Adventure 051, Site 047 – Forestiere Underground Gardens

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 047 – Forestiere Underground Gardens

California Landmark Number: 916

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 19, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 36° 48.48′ N

Longitude: 119° 52.898′ W

Address: 5021 W Shaw Ave, Fresno

Description:
Architect: Baldassare Forestiere
This is one of Fresno's most known landmarks. People come to this part of the world, from all over the world, to see Yosemite, the Sequoias and the Underground Gardens. We have toured the gardens with our children and then again last year as part of a Capture California adventure. Today was only a stop and shot time.



State of California Historical Resources
NO. 916 FORESTIERE UNDERGROUND GARDENS - Here, beneath the hot, arid surface of the San Joaquin Valley, Baldasare Forestiere (1879-1946) began in the early 1900s to sculpt a fantastic retreat. Excavating the hardpan by hand, he created a unique complex of underground rooms, passages, and gardens which rambled throughout a ten-acre parcel. His work is being preserved as a living monument to a creative and individualistic spirit unbounded by conventionality.
Location: 5021 W Shaw Ave, Fresno



References:

• HMDB
  
• Forestiere Underground Gardens Web Site
  
• Wikipedia
  

Overall Landmark References:

• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)