The home is located in the exclusive Thunderbird Heights area of Rancho Mirage, a neighborhood that came to popularity during the Golden Age of Hollywood as a retreat for the rich and famous. Big name actors and actresses like Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Buddy Rogers, the Marx Brothers, Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra flocked to the area, turning the sleepy, then-unincorporated area into a playground for the stars and presidents.
Currently, President Barack Obama is known to golf at nearby Thunderbird Country Club (which Crosby helped found), and is rumored to take up residence there. President Gerald Ford and first lady Betty Ford had also owned a home in Rancho Mirage.