7/13/1996

7/13/1996

Landmark information

  • Location:
    5021 W Shaw Ave, Fresno
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Existing
  • Date First Visited:
    7/13/1996
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    7/13/1996
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 36 48.48, W 119 52.899
  • Other Designations:
    National Register of Historic Places

About this landmark

Plaque text:

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 ramble throughout a ten-acre parcel. His work is being preserved as a living monument to a creative and individualistic spirit unbounded by conventionality.