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Monterey (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY; Spanish: Monterrey) is a city in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, Monterey was the second permanent settlement (after San Diego ) established by the Spanish Empire in what is now California.
Name Image Town/City County Region Type Summary Agricultural History Project Center & Museum: Watsonville: Santa Cruz: Monterey Bay: Agriculture: website, located at the entrance to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, tools, plows, tractors and implements of yesterday's farming, operated by the Agricultural History Project
Monterey Monterey: Dec 24, 1907: $10,000 425 Van Buren St, Monterey, CA 93930: Now the offices of the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Designed by W. H. Weeks in the Mission Revival style. 62: National City National City: Feb 13, 1909: $10,000
The Pacific Street location has eight galleries and houses the administrative and curatorial offices, and the Buck Education Center consisting of classrooms, a library and the Youth Gallery. In 1983, the Monterey Museum of Art acquired the historic estate of La Mirada, whose history reflects the heritage of the Monterey area.
The city of Carmel-by-the-Sea (or Carmel for short) is commonly considered part of the Peninsula area even though the city technically is adjacent to the peninsula instead of on it. In 1902 James Frank Devendorf and Frank Powers, on behalf of the Carmel Development Company , filed a new subdivision map of the core village that became Carmel-by ...
The most important public office building in Monterey County still in continuous use, Colton Hall has over the years housed Monterey's City Hall, a public school, the county court house, the sheriff's office, and Monterey's city police headquarters. The second floor is a museum which was established in 1949.
In 2016, the National Steinbeck Center and California State Monterey Bay completed negotiations for CSUMB to purchase the building. Renovations are continuing on the building, known as CSUMB @ Salinas City Center. The National Steinbeck Center continues to function as a non-profit organization that manages the Museum and affiliated programs. [2]
Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by about 75 miles (120 km), accessible via CA 1 and US 101. Santa Cruz is located at the north end of the bay, and Monterey is on the Monterey Peninsula at ...