A 1954 Corbin Palms home at 19760 Victory Boulevard offers a glimpse of the neighborhood’s midcentury architecture beneath decades of alterations. Listed at $829,000, the Woodland Hills property is already under contract, with the marketing presenting it as an opportunity to recover more of its Palmer & Krisel character.
Midcentury details beneath the changes
Tall palms frame the low street-facing elevation, while inside, exposed ceiling beams and high windows offer more visible clues to the house’s architectural roots. In the kitchen and adjoining dining area, glazing beneath the roof brings daylight above the cabinetry and partitions. The later finishes make this an interesting candidate for someone drawn to the work of uncovering a house’s earlier design.
The listing notes surviving parquet flooring, built-in closets in two bedrooms, covered patios front and rear, and a detached two-car garage. A rectangular swimming pool occupies the backyard. The roof was replaced in 2020; the living-room fireplace is decorative, and the listing does not guarantee that the above-ground spa works. These details come from the seller’s marketing.
A longtime Simmons family home
The property’s transfer history connects Dolores Marie Simmons to the home as far back as September 1995, with subsequent transfers involving her name and the Dolores M. Simmons Trust. The latest entry in the supplied property-history record lists a May 27, 2025 transfer from Simmons to the trust, recorded on June 16, 2025.
Simmons, known as Dee, died on March 14, 2025, at age 85, according to her Neptune Society obituary, which identifies her as a Woodland Hills resident. The records place the house within a family ownership history stretching back at least three decades.
Corbin Palms before Palm Springs
Corbin Palms holds an early place in the partnership between architects Dan Palmer and William Krisel and developer George Alexander. A Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission report describes the subdivision’s development in four phases during 1953 and 1954 and identifies it as their first collaboration.
The neighborhood used a small family of floor plans, with variations in elevations, rooflines and placement creating variety along the streets. It was an approach that brought modern design to tract housing and preceded the team’s later work in Palm Springs. The city report concerns a separate property at 6134 Jumilla Avenue and supplies neighborhood history; it does not establish a historic designation or specific model for this Victory Boulevard house.
More Palmer & Krisel homes on the blog
Explore the earlier home features below, along with two additional properties covered in the 2011 roundup. Prices and sale statuses in these stories reflect their original coverage dates.
- 19805 Hamlin Street, Corbin Palms (October 2026)
- 19705 Hamlin Street, Corbin Palms (August 2026)
- 19748 Victory Boulevard, Corbin Palms (August 2026)
- 18334 Hiawatha Street, Porter Ranch (July 2026)
- 12758 Hartland Street, North Hollywood (July 2014)
- 12748 West Hartland Street, North Hollywood (January 2014)
- 6407 Oakdale Avenue, Corbin Palms (July 2012)
- 19737 Hamlin Street, Corbin Palms (June 2012)
- 14223 Runnymede Street, Van Nuys — marketed as a William Krisel design (February 2012)
- 6269 Oakdale Avenue and 6455 Corbin Avenue, Woodland Hills — two Palmer & Krisel homes included in the June 2011 midcentury roundup.
Explore more local homes and architectural history on the blog’s Development & Architecture page.
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Listing photos: Steven Tipp / Compass, CRMLS via Redfin.
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