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Historic Mediterranean Villa On Bardsdale United Methodist Church Home Tour--November 7th

By Dick Diaz

On Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00am-3:00pm, the Bardsdale United Methodist Church (BUMC) will sponsor a “Home Tour” of four homes and the 117 year old Bardsdale United Methodist Church! The BUMC Ministry has been serving Bardsdale for 123 years and relocated to the current Church in 1898! The cost of the Home and Church Tour will be $25.

A Mediterranean Villa, county landmark #108, built from 1928-1929, was designed by architect Roy Wilson. The approximate 4,500 square foot home is strategically located on 100 acres of land planted approximately fifty acres in avocados and fifty acres in lemons. Views of the City of Fillmore and the Bardsdale Community are especially grand from the living room, dinning room and office areas. The grounds surrounding the Villa is approximately three acres. A pool is located on one side of the Villa and gardens planted with a variety of trees and flowering plants selected by the homeowner’s grandfather give the home a park-like feeling as you approach the home on the long circular driveway. This home will surely capture eye of those attending the tour!

Pre sale tickets are available at the BUMC located at 1498 Bardsdale Ave, Bardsdale, 805-524-2070. And, the Fillmore Historical Museum, 340 Main St, Fillmore, 805-524-0948. Tickets will also be available at the BUMC, Fillmore Historical Museum and at each home on the day of the tour.

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A Working Goat Farm on Home Tour

By Dick Diaz

On Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00am-3:00pm, the Bardsdale United Methodist Church (BUMC) will sponsor a “Home Tour” of four homes and the 117 year old Bardsdale United Methodist Church! The BUMC Ministry has been serving Bardsdale for 123 years and relocated to the current Church in 1898! The cost of the Home and Church Tour will be $25.

On March 12, 1928 at two and half minutes after midnight one of the worse disasters to hit Los Angeles and Ventura Counties occurred when the nearly new St. Frances Dam experienced catastrophic failure sending an enormous amount of water into the Santa Clara Valley into Piru, Fillmore, Bardsdale and Santa Paula and onto the Pacific Ocean. The result was the loss of 431 lives and the destruction of many homes. Most of the homes were swept from their unsecured foundations and floated away only to be torn apart, or come to rest at locations far from their original placement.

One of those homes, according to the current owner, is featured on the BUMC Home Tour. This 1500 square foot home is located on one acre of land and now a working goat ranch. Built in 1927 the home was a fairly new home at the time of the St. Francis Dam Disaster. Although not known for sure, the home was and located someplace upriver in the Santa Clara Valley. The location was more than likely in the Bardsdale area not far from the current location.

The home was not originally the Craftsman style home that it is today. The he current owners indicate the previous owner, over the twenty-five years they lived in the home transformed the home to a Craftsman style home with many well executed construction features. The features include stain glass, a beautifully refurbished fire place and expert carpentry work throughout, an aluminum roof and solar power. Of note is the tile surrounding the fireplace that depicts the agricultural roots of the Bardsdale area. There also is a newly planted Family Orchard.

As mentioned this is a working goat ranch consisting of 18 French Alpine goats, a calf, three tortoises, four pet pigs and a few chickens. There is a Showroom that displays, for purchase, some of the many products made from the goats milk as well as a soap workshop to demonstrate how the soap is made. The website for the ranch indicates, “Raising our French Alpine goats and milking them twice a day is so worth the effort because their rich and nutritious goat milk is what makes our soap so moisturizing, nourishing and gentle. Each bar of soap is great for your face, body and hands and is especially designed for dry or sensitive skin.” The ranch is not open for walk-in customers, but is by appointment only. Visiting the Ranch as part of the BUMC Home Tour is an excellent opportunity to not only interact with ranch operations, but to see this very interesting home that is not open any other time of the year for viewing.

Pre sale tickets are available at the BUMC located at 1498 Bardsdale Ave, Bardsdale, 805-524-2070. And, the Fillmore Historical Museum, 340 Main St, Fillmore, 805-524-0948. Tickets will also be available at the BUMC, Fillmore Historical Museum and at each home on the day of the tour. In the event of rain the Tour will cancel and not be rescheduled. In that unfortunate circumstance the BUMC thanks you for your donation!

Photo Credit: Tim Pompey

Featured Image: Photo Credit-Sheryl Hamlin

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Beautiful California Craftsman Home on Home Tour

By Dick Diaz

On Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00am-3:00pm, the Bardsdale United Methodist Church (BUMC) will sponsor a “Home Tour” of four homes and the 117 year old Bardsdale United Methodist Church! The BUMC Ministry has been serving Bardsdale for 123 years and relocated to the current Church in 1898! The cost of the Home and Church Tour will be $25.

A 3,100 square foot, 1909 Craftsman Style Bungalow on ten acres planted in citrus is one of the four homes on the tour! This home was originally built for a San Francisco newspaper cartoonist and lived in for eighty years by his family. There is even a local legend of Spanish Gold buried somewhere near the home.

The home did have one major remodel in 1999 by the current residents which included lifting the roof 3-4 feet to accommodate a staircase and raising the upstairs ceiling allowing the much taller, both six foot plus, current owners to climb the stairs and entering the rooms and bathroom without hitting their heads. Wrap around decks were added to allow breathtaking views of the valley, above the canopy of citrus trees! Views of Bardsdale, the Sespe River and San Cayetano Peak are what can be seen from the decks. Although extensive, the remodel retained much of the original look, which included the original exterior cedar shingle siding, of the home from the street view! The front of the home is planted beautifully around the circular river rock defined driveway and is welcoming to visitors to the home! The interior of the home received the bulk of the changes in the remodel and with the exception of the original Douglas Fir floors downstairs were retained. The fireplace was also returned to the river rock face originally used when built. The entire house changed from the original 2800 square foot, two bedroom, one bath home upstairs to a four bedroom; three bedrooms upstairs and a bathroom and one bedroom and bathroom downstairs. A painting of Jessie Arms Botke’s famous cockatoos inspired the colors of the downstairs. The basement was excavated and serves as an office and the laundry area. This comfortable home is tastefully furnished with family antiques, early Hummels, inherited pewter and an early Edison phonograph that helps any visitor feel as though they were stepping back in time!

Pre sale tickets are available at the BUMC located at 1498 Bardsdale Ave, Bardsdale, 805-524-2070. And, the Fillmore Historical Museum, 340 Main St, Fillmore, 805-524-0948. Tickets will also be available at the BUMC, Fillmore Historical Museum and at each home on the day of the tour

Jessie Arms Botke’s famous cockatoos inspired the colors of the downstairs

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Historic Church On Home Tour

By Dick Diaz

On Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00am-3:00pm, the Bardsdale United Methodist Church (BUMC) will sponsor a “Home Tour” of four homes and the 117 year old Bardsdale United Methodist Church! The BUMC Ministry has been serving Bardsdale for 123 years and relocated to the current Church in 1898! The cost of the Home and Church Tour will be $25.

In 2015 the Bardsdale United Methodist Church, will celebrate 123 years in ministry, and the 117th year in their beautiful church building! The church is a registered county landmark # 50. It is a clapboard construction style known as Carpenter Gothic with a high pitched tower roof.

The BUMC beginnings date back to 1892 when the Rev. George Alexander preached an afternoon sermon with 14 in attendance. In 1898 the Church moved to its present location on the corner of Bardsdale Avenue and Ventura Street when two lots were donated to the church by Senator Thomas Bard. The sanctuary was dedicated on April 15, 1899. In 1914 the building was expanded with the addition of the wing which now houses our church offices. In 1926 the chancel area was expanded, and the basement was finished.

In August of 1982 a section of the original plaster ceiling collapsed during a morning worship service. Driven by the faith and vision of the Rev. Bob Ness, and the generous and faithful support of church members and friends in the community, this led to a four year, million dollar renovation and restoration of the church facility. The renovation included the addition of new stained glass windows to complement the existing windows, the oak chancellory, a hand carved pulpit and lectern, and new chandeliers from a downtown (LA) church, and the construction and addition of our Schoenstein organ. The church became a historical landmark during this time.

In 2006, approximately three quarters of an acre of land was gifted to the church. Work is currently underway to create a new parking area, a meditation area with rose garden, and a grassy yard area for outdoor events.

Pre sale tickets are available at the BUMC located at 1498 Bardsdale Ave, Bardsdale, 805-524-2070. And, the Fillmore Historical Museum, 340 Main St, Fillmore, 805-524-0948. Tickets will also be available at the BUMC, Fillmore Historical Museum and at each home on the day of the tour.

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Discover Historical Bardsdale: The Town that Never Was!

By Dick Diaz

On Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00am-3:00pm, the Bardsdale United Methodist Church will sponsor a home tour of four homes and the historical church, built in 1898. The cost of the tour is $25.00.

The tour will feature a working ranch, a registered county landmark Mediteranian style villa, a California craftsman home and an Italian influenced style home. In addition to the four homes, the registered county landmark, Bardsdale Church, is on the tour. All of the selected sites are situated among orange groves, row crops and in the part of the Santa Clara valley known as Bardsdale.

Bardsdale is known as, “The Town that Never Was!” When the train reached the City of Fillmore in 1887 it brought with it hopeful Mid-westerners interested in buying, or homesteading land in the Santa Clara River Valley. By 1889 Bardsdale was mapped out by Royce Surdam, for Thomas Bard, and land became available for sale. Trains from Los Angeles brought in many German families who scattered throughout the Santa Clara Valley to farm this new, agriculturally rich land and were some of Bardsdale’s first residents. There was a functioning German Evangelical Church in Bardsdale on what is now Owen St. in 1892.

For those that have traveled south on State Route 23, from Fillmore towards Moorpark you will know when you are in Bardsdale when you see the row of stately Washingtonian palm trees alongside the roadway. Although Bardsdale never developed into an incorporated town it did have a church, built in 1898, a school and a small post office. The church still remains as a working church; however, the school is now a private residence, and the small post office was moved and can be viewed at the Fillmore Historical Museum.

If you have never been to Bardsdale you will surely love Bardsdale once you visit this beautiful area. You may even recognize the area from one of the Sunkist Orange Juice commercials, or a recent Subaru commercial featuring a wedding filmed there. Or, from one of the many scenes from movies, such as Charlie Chaplin and La Bamba, that have filmed in the area. So please join the tour on Saturday, November 7th from 10:00am-3:00pm as the Bardsdale congregation hosts this wonderful event. Light refreshments will be available at the church.

Tickets are available at the church located at 1498 Bardsdale Ave, Fillmore, 805-524-2070, or at the Fillmore Historical Museum, 340 Main St, Fillmore, 805-524-0948. You may call for a reservation, and also purchase tickets the day of the tour.

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