Another piece of Corbin Palms has come to market. The four-bedroom home at 19705 Hamlin Street pairs the neighborhood's familiar glass-gabled profile and vaulted interior with a substantial contemporary renovation and an asking price of $1.125 million.
A familiar Corbin Palms silhouette
The home's strongest architectural moment is visible before the front door opens. A broad, low roof rises toward a central ridge while a band of clerestory glass fills the gable below it. The composition gives the modest single-story house a dramatic face without sacrificing the horizontal scale that defines the neighborhood.
That roofline continues inside as soaring vaulted ceilings and an open, light-filled plan. Corbin Palms was built in 1954, early in the partnership of architects Dan Palmer and William Krisel with developer George Alexander. The tract helped bring post-and-beam modernism and its emphasis on light, flexible space and indoor-outdoor living to an attainable suburban house.
Renovated, but still readable
Many tract houses lose their architectural identity as they are updated. Here, the renovation works around the original spatial idea. The open kitchen has custom cabinetry, an oversized island and European-style fixtures, while hardwood floors run through the principal rooms. A chevron-tile fireplace adds a bold focal point beneath the vaulted ceiling.
The listing also notes newer interior doors, an updated outdoor electrical panel, PVC plumbing, rain gutters, and more recent roofing and HVAC work. Those practical improvements sit behind the finishes, but they matter in a 72-year-old house.
A private garden beyond the glass
Outside, metal perimeter fencing and a powered front gate create privacy on the roughly 0.17-acre lot. The grounds include fruit and screening trees, multiple stone-paved patios, a gas fireplace and more than 3,000 square feet of artificial turf. It is a contemporary landscape, yet the arrangement still follows a central Corbin Palms idea: the outdoor rooms are part of the house rather than scenery viewed from it.
The latest chapter for a 1954 modern
The property last sold for $1.2 million in February 2024 and returned to the market on August 25, 2026, at $1.125 million. Its appeal is not simply that it has been renovated. It is that the house remains immediately recognizable as a Palmer and Krisel design the glass gable, the roof geometry and the bright volume inside still doing the architectural work.
For a buyer who wants midcentury character without taking on a full restoration, 19705 Hamlin Street offers a different kind of Corbin Palms opportunity: a familiar neighborhood design already adapted for its next chapter.
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Sources and Credits
- CRMLS listing SR26177741, syndicated by Compass
- Coldwell Banker listing record and property history
- Listing photographs: CRMLS listing SR26177741. Obtain permission and confirm the required photographer or brokerage credit before publication.
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