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The Museum of Riverside has received a $60,000 grant it will use to help restore a historic building within the city.
Work on the first phase of the Harada House reconstruction will include work on the building’s foundation that is expected to take at least two years to complete, according to a statement on the city’s website.
The grant is from Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation, a nonprofit that protects and restores historic places associated with Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
The house, at 3356 Lemon St, near downtown, was named a National Historic Landmark in 1990 by the National Park Service. It was the subject of a civil rights case in 1916-1918, in which the California Supreme Court upheld the 14th Amendment rights of the U.S.-born children of Japanese immigrants Jukichi and Ken Harada.
The Harada House project was one of 14 projects selected from more than 60 applicants, according to the statement.
