Henry Curtner Mansion

Henry Curtner Mansion. . Henry Curtner arrived in Washington Township in 1852. A native of Fountain County, Indiana, Curtner became a prominent farmer, businessman, and philanthropist in the Warm Springs Area. Curtner’s ranch compromised several thousand acres and produced crops of fruit, nuts, barley, hay, peas and potatoes. The land was originally part of the Rancho Agua Caliente Mexican land grant to Fulgencio Higuera in 1839. Curtner bought the property from Abram Harris in 1868., In 1879, Curtner built a seventeen room mansion, which consisted of two stories, a basement, and a small third story copula, from which the family and guests could watch boats dock at the landings below., Henry Curtner died in 1916, his heirs owned and lived on the property until 1934, during which time they built additions and alterations. The mansion has been restored to resemble the original design., The Canary Island Date Palm trees along Wabana Common are believed to have been planted around 1900, when the street was used as the main driveway to the mansion., This property has been designated as a primary historic resource by the City of Fremont.