Grants & Sponsorships Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs 450 South Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 GRANT The Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs was designed in 1958 by architect Harold A. Carlson, a prolific modernist architect practicing in southern California. Aside from the Boys & Girls Club, Carlson’s most noteworthy local…
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Leon & Thea Koerner Residence
HISTORIC SITES Leon & Thea Koerner Residence1275 South Calle De Maria, Palm Springs, CA 92264 Designed by modernist architect E. Stewart Williams in 1955, the spectacular Koerner Residence in Deepwell Estates is sited on a lot created from four parcels, equaling nearly an acre. Eckbo, Dean, Royston, and Williams were the landscape architects. Both the…
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Robson & Helen Chambers Residence
HISTORIC SITES Robson & Helen Chambers Residence 695 South Warm Sands Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92264 Designed in 1946 by Robson Chambers, the house remained his personal residence throughout his rise to prominence as one of the desert’s “master” architects. Chambers made additions to the home in 1950 and 1956 to accommodate his family’s growing…
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Country Club Estates
HISTORIC DISTRICTS Country Club Estates La Verne Way and Camino Real, Palm Springs, CA 92264 Completed in 1965, Country Club Estates is a 30-unit condominium complex designed by the architectural firm of Jones & Emmons. The model unit was tastefully decorated by the renowned interior design company of Arthur Elrod and Associates. A September 1966…
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Gillman 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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Security First National Bank
HISTORIC SITES Security First National Bank 500 South Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92264 The Security First National Bank, designed by architect Joseph Bing Wong, was completed in 1958. A sublime single-story modernist structure, the commercial building is an important component of the city’s financial district. One of the building’s most notable features is…
HISTORIC SITES Donald & Marilynn Wexler Residence 1272 East Verbena Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Designed by architect Donald A. Wexler, FAIA, for his family in 1954, the Wexler Residence was completed in 1955. The house was built by Leonard Wolf, a local builder and city councilman. An important example of a custom modernist residence,…
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Villa Roma Garden Homes
HISTORIC DISTRICTS Villa Roma Garden Homes 2500 South Sierra Madre, Palm Springs, CA 92264 Completed in 1964, Villa Roma Garden Homes is a 69-unit condominium complex designed by James K. Schuler & Associates and built by Orange County developer Dominick Sfregola. The complex has stood as one of south Palm Springs’ best-known landmarks owing to…
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