Gloria Palm Springs

Now known as Gloria Palm Springs following its sale in March 2026, this historic estate was built in 1928 by early Palm Springs pioneers Pearl McCallum and her husband, Austin G. McManus. Pearl was the daughter of John Guthrie McCallum, the Coachella Valley’s first permanent settler, and the couple played a central role in the area’s early development. Originally constructed as the McCallum Guest House, the property was soon sold to Hollywood silent-film legend Gloria Swanson, its second owner, who used the 1928 residence as a private desert retreat at the peak of her fame.

The home was designed by...

Now known as Gloria Palm Springs following its sale in March 2026, this historic estate was built in 1928 by early Palm Springs pioneers Pearl McCallum and her husband, Austin G. McManus. Pearl was the daughter of John Guthrie McCallum, the Coachella Valley’s first permanent settler, and the couple played a central role in the area’s early development. Originally constructed as the McCallum Guest House, the property was soon sold to Hollywood silent-film legend Gloria Swanson, its second owner, who used the 1928 residence as a private desert retreat at the peak of her fame.

The home was designed by the prominent Los Angeles firm Walker & Eisen, led by Albert R. Walker and Percy A. Eisen, two of Southern California’s most celebrated architects of the 1920s and 1930s. Known for their grand commercial buildings and luxurious Spanish Colonial Revival designs, the duo also left a lasting mark on the desert as architects of the legendary El Mirador Hotel, which opened in Palm Springs in 1927 and became a premier destination for the early Hollywood elite.

More recently, the property was transformed by Ramon Bautista and Nelson Cooley, who made its debut as a hotel in the Historic Tennis Club neighborhood in November 2016, following several months of major renovations both inside and out.