Building Memories
Clovis couple renovates historic 2-story Victorian home
By Gabriel Alexander / Independent Staff Writer Monday, Mar. 31, 2008
Years ago, Susan Goldsmith would pass a two-story Victorian house on her way to the grocery store and dream about living there someday.
The paint was peeling.
Doors were off their hinges.
It was perfect.
Movie stars enjoyed visits to Clovis ranch
By Gabriel Alexander / Independent Staff Writer Monday, Mar. 31, 2008
A nearly 100-year-old ranch house that entertained movie stars and inspired National Geographic stories hides among fields, orchards and livestock in northeast Clovis. The historic ranch was saved from disrepair by the Indart family.
Tim and Andrea Indart began restoring the house in 1966 and are still working to improve the place.
Tim Indart wants to repair the elaborate fish ponds in the backyard and Andrea Indart is painting the master bedroom walls pink.
"It's like a money pit," Tim Indart said.
