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Palm Springs,CA 92262
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 2,424 sqft
Price per Sqft $1,567
MLS Listing ID CL25606279
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 1
Half Baths 1
Year Built 1955
Lot Size 0.300 Acres
Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence
Property Description
Donald Wexler, FAIA, Architect | The Wexler Residence, 1955. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is designated as a Palm Springs Class 1 Historic Resource, with substantial Mills Act tax savings. On almost a third of an acre in fashionable Movie Colony East, two blocks from Ruth Hardy Park, the architect's own home remains a testament to the timelessness of the Mid-Century Modern design for which his name is virtually synonymous. Donald Wexler is widely considered the father of desert architecture in the Coachella Valley, "the architect who gave shape to Palm Springs" in the words of the New York Times, famous for the Palm Springs International Airport, the Dinah Shore estate, and the innovative Steel Development Houses that dot the northern edge of the city. Here in the home where he and his family lived for almost forty years, the architect employed a softer touch with an all-wood structure, incorporating elements learned as an apprentice in the offices of Richard Neutra and William F. Cody. The wood post and double-beam system, a Wexler signature, provided a flexible open floor plan which could expand and contract as the needs of the family changed. Interior walls project through floor-to-ceiling glass, connecting the eye to the landscape be
Location
State CA
County Riverside
Zoning R1C
Interior
Heating Central
Cooling Central Air
Fireplaces Type None
Laundry Dryer,Laundry Room,Washer,Inside
Exterior
Pool Black Bottom,In Ground
View Y/N true
View Mountain(s)
Building
Story 1
New Construction No
Schools
School District Palm Springs Unified
Others
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