2270 E Park Drive, Palm Springs, CA

Property Description

This 1,781 square foot home, built in 1955 by Jack Meiselman in the Sunrise Park neighborhood, is on the larger end of the homes Meiselman built that typically range from 1,200 to 1,800 square feet. And at 70 years old, it carries considerable archival weight as an example of an early-period Meiselman home developed just two years after Meiselman started his own building company.

The floor plan is organized around a south-facing orientation that puts the living room, family room, and two secondary bedrooms on the same solar axis — a deliberate desert climate strategy that maximizes winter sun penetration while the established perimeter landscaping provides shade buffering. The living room reads as a formal gathering space anchored by a vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace; the adjacent family room functions as a secondary living zone with its own fireplace, connecting through to the open kitchen. The primary suite occupies its own zone with direct pool access, a configuration that prioritizes indoor-outdoor continuity in the classic Desert Modernism manner.

One period detail worth calling out: the home retains an O’Keefe & Merritt stove, griddle, and oven — a manufacturer with deep roots in California mid-century domestic design. Finding original kitchen appliances intact in a 70-year-old home is genuinely rare, and this one is a legitimate time capsule element.

Documented modifications include: replacement Milgard double-pane windows throughout, a foam roof replacement, HVAC system replacement, a custom pool with tanning ledge and in-ground spa, and an in-ground gas fire pit. The pool configuration and surrounding hardscape appear to be post-original-construction additions. Scope and date of kitchen modifications are not documented in available listing data.

Neighborhood

The original Desert Palm Estates development was an enclave within the broader Sunrise Park neighborhood. Sunrise Park sits in the central-eastern section of Palm Springs, roughly bounded by East Palm Canyon Drive to the south and Gene Autry Trail to the east. It developed primarily during the 1950s and 1960s as part of the city’s postwar residential expansion, and retains a mix of mid-century single-family homes across several named developments and subdivisions. The street grid here is more orthogonal and suburban in character than the curvilinear streets of Racquet Club Estates to the north, giving the neighborhood a distinct spatial quality.

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