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Colton Hall is a government building and museum in Monterey, California, United States. It was built in 1847–49 by Walter Colton, who arrived in Monterey as the chaplain on Commodore Robert F. Stockton's vessel. He remained and was named as Monterey's first alcalde (mayor) in the American Period. Colton Hall originally contained rooms ...
The Vásquez House on Dutra Street is located directly across the street from Colton Hall at 570 Pacific Street and near the old county jail. Colton Hall is a government building and museum. It was the site of California's first constitutional convention in 1849. [5]
Old Monterey Jail – Monterey city jail, used from 1854 to 1956. Located adjacent to Colton Hall. Point Pinos Lighthouse – lighthouse on the tip of the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove that is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States. Houses a museum and other exhibits.
That practice ended with the demolition of City Hall after a 1938 fire, but the jail wasn’t torn down. The old Cambria Jail will be relocated to a lot at 2884 Center St. in Cambria. The old ...
The 70-year-old building, which was closed in October 2021 when the new jail opened, sits on Marshall Road in front of the new facility. The former Brancvh County jail, on Marshall Road will come ...
The property at 4530 66th Street West, currently housing the Manatee County Utilities complex, was proposed to be donated to be a Veterans village during the Board of Commissioners meeting on ...
Following the establishment of a public school system in the 1849 Constitution (debated and written in Colton Hall), Colton Hall in Monterey served as the area's public school 1849-1851. Built from 1847 to 1849 as Monterey's town hall and school house from 1847 to 1849, it also served as the public school from 1872 to 1896.
Walter Colton has been inducted into the California Newspaper Hall of Fame. His book, Three years in California, is regarded as a principal description of California before the California Gold Rush. Colton Hall, now preserved as a museum, was the site of the 1849 California Constitutional Convention. For a time it served as a grade school.