Bernardo Fernandez House facts for kids
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Bernardo Fernandez House
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 Location in California
Location in the United States
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| Nearest city | Pinole, California |
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| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Architect | Unrecorded |
| Architectural style | Victorian,Second Empire, Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne. |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000399 |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
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The Bernardo Fernandez House is a beautiful old mansion in Pinole, California. You can find it at 100 Tenant Ave. This special house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This means it is an important building in American history.
About the House
This house is made of wood and has a unique style called French Second Empire. This style is not very common in the area. It also has touches of Queen Anne and Northern Italian designs.
The outside of the house has cool decorative wooden patterns. Above the tall windows on the first floor, there are fancy supports that hold up little roofs over the windows. The middle part of the house has a special sloped roof called a mansard roof. It even has curved windows sticking out of it. On one side, there is a slanted section that goes all the way up, with a triangular roof.
History of the House
The house was built around 1894 for Bernardo Fernandez. He was an early settler in Contra Costa County. This was actually his third home! His first two homes were sadly destroyed, one by a flood and another by a fire.
In 1969, Dr. Joseph Mariotti bought the house. As of 2020, his family still lives there. They even raise chickens, geese, and ducks on the property! The grounds are also home to some cool old vehicles. You can find a 1965 Ford Thunderbird and a 1950 Bentley there.
Bernardo Fernandez also owned a large 52-foot boat called a schooner. It was named Carlotta after his wife. This boat sank at the dock in the early 1900s. But in 1976, a group called the Ship Lifters of Pinole (SLOP) managed to raise it!
Because of its history and unique style, the Bernardo Fernandez House was added to the Contra Costa Inventory of Historic Places in 1973. It was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the same year.
