Forestiere Underground GardensBaldassare Forestiere (1879 - 1946)
Extant
5021 W Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA, 93722, United States
1904 to 1946
The Forestiere Underground Gardens are located two blocks east of Highway 99 at the Shaw Avenue Exit. Check the website for hours and tour information.
About the Artist/Site
A Sicilian immigrant, Baldasare carved out a 10-acre Underground Gardens in Fresno with pick and wheelbarrow, a living space which included conical-shaped rooms, courts, winding passageways, and even patios boasting fruit-bearing trees. Benefiting from the stable underground temperatures, he worked on the three-level subterranean site for over forty years. The site is currently maintained by the family although threatened on all sides by urbanization. California Historical Landmark #916, National Register of Historic Places.
~ Jo Farb Hernández, 2015
Contributors
Materials
stone
SPACES Archives Holdings
3 folders: clippings, correspondence, images, pamphlets, national historic places nomination forms
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Map & Site Information
5021 W Shaw Ave
Fresno, CA, 93722
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Latitude/Longitude: 36.8074601 / -119.8818254
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