Built in 1968 (organic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
From the record
“The Elrod House is a residence in Palm Springs, California designed by American architect John Lautner and constructed in 1968. It is located on the edge of a hill at 2175 Southridge Drive in Palm Springs, California.”
Wikipedia article Elrod House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1968, organic architecture, by John Lautner.
Also known as. Residential Architecture of John Lautner in Southern California, 1940-1994
Census division. Palm Springs
When was it built? 1968
Architectural style. organic architecture
Architect. John Lautner
National Register reference number. 16000169 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1901 to 1996
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19011996
Fires near this property
299 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Arthur Elrod House
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 432 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
185
Equipment and vehicle use
29
Arson/incendiarism
22
Misuse of fire by a minor
20
Smoking
14
Natural
8
Debris and open burning
8
Power generation/transmission/distribution
7
Recreation and ceremony
5
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Date
Cause
Size
Reported by
Name on the report
9 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 September 2011
Equipment and vehicle use
18 acres
San Bernardino National Forest
PALM
8 September 2009
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2011
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
San Bernardino National Forest
PALM 2
30 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
4.0 acres
Riverside Unit
MISSION HILLS CC RANM
30 September 2010
Power generation/transmission/distribution
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
30 September 2009
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
3 September 2010
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
10 workings within 5 miles of Arthur Elrod House: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Corundum. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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