By Request: The Leon Cheek House

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Since a few people have asked me about this one lately, here’s the story of the Leon Cheek “Castle,” one of the most distinctive houses in Riverside. Cheek-Neal Coffee eventually became Maxwell House. In all its years, this old mansion has belonged only to two families.