MCNEARS

Flourishing as they did, the McNears soon found they had embarked upon a major chapter of Petaluma history. A Canadian inventor, Lyman Byce, had perfected an incubator in a blacksmith shop across the street from the McNear mill. The McNears established him next door to McNear's Feed & Seed, and the family financed other local families to go into the chicken business... The McNear Building, home of McNear's Saloon & Dining House and McNear's Mystic Theatre is the legacy of the McNear family-a father and son team that towered over Petaluma for almost a century... The two McNear businesses (McNear's Saloon & Dining House and McNear's Mystic Theatre) are a collaboration of the building restorers and owners, Jeff and Nancy Harriman, the McNear building manager, Bente Niles, and a local, homegrown entrepreneur of Irish decent, Kenneth O'Donnell.

Primary location: Petaluma United States