June 2015

One of the most beautiful architectural styles that came from the turn of the century is the classic Victorian style.  These homes can be found all throughout the Southern California inland towns by are rarely found still remaining by the beach.  Oceanside, California has a few select Victorian style properties that still exist and retain the historic intergrity when then they were first built in the early 1900's.  A perfect example of this is a Victorian home that is currently for sale and located at 636 Rockledge Street in the historic Seaside neighborhood in Oceanside.  The home was built in 1902 and is well known as the Charles Libby House which is also on the National Register of Historic Places and is pictured below.

The property was

The North River Village is one of the few gated condo community in the city of Oceanside.  This is a newer community with townhouse style homes built in 2012 on the northeast side of town near the Camp Pendleton Marine base entrance.  The community was built by Taylor Morrison and is a very small community feature three story Spanish style townhouses near the 76 freeway and College Blvd in Oceanside.  This is a great area near the Mission Marketplace shopping center with an easy 10 minute drive to the 5 freeway and the beach.

The townhouses are surrounded by a resort style community pool and spa area with a secure gated entrance at the beginning of the community.  Supringly the community has very low homeowners association dues that currently run