The first in a series of walking tours will held on Saturday, October 1 at 9 a.m. The tour of Center Street will be lead by Tom Atchley, recent past president of the Society. The tour will begin at Center Street and West Crescent Avenue and will end at Center and West Cypress around 11 a.m. Cost of the tour will be $10/person. This tour passes by many remarkable Victorian gems, the “butler belt”, several Heritage Award homes, the Wissahickon Inn, two Edward Judson homes and ends at the projected center of Judson and Brown’s original 1881 subdivision.

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Tom Atchley will present a review of the history of the citrus packing houses in Redlands at the Society’s monthly meeting on Monday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the assembly room of the A.K. Smiley Public Library located at 125 Vine Street, Redlands.

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The Redlands City Council will be reviewing an offer to purchase the historic Mutual Orange District packing house building located in the downtown historic district near the Santa Fe Railroad depot. The Council meeting starts at 6 p.m.  Historical Society member, Clara Mae Clem, has offered to purchase the building and donate it to the Redlands Historical Museum Association. The Association has long been searching for a site to display the many items of historic interest that it has been collecting for the last ten years. All interested persons should let the City Council know how they feel about the potential sale of the property for the purpose of demolishing the packing house to make way for a grocery store.

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Seven historical structures were given Heritage Awards at the annual ceremony held at the Albert C. Burrage home. The homes and structures were built between the years of 1888 to 1926. Pictures and the text of the awards will be posted soon.

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Try our other website www.illustratedredlands.com our online version of the rare book published in Redlands in 1897.

Copies were sent all over the country to encourage Redlands’ growth.  The book includes 300 articles, 400 pictures, and references 800 people.  Only a few copies of the book now remain and are hard to find.  This project’s goal is to preserve and make available to the public the unique historical information found in “Illustrated Redlands.”

You may also enjoy other Redlands websites:

Redlands History

Redlands Electric History

RedlandsWeb.com

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