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Pacific Grove is the largest public monarch butterfly overwintering site in Monterey County. From Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day, the monarchs cluster and fly about Pacific Grove's Monarch Grove Sanctuary. The museum has an exhibition of the monarch's life cycle and endangered migration. The museum monarch volunteers also enhance monarch ...
Chautauqua (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔː k w ə / shə-TAW-kwə) Hall is a historic building in Pacific Grove, California, United States. It was built in 1881 by the Pacific Improvement Company for the Pacific Grove Retreat Association for presenting concerts and entertainment. On July 20, 1970, the building was declared a California Historical Landmark #839.
Cedar Street Times was a weekly newspaper in Pacific Grove, California. Originally established as an online publication, it has had a print version since September 2008. It is published to subscribers Thursday evenings, and Fridays at pickup locations. [1] In 2013, the Times purchased the competing Pacific Grove paper, the Hometown Bulletin. [2]
The Pacific Grove post office opened in 1886, closed later that year, and was reopened in 1887. [1] Pacific Grove incorporated in 1889. [1] The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History was founded in 1883. The El Carmelo Hotel was Pacific Grove's first hotel, opening to guests on May 20
Lectures at the Chautauqua Hall in Pacific Grove were on the arranged program of events near the hotel. [2] [3] [5] In April 1907, after twenty years, the hotel's name was changed to the Pacific Grove Hotel. The name was changed to avoid confusion with the Hotel Carmelo and to advertise the town of Pacific Grove. [6]
Pacific Grove Marine Gardens SMCA is located off the coast of the Monterey Peninsula, at the southern end of Monterey Bay. It covers an area of .93 sq miles (2.4 km 2). The reserve is directly offshore from Point Pinos Lighthouse Reservation. Pacific Grove Marine Gardens SMCA is one of four marine protected areas bordering the Monterey Peninsula.
Proceeds from that event were used to secure land for a permanent site. A committee persuaded the Pacific Improvement Company to donate 30 acres (120,000 m 2 ) to the YWCA in 1912. In early 1913, it was announced that Julia Morgan, then engaged with the Oakland YWCA building, would also design the new Asilomar campgrounds in the Arts & Crafts ...
Trimmer Hill is a historic Queen Anne style house at 230 6th St. in Pacific Grove, California that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It was built in 1893. [1] It was built for medical Dr. Oliver Smith Trimmer, first mayor of Pacific Grove, and mayor for 20 years. [2] It was listed on the NRHP in 1982. [1]