“El Kantara,” an estate designed by renowned Santa Monica-based architect and six-time Academy Award Winning Art Director, Leland F. Fuller, AIA, has been listed by James Gault, an agent affiliated with Coldwell Banker Realty Palm Springs, for $11,750,000. Located at 328 W Mountain View Pl. in Palm Springs, Calif., the nearly 14,000-square-foot residence has seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
“If ever there was a chance to become a modern part of the storied lineage of Palm Springs, this is it. El Kantara, or ‘The Bridge,’ was designed by Fuller, who is best known for designing period revival style homes for the Hollywood elite in the 1920s and 30s,” said Gault. “He crafted this cornerstone Old Las Palmas estate for Mrs. Frederick Stevens, wife of the former president of the American Locomotive company. Before building the home, the Stevenses stayed at the Samarkand Persian Hotel in Santa Barbara, which may well have inspired this home.”
Built around a central courtyard with a glass tiled pool and spa with arresting mountain views, the main home encompasses a dining room and kitchen with the most splendid carved and painted ceilings, while the kitchen offers a full butler's pantry, walk-in pantry, breakfast lounge and tennis viewing area. Additional spaces include two offices attached to either side of the master wing, library, parlor, bar/piano lounge, formal dining room with fireplace, formal breakfast room, wine room, safe room and basement utility storage. In the main home, there are five-bedroom suites, two of which are pool suites accessed through the interior courtyard, including the primary suite that has its own wing. Fully drought-tolerant and crafted for eco-efficiency and low maintenance requirements, the grounds offer two guest apartments, succulent garden, motor court and garage workshop.
“With walls of French doors spread throughout, the home allows an effortless flow from one spectacular room to the next and easily combines indoor and outdoor spaces to capture the essence of Palm Springs and early California,” said Gault. “This property offers an outstanding opportunity to make this estate a family compound, corporate retreat or super high-earning vacation rental as the home is sold turn-key furnished.”
To view the home, contact James Gault at 310-621-7765 or james@ps760.com.
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