1958 Adobe House-14546 Riverside Drive

The 1958 Adobe House was the first home built on Riverside Drive and sits on a fenced six-acre estate property. There is a 4,000 square foot main house with 6,000 feet of roof coverage, a pool, and a 900 square foot guest house that offers luxury living. The inspiration for the home came from Adelaide Newton, wife of George Newton,  well-known for his Newton's Outpost at the Cajon Summit.

Designed by Los Angeles architect Douglas McFarland, of McFarland and Bonsall, the house shared similar elements with the  Apple Valley Ranchos Sales Office (now Agio Real Estate) and the original Bank of Apple Valley, which the company also designed.  The contractor was Gibbs, Clark, and Mangrum - yes, that's Lloyd Mangrum the golf pro! 

The rough-cut cedar and adobe brick construction required no paint. The high roofline, large overhang, and open-air circulation in the attic, was adequate to maintain comfortable temperatures without air conditioning. The house also has thick solid kiln-dried hard pine beams, some up to 25 feet long in the main room, lending warmth and character.

As no natural gas was available in that section of Apple Valley, the house was originally designed as a "Gold Medallion Home", an all-electric house featured by the Edison Co. Ads for Apple Valley Ranchos Development touted the Adobe House, as did the Home section of the "Los Angeles Times. The estate was passed down to their son, also named George, and his wife Ede.