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February 27, 1987 (Asilomar Blvd. Pacific Grove: Conference complex with 11 contributing properties, established in 1913. Noted for its associations with the YWCA, pioneering female architect Julia Morgan, and the resort industry of the Monterey Peninsula, and for its American Craftsman architecture.
El Castillo de Monterey (Spanish for "The Castle of Monterey") was a fortification in Monterey, California, founded in 1792 by the Spanish Empire. The fort was constructed to protect the Monterey port and the Presidio of Monterey from invaders. [2] The site was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 23, 1971.
Collections specialize in American Art, particularly Monterey Peninsula and the West Coast, and Asian art Monterey State Historic Park: Monterey: Monterey: Monterey Bay: Open air: 10 historic buildings including the Old Customhouse, Larkin House, other historic house museums and a local history museum Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural ...
It also hosted California's first constitutional convention. Today it houses a museum, while adjacent buildings serve as the seat of local government. The Monterey post office opened in 1849. Monterey incorporated in 1889. The city has a noteworthy history as a center for California painters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
This building is a California Historical Landmark (#354). [124] Old Whaling Station: Monterey: 1847 Residence Built as a residence in 1847. Converted to the headquarters of the Monterey Whaling Company in 1855. [125] Colton Hall: Monterey: 1847–49 Government: First seat of government of the U.S. state of California. [126] Jose Joaquin Castro ...
The Stevenson House, is a historic two-story Spanish Colonial style building located at 530 Houston Street in Monterey, California. It was a boarding house called the French Hotel, built circa 1836. The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson lived there in 1879, writing and courting his future wife.
Los Angeles Harbor Region: Historic house: 1844 two-story Monterey-style adobe home Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology: Claremont: San Gabriel Valley: Paleontology: Part of The Webb Schools, vertebrate, invertebrate, and track fossils Redondo Beach Historical Museum Redondo Beach: Greater Los Angeles Area: Local history: Located in the 1904 ...
The Monterey County Historical Society (MCHS) acquired the Boronda Adobe in December 1972, from Marguerite (Earl) Wilson. The terms of the transaction was 3 acres (1.2 ha) of the adobe property was purchased for $5,500 (equivalent to $40,062 in 2023) and 2 acres (0.81 ha) and the adobe was a gift from Wilson. [7]