Arthur Elrod Residence 350 West Via Lola, Palm Springs, CA 92262
A modest stucco ranch house, built in 1946 for film producer Bryan Foy, survives within the residence that interior designer Arthur Elrod made his own in 1961. Elrod did not tear the Foy house down. He kept its walls, its splayed plan, and many of its steel casement windows, raised the roof over a new living room, gave the house a new façade, and rebuilt it into a residence of his own design. The remodeled house was published three times within roughly a year, twice nationally: in Palm Springs Life (August 1962), in Interior Design (August 1963), and on the cover of The Architectural Digest (Winter 1963).
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On August 12, 2026, the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation (acting as agent for the owners) submitted the 154-page Class 1 Historic Resource nomination for the Elrod Residence to the city of Palm Springs.
In November of 2025, the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation board of directors assigned the task of writing the Class 1 Historic Resource nomination for the Arthur Elrod Residence to PSPF board member Steven Keylon.
