Palm Springs in Riverside County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

The Oasis Hotel Dining Hall

Completed: 1925

Photographed By Adam Margolis, September 11, 2022

1. The Oasis Hotel Dining Hall Marker

Inscription.
Completed: 1925
Organic American Modern Architecture
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright jr. (1890 - 1978)
Developer: Pearl McCallum McManus (1879 - 1966)

A short distance north of this site stands the remaining portions of the Oasis Hotel, one of the earliest Modernist buildings in California. In 1952, learning that new owners were planning to demolish parts of the hotel to build the Oasis Commercial Building, McManus moved the family home (an adobe built in 1884) and the Wright-designed dinning hall with its intricate scissor truss roof to land that is now the Village Green Park where it was re-purposed.

Designated Class 1 Historic Site 310
City of Palm Springs - February 6, 1985

Erected 2018 by City of Palm Springs. (Marker Number 10.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.

Location. 33° 49.259′ N, 116° 32.817′ W. Marker is in Palm Springs, California, in Riverside County. Marker is on Palm Canyon Drive (California Route 111), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. McManus Village Green (a few steps from this marker); May Peace Prevail on Earth (a few steps from this

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marker); McCallum House (within shouting distance of this marker); "Above and Beyond" (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Plaza Theatre (about 600 feet away); Oasis Hotel (about 600 feet away); Welwood Murray Memorial Library (about 700 feet away); Palm Springs Desert Museum (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Palm Springs.

Photographed By Adam Margolis, September 11, 2022

2. The Oasis Hotel Dining Hall Marker

<i>Oasis Hotel, dining room (Palm Springs, Calif.), 1953</i> image. Click for full size.

3. Oasis Hotel, dining room (Palm Springs, Calif.), 1953

Note that this is almost exactly the same perspective as in Photo 2.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 178 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. 3. submitted on October 7, 2022. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.