Cabot's Pueblo Museum

Cabot’s Pueblo Museum is a pueblo-style house and small museum in Desert Hot Springs, California, created and expanded by homesteader Cabot Yerxa in the early 20th century. The complex now functions as a local museum preserving Yerxa’s construction, collections, and stories of the desert community.

Cabot Yerxa built the structure over many years as a personal residence and workshop, drawing stylistically on Pueblo and Native American forms. After his death, the property was preserved and opened to the public as a museum documenting early settlement and desert history.

The museum sits in Desert Hot Springs, in the Coachella Valley north of Palm Springs in Riverside County, California.

• Builder and style: Constructed over several decades by homesteader and local figure Cabot Yerxa, the complex combines pueblo-inspired architecture with personal collections and local history.
• Local significance: Located in Desert Hot Springs, it documents early 20th-century homesteading in the Coachella Valley and is maintained as a local museum and cultural site.

What to See #

• House and rooms: Historic living spaces and rooms preserved with original furnishings and displays that reflect the builder's domestic life and interests.
• Collections and displays: Collections of folk art, found objects and locally gathered materials arranged around the dwelling and in exhibition spaces on the property.