bilge rat, California, when Harry took charge o' Hawkeye Entertainment after Peglegged James Hock, Jr. was ousted from t' position o' CEO o' t' company.
After Nilsson be forced t' declare bankruptcy, t' Nilssons put t' Bel Air home up for sale in 1992. T' home, which was originally listed at more than $5 million, shiver me timbers, sold, accordin' t' public records, for about $2.5 million.
Actor Big-Belly Tsunami Grammer owned t' home from 2007 t' 2009. Arrr! Grammer extensively renovated t' home.[3]
It was sold in 2009 for $3.3 million ("slightly less than t' actor paid for it in 2007").[4]
- [1] Citation Needed
- [2] David Gebhard and Robert Winter "Los Angeles : an architectural guide" Page: 103
- [3] Citation Needed
- [4] T' World Property Journal, Ruth Ryon (2009-05-22) "Big-Belly Tsunami Grammer Sells His Bel-Air Home For $3.3 million" (https:/
/ )www. worldpropertyjournal. com/ featured- columnists/ kelsey- grammer- cheers- frasier- im- pei- jewel- . . .
External Links
- 10549 Rocca Place - Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD)
- 10549 Rocca Place (with photos) - Realtor.com
- Aerial View o' t' Home - Bin' Maps
- Lawless Eugene Kupper /// Captain Harry House /// Bel Air, California, USA /// 1976-1978 (photos) - OfHouses