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Koerner Residence
1275 South Calle de Maria
HSPB #150 – Historic Designation
November 9, 2023
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Project Site
& Context
Proposed Review
•Historic Site Designation
(Section 8.05.070)
•Property address: 1275 Calle de
Maria (APN #508-403-003)
•Zone District: Single-Family
Residential Zone (R-1-C)
•General Plan: Very Low Density
Residential (VLDR)
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Historic
Documentation
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Koerner Residence
Source: J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty
Research Institute, Julius Shulman,
Date: 1956
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Municipal Code Section 8.05.070.C.1.a
Criteria for the Designation of Class 1 Historic Resources
The site, structure, building or object exhibits exceptional historic significance and meets one or more of
the criteria listed below:
Criterion i: The resource is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation,
state or community;
Criterion ii: The resource is associated with the lives of persons who made a meaningful contribution to
national, state or local history;
Criterion iii: The resource reflects or exemplifies a particular period of national, state or local history;
Criterion iv: The resource embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of
construction;
Criterion v: The resource presents the work of a master builder, designer, artist, or architect whose
individual genius influenced his age, or that possesses high artistic value;
Criterion vi: The resource represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack
individual distinction, as used in evaluating applications for designation of historic districts, for parcels on
which more than one entity exists; or
Criterion vii: The resource has yielded or may be likely to yield information important to national, state or
local history or prehistory.
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Criteria for
Historic Designation
Municipal Code Section 8.05.070.C.1.b
Analysis of Integrity
•Location
•Design
•Setting
•Materials
•Workmanship
•Feeling
•Association
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Criteria for
Historic Designation
Character Defining Features
•Overall site design
•Low slung ranch-style home designed on a modular
eight-foot grid
•Open carport design with deep overhangs
•Indoor/outdoor atrium space adjacent to primary
bedroom
•Thin steel-framed sliding glass doors, windows, and
casement doors
•Large expanses of glazing and clerestory windows
•Sandblasted board-and-batten vertical wood details
•Formica-covered front door
•Original “slumpstone” block walls that extend beyond
the interior of the home becoming the exterior walls
•Open beam terrace on the rear of the house
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Criteria for
Historic Designation
Character Defining Features
•Swimming pool
•Flagstone paving and white concrete exposed aggregate paving
around the slatted bench feature under the trellis
•Trellis and slatted curved bench and planter box
•Landscape/outdoor design features that include the following details:
o Sculpted earth mounds in rear garden
o Native stone retaining walls in rear garden
o Planting beds on three sides of the house
o Shallow steel tank ends used for planters and fountains
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Conclusion
Koerner Residence meets the definition of a historic resource based on Criterion 3, 4, and 5 of the
Palm Springs Historic Preservation Ordinance. The property possesses historic integrity to qualify as
a Class 1 (“Landmark”) site.
Recommendation
Both Staff and HSPB recommend the City Council adopt Resolution #150 designate the “Koerner
Residence” (1275 S. Calle de Maria) as a Class 1 Site.
Owners’ Position
The current owner submitted the request for historic designation.
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