{"nrhp_refnum":"75000426","name":"Kearney, M. Theo, Park and Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7160 Kearney Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fresno","county":"Fresno County","state":"CA","lat":36.725636795500066,"lon":-119.91872486874601,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 240-acre park and three-story adobe mansion complex at 7160 Kearney Boulevard, Fresno, California, begun in 1892 by agriculturist M. Theo. Kearney, with the mansion complex completed in 1901 and several outbuildings on the grounds.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Kearney's work in agriculture, including irrigation, land parceling into small farms, and organizing the Valley's first raisin growers association, shaped Fresno County's agricultural economy. The mansion and park are described as the main surviving markers of his influence. An architect's report adds that the mansion is an example of French Renaissance style simulated with local adobe and Victorian stock mouldings.","narrative":"Chateau Fresno Park and the Kearney Mansion lie on Kearney Boulevard in Fresno. M. Theo. Kearney began planting the 240-acre park in 1892 with landscape gardener Rudolph Ulrich, using curving roads and graduated plantings, and lined an 11-mile avenue with eucalyptus, fan palms and oleanders. The three-story mansion is built of adobe brick with a stucco finish and was completed by 1901. An architect's report describes it as a French Renaissance chateau effect achieved with local adobe and Victorian mouldings. Surviving outbuildings include a carriage house, ice house, bell tower, blacksmith shop and oil house, and a relocated railroad depot. Kearney promoted small-farm colonies, irrigation and land parceling, and worked to organize raisin growers. He left his estate to the University of California. The Fresno County Historical Society restored the mansion as a museum beginning in 1962, and the property was recognized as a landmark to the early development of Fresno County agriculture.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Landscape laid out by M. Theo. Kearney with Rudolph Ulrich, landscape gardener; buildings built by workmen employed by Kearney","architectural_style":"French Renaissance Chateau effect using Victorian classical details; Tarpey Depot is Stick/Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and unaltered; the mansion is restored and operated as a museum, the park is in public use, and the blacksmith shop is in very poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.30359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/75000426.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000426/01a030c921-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000426/01a030c921-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"R&amp;sbwn","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kearney_Park_Mansion.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">R&amp;amp;sbwn</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kearney_Park_Mansion.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858663","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kearney_Park_(Fresno)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49509629"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/fresno-county/kearney-m-theo-park-and-mansion-75000426/"}