McCallum Adobe

Homestalgia Archive

Community memory · Oct 29, 2026

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The McCallum Adobe was built in 1884 for John Guthrie McCallum. The Palm Springs Historical Society describes its sunbaked bricks as the work of Cahuilla people, made from mud, fiber, and water from the hot springs. That construction history matters as much as the name on the building. The surviving adobe brings a settler household and Indigenous labor into the same frame, offering a grounded way to read the early village through the materials of one small home. Source: https://pshistoricalsociety.org/pages/village-green-museums

Source: Palm Springs Historical Society, “Village Green Museums”