Patterson, George Washington, Ranch--Ardenwood - Fremont, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"Officially opened to the public on July 28 1985, the entire park includes a farm, a large forest and a mansion now called the Patterson House which was first constructed in 1857 by the farm's original owner, George Washington Patterson.

Patterson called his estate "Ardenwood", after the forested area in England mentioned in Shakespeare's play, As You Like It. There were two subsequent additions to the house. The largest was in 1889 when Patterson and his wife Clara added the Queen Anne Victorian section to the House. The second addition came in 1915 when Patterson's son Henry and his wife remodeled the old farm house section, and added rooms including the kitchen, a large bedroom above the kitchen, the sun porch, nursery, and a bathroom with indoor plumbing.[1]

A feature of the park is a horse-drawn railway, a recreation of a historic local branch of the South Pacific Coast Railroad.

The park hosts many events, including a Civil War reenactment in the summer, a Celtic festival[2], an Independence Day celebration, the Washington Township Railroad Fair on Labor Day, The Harvest Festival in October, a Zydeco concert, and many Halloween celebrations, complete with a haunted railroad. Among other crops, in the fall the farm harvests a large pumpkin patch and a large field of corn which is cut into a giant maze."

Street address: 34600 Ardenwood Blvd Fremont, CA USA 94560 County / Borough / Parish: Alameda Year listed: 1985 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Current function: Landscape, Work In Progress Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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