This was the second and last depot in Lakeside and the city was proud of it because it was one of the best on the railroad lines. The rest of the depots were all wooden buildings and this one was a mission style stucco depot. Architect Eugene Hoffman, who designed the Speckels Organ Pavilion, and John Speckels designed this depot.
  The train depot originally faced Northwest and after the floods of 1916 that destroyed the bridge and tracks, it was moved to face South on Laurel Street. In the late 1940's the tracks that connected Lakeside, Santee and El Cajon were destroyed and it was converted to a private residence. Mesa Construction, Inc. once occupied the building, placing wood siding on the outside of the depot, the Weiss Electric Coimpany also owed the depot.
  June of 2007 George and Grace Borria purchased the train depot and have a drywall business for over 20 years. The Borria's had the outside of building restored back to stucco, kept the original tile roof and kept most of the original wood floors. The one thing that the Borria's loved about the depot, and this is what makes the old station stand out, are the four plaster face on each corner of the building. These plaster faces were a gift to the city of Lakeside by John D. Speckels.

 
  This is the home of Auggie and Debbie Vidovich. They have lived in the Lakside area for many years. The home was designed and built by Auggie and completed in April of 2004.
  The guest house across the street was completed in November 2006. This spacious home has stamped concrete floors, which may appear to look like stone. Auggie and Debbie love this home and the open space because there is a lot of room for the grandchildren to run and play. 
  

 
  This home was a Medallion Home - all electric. It was built in 1961. The Jordans bought this home in 1986 from the Fletcher family. The remodeled the house in 1993 and again in 2001. It is a 2000 square feet with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms ranch style home. 
  The Jordan's own a construction company in downtown Lakeside.
 

 
  Original owner was K.H. Klein who has Irving J. Gill as the Architect. This home was built in 1905 and the first occupants were the Mason family. Today's owner is Marcella Carender Williams.

  In 1929, when E.H. Carender became superintendent of the Lakeside School District, the family moved into the Gill House, on Prospect Avenue. It remained in the Carender family until 1987, when the property was sold for an apartment construction and the house was slated for demolition.  Not wanting to see the family home destroyed, Marcella Carender Williams had it moved two lots south and restored it to its 1905 condition. It is 1600 square foot, three bedroom, and one bath structure. Irving Gill features include a fieldstone chimney, arches, built-in cabinets and a desk and unusual closets with raised floors to keep out the dust. The bathroom has an overhead pull-chain water tank.
 

  The Ziegler's moved to Lakeside in 1990. Wayne Zieger, a General Contractor, always wanted to build his own home.  in 1998 his wife Karen, a Real Estate Broker, surprised him when she bought a house without him seeing it. This 1959 house was 1000 square feet and located on almost one acre. They began making plans to remodel and add on but quickly decided to build an entirely new home and tear the old one down.

  Eucalyptus Hills has little turnover and they found it to be a great place to raise their children. They designed the house themselves, over  three years time, and began the project in 2002 receiving their "final" in January 2003 but the project his hardly over. The only original part is the pool and it's retaining wall on the east side. The pool is 35 years old and rumor has it that it was dug by Roy Roger's son . . . hmmmmm, that's the rumor. The home is 4595 square feet with four bedrooms upstairs and a 1000 square-foot game room below. There are four full baths and one half-bath. They managed to eliminate all hallways creating a true floor plan.