Northside - City of Riverside

continuing to restore the home and grounds, and the C.G. Atwood House, formerly
known as the W.H. Wilson House, is now named for its first and longest owners.
Two orange trees remain on the property that may date from the 1930s and six
pecan trees dating from approximately 1910 are extant, mostly in the turfed front
lawn (Mermilliod 2005a), but the context of the grove house has been compromised
by the reduction of the property from 10 acres to less than 1 acre in the first half of
the 20 th century and the post-WWII development of the surrounding neighborhood.
Although the various alterations and additions to the residence were completed in
the historic period, they have diminished the overall design integrity of the
transitional grove home. The C.G. Atwood House has been designated a City
Structure of Merit (#190).
The H.A. Westbrook House (1876) at 2682 Orange Street
The Folk Victorian farmhouse at 2682 Orange Street at the northeast corner of
Orange and Poplar Streets predates the construction of the C.G. Atwood House
and may have originally included that property to the south. Though construction
was started by Robert McDowell who had purchased two 10-acre parcels in June
1874 from local blacksmith Frank Petchner, it is known as the Westbrook House
for its association with Henry Arthur Westbrook, an experienced carpenter who
likely finished the second story and fenestration. Like many already in Riverside,
including James Roe, E.G. Brown, Ables, Hart, Lymn C. Waite, as well as the
Shugarts and Twogoods, the McDowells and Westbrooks were from Belle Plaine,
Iowa, and in April 1876, Westbrook joined his wife’s father Robert and brother
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