Smith, Maurice, and Dinah Shore House - Palm Springs, CA
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N 33° 50.146 W 116° 33.113
11S E 541462 N 3744035
Historic home in Palm Springs, CA.
Waymark Code: WM11C52
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2019
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"One of the largest single-family residences Donald Wexler designed during his long career was for Maurice and Dinah (Shore) Smith in the prestigious Las Palmas neighborhood of Palm Springs. In 1964, on a large north-south lot, Wexler set the one-story, four-bedroom house on the diagonal, which provided each room with a different view, and created a pinwheel floor plan. Modern in style of post-and-beam wood construction, the house was 5,200 square feet in size, later enlarged to just over 7,000 square feet, with a 1,200 square foot carport. Each room opened to the outdoors through sliding glass doors, where the large rectangular pool created a spacious entertaining area with dramatic views of Mount San Jacinto. An adjacent guesthouse—built in 1963 as an art studio for Dinah and a place to stay while the main house was under construction, and swimming pool built in 1964 are contributing resources. A tennis court and 560-square foot tennis pavilion erected post-period of significance in 1976 are noncontributing resources. Alterations are not visible from the public right-of-way, and the property, in excellent condition, retains historic integrity." (
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