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The Presidio of Monterey (POM), located in Monterey, California, is an active US Army installation with historic ties to the Spanish colonial era. Currently, it is the home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLI-FLC).
Camp Roberts Historical Museum – museum located on the Camp Roberts California National Guard post. Open to the public. Museum of Monterey; Presidio of Monterey Museum – museum describing the history of the Presidio Army base and the role of the military in Monterey. Located in Lower Presidio Historic Park, this museum is open to the public.
Museum entry. The first Maritime Museum began in 1971 as the Allen Knight Maritime Museum. It was located in the basement of the Monterey Museum of Art, and principally housed the collection of Allen Knight, who briefly worked as a sailor in 1916, and collected artifacts and memorabilia related to maritime activities throughout his life.
Steinbeck's Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum: Monterey: Monterey: Monterey Bay: Wax: Monterey historic figures [2] Strathearn Historical Park and Museum: Simi Valley: Ventura: Central Coast: Open air: Includes the Simi Adobe-Strathearn House, children's playhouse, 1902 Catholic church, library, barber shop, pitting shed and barns with farm tools ...
Monterey became the capital of the Province of Californias in 1777 and the chapel was renamed the Royal Presidio Chapel. The original 1770-71 church along with other buildings in the presido were destroyed by fire caused by a salute gun in 1789 and was replaced by the present sandstone structure built between 1791 and 1795. [ 6 ]
[7] [8] [12] On display in the museum were articles, including some that were over two hundred and fifty years old. An additional room was used as a tea-serving area. [6] On January 31, 1934, the State Department of Parks and Recreation & City of Monterey declared the building a California Historical Landmark #136. [1]
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1835 house of American merchant Thomas O. Larkin, which combined Spanish Colonial adobe materials with New England frame construction to originate the Monterey Colonial architecture style. [37] Now a house museum of Monterey State Historic Park. [38] 28: Los Coches Rancho: January 31, 1979 : 1 mi (1.6 km) S of Soledad on U.S. 101