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 →
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 →
Location: 4800 Magnolia Ave. Date Established: 1924 (current version finished 1951) Date Visited: 4/18/2014 Riverside Community College (RCC) first held classes in September 1916, making it one of the first community colleges (colleges that only offer the first two years … Continue reading →
Location: 3606 Lemon St. Date Established: 10/24/1900 (church completed 2/10/1901 Date Visited: 5/12/14 Construction on the First Church of Christ Scientist began in October of 1900 with the laying of the cornerstone at Lemon St. A few months later in … Continue reading →
Location: Corner of Magnolia and Arlington in Low Park Date Established: 2/24/1914* Date Visited: 4/18/2014 (click to expand pictures) I find it kind of funny that the Chicago White Soxs would donate a redwood tree to Riverside considering you cannot … Continue reading →
Location: Corner of Magnolia and Arlington Date Established: 1873 Date Visited: 3/6/10 & 4/18/14 California is world renowned for its citrus industry. It all started back in 1870 William Saunders, a horticulturalist at the United States Department of Agriculture, sent … Continue reading →
Location: 3525 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501 Date Established: 1891 Date Visited: 4/18/14 “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse … Continue reading →
Location: 4050 Main Street, Riverside, CA. 92501 Date Established: 1903 Date Visited: 4/18/14 (well actually many times before that) On May 2, 1893 Riverside County was created from parts of San Bernardino County and San Diego County. It was during … Continue reading →
Location: 3649 Mission Inn Avenue Date Established: 1903 Date Visited: 4/18/14 (well actually many times before that) (click to expand photos) “It is the most unique hotel in America. It’s a monastery, a museum, a fine hotel, a home, a … Continue reading →
Last weekend I was riding my bike around town and I saw this very beautiful house in the middle of what I would describe as plain suburbia setting. Coming closer to the house I saw this sign: It became immediately … Continue reading →
