dairy until 1942; milk was trucked to the creamery in Point Reyes Station. 

 With the United States entry into World War II and subsequent demand for 

 dairy products, Gomez proposed to lease the dairy for his own business, but 

 Hagmaier chose to close the dairy and auctioned the dairy stock in early 1942. 

 After the end of the war, Hagmaier stocked the ranch with beef cattle. 

 Hagmaier's son Daniel spent a great deal of time at the ranch and, after his 

 father's death, made additional improvements during the 1950s, including some 

 interior remodeling of the main house. The ranch was rented to Dan Quinn, 

 who ran cattle on the ranch, when it was purchased in 1972 by the National 

 Park Service. 



At the Biesler Ranch the old buildings, probably dating from the Pablo 

 Figueras and John Biesler era, remained intact although somewhat ramshackle. 

 They consisted of a two-story, "T"-shaped house, a milking barn, a dairy, a 

 wagon shed, and a horse barn. All were of a distinctive early California 

 vernacular style. In 1966 the old Biesler house and dairy barn burned, leaving 

 Elfie Franzi without his longtime home. The Park Service obliterated the 

 remains of the Biesler Ranch in the early 1970s; only a row of cypress trees and 

 a couple of orchard trees remain. 50 



3. Buildings and Historic Resources 



The Hagmaier Ranch consists of five buildings and a water system, all 

 more than 50 years old. 



a. Main House (PR-415; PORE residence #172) 



The main house, built by the Healion family around 1915 to replace their 

 pioneer dwelling, is a 34' by 53' two-story home on a knoll overlooking Olema 

 Valley. It has a gable roof with wide dormer windows facing north and south. 

 A spacious porch wraps around the north and east sides of the house, with a 

 tall, brick chimney on the north porch. The siding is a combination of shiplap 

 on the first floor and shingles on the second floor, all painted white, with 

 unpainted wood shingles on the roof. The house has not been seriously altered 



50 Interview with Daniel Hagmaier; Bavwood Press. July 7, 1966, p. 1. Descriptions of the 

 ranches are obtained from photographs, ca. 1938-1941, loaned by Daniel Hagmaier. 



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