A Palm Springs midcentury-modern home inextricably tied to newlyweds Elvis and Priscilla Presley as their “Honeymoon Hideaway” is on the market in all its 1960s glory.
Architect William Krisel designed the four-bedroom, five-bathroom, 4,695-square-foot home for developer Robert Alexander of Alexander Construction Co. fame and his family. Completed in 1960, it sits on a nearly half-acre lot in the Villa Las Palmas neighborhood alongside other well-maintained Alexanders of the era.
Alexander and his father, George, founded the residential development company instrumental in transforming Palm Springs into a modern architecture enclave. The company ended abruptly in 1965 when a chartered plane carrying the Alexander men and their wives crashed in the San Jacinto Mountains shortly after takeoff, killing all eight people, including the pilot on board.
One of the most-publicized Alexander homes was the one Robert Alexander shared with his wife, Helene, and their young daughter, Jill . Look magazine declared it the “House of Tomorrow” in an eight-page spread in 1962. But it was the King of Rock and Roll and his bride who put the home on the map.Past listings show the Elvis theme lived on.
Though primarily a home renovation, they restored several original features. That included tearing out a fifth-bedroom addition and reopening the garage, returning it to a carport. The kitchen, which opens to the family room, was duplicated down to the circular center island and equipped with modern cabinets, counters and appliances.As Sanders put it, “When somebody walks in the house, we want the focus to be on the architecture.
The Alexander residence features a wide-winged roofline over four circular pods. Beyond the towering wood-carved entry doors, the house reveals floor-to-ceiling glass, clerestory windows and a low-slung upholstered sofa that hugs the living room’s curved stone wall.
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