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Spanish Town Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of one of Riverside’s oldest structures, the Trujillo Adobe, announced the Adobe was named to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s “11 Most Endangered Historic Places” list for 2021. It is only the second Riverside building to ever make the list.

Riverside leaders have adopted a plan for the city’s Northside that they say will rezone a Specific Plan for future development potential for private properties to create a balanced community for residents and to support future development to support the early history of the Trujillo Adobe.

The Trujillo Adobe is Riverside’s 157-year-old historic landmark. Registered by the State of California as a point of historical interest in 1968, the Trujillo Adobe is one of the oldest remaining structures in the area. Built around 1862, it predates the city of Riverside’s establishment. The Save the Trujillo website is managed by the non profit Spanish Town Heritage Foundation, mission is to champion the Hispanic Legacy of the Inland Empire’s first settlers by sharing their stories, creating cultural learning opportunities, and leading community efforts to restore and revitalize La Placita de los Trujillos, a place of history, learning, entertainment and the arts.

As a step toward honoring the truth and achieving healing and reconciliation, our organization commits to a statement of acknowledging the traditional Native lands on which the Trujillo Adobe stands.

Every community owes its existence and vitality to generations from around the world who contributed their hopes, dreams, and energy to making the history that led to this moment. Some were brought here against their will, some were drawn to leave their distant homes in hope of a better life, and some have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted.

Truth and acknowledgment are critical to building mutual respect and connection across all barriers of heritage and differences.

As a reminder, We are all standing on the ancestral lands of the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseno and Serrano people, their ancestors and descendants past, present and future.

It is important to understand the longstanding history that has brought us to reside on this land, and to seek to understand our place within that history. Land acknowledgements do not exist in a past tense, or historical context: colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to build our mindfulness of our present participation.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed the 2022-23 California State Budget, which includes $10.4 million in funding for Riverside’s historic Trujillo Adobe. Funding is slated to preserve the remaining structure, site expansion and renovation. The funding will also help with the development of a museum for the public to tour, engage with and learn about the history of the Trujillo Adobe.

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Governor Newsom Issues Proclamation Declaring A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation


The National Historic Landmark Harada House is a powerful civil rights landmark in California. This site and the story of the Harada Family embody local, state, national, and international issues of civil and individual rights, democracy, immigration, assimilation, and citizenship. Preservation of the site, collections, and stories ensures that these pivotal lessons of history will continue to be accessible for all peoples. Jukichi Harada, his wife Ken, and their first son Masa Atsu, settled in Riverside, California, in 1905. They soon were operating a rooming house and the Washington Restaurant. Following the death of his first American born son, Jukichi sought a home with healthier conditions for his family. Aware of the 1913 California Alien Land Law prohibiting aliens from owning property, in December 1915 he purchased the house at 3356 Lemon Street in the names of his three American-born children, Mine, Sumi, and Yoshizo. In 1918, Jukichi Harada prevailed in a landmark court battle to retain the home.


The House on Lemon Street: Japanese Pioneers and the American Dream by Mark Rawitsch

Afterword by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi. Published by the University of Colorado Press. The book is inaugural winner of the Crader Family Book Prize in American Values, 2013

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​Since its beginnings in 1885, Chinatown residents and local citizens have taken action to affirm and protect Riverside Chinatown as a community asset. More recently, multiple historic designations and projects related to the 1984-85 archaeological study of Riverside Chinatown have enriched the City's historical record and affirmed Riverside Chinatown as a heritage site. In the late 1980s, residents and community stakeholders were successful in obtaining a State grant to purchase the property from the RCOE to protect the site and develop a Chinatown Historical Park. Though the deal fell through in the mid-1990s, the community remained vigilant to development threats.


​​In 2008, despite community opposition, the City of Riverside approved a medical office development for the site of Riverside Chinatown. The Save Our Chinatown Committee (SOCC) was formed following the city approval of the development project. One of its first actions was to file a lawsuit to prevent the destruction of Riverside Chinatown's archaeological remains.

In 2012, a panel of judges ruled City officials failed to consider reasonable alternatives to the proposed building plans and location. SOCC was successful in obtaining a court ruling which set aside the City’s certification of the proposed development's environmental impact report (EIR), its statement of overriding considerations, and project approval.