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Grants and Sponsorships

R. M. Schindler Research Project

Grants & Sponsorships Albert Frey Research Project Patrick McGrew Memorial Research Grant On April 4, 2022 PSPF awarded a $10,000 grant to architectural historian Luke Leuschner to support his research efforts regarding architect Albert Frey.  The grant will support the investigation of a host of resources that have become available in recent years (including those…

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Historic Sites

Alvah & Teresa Hicks Residence

HISTORIC SITES Dr. George & Sadie Gillman Residence 574 West Mariscal Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262 The Gillman Residence, designed by architectural designer Herbert W. Burns in 1948, was featured in a January 14, 1951 article in the Los Angeles Times Home magazine. The article described the house as a “sophisticated sun seeker” and lauded…

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Ralph Burnham-Gertrude Wells Overly Residence

HISTORIC SITES Dr. George & Sadie Gillman Residence 574 West Mariscal Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262 The Gillman Residence, designed by architectural designer Herbert W. Burns in 1948, was featured in a January 14, 1951 article in the Los Angeles Times Home magazine. The article described the house as a “sophisticated sun seeker” and lauded…

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Louis McLaughlin Blankenhorn-Donald S. Gilmore Residence

HISTORIC SITES Louis McLaughlin Blankenhorn-Donald S. Gilmore Residence1850 Smoke Tree Lane, Palm Springs, CA 92264 The very first (and arguably most historic) private home to be built on Smoke Tree Ranch, the Blankenhorn-Gilmore Residence’s rustic, Ranch-style design has served as a model for the nearly 100 homes that have followed.  Built in 1930, the home…

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Historic Sites

M. H. Atikian Building

HISTORIC SITES Dr. George & Sadie Gillman Residence 574 West Mariscal Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262 The Gillman Residence, designed by architectural designer Herbert W. Burns in 1948, was featured in a January 14, 1951 article in the Los Angeles Times Home magazine. The article described the house as a “sophisticated sun seeker” and lauded…

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Grants and Sponsorships

PSAA Book Project

Grants & Sponsorships Albert Frey Research Project Patrick McGrew Memorial Research Grant On April 4, 2022 PSPF awarded a $10,000 grant to architectural historian Luke Leuschner to support his research efforts regarding architect Albert Frey.  The grant will support the investigation of a host of resources that have become available in recent years (including those…

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Albert Frey Research Project

Grants & Sponsorships Albert Frey Research Project Patrick McGrew Memorial Research Grant On April 4, 2022 PSPF awarded a $10,000 grant to architectural historian Luke Leuschner to support his research efforts regarding architect Albert Frey.  The grant will support the investigation of a host of resources that have become available in recent years (including those…

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Buildings to Watch

City National Bank

Buildings To Watch Carnell Building 184-196 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 The following information about the Carnell Building is found in Desert Spanish: The Early Architecture of Palm Springs by PSPF board member Patrick McGrew: “As was the case with many moneyed Easterners, Julia Carnell [heiress to the National Cash Register fortune]…

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American Legion Post 519

Grants & Sponsorships American Legion Post 519 400 North Belardo Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262 GRANT The Owen Coffman American Legion Post 519 Building (1947, Clark & Frey), built by Ryland S. Pinckard, was propelled into existence by the Palm Springs community’s strong desire to honor those lost in the nation’s wars. Architectural historian and…

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Indian Canyons Research Project

Grants & Sponsorships Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs450 South Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 The Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs was designed by architect Harold A. Carlson, a prolific modernist architect practicing in southern California. Aside from the Boys & Girls Club, Carlson’s most noteworthy local projects included the 1966-1967…