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AKA: Turk, Trina, and Skow, Jonathan, House, Palm Springs, CA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses
Designers: Webster and Wilson, Architects (firm); Erle Farrington Webster (architect); Adrian Jennings Wilson (architect)
Dates: constructed 1936
Despite having been heavily damaged by fire just a few years earlier, the Ship of the Desert was named an historic spot by the City of Palm Springs in 2007.
In 1998, Trina Turk and her husband, the photographer, Jonathan Skow, bought the Ship of the Desert.
Fire occurred c. 2000, damaging 75% of the interior; the curved staircase, original kitchen stove, and metal windows survived the blaze.
Palm Springs Historic Site (05/2007): ID n/a
PCAD id: 3295
