2190 E Terry Lane, Palm Springs, CA

Property Description

2190 E Terry Lane, at 1,742 sq ft, with three bedrooms, two baths, and a lot just north of a quarter acre; might sound like a typical Meiselman home you’ll come find in Sunrise Park.

Aside from being beautiful, what makes this home interesting is that the floor plan and front and rear elevations look very much like an Alexander Homes model based on a William Krisel design. If this home is, in fact, a Meiselman, as the listing agent states, it suggests it was built shortly after Meiselman left the Alexander Company and developed his own unique floor plans and elevations.

In this home, the primary suite is across the hall from the two guest bedrooms, which is in keeping with the Krisel floor plan, but not with Meiselman’s signature floor plans. The Alexander/Krisel homes typically lined the bedrooms along a hallway, while Meiselman placed the guest bedrooms and primary bedrooms at opposite ends of the house for greater privacy. As a result, it would be interesting to learn whether this home was built when Meiselman was working with the Alexander construction company, or was one of the first homes he built when he went off on his own, or, if it is in fact, an Alexander home.

The house has undergone extensive remodeling, complete with Fleetwood sliders in the living room, primary suite, and secondary bedrooms, opening the entire house to the pool and patio. And a striking fireplace anchors the living and dining zone, a reminder that Palm Springs winters are real. The home has been extensively renovated. The kitchen is new — custom cabinetry, quartz countertops, updated appliances throughout. The primary bath has been redone with a soaking tub, a glass-enclosed walk-in shower, and an outdoor shower accessed directly from the suite. The outdoor entertaining area — covered lanai, built-in barbecue, firepit, spa, and a 60-foot rectangular pool — has been significantly expanded from anything that would have been original in a Meiselman in 1957. The 1957 bones are still there; the 2020s finishes are layered on top, and the combination is drop-dead gorgeous.

Neighborhood

Sunrise Park is where you go to understand what Jack Meiselman was trying to do. It’s the neighborhood where his work is most concentrated, where his homes sit cheek-by-jowl with the Alexander/Krisel houses that defined Palm Springs’ mid-century boom — and where the differences between the two builders’ approaches become genuinely fun to spot. The slightly shorter clerestories. The galley kitchen layout. That separated primary suite. Walk the blocks long enough and you start to develop an eye for it.

The neighborhood sits in central Palm Springs, close enough to the city’s restaurants, galleries, and cultural corridors to be genuinely convenient, but residential enough that it hasn’t been consumed by the tourist economy the way some southern neighborhoods have. All homes in Sunrise Park sit on fee simple land — you own the dirt under your house outright, no land lease to worry about — which has made it consistently attractive to buyers who want the Palm Springs MCM experience without the complications that leased land can introduce.

For the Registry, a 1957 build date in Sunrise Park is notable. Most of Meiselman’s production here accelerated in the late 1950s and into the 1960s; the earlier homes are rarer, and rarer means the documentation matters more. This one has been significantly updated, which means some of its original details will need the homeowner’s help to reconstruct. But the structure is intact, the siting is pure Meiselman, and the story it tells about how this neighborhood was built — one house at a time, by a developer who genuinely believed the desert deserved good design — is worth telling.

For Sale

The beautiful home is for sale as of May 8, 2026, when this entry was created. It was listed by Marco Colantonio with Equity Union. Marco’s phone number is 760-537-8420, and his email is marco@marcohomes.com if you’d like more information.

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