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Several dozen buildings dating to Monterey's years as the Spanish and Mexican capital of Alta California and the major European stronghold on the West Coast. [47] District includes Monterey State Historic Park. [48] 37: Sheriff William Joseph Nesbitt House: Sheriff William Joseph Nesbitt House
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. It is now a museum and property of the Monterey State Historic Park. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1972. [2]
Original hand-drawn Diseño (map) of Rancho San José y Sur Chiquito in present-day Big Sur, California. Rancho San José y Sur Chiquito was a 8,876-acre (35.92 km 2) [1] Mexican land grant in present-day Big Sur, in Monterey County, California, given in 1835 to Teodoro Gonzalez and re-granted by Governor Juan Alvarado the same year to Marcelino Escobar.
José Abrego was the administrator of Mission San Antonio in 1833 and 1834. In 1836, Abrego married Josefa Estrada (1814–), [6] and in 1841 she bought Rancho San Jose y Sur Chiquito. José Abrego was the grantee of Rancho Punta de Pinos in 1844 and in 1853 he bought Rancho San Francisquito at the probate sale of William Robert Garner estate. [7]
On 19 August 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans [21] to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on state park lands. [22]In statements to the Tampa Bay Times and in posts to social media, the agency claimed that the construction of a golf course on vulnerable scrub habitat will be done in a way to "minimize habitat impacts".
Monterey State Historic Park is a historic state park in Monterey, California. It includes part or all of the Monterey Old Town Historic District , a historic district that includes 17 contributing buildings and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Asilomar State Beach, officially Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds State Park, is a state park unit of California, United States. It provides public access to rocky coast and dune habitat on the Monterey Peninsula .
The Hacienda is the current designation for a historic hotel in Monterey County, near the town of Jolon, California.It was completed in 1930 for use by William Randolph Hearst as temporary housing for his employees and guests and headquarters for activities taking place on the surrounding land.