About Riverside's Magnolia Avenue Historical

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Today was too beautiful to work either around the house or around my reverse mortgage office.

It's always fun to see what an unplanned day will bring. Today for me, it brough a grand old lady, The Heritage House on Magnolia Avenue in Riverside.

First we dropped off my teenage daughter to go horseback riding with her BFF in Norco. Then we took off for a drive.

We drove up Hillside in Norco to California street then East to Van Buren. The sky was so clear you could see forever. Proceeding north towards Central we noticed a plume of black smoke. A fire had broken out (seems they always do on these beautiful dry windy days). It looked to be in Rubidoux area. !

After scrumptious sandwich at Subway - we were driving down Magnolia and I noticed out of the corner of my eye that the Heritage House was open. Quick U -Turn and we were there.

It's a beautiful old Victorian home with 14 foot ceilings and amazing woodwork. Tiled fireplaces and ornate wallpaper. We took a guided tour from a charming docent who wore a long black skirt and thoroughly enjoyed her job.

I didn't have my camera with me so no pictures. But I found an old Press Enterprise article about the home and a fellow Rainmaker's blog post about it as well.

If you haven't checked it out yet. I recommend it.