2290 N Milben Circle, Palm Springs, CA

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Racquet Club Estates

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Living Area :

1200 SF

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Year built :

1959

Property Description

Built in 1959 and developed by Jack Meiselman, this single-story residence sits at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Racquet Club Estates — one of Meiselman’s earliest Palm Springs tracts. At 1,200 square feet with four bedrooms and two bathrooms, the floor plan is notably compact for its bedroom count, and whether that configuration is original or the result of later interior subdivision is an open question.

The floor plan provided indicates the main building is a standard or traditional Meiselman design, suggesting that previous owners at some point converted the carport into a fourth bedroom.

The pictures also suggest that this home does not have a pool, which was unusual for a Meiselman home of this era, but there is plenty of room to install the pool/spa combo of your dreams.

The current interior condition isn’t in great shape, as the pictures illustrate. The home is described as ready for full restoration, suggesting that original finishes and mechanical systems may be largely intact or significantly deteriorated. That means plumbing and electrical may need to be replaced. So this is a project for someone with the vision and resources to make this Meiselman home back to its full potential.

What the property does have going for it, unambiguously, is its site. The 13,510-square-foot lot is generous by Palm Springs tract standards, and the cul-de-sac position provides natural separation from neighboring parcels on three sides — an unusually private arrangement within a development that was otherwise built at fairly consistent lot density. Large surrounding lots amplify that quality further.

Development and Neighborhood Context

Racquet Club Estates was developed by Jack Meiselman in the late 1950s on the northern edge of Palm Springs, adjacent to the storied Racquet Club resort. It’s one of his earlier residential programs in the city, and the tract reflects the confident, optimistic Desert Modernism being built throughout the Coachella Valley as Palm Springs hit its mid-century stride. Meiselman’s role was as developer; architectural design credit for individual units within the tract hasn’t been uniformly documented.

The Racquet Club neighborhood occupies the northern side of central Palm Springs. It developed rapidly in the late 1950s as demand for modernist housing near the resort corridor grew. Generous lot sizes are a consistent characteristic of this era and location — a legacy of lower land costs and a more expansive vision of suburban desert living than what came later.

With a 1959 construction date, this residence belongs to the earliest cohort of Meiselman properties in the Registry’s documentation. That makes it historically significant in proportion to its scarcity: as unmodified examples from this period continue to disappear, the ones that remain carry more of the archival weight.

Do You Own This Home?

If you are the new owner of 2290 N Milben Circle — we’d love to hear from you. This is exactly the kind of property the Registry exists to document: an early Meiselman on a remarkable lot, with a restoration story that’s still being written.

Claim this listing to add your home to the verified registry, share what you discover during restoration, and connect with a community of people who genuinely care about these houses. Every detail helps — original finishes, floor plan surprises, what was hiding behind the drywall.

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