Preservation architect Susan Secoy Jensen has been involved in many preservation projects in southern California, recently the rehabilitation of the Consolidated Orange Growers Precooling & Ice Plant (winner of the California Preservation Foundation’s 2025 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation, and an AIA Orange County 2025 Design Award). Locally, Susan worked with modernist architect Hugh Kaptur on the highly successful rehabilitation of Kaptur Plaza, a Class 1 Historic Resource of the city of Palm Springs.
Join Susan as she shares the design and construction process for her current local project: transforming the 1957 Frey & Chambers-designed First Church of Christ, Scientist from a house of worship into a community theatre.
The Palm Springs Preservation Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is “to educate and promote public awareness of the importance of preserving the historical resources and architecture of the city of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley area. ”PSPF offers free membership as a public benefit. To learn more about the work of the foundation, see www.pspreservationfoundation.org.