He died the same day as Lark Ellen, and his death announcement was set right next to hers headlining the front page of the town paper. In his time, he was lauded as "the man who built Covina,"1 but his name—and most of his life's work—has since been lost to history.
Edward Aaron Hubbard was born in Fairfield, Illinois, on June 2, 1880. He initially plied his building trade in Lyons, Kansas, before coming to Covina in 1922.1 Not long after setting up shop here, he was commissioned to construct his first and most enduring commercial edifice: the bank building on the northeast corner of Citrus and College that's been a downtown landmark to many generations of Covinans.
The new home of the First National Bank of Covina opened for business in March, 1924.2
Photo courtesy Covina Valley Historical Society.
