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interior design + decoration

landscape design 

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renovation + restoration project managment

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Much can be said about this very special home in Historic Downtown Riverside, California. Its important position is noted in old local newspaper articles as the first residence to be built starting 1915 and completed in 1917 in what was the new Larchwood Tract.

 

Fast forward this 107 year-old neighborhood is now affectionately known as “The Wood Streets” located close to historic downtown and The Mission Inn. A big part of the charm of this soft urban enclave are the large old trees that line streets appropriately named after different species of wood. These custom homes are mixes of old varied architectural styles and somehow this neighborhood has remained mostly intact. There are no modern homes, apartments, or multi-level mc mansions.

This home is a mix of architectural styles and not surprising to designers Hector Romero and Chris Obeji from Romero + Obeji Interior Design. They discovered that noted Riverside Architect Wilmer P. Lamar started designing this home about 1914. Documents describe it as a Spanish or Castilian style home. Spanish Revival was not quite established in 1914, but mission revival, Italianate and Craftsman were in vogue.​

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