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WILLIAM (BILL) KRISEL, AIA (1924-2017)
TWIN PALMS, PALM SPRINGS CA

90+ homes were designed in three stages, the first two being Twin Palms Estates, the third, 19 homes in the middle of the adjacent El Camino Estates. Commissioned 1956. Twin Palms Estates was Coachella Valley’s first George Alexander Construction Company subdivision, originally dubbed Smoke Tree Valley Estates. The Twin Palms subdivision was designed with Dan Palmer. Author Heidi Creighton, who lives in one of them, wrote a book on Krisel.

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1957 - 1835 Apache Circle, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1847 Apache Circle, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1860 Apache Circle, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1865 Apache Circle, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1005 East Apache Road, Palm Springs CA. Has been modified as a "Mkonos Modern." Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1008 East Apache Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1020 East Apache Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1025 East Apache Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1042 East Apache Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - The Alexander House, 1070 East Apache Road, Palm Springs CA. Built by the Alexanders. Sold in 1999 to Chris E. Menrad. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1086 East Apache Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 974 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2016 to Caroline Dann. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 985 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2015 to James High and Gary Kramer. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 991 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2014 to Steven Lewis. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 992 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1002 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1005 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1020 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1027 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1043 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1044 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1069 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1080 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1081 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1093 East La Jolla Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

965 East Twin Palms Drive, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 965 East Twin Palms Drive. Palm Springs CA. Sold in 1995 to Cheryl Moore and Ann Woolson. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 987 East Twin Palms Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2012 to Colleen Joy Clark. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1025 East Twin Palms Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2013 to Michael Peachey. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1041 East Twin Palms Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2019 to Catherine Congleton and Deborah Greco.Photo by Michael Locke.

1821 Navajo Circle, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 1821 Navajo Circle, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2016 to Kevin and Larue Charesse Anderson. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1829 Navajo Circle, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2016 to Tal Rencus. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1835 Navajo Circle, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2005 to Wayne Flick and William Hynes. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1841 Navajo Circle, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2010 to Robrt Mancuso. Photo by Michael Locke.

1836 South Aquanetta Drive, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 1836 South Aquanetta Circle, Palm Springs CA. Sold to Esther Karvelas. Photo by Michael Locke.

1860 South Aquanetta Circle, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 1860 South Aquanetta Circle, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 1997 to Joseph Hayden. Photo by Michael Locke.

1871 South Aquanetta Drive, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 1871 South Aquanetta Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2008 to Leonard Bannell.Photo by Michael Locke.

1872 South Aquanetta Circle, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 1872 South Aquanetta Circle, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2015 to Jack Tarentino and Michael Hauser. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1881 South Aquanetta Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2018 to Sun Garden Packing Company. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1837 South Caliente Road, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 1981 to author and screenwriter Ray Bradbury and his wife, Marguerite McClure Bradley. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - The Irving Allen House, 1840 South Caliente Road, Palm Springs CA. Allen produced or directed 45 films between 1941 and 1975 including Forty Boys and a Song (1941) and Climbing the Matterhorn (1948). Photos by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1874 South Caliente Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1881 South Caliente Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1882 South Caliente Road, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

1861 South Navajo Drive, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 1861 South Navajo Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold prior to 2018 to Alison and Jared Roxby. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1872 South Navajo Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2006 to Gary and Shahla Grasso. Photo by Michael Locke.

1877 South Navajo Drive, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 1877 South Navajo Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2014 to Dennis Carleton Downs. Photo by Michael Locke.

1890 South Navajo Drive, William Krisel 1957.JPG

1957 - 1890 South Navajo Drive, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

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1957 - 1986 South Yucca Place, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

1027 East Anza Drive, William Krisel 1958.JPG

1958 - 1027 East Anza Drive, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

1991 South Yucca Place, William Krisel 1958.JPG

1958 - 1991 South Yucca Place, Palm Springs CA. Photo by Michael Locke.

Sources include: Michael Locke and Catherine Westergaard Cramer.