Welcome to the Riverside Historical Society

Riverside Historical Society

P. O. Box 246

Riverside, CA 92502

http://www.riversidehistoricalsociety.org

Welcome to the webpage of the

Riverside Historical Society

Riverside, California

For more than 100 years, the Riverside Historical Society (and its predecessor, the Pioneer Historical Society of Riverside), have brought together citizens dedicated to learning about our local history and to preserve a record of it for future generations.

The Society meets for lunch and a speaker program on the first Sunday of February, April, June, October, and December of each year. Anyone with an interest in Riverside's history is eagerly encouraged to join us. Please click on the "Calendar" button for a listing of our upcoming meetings. If you'd like to join the Society, please click on the "Join Us !!" button, fill out the form, and send it in. All are welcome !!

Riverside's Most Endangered Buildings

Follow the above link to a brochure that outlines many of Riverside's

historic structures that are presently threatened with radical changes or demolition.

Downtown Riverside, circa 1907

The view is looking north (not east) on Main Street with 8th Street in the foreground. The stately Castleman Building is on the far right, with the Evans Building across 8th Street from it. The Mission Inn is barely visible down the street. Postcards such as this served to advertise the wealth and prosperity of towns to friends and loved-ones "back home."

(Collection of Steve Lech)

Riverside High School, circa 1907

This view is of the original Riverside High School building, located on the block bounded by 9th, 10th, Lemon, and Lime Streets. It was constructed in 1902-1903, and served as the Riverside Girls' High School from 1911 to 1924, and continued serving students well into the 1930s, even after the construction of Poly High School. Today it is the site of a business building.

(Collection of Steve Lech)