REDLANDS: Edwards Mansion marks 40 years of weddings

REDLANDS: Edwards Mansion marks 40 years of weddings EDWARDS MANSION

Where: 2064 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands

Anniversary promotions: Free wedding ceremony ($995 value) for brides and grooms who book receptions at Edwards Mansion in 2015. Free engagement photo taken at Edwards Mansion (by appointment) for brides and grooms who tour the mansion's complex in January and February. Copies of the mansion's orange muffin and orange pie recipes on request.

Information: 909-793-2031, edwardsmansion.com

REDLANDS A Victorian edifice that has launched many weddings is marking a 40th anniversary today.

Edwards Mansion opened as a restaurant Dec. 31, 1974. It was a project of the late Don Wilcott and is still run by his family as a private events venue.

The three-story, 14-room structure sits near the San Bernardino County Museum on the north side of Interstate 10. But it was erected in 1890 a few miles away, on Cajon Street south of the freeway near the city center.

It was built for citrus grower James S. Edwards, according to the Edwards Mansion website.

Sue Wilcott, Dons widow, said in a phone interview that she grew up across the street from the residence and marveled at its size. But it didnt become part of her life until Don bought the structure for $1 and moved it to orange groves across town for $60,000 in the summer of 1973.

Son Chris, who now runs the business, was 8 at the time and watched it being hauled on flatbeds through city streets after it was cut in two.

Read the original:
REDLANDS: Edwards Mansion marks 40 years of weddings