McConville House
The McConville house and barn were built around 1882 on an important piece of property in Temecula. It was not only in close proximity to the new Temecula Train Depot, but also a short distance from Main Street, the main thoroughfare of what is now Old Town Temecula, where Hugh McConville operated a livery stable. The house, built with local granite, is one oldest and one of the few in town with a basement. Howard Raish built the “firehouse” after he bought the McConville property. Raish, one of the supporters for the 1880s Western theme for Old Town, built the firehouse structure in 1980 to represent a vintage 1900 building as part of his “Temecula Cultural Center” meant to be a tourist attraction to be viewed from the street. It looks like an historic firehouse, but it never was one.
Temecula, Riverside County
Photographer: Jeanne Roberts