Location: The corner of Victoria Avenue and Myrtle Avenue. Date Established: 5/7/1903 Date Visited: 6/28/2014 One of the most celebrated pictures in Riverside is that of then President Theodore Roosevelt planting the original Navel orange trees at the Mission Inn … Continue reading →
Location: 4475 Twelfth Street Date Established: 6/2/1888 Date Visited: 6/20/2014 The Devine house was established in 1888, when after being married for one year Frank and Vinie Devine moved into there then recently completed Queen Anne Style home. Frank Devine … Continue reading →
Location: 4492 12 St. Date Established:6/2/1888 Date Visited:6/20/2014 According to the book Landmarks of Riverside (pg. 59) there was a real estate boom in 1887. The Jarvis house began in May of 1887 when according to San Bernardino County Recorder’s … Continue reading →
Location: 3390 Orange Street Date Established: 8/15/1902 Date Visited: 5/12/14 The Cressman house came from the designs of Los Angeles based architects Burnham and Bliesner, who also designed the Riverside County Courthouse. The home was finished in 1902 and is done in a … Continue reading →
Location: 3711 Central Avenue Date Established: March 15, 1958 Date Visited: 6/14/14 According to the panel inside the new Marcy Branch library in “June of 1951, a committee representing the Parent-Teacher Association of Palm, Magnolia, and Jefferson Schools requested that … Continue reading →
AJ graduated from Kindergarten today. I have to say as a father I never doubted his ability, but I wouldn’t have said the outcome was for certain. I consider my son highly intelligent, but spend some time with him and … Continue reading →
Location: Fairmount Boulevard and Market Street (inside Fairmount Park) Date Established: September, 1920 Date Visited: 5/31/2014 Arthur Burnett Benton, was a well known architect from Illinois who moved to California in 1891. In 1901 he was hired to design the … Continue reading →
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” John 17:3 I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints when I was 18 years old. … Continue reading →
Location: Victoria Ave (starts at University Ave. and ends at La Sierra Ave.) Date Established: Spring 1890 Date Visited: 06/07/2014 One of the benefits of living in Riverside is that living here you are in a fairly decent sized city, but it … Continue reading →
Yesterday (5/31/14) the Carlsen crew stopped by Riverside on their way to Arizona. With only a few hours to take a stretch break the Pedrozas had to think of some quick family places to take them. We decided on Fairmount … Continue reading →
