Manuel Fernandez Home

Manuel Fernandez Home

Manuel Fernandez Home

Name/Title

Manuel Fernandez Home

Description

Manuel Fernandez built his home in 1916, during World War I. Workers had to dynamite the solid rock on the building site to place the foundation. The house still stands, south of the Santa Fe railroad tracks off Tennent Avenue. In 1939, Fernandez and Edward (Ted) Hemleb opened the Buena Vista housing subdivision, one of the city’s first.

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Pinole Historical Society