Loring Building
Charles Morgridge Loring, “a very wealthy and influential citizen of Minneapolis” spent his winters in the Riverside area in the late 1800s. In 1889, he commissioned Riverside architect A.C. Willard to design a three-story office block with an adjoining opera house. The building was remodeled in 1918 to more closely resemble the Mission Revival architecture of neighboring buildings. The office block portion, located at 3685 Main Street, was leased to the City of Riverside for use as its first city hall, jail, courthouse and library. The opera house underwent various renovations and conversions until it reopened under the management of Fox West Coast Theatres in 1928 as the Golden State Theatre. The theater portion was torn down following a fire in 1990.
Riverside, Riverside County
Photographer: Andrew Schmidt