page_title: Thomas R. Bard
section_title: Family and later life
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas R. Bard / Family and later life
caption_attribution_description: English: View from NE of Front of Bard Mansion at Berylwood This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77000360
context_page_description: Thomas Robert Bard was a political leader in California who assisted in the organization of Ventura County and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1900 to 1905 as a Republican. He is known as the "Father of Port Hueneme" for his efforts in building and expanding the city, as well as the first and only deep water port in the area. He is one of the founders of the UNOCAL company.
context_section_description: Thomas R. Bard became a successful business man, and held profitable interests in several oil companies. Thomas R. Bard and his brother, Dr. Cephas Little Bard, established the Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital in Ventura as a memorial to their mother. His son, Archibald Philip Bard, became a noted physiologist and the dean of Johns Hopkins Medical School.
  He died at his Berylwood home in Port Hueneme, California on March 5, 1915 and was interred in the family cemetery on his estate. His remains were moved to Ivy Lawn Cemetery in Ventura, California by the military.
caption: Contemporary photo of Bard Mansion on his Berylwood estate.
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