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2. Old Custom House (Monterey, California) - Wikipedia

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   The Old Custom House in 2004. The Monterey Custom House was a landmark that the Native Sons of the Golden West determined should not disappear if within their power to prevent it. The property belonged to the United States Government, but the Native Sons obtained a lease of the buildings and grounds and restored them in the early 1900s. [ 6 ]

3. Monterey State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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   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. [1] [2] The grounds include California's first theatre, and the Monterey Custom House, where the American flag was first raised over California.

4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Monterey ...

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   Monterey Old Town Historic District. April 15, 1970 ... CA 1 Big Sur: House dating ... Monterey: Custom house built in stages 1827–1846, ...

5. Fisherman's Wharf (Monterey, California) - Wikipedia

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   At the entrance to the wharf is Custom House Plaza, the historical center of Monterey. Here you will find the Custom House, the first government building in California and the location where the United States took Monterey from Mexico in 1846. The Monterey Maritime Museum is also located in Custom House Plaza, detailing both the maritime and ...

6. M. Evelyn McCormick - Wikipedia

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   In July 1889, she acquired rooms in Monterey's Old Customhouse to begin a series of sketches on "historic Monterey", but moved in 1902 to the nearby Pacific House. [3] After the death of her father in 1906, she was compelled to spend more time with her mother in San Francisco, where she maintained her primary residence until her permanent move ...

7. Larkin House - Wikipedia

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   The Larkin House is a historic house at 464 Calle Principal in Monterey, California.Built in 1835 by Thomas O. Larkin, it is claimed to be the first two-story house in all of California, with a design combining Spanish Colonial building methods with New England architectural features to create the popular Monterey Colonial style of architecture.

8. What is it like being featured on 'This Old House'? Ask the ...

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   Sara Ferguson, senior series producer at "This Old House," said the staff finds homes to feature on the show in a variety of ways, whether from homeowners writing in or by talking to local ...

9. Monterey Colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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   Monterey Colonial style house at Rancho Petaluma Adobe. Monterey Colonial is an architectural style developed in Alta California (today's US state of California when under Mexican rule). Although usually categorized as a sub-style of Spanish Colonial style, the Monterey style is native to the post-colonial Mexican era of Alta California.