Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
California - Riverside County
Riverside County California has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Blythe Intaglios, Administration Building, Sherman Institute, Andreas Canyon, Archeological Sites CA-RIV-504 and CA-RIV-773 and Buttercup Farms Pictograph.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Cahuilla, European, Late Prehistoric, River Yuman/Mohave, Quechan/Halchidoma, Native American, Chemehuevi, Mojave and Et Al. dating back to 16999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Riverside County historic places including DeereGeorge H. and Francisco Estudillo.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Riverside County places including Elmer Grey, Wilcox & Rose, Frank Ferris, Myron Hunt, A.C. Willard, A.W. et al. Boggs, Arthur Burnett Benton, Richard Sias, G. Stanley Wilson and E. Stewart Williams. Prominent architectural styles found in Riverside Country are Modern Movement, Mission/Spanish Revival and Classical Revival.

Administration Building, Sherman Institute (added 1980 - - #80000831)
Also known as Sherman (Indian) Museum;Sherman Indian High School
9010 Magnolia Ave. , Riverside
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wilcox & Rose
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Education
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Aha Quien Lodge Circles (added 1984 - - #84004053)
Also known as Site E-30
Address Restricted , Blythe
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Owner:
Federal
Alexander, Dr. Franz, House (added 2016 - - #16000093)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
All Souls Universalist Church (added 1978 - - #78000736)
Also known as Unitarian-Universalist Church of Riverside
3657 Lemon St. , Riverside
Imseekn2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Willard,A.C., Boggs,A.W. et al.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Gothic Revival
Historic Person:
Deere,Rev.George H.
Significant Year:
1892, 1891
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Andreas Canyon (added 1973 - - #73000422)
Also known as Rincon Village and Vicinity
Address Restricted , Palm Springs
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Art, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Agriculture
Cultural Affiliation:
Cahuilla, European
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 15000-16999 BC
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Village Site, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Archeological Site 4RIV778 (added 1984 - - #84004025)
Also known as 4RIV778;Site E-6
Address Restricted , Blythe
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Owner:
Private
Archeological Sites CA-RIV-504 and CA-RIV-773 (added 2003 - - #03000121)
Also known as Mule Tank Discontiguous Rock Art District
Address Restricted , Blythe
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Religion, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Art
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Prehistoric, River Yuman/Mohave, Quechan/Halchidoma
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Arlington Branch Library and Fire Hall (added 1993 - - #93000668)
9556 Magnolia Ave. , Riverside
Mliedel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wilson, G.S., Pillar, Seeley
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station, Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
More Information:
archives document
Armory Hall (added 1992 - - #91002032)
Also known as Odd Fellows Hall
252 N. Main St. , Lake Elsinore
Imseekn2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, School
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
More Information:
archives document
Barker Dam (added 1975 - - #75000173)
SE of Twentynine Palms in Joshua Tree National Monument , Twentynine Palms
Tarret, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Water Works
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Bates, Miles C., House (added 2018 - - #100002238)
73697 Santa Rosa Way, Palm Desert
Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1955-1955 AD
Bel Vista House (added 2020 - - #100005718)
1520 East Tachevah Dr., Palm Springs
a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterior_House.jpg"\u795e\u6b66\u5929\u7687126/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"CC BY-SA 4.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Bel Vista House at 1150 N. Calle Rolph (added 2024 - - #100010094)
1150 N. Calle Rolph, Palm Springs
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Area of Significance:
Architecture
Blythe Intaglios (added 1975 - - #75000452)
Also known as Indian Intaglios
Addres Restricted , Blythe
Yavidaxiu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Yuman
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Blythe Southern Boundary (added 1984 - - #84004043)
Also known as Site E-13
Address Restricted , Blythe
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Owner:
Federal
Bones Site (4RIV999) (added 1984 - - #84004023)
Also known as E-23;4RIV999
Address Restricted , Poston
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Owner:
Private
Buttercup Farms Pictograph (added 1976 - - #76000509)
Address Restricted , Perris
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site, Village Site, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum (added 2012 - - #11000942)
67-616 E. Desert View Ave., Desert Hot Springs
Jllm06, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Yexra, Cabot Abram
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
More Information:
archives document
Carey House (added 2015 - - #15000635)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs
Kurpfalzbilder.de, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
Carnegie, Andrew, Library (added 1977 - - #77000324)
Also known as Old Corona Public Library
8th and Main Sts. , Corona
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Burnham,Franklin Pierce, Bloom,S.L.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Childs, William, House (added 1999 - - #99000895)
1151 Monte Vista Dr. , Riverside
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clark, George A., Millar, Louis du Puget
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Chinatown (added 1990 - - #90000151)
Also known as Chinatown Archeological Site
Brockton and Tequesquite Aves. , Riverside
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Asian, Agriculture, Social History
Cultural Affiliation:
Chinese
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Trade (Archeology), Village Site
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Clevelin Country Club (added 1982 - - #82005148)
17584 Lakeshore Dr. , Lake Elsinore
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Owner:
Private
Coachella Valley Fish Traps (added 1972 - - #72000247)
Also known as Fish Traps
Address Restricted , Valerie
a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edge_of_the_prehistoric_Salton_Sea_at_Torres_on_the_Colorado_Desert_east_of_Palm_Springs,_ca.1900-1903_(CHS-2303).jpg"F\u00e6/a, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Cahuilla
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Fishing Facility Or Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Coachella Valley Savings No. 1 (added 2016 - - #16000884)
383 S. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs
a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheBank_Palm_Springs.jpg"Farragutful/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"CC BY-SA 4.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Williams, E. Stewart
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1956-1956 AD
Coachella Valley Savings Number 2 (added 2016 - - #16000885)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs
Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1961-1961 AD
Community Settlement House (added 2017 - - #100001906)
4366 Bermuda Avenue, Riverside
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Hispanic, Social History
Period of Significance:
1947-1965 AD
Corn Springs (added 1998 - - #98001286)
Also known as CA-RIV-32
Address Restricted , Desert Center
Tillman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, Mojave, Et Al.
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Corona Foothill Ranch (added 2025 - - #100012303)
510 West Foothill Parkway, Corona
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Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Commerce
Corona High School (added 2005 - - #05000772)
Also known as Corona Civic Center, Corona High School # 2
815 W. 6th St. , Corona
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sias, Richard, Wilson, G. Stanley
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall
More Information:
archives document
Corona Theatre (added 1991 - - #90002127)
Also known as Landmark Building
201 E. Sixth St. , Corona
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Boller,Carl
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Religious Structure
Cottonwood Oasis (added 1974 - - #74002358)
Also known as Cottonwood Spring
Joshua Tree National Monument , Twentynine Palms
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Owner:
Federal
Crescent Bathhouse (added 1975 - - #75000453)
Also known as Chimes,The
201 W. Graham Ave. , Lake Elsinore
Imseekn2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ferris,Frank
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Resort
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Dancing Shaman Group (added 1984 - - #84004038)
Also known as Site E-5
Address Restricted , Blythe
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Owner:
Federal
Desert Bel Air Showcase House (added 2026 - - #100012886)
75900 Fairway Drive, Indian Wells
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Area of Significance:
Architecture
Desert Golf Course (added 2020 - - #100005813)
301 North Belardo Rd., Palm Springs
a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desert_Golf_Club_WLM_45.jpg"Gillfoto/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"CC BY-SA 4.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation
Desert Queen Mine (added 1976 - - #76000216)
S of Twentynine Palms in Joshua Tree National Monument , Twentynine Palms
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Donaldson Futuro (added 2021 - - #100005994)
52895 Big Rock Rd., Idyllwild
a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donaldson_Futuro_08-20-2012.jpg"File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske)/a, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Edris House (added 2016 - - #16000886)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1954-1954 AD
El Mirador Hotel and Tower (added 1982 - - #82005149)
1150 N. Indian Ave. , Palm Springs
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Owner:
Private
Elrod, Arthur, House (added 2016 - - #16000169)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
Estudillo Mansion (added 2001 - - #01001178)
150 S. Dillon , San Jacinto
Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Estudillo, Francisco
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Evergreen Cemetery (added 2023 - - #100009467)
4414 Fourteenth St., Riverside
a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evergreen_Cemetery_(1).jpg"Pabs D/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"CC BY-SA 3.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Landscape Architecture
Federal Post Office (added 1978 - - #78000737)
Also known as Riverside Municpal Museum
3720 Orange St. , Riverside
Imseekn2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Taylor,James K., Southwestern Construction Co.
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Government, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Post Office
Current Function:
Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Fire Station No. 1 (added 2015 - - #15000636)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs
Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
First Church of Christ, Scientist (added 2016 - - #16000357)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs
Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
First Church of Christ, Scientist (added 1992 - - #92001250)
Also known as Cultural Heritage Board Landmark No. 7,City of Riverside
3606 Lemon St. , Riverside
Imseekn2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Benton,Arthur Burnett, Spaulding,F.L.
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
First Congregational Church of Riverside (added 1997 - - #97000297)
3504 Mission Inn Ave. , Riverside
MissionInn.Jim~commonswiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Grey,Elmer, Hunt, Myron
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Frey House II (added 2015 - - #15000637)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs
Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
Galleano Winery (added 2003 - - #03000533)
Also known as Cantu-Galleano Winery
4231 Wineville Rd. , Mira Loma
Vidasalsera, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Processing, Specialty Store, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business, Processing, Specialty Store, Storage
More Information:
archives document

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