This underground property is still owned by the Forestiere family.

This is what it said on the plaque:


"Forestiere Underground Garden

Here beneath the hot arid surface o fthe San Joaquin Valley Baldassare Forestiere (1879-1946) began in the early 1900's to sculpt a fantastic retreat excavating the hardpan by hand, he created a unique complex of underground rooms, passages and gardens which is being preserved as a living monument to a creative and individualistic spirit unbounded by conventionality.


California registered historical landmark No. 916.


Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Rick FOrestiere family, October 12, 1979."