The Mystique of Shadow Mountain

A Modernism Week 2022 Walking Tour

Palm Springs is known for its cache of historically rich Midcentury architecture. Less known, and equally stellar, are the architecturally significant homes throughout south Palm Desert.

This tour covers the historical Shadow Mountain area, replete with homes designed by significant architects and inhabited by Hollywood celebrities, politicians, and renowned business people. Envisioned by noted entrepreneur, Cliff Henderson, and his business partners in 1946, these visionaries truly did create what became a Midcentury oasis in Palm Desert.

Included here are in-depth articles for each of the houses on the tour. You can also download a single PDF containing all of the articles (190 megabytes).

W	Palm Village Motor Pool
1	The Fairway Cottages
2	The Shadow Mountain Golf Club
3	The Bollinger House
4	The Veissi House
5	The Robbins House
6	The Hale House
7	The Joy House (recently demolished)
8	The Durham House
9	The Pelletier House
10	The Firestone Estate
11	The Kemp House (“The Lost Krisel”)
12	The Pinkley House
13	The Seline House
14	The Swigert House
15	The Botthof (“Joan Crawford”) House
16	The Diggle House
17	The Gibson House
18	The Wallgren House
19	The Coates House
20	The Moyer House
21	The Henderson House
22	The Bradford House
23	The Gregory House
24	The Pritzlaff House
25	The Boyd (“Hopalong Cassidy”) House
26	The Peterson House
27	The Brown House
28	The Herbert Burns Model Home
29	The Fairview Cottages
30	The Shadow Mountain Resort & Club