Kearney Park, Historic public park in Fresno, California.
Kearney Park is a historic estate featuring a mansion built from adobe bricks with steep roofs, wooden arches, and gabled windows in Queen Anne style. The grounds spread across roughly 91 acres and include multiple sports fields, picnic areas, and shelters for visitors.
Martin Theodore Kearney founded the Fruit Vale Colony in 1889 as a 2,750-acre agricultural venture that let middle-class people buy farmland while sharing resources and support. This business model shaped farming development in the region for many years.
The mansion's interior reflects how wealthy families lived in the early 1900s, with original Victorian furnishings and imported French wallpapers still on display. You can walk through rooms that show the tastes and comforts people valued during that era.
The park is generally open for visitors with a variety of activities and plenty of picnic options. Since the grounds are spread across a large area, comfortable walking shoes are recommended for exploring on foot.
The grounds were designed by Rudolph Ulrich in 1892, transforming barren land into gardens filled with different trees, vines, shrubs, and rose plants. This original garden layout remains visible today and shows the work of an early landscape designer.
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