Fountain Grove, Barn, Mendocino Avenue & US Highway 101, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA

Significance: The barn was built in the late nineteenth century as part of an utopian experiment centering around the Fountain Grove Winery. // 1875: Built by Russian sailors (not wholly confirmed) hired by Thomas Lake Harris. The barn is one of a complex of buildings serving agricultural and winery operations of "The Brotherhood of the New Life," a religious colony founded by Harris at Fountaingrove earlier in the same year. 1922: Ownership of Fourntaingrove passed into hands of Kenaye Nagasawa, a close associate of Harris. Nagasawa operated the property primarily as a commercial vineyard and winery. 1934: Upon the death of Nagasawa, no activity at Fountaingrove until it was purchased three years later by E. MacBoyle. Since that time, ownership has passed through various owners to present owner, Robert Walter. The winery is now totally inoperative.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-58
Survey number: HABS CA-1915
Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 2017 Demolished