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There’s another prominent rock house, right along Box Springs grade just east of UC Riverside. It’s best viewed heading west on the 60 and has piqued the curiosity of several people. Here is its story. In the mid-1930s, a lieutenant named Guy Frost Hix was stationed at March Field. According to his memoirs, he was well-versed in what he called “midnight requisitions,” i.e. getting things and doing things by less-than-approved means. Lt. Hix wanted a house and liked the rocky foothills of Box Springs Mountain, so he found a location and through a bit of research, found that the owner was a Peter Gernert of Los Angeles. Gernert had been part of a syndicate that owned quite a bit of land in what’s now the Canyon Crest area of Riverside, including part of Box Springs. Some 30 years before, Gernert and his co-investors had tried to develop the area with water, small farm lots, and houses. That didn’t work out, though, and Gernert had bought out most of the other investors and continued to hold the property.
Hix approached Gernert and the two came to a deal in which Hix purchased three acres of land. On March 16, 1935, the Riverside Press reported that a large party was held to lay the cornerstone of Lt. Hix’s house. The man who laid the cornerstone, and oversaw the party, was none other than Gen. H. H. “Hap” Arnold, commander of March Field. Hix’s labor and expertise for construction came from enlisted men at March. Hix hired four sergeants with building experience to begin laying out the house, then found other enlisted men to work during their off hours to do the actual construction of the building. The granite material for the building came from the Val Verde area north of Perris. The granite was waste material stockpiled from the excavation of the Metropolitan Water District’s aqueduct in the area. To get the material from Val Verde to the Box Springs site, Hix borrowed a two-ton trailer truck from Riverside County and hauled the material himself. Thus, his building material and hauling were free!
The house was completed by the end of 1935. Two years later, Gary Cooper lived in the house for about a month during the filming of “Test Pilot.” Hix kept in contact with Gernert, and one day while Gernert and his wife were visiting, his wife fell in love with the house. That resulted in the Gernerts buying the house and living there for many years. Peter Gernert died there in October 1961, and years later, Mrs. Gernert, a devout Catholic, deeded the property to the San Diego Archdiocese for use as a Catholic school and hospital. In assessing the property for those uses, the Archdiocese decided that it was not feasible, so the property was later sold to veterinarian Dr. Robert Philbrick. In the mid-1980s, Philbrick leased the property to a UCR fraternity, which is probably what most people remember. Today, the property, located along Gernert Road, is in private hands. Thanks go to Martha Hix, Hix’s daughter-in-law, for help getting his memoirs and with this article.
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