Our History

2010: Centennial Celebration of the Fabyan Japanese Garden

Colonel George and Nelle Fabyan hired Taro Otsuka to design a Japanese garden for their lavish Riverbank estate in 1910.

1985: First Staff Hired--Co-Executive Directors Janet and Liz Safanda

Preservation Partners chooses as its first employees, “a highly competent and creative pair…”

1998: Riverbank Laboratories Threatened by Demolition

Riverbank Laboratories were to be demolished making the property easier to sell.