Apple Valley's Pink House- 13733 Navajo Rd.

Newt Bass and Bud Westlund, two of Apple Valley's most prominent developers, sold their first lot on Feb. 22, 1946. This parcel was in AV Ranchos Unit 1, which consisted of a tier of 25 lots on the east side of Navajo, and another 100 lots on the west side.  Bass took two for himself: the large corner lot on Hwy 18 and Navajo for commercial purposes, and the lot just north of that for a home site.  The structure built on the residential lot by architect Hugh Gibbs of Long Beach came to be known as the "Pink House".  It has many design elements similar to those of the Apple Valley Inn, which Gibbs also designed.  These include huge timber beams from the Tonopah and Tidewater railroad trestle, wagon wheel chandeliers, and wood paneling.  From March of 1949 until 1952, the property was used as the Ranchos' administrative office, until a new office was bought across from the Apple Valley Inn. The home has been well maintained and contains many of the original design elements of 1949.