It was located approximately four miles east of Fresno. Built as a two-story folk Victorian structure in 1881, with adobe walls and plastered with cement on the exterior. 16′ wide porch surrounded a building on three sides. It contained eight rooms, including a parlor and sitting room on the lower floor and bedrooms on the upper floor. The Fresno Vineyard Co. was organized in 1880 and located on acreage purchased from the Easterby Rancho, Fresno County’s first significant farming enterprise. Founders of the Fresno Vineyard Co. included L.P. Drexler, Joseph Brandstein, and M. Theodore Kearney. The company ceased operations in 1914.
